Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 346 Fiery Beacon
"It hurts, it hurts so much."

In the city of Tahrir, the Seed of Creation unconsciously expressed its emotions by frowning.

Although pain is not something that a plant should feel, it is now experiencing intense pain as it is being burned by the flames of will.

It was not physical pain, but a severe pain on the level of will; it was a pain that was constantly being worn down, a pain that went straight to the soul.

But amidst this intense pain, the Seed of Creation was stimulated to produce something else.

"Is this... pain?"

The Seed of Creation felt as if it had completed the final piece of the puzzle.

It couldn't understand pain before, because as a plant, pain didn't exist for it. It was either life or death, and it had never experienced anything in between. But now, it has been given the most important piece of the puzzle.

Between life and death lies suffering.

The Seed of Creation could vaguely sense that something was being injected into its mind.

The scorching flames, far from killing it, actually nourished it, allowing it to gradually understand everything...

"How to say?"

That is, the Seed of Creation is trying to continue its comprehension.

Du Yi, on the other hand, had already sensed that something was wrong.

"It seems we should have dealt with that Pope sooner rather than later. You've been through a lot lately... Alright, if you're feeling unwell, go and rest. I'll take care of the rest."

Having been called "father" for so long, Du Yi was starting to feel like a father himself. Now that his son was being bullied, a father naturally had to stand up for his child.

In other words, after the younger one was beaten, the older one came along.

Originally, Du Yi always thought that he would be the one to encounter this situation, but who would have thought that he would become an old monster one day.

"Don't worry, kid, Dad will put out the fire for you right away."

As he said this, Du Yi leaped into the air, and the small snake body, which was originally only a foot long, continued to expand and grow larger—in just a moment, the huge snake body broke through the vine protection and landed on the ground outside Tahris City.

Before him, the mercury-like humanoid figure with luminous wings on its back also stopped its rampant laughter.

“The evil ancient serpent…you have finally emerged.”

Habisa II, with fiery wings on his back, snorted coldly.

“It’s not that I didn’t give you a chance, but as the eldest son of the planet, you have always been unwilling to submit to the earth… Why did you betray the earth? Why must you take this dead end?”

"...Me? Betray the land?"

Du Yi paused for a moment, then shook his head.

The moment the mercury-colored humanoid figure opened its mouth, he could sense that this so-called former Pope Habissa II had finally gone completely mad—although in Habissa II's own view, his entire logic might be perfectly sound, this state of being immersed in his own world was no different from being insane.

Just like now, this charge is completely unreasonable; it's just a random excuse to attack him.

Whether or not there was a betrayal of the land is completely irrelevant.

What burned in that fire of will was only the clearest resentment and jealousy.

Yes, jealousy. Du Yi clearly felt that consciousness. With jealousy and hatred as the catalyst and the belief of the masses contained in the wings of light as fuel, this Habisa II truly unleashed unparalleled power.

"Hehehe! How do you feel? How do you feel!" In Du Yi's sight, Habisa II actually made a familiar gesture, the gesture of putting his hands together, which looked very familiar no matter how you looked at it.

"Try this!"

Flames burst forth from the eight wings of light, carrying unparalleled heat and an absolute will to melt everything.

However, another pair of light wings completely obliterated it.

The familiar fireball exploded on another pair of light wings, but it failed to harm them in the slightest. The pair of light wings that extended from the back of the giant snake had somehow completely enveloped the snake's body.

This is Du Yi's current means of self-protection.

Although he could directly use the snake scales to withstand the attacks, the will of the Tatunbuto people would block all attacks for him first. He had tried to persuade the will of the Tatunbuto people, but it was clear that they would still do the same thing if something really happened.

Ultimately, in the eyes of these Tatunbuto people, they should do something for their serpent god and would not miss any opportunity to protect the serpent god.

This made Du Yi shake his head and sigh.

Then, something else caught his attention.

"The power you just used, that was..."

Du Yi sensed it clearly. If he only vaguely felt that it looked familiar when his hands were clasped together, then with the fireball being unleashed, he could immediately confirm that it was the power of those Ignivas people!
"How come you know this too? Where did you get it?"

Du Yi was stunned. He never expected to see a familiar power in Habisa II.

"Who taught you that?"

"Is this important?"

Habisa II scoffed.

"Who gave me this power is not important at all. Instead, think about how you want to die... Feel this! Feel the true power!"

As he spoke, Habisa II once again clasped his hands together, and flames rose up once more.

Such intense flames could not harm Du Yi in the slightest. In fact, even if the Ignivas people really appeared, they could not possibly hurt him with such power—after all, this power originated from him, or rather, it was his own power. How could he be harmed by his own flames?
"but……"

Du Yi had a vague feeling that something was not quite right.

Yes, this power can't hurt him right now, but it shouldn't be here under any circumstances. After all, those Ignivas should have already gone far away. It doesn't seem right for them to come back at this time—if they really are back, why don't they come to see him?

He believed in the loyalty of the Ignivas; if they were truly returning, they would surely come to see him.

And now...

"Something went wrong somewhere."

Du Yi keenly sensed the problem.

He could even clearly sense the fluctuations of that will. The Habisa II who was burning now was less about unleashing power and more about becoming a giant torch.

That unprecedented heat was an extremely conspicuous signpost.

The scorching signposts are guiding something, guiding something to this land.

(End of this chapter)