Rody originally intended to teleport to the Saint Song Fortress to meet up with Chris and the elite squad, but unexpectedly, the divine fire on his body burned away the teleportation gate. He was engulfed by a spatial rift and lost his original teleportation coordinates.
When he regained consciousness, he found himself in an extremely perilous environment.
Around him, there were many spatial rifts, some slowly writhing, swallowing everything within their spatial range, including soil, trees, and any life forms unable to escape in time. Near these spatial rifts, there were volcanoes billowing with thick smoke, boiling lava lakes, black bizarre rocks, and trees resembling human-shaped monsters, even various odd life forms and monsters.
Had it not been for the blazing divine fire on Rody's body, he believed he would have been devoured by the various menacing monsters around him.
The divine fire on Rody's body burned everything around him, including trees and soil. The undying divine fire was terrifying indeed, capable of incinerating everything, be it life or matter.
Rody, who possessed the regenerative power of the life source spring and had previously endured the soul-burning of divine fire, also felt immense pain.
Fortunately, his soul had been tempered by the Flame of the Heart before and was now indirectly protected within the confines of that unnamed divine artifact. However, the overwhelming amount of divine fire still posed a danger to Rody. Should the regenerative energy of the life source spring be exhausted, he might be burned into an intangible soul, and moreover, a trapped one.
To alleviate the power of the divine fire as much as possible, Rody, engulfed in flames, continuously ignited his surroundings while cautiously exploring the path ahead.
In this bizarre place, all existing life forms were extraordinarily powerful.
However, due to the divine fire enveloping Rody, no creature dared approach him. Each monster, no matter how powerful enough to reign supreme, hastily made way for Rody, avoiding the torment of being burnt by divine fire.
Rody arrived outside a terrifying forest, where all the trees resembled human torsos and limbs, twisting their bodies in agony, a truly nauseating sight. Harpies, bird-bodied creatures with human heads, lived in the forest. They noisily devoured their prey and quarreled loudly. Their reaction to Rody’s arrival was a mix of panic and anger, desperately shooting steel-like feather arrows at him.
But those steel feathers disintegrated into vapor before even touching Rody, consumed by the divine fire.
Some of the harpies with speckled feathers even chanted curses, but these had no effect on Rody.
“Could this damned place be Hell?” Rody seriously doubted he had teleported to Hell because the creatures here were rarely seen in the human realm. These harpy-like monsters resembled the legendary harpies of Hell.
And those trees resembling human torsos seemed like the Filthy Forest where the souls of sinners were imprisoned.
Rody tried approaching and set a tree ablaze with divine fire. The tree visibly trembled in pain, its branches, resembling thighs and arms, shook and struggled like humans. The entire tree twisted, with faces appearing on its bark, clearly displaying expressions of agony.
The harpies screamed frantically, seemingly wanting to protect these trees and their utterly filthy homeland.
The divine fire incinerated the trees, revealing several black souls wailing within the flames, quickly consumed by the divine fire, leaving only a pale soul. She actually bowed to Rody, showing an expression of freedom and joy on her face despite being tormented by the divine fire. In the end, she let out a sigh akin to happiness and gradually vanished into the air.
Rody was dumbfounded, unable to comprehend what was happening.
Perhaps these human souls were imprisoned in the trees, unable to be freed until now. Although Rody burned her with divine fire, she still felt the joy of liberation...
Driven by this mindset, Rody turned the entire Filthy Forest into a raging inferno.
The harpies were furious, but occasionally, pale souls would approach Rody, bow to him, then spread their arms and vanish into the air with joyful faces. These pale souls were men and women, old and young, and not only human souls. Occasionally, souls of elves, dwarves, and gnomes could be seen floating up from the burning trees, then vanishing into nothingness within the divine fire.
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More than two thousand harpy-like creatures circled above Rody, but they couldn't harm him.
If they flew too low, Rody accurately hurled burning stones at them, turning them into fireballs that fell from the sky.
A beam of light descended from the sky.
