Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 323 Who is the Enemy?
The torture lasted only thirty seconds before the mage from the starry sea revealed everything.

According to the mage named Sass Illusion, the four of them were originally followers of the Four Gods, but their purposes for coming to this planet were different—some wanted to rescue the Four Gods, while others simply wanted to inherit the power of the Four Gods.

"As for me... I was called over by these local natives to provide technical support."

"Technical support?"

Du Yi gestured for the monk to continue.

As a follower of the God of Mystery, Sass-Huanze naturally spoke his mind without reservation.

At first, when he was contacted by these local natives, Sass Huanze thought that they wanted some technology to travel to the Star Sea - after all, this was something that many natives wanted to do. They couldn't escape the binding force of the planet's spiritual energy field on their own, so they naturally had to seek help from the outside world.

To Sass's surprise, the natives' demand was not to leave.

"What they want my help with is defense work, that is, how to protect this planet."

While they were called guardians, they were more like turning the entire planet into a giant fortress. In Sass-Huanze's view, these natives were simply obsessed. Not only did they refuse to go to the Star Sea, but they also regarded everything in the Star Sea as an enemy.

"But they also knew their skills weren't up to par, so they didn't reject the technology from Starsea... and that's how I came here."

At first, Sass-Huanze didn't want to come, but the natives offered him a condition he couldn't refuse—if he was willing to come and provide technical support, he could obtain the legacy of the Four Gods and even personally manipulate the power of the Four Gods, transforming that immense power into an inexhaustible energy source.

No one could refuse such a condition, especially since he was a follower of the God of Mystery—although it is true that all followers of the God of Mystery worship the God of Mystery, which follower of the God of Mystery has never thought of betraying his god?
What's more, it's about personally refining one's own god into an energy source... This kind of thing...

Just thinking about it made Sass-Huanze tremble with excitement.

But the raised snake tail eventually suppressed the trembling.

"Wait a moment."

Du Yi keenly sensed that something was amiss.

"If these local natives really called you here... then why were you captured by them before?"

"This……"

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Sass Fantasia's face.

Simply because he had taken on more than one order.

The natives of this planet have clearly split into two factions. One faction, as he just mentioned, is determined to defend this planet and treat everything in the Star Sea as an enemy. The other faction wants to break free from the planet's constraints, venture into the Star Sea, and explore a wider world.

To be fair, if Sass Huanze really had to choose, he would definitely choose the Star Sea faction. After all, if they really went to Star Sea, these local natives would know nothing. Whether he guided them to do something or simply sold them as pigs, it would be a good thing for Sass Huanze.

So at the beginning, he didn't think about having any connection with these local factions. At that time, he was thinking about whether to talk to the Xinghai faction as well, and then see which side offered the higher price, and he would support that side.

But who could have imagined that the so-called Xinghai Sect would be this bad?

"They not only contacted me, but they even contacted the priests of the God of Life, which is already very taboo, let alone their archbishop..."

Sass-Huanze didn't finish his sentence.

However, Du Yi roughly knew the reason.

The so-called Star Sea Faction is clearly the Serpent Worship Cult. While Sass Huanze was still waiting for a better price, the Archbishop of the Serpent Worship Cult was killed by him. It was this action that caused Sass Huanze to directly side with the local faction.

That led to the previous ambush. "Since it's all about refining energy sources, it's all the same, so..."

"So you're planning to use me as a practice target first?"

Du Yi finally figured out the whole story.

According to Sass-Huanze, the local faction has made full preparations this time. Both the magic tower and the mage corps are the top combat forces they can use. As for the entire Starfall Plaza itself, it has a magic array that has been prepared in advance, which can capture and refine on the spot.

Unfortunately, Du Yi's extraordinary wisdom led him to decide to use superpowers.

And then that was it. The entire plan ended before it even began. All the attacks hit empty air, and the mastermind, Sass Phantom, was captured alive on the spot.

"So... what do you need me to do?"

Sass-Huanze forced a smile.

“I’ve come to a complete understanding. These natives are not trustworthy at all. Their skills are nothing special. It’s better to work for you than for them… Surely you need me for something? I’m sure I can be of use to you…”

"That is indeed useful."

Du Yi nodded repeatedly.

Then it raised its long tail and slapped Sass-Huanze to death on the spot.

Although no contract had been signed, Sass-Huanze's soul was still taken to the Underworld by Du Yi—and then, the breeze in the Underworld dispersed Sass-Huanze's soul.

As usual, some rose into the sky, some fell to the ground, and some merged into Du Yi's soul.

Although this insignificant supplement meant almost nothing to Du Yi, it at least proved to him that even without signing a contract, as long as he died on this land, he could still take his soul to the underworld.

"Thank you, you're really helpful."

After dealing with Sass-Huanze, Du Yi took the opportunity to feel the depths of his own soul.

"Is this what you want? To have me help you eliminate this potential threat from the outside world?"

"Or……"

"Are those so-called localists also to be eliminated?"

Thinking of this, Du Yi subconsciously raised his head and looked at the crystal-encrusted mage tower in the distance.

Meanwhile, in the distant mage tower, a mercury-like humanoid figure was gazing in this direction.

"The assistance from the starry sea failed... It seems that what has awakened this time is indeed the ancestral god that our ancestors once worshipped."

The mercury-like humanoid figure sighed.

"However, even the ancestral gods of the past cannot stop what we are going to do."

"After all, they were the ones who betrayed the land first."

"They shouldn't yearn for the stars."

(End of this chapter)