"Silence!"
The captain of the law enforcement team frowned, preparing to release his aura to forcibly suppress these restless individuals.
In the next second, a familiar voice, etched into their very bones, echoed from the direction of the Slaughter City.
"Citizens of Slaughter City, raise your heads and look up."
The low, unique voice of the Slaughter King resounded in everyone's ears.
The law enforcement members of Slaughter City, led by the captain, dismounted from their horses, lowered their proud heads, and knelt on one knee towards Slaughter City, offering their highest reverence.
The other citizens of Slaughter City watched with bated breath, their eyes wide open.
The blood moon hung in the sky, its radiance like spilled blood, or perhaps like a transparent and eerie ruby, intermingling with the glow emanating from the God's Eyes of the citizens of Slaughter City.
Beneath the crimson radiance, the once magnificent towers and palaces had collapsed into ruins, leaving only billowing smoke and eerie hums emanating from within blood cocoons.
It was as if something was about to burst forth.
"This is the grand opening of our Nirvana!"
"Witness it with your own eyes! Witness a miracle, witness the transcendent birth of our guardian god!"
The ground trembled beneath their feet. Under the black curtain of night, Slaughter City, bathed in crimson light, seemed to finally reveal its true form, slowly awakening from its slumber, accompanied by surging, boiling magma.
[Beep— Demon power concentration has broken through the critical point.]
The system's prompt sounded in Tang Sui's mind.
Tang Sui's eyelashes drooped slightly, half-concealing her dark pupils. Her raven-black hair danced in the air, leaving trails of chaotic black mist, filtering the light and adding a touch of eeriness to the dense crimson glow. It was like a vertical pupil opening in the dark night, gazing down at the blood cocoon below, which had begun to emit gurgling sounds.
Without conscious effort or the need to consult any texts, as soon as Tang Sui willed to retract her dispersed power, a five-pointed star-shaped Kuji-in pattern materialized in her mind.
"Spirit of Words— Star."
She heard the command she uttered aloud.
As if she had performed it countless times, her hands formed the necessary seals along with the recitation of the incantation.
In an instant, a formation pattern, centered around a five-pointed star and embellished with numerous ancient and intricate sigils, appeared beneath her feet. It then grew larger and descended onto the struggling blood cocoon.
"Boom—"
The blood cocoon, which had been struggling to break free, stiffened. The next moment, there was no need to struggle further.
Immense demon power permeated every fiber of its being, even its soul being enshrouded by this potent energy.
It felt as if all its pores were relaxing in a hot spring, basking in the warmth that permeated its body.
"Riiip!"
A sound like tearing silk.
Everyone heard it.
Low growls emanated from the cracks of the blood cocoon, sending chills down their spines, yet they were compelled to discover what entity lay within the dark fissures.
Then, a crimson eye suddenly appeared at the crack, as if scrutinizing whether the outside world was safe.
Even from a distance, they could clearly see the slowly blinking eye, and as it closed, a viscous membrane radiating a dark red light was revealed.
Guardian god... transcendent birth...
These words inexplicably surfaced in their minds. Even the captain of the law enforcement team's hand, clutching his spear, trembled.
Though it was peculiar, he truly… felt no trace of soul power!
Since the anomaly in Slaughter City began, besides his own men, he had not sensed any soul power fluctuations in the city, which should have been empty.
If not soul power, then what could such a powerful force be?
The answer was obvious.
The hearts of everyone, including himself, trembled.
"Riiip!"
A massive head, resembling a dragon with scale-like spikes, emerged from within, forcefully widening the crack.
Everyone held their breath.
Then, a second pair, a third pair, a fourth pair...
Serpentine, slender necks, adorned with scales as black and incredibly hard as fish scales, extended downwards into the unseen depths.
Tang Sui, positioned directly above the center of Slaughter City, could see the underground scene that others could not. In this moment, even the system was astonished.
[It's actually...]
From the pale gray underbelly downwards, the body merged into one.
Tang Sui clearly saw that the torso, half-submerged in the mutated magma, had split into ten parts, connecting to ten heads and slender necks.
The entity encased within the blood cocoon revealed its true form.
It was a ten-headed giant python, its neck alone measuring fifty to sixty meters long!
On the forehead of each dragon-like snake head, a blood-red crystal was embedded in the center. It was as transparent and lustrous as a gemstone, shimmering with an eerie glow, from which a powerful energy flow could be felt.
"Roar—!"
All ten snake heads reared up simultaneously, unleashing a deafening roar towards the sky.
Even the captain of the law enforcement team, whose soul power had reached level ninety-six, felt his brain spin into a dizzying blankness.
High in the sky, Tang Sui, her face slightly pale, closed her eyes and covered her almost deafened ears. She opened one eye, which had returned to its dark blue hue, and looked excitedly at the ten-headed fiery serpent emitting a formidable aura below, joy filling her eyes. Su Dan Novel Network.
"Great, Uncle Snake succeeded!"
The system's voice was tinged with complexity: [I thought he would transform into a dragon or evolve into an Orochi after breaking free, but I never expected him to truly live up to his name and become the form of his species.]
Ten heads, though not as large as Orochi's, had two more heads, equivalent to two extra lives.
'Yes, who would have thought of that.'
Tang Sui lowered her hand, happy for the ten-headed fiery serpent, but not forgetting the finale.
Her fox mask vibrated slightly, her demon power manifesting into a human form, replicating the appearance and formidable aura of the Slaughter King. She stood beside Tang Sui in the high sky and spoke in a low voice, with a hint of strange rhythm:
"Did you see it clearly? This awe-inspiring form."
The people gradually regained their senses.
The ten-headed fiery serpent, having finished its roar towards the sky, lowered its head slightly, yet still gazed down with a disdainful posture at the humans gathered five hundred meters away from Slaughter City.
"Did you feel it? This immense power."
Tang Sui's voice interjected abruptly.
Many of Slaughter City's management personnel, who recognized the owner of this voice, wore expressions of astonishment.
The believers, their minds still reeling from the shock, looked longingly at the colossal beast standing in the city.
"This is a glimpse of the power of the god we worship."
The stunned believers snapped back to reality, suppressing their shock and fear. Trembling, whether from excitement or awe of the emitted power, they knelt down, their heads bowed, their eyes filled with even more fervent faith.
This was the god they believed in!
Not soul power, not machinery, nor the illusions of a mirage.
Another world truly existed!