Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 223 Your Snake God is Back
The blue-faced giant lion, the six-tusked giant elephant, and the golden-winged giant roc—this wasn't the first time these three giant beasts had fallen into Du Yi's hands.

The last time was a long time ago. These three giant beasts promised to help him tame the mammoth and saber-toothed tiger, but then ran away without a word. However, Du Yi didn't pay much attention to these three giant beasts at the time, so it wasn't a big deal.

But now, upon meeting again, these three giant beasts are secretly plotting to kill each other.

This is extremely egregious.

It was at this moment that Du Yi finally understood why some people always said that killing them directly was too lenient—just like now, he could have simply erased the spirits of these three giant beasts, but clearly, such a radical approach was far less effective than the heinous acts of these three giant beasts.

So after thinking for a moment, Du Yi assigned positions to the three giant beasts.

The Beast of Sin, Amit, of the Underworld, is the monster with the head of a crocodile. Although it looks like a monster, it is actually part of the entire Underworld. As the Underworld itself has fallen into disrepair over the years, the Beast of Sin, which should have been majestic, has also been damaged. A large chunk of the flesh on its head has been gone, and even the bones are exposed.

As the only officially designated employee in the entire underworld, Amit naturally needs corresponding maintenance and upkeep.

And this heavy burden naturally fell on the heads of the three giant beasts.

They are responsible for the daily cleaning of the Beast of Sin, including washing its fur and cleaning its teeth. Of course, the job of cleaning up its poop is also the responsibility of the three of them. If no sinner's soul appears for too long, causing the Beast of Sin to become hungry, then the three of them must cut their own spiritual bodies to ensure that the Beast of Sin does not go hungry.

"have you understood?"

As Du Yi finished speaking, the three giant beasts still looked fearful, but the Sin-Eating Beast Amit had already poked out its crocodile head and kept nodding, indicating that it had completely understood.

Immediately afterwards, the enormous monster with the head of a crocodile snatched away the spirits of the three giant beasts in one gulp and carried them back to the depths of the underworld.

Clearly, this sin-devouring beast couldn't wait to use its three newly acquired toys.

Now that Du Yi has obtained everything from the Underworld, it's time for him to return.

"So, have I forgotten something?"

Du Yi felt like he had overlooked something, but there was an even more important problem facing him right now.

That is, how to get back.

"All we need to do is put the separated part of the soul back into the body."

The question posed by the ancient serpent in front of him was far too basic, but considering that the other party really didn't understand these things, the Chosen Champion Elias casually gave a brief explanation.

"It's like pouring water back into a glass..."

It's impossible to pour spilled water back into the cup, but it's perfectly logical to reintegrate the separated consciousness into the body—because the two have never truly been separated; it's just that a part of it has temporarily entered the subspace.

Just like when swimming, half of your body is submerged in the water while the other half remains on the surface, this so-called return is simply the reunification of the body that was in two different mediums.

"As for why it's called 'reuniting,' it's mainly because everyone's perception of this is different. Some feel that returning to the material world is like leaving the water, while others feel that returning to the material world is like returning to the water..." Elias used extremely precise language at this moment, and Du Yi could sense that he was using relatively accurate descriptions to prevent his perception from being confused—this also made him look at the Chosen Champion with higher regard, after all, he himself knew that after accepting the position of the God of Death, he and the Chosen Champion were already on opposing sides.

However, just as he generously granted a portion of the authority of death so that Elias wouldn't leave empty-handed, this chosen champion also had no intention of tripping him up in such a trivial matter.

Clearly, in the eyes of this chosen champion, if a fight were to be fought, it should be a fair and square contest to determine the winner, only then could it be considered proof of courage.

"Looking at it this way... these powers in the starry sky don't seem as sinister as that kobold said?"

With this thought in mind, Du Yi gradually opened his eyes.

Before him was no longer the gloomy, dark underworld, but the warm sunlight streaming down from the sky. The warm sunlight made Du Yi feel much more relaxed. Although there was light in the underworld, and that soft light could even soothe the soul, that empty light could never compare to this vibrant sunlight.

"No wonder something like the underworld needs to rely on the material world to exist."

Feeling the warmth spreading throughout his body, Du Yi gained a deeper understanding of the difference between the warp and the material world—although the feeling of being unbound by common sense in the warp was indeed liberating, the sense of security that the material world brought was something the warp could never provide.

After enjoying the sunshine for a short while, Du Yi also swung his tail and once again flattened the sun god Ujat, who had swollen up again.

After completely gaining control of the underworld, the eagle-headed sun god became utterly useless to him. He no longer needed to ask the eagle-headed man for any information, and thus becoming a new energy barbecue grill became the eternal destiny of the sun god Ujat.

"So what's still left to do... wait a minute."

As he watched his two priests approach from afar, Du Yi suddenly remembered that he did have something very important to do.

Yes, he went to the underworld this time to retrieve people. He wanted to bring back the souls of the two deceased priests so that he could reassemble a four-person team to study the rune armor of the chosen champion, Elias.

Now, he has taken over the entire Underworld, but he has forgotten about this very thing he was supposed to do.

Fortunately, this kind of thing isn't too troublesome to handle. After all, the entire underworld is now his, and retrieving two souls isn't really a big deal.

However, although the matter itself is minor, it is quite troublesome.

Finding the souls of those two priests among the slumbering spirits in the underworld is no less difficult than finding a needle in a haystack—in fact, finding a needle in a haystack is slightly easier; it's like searching for a drop of water in the ocean.

Du Yi was naturally unwilling to do such a troublesome thing. If they really continued searching like this, who knows how long it would take.

"Let's leave specialized tasks to specialized people."

Thinking this, Du Yi raised his long tail and beckoned the two priests in the distance to come over.

Then, he lowered his voice and began to give instructions to the two priests.

(End of this chapter)