The beautiful song of angels resonated, causing countless creatures on the ground to flee, seemingly terrified of the holy light. Only a few powerful beings, filled with rage, looked up at the sky, unwilling to easily leave their territories, each showing hatred and resentment.
“What are you doing here?” A Quan Tian's Angel flew out from the column of holy light, angrily yelling at Rody.
“Birdman, what the hell is this place?” Rody retorted.
“You dare to slander our great angels? You insignificant human, I will cast you into eternal hell, where you will endure endless suffering!” The Quan Tian's Angel's face twisted with anger.
However, he did not draw his holy sword to attack, as the divine fire enveloping Rody made him cautious.
He did emit holy light, frightening the harpies into fleeing like mice.
“Isn’t this hell?” Rody curiously asked.
“You are an idiot, confusing the 'Exile Land' with 'Hell'. It's laughable. Let me tell you, this is the exile land for the evil souls of humanity! All souls that don’t believe in God are exiled here… How did you get here? Who told you the entrance? Ah, you dare to destroy the Filthy Forest imprisoning evil souls, that's outrageous! You insignificant human will definitely face divine judgment and fall into eternal hell!” The Quan Tian's Angel, seeing the raging inferno below, was furious.
“Come on, birdman, judge me!” Rody said nonchalantly with a smile: “I’m waiting, just afraid you won’t come!”
“Insignificant human, you think I can’t do anything to you? I’m not the fool Philbis. He only used the ‘Chains of Binding God’ to imprison your soul and mental power. That fool, doesn’t he know the power of divine artifacts? Ridiculous!” The Quan Tian's Angel sneered: “As soon as I chant the divine spell, you will become a puppet under my command!”
“Go ahead, chant it. I’m listening!” Rody casually cleaned his ears and flicked his fingernails.
The Quan Tian's Angel chanted a very long spell, repeatedly making the sign of the cross, holding his hands in front of him, and praying continuously.
Finally, a divine light rose above Rody’s head.
A crystal-clear, slender chain emerged slowly amidst the divine fire, showing no fear of the fire's destruction. It wrapped around various parts of Rody's body, making him feel as if he was entirely controlled by this divine chain.
His mind was clear, his will his own, but his body was completely under the control of the divine chain.
"The Chains of Binding God, leading the evil sinner to eternal hell, imprisoning him forever in the hell of despair, unless the day comes when the heavens and earth are overturned, otherwise the punishment will never end." The Quan Tian's Angel solemnly issued the command, and immediately, Rody felt his body involuntarily moving in a certain direction, completely controlled by the Chains of Binding God, unable to struggle at all.
"What kind of divine artifact is this? So powerful?" Rody still had the mood to turn his head and ask the Quan Tian's Angel.
"The divine artifact of the Earth God. Unless you can contend with the entire earth and reverse heaven and earth, you cannot escape divine punishment!" The Quan Tian's Angel sneered.
"I see." Rody nodded, appearing very satisfied with the divine artifact.
The Quan Tian's Angel was about to open a small light gate to leave the Exile Land, but suddenly, he was stunned. He heard a voice, the same divine spell he had just chanted, the complex and intonating divine spell, repeated verbatim by Rody.
As divine light rose again above Rody's head, the Chains of Binding God swiftly extended once more.
"The Chains of Binding God, also leading the enemy behind me to eternal hell..." As soon as Rody spoke, the Quan Tian's Angel screamed in terror, rushing into the small light gate.
But the long Chains of Binding God were faster, pulling him back in the middle of the teleportation, completely ignoring the spatial transfer.
The high and mighty Quan Tian's Angel struggled desperately, but in vain. He was yanked down by the divine chain with a snap and fell to the ground.
Rody smiled at him and said, "Welcome to biting the dust! Birdman, now, you must regret that malicious divine punishment, right? Congratulations, you have the opportunity to spend a long journey in hell with me, this insignificant human! Unless heaven and earth overturn, it seems we won't be parting! Ha, who would have thought, birdman, that you would have such a day!"
"How did you do it?" The Quan Tian's Angