Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 303 The Weight of Life

In the underworld, Du Yi was still battling four evil gods.

Fighting four against one seems like a disadvantage for him, but based on their previous encounters, these four ferocious evil gods don't seem to be that strong—but Du Yi also knows that this may not really reflect his own strength.

The reason for everything comes from the scales above our heads.

Clearly, this was an arrangement left by the previous God of Death. In this underworld, the strength of these invaders has been forced to match his—but even if they are matched, it doesn't mean he can quickly defeat them, otherwise the battle wouldn't have lasted so long.

These gods from the starry sea ultimately possessed their own unique power.

At this moment, Du Yi felt mostly regret. If he hadn't indulged in eating and drinking back then, if he had started training seriously earlier, if he had realized the importance of power earlier instead of naively believing that he was truly invincible... perhaps he could have defeated these four Star Sea Gods sooner, and perhaps this battle wouldn't have turned out this way.

Yes, he could see the battlefield outside.

Multitasking had long been his instinct. He had witnessed warrior after warrior fall to the rampage of the demon army, seen the true forms of the four evil gods descend, and seen the people of Tatunbuto in the distance, those who had made a pact with him, and their final prayers.

I also heard the prayers rise and then fade away one by one.

"There's no need to go this way..."

As the souls appeared one after another in the underworld, Du Yi, who was engaged in fierce battle, sighed almost imperceptibly.

"I can win, just give me some time, why are you all like this..."

"We also want to do what we can."

Melk, one of the four priests, stepped forward and straightened his priestly robes.

"Great serpent god, this is our final prayer."

“Let’s drag them all down into the abyss together.”

With those words, Melk's figure shattered.

The four priests, scribes and civil officials, law enforcement officers, farmers, small merchants, craftsmen, and even children holding short swords... one by one, those tiny figures shattered, turning into countless fragments of light.

One person's light is extremely small, but ten light pebbles will be swallowed up by the yellow sand in an instant.

But when hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, or even all the shattered fragments of light come together...

What was submerged became this land of the dead.

The ethereal fragments of light drifted towards the horizon, merging with the dark clouds on the edge of the sky. The heavy fragments of light fell to the ground, pressing down on the yellow sand that covered the land.

But there was an even purer light that went straight for the snake's body.

This caused the illusory image of the scales in mid-air to suddenly sink one end.

"This is the weight of life."

Du Yi looked up at the end that was falling from mid-air.

The giant axe covered in spikes cleaved down, accompanied by the wails of countless creatures. But this time, the enormous serpentine body didn't even try to dodge—the axe struck without even a spark flying; instead, a whole bunch of its spikes were blasted away.

The long staff of the two-headed eagle, the spine whip of fluid crystal, the pus of the rotting mountain—countless attacks landed on the serpent's body, but the enormous serpent remained motionless.

What is he doing?

In the underworld, half of the four gods' souls were frantically attacking the giant serpent before them—although the giant serpent remained motionless, it was precisely this tranquil coiling that made the four of them even more terrified.

Yes, terror.

Even those who had traversed the starry seas for millennia were now filled with terror.

We must kill this giant snake! We must kill it now, no matter what method or means we have to use! But the giant snake remained motionless before them.

It's as if they don't care about any of this at all.

If they're not concerned about this place, then where are they concerned about?
"The material world!"

In an instant, the four gods realized the problem.

But when they turned their consciousness back to the material world, back to the outskirts of Tatunbto.

It's all too late.

Behind the giant snake coiled beneath the tree, in their sight.

The light-cast wings have already spread.

"Actually, killing you directly in the Underworld might be faster, since your power is weaker there..."

The giant serpent opened its eyes and spoke in a local language that the four gods could not understand, but the meaning of those words was clearly perceived by the four gods.

"But I've already promised them. Their final wish is to drag you all into hell."

“It shouldn’t be like this. Even if they didn’t do it, I would still kill you all.”

"It shouldn't be like this..."

The giant serpent continued to sigh as it faced the weapons raised by the four gods.

This allowed the Four Gods to seize this, their only possible opportunity to attack.

The God of Courage was the first to charge forward, his great axe aimed directly at the giant serpent's head. Immediately following was the God of Desire's whip, the sonic boom from which it lashed out in mid-air was about to shatter the giant serpent on the spot. But even more insidious than these two was the long staff in the hands of the two-headed eagle, which had already pierced through the void and was about to plunge into the giant serpent's back.

Behind them, the rotting mountain had already leaped into the air, intending to crush the giant serpent down and smash its brains open on the spot.

But none of this mattered.

In their sight, eyes had already opened on those wings of light.

Pairs of eyes gazed in all directions; countless eyes had already seen everything around them.

Immediately afterwards, light gathered in those eyes.

The blinding light swept in all directions.

In an instant, beams of light swept across the bodies of the four gods. At this moment, they maintained their offensive posture and charging stance.

But in the next second, their massive bodies disintegrated into pieces scattered all over the ground.

"Just this much, just this much..."

The obsidian skull, shattered into 361 pieces, continued to roar. It was the head of the god of courage, mixed with fragments of the other three gods—although they had been cut into pieces scattered all over the ground, it was only to this extent that they could come back again.

They can still use divine power to restore their bodies; they still have a chance; they can fight again; they must…

"But this level is definitely not enough."

Just then, the giant snake's voice came again.

"So today, I'm going to make an exception."

The last image reflected in the shattered eyeball was a gaping maw falling from the sky.

(End of this chapter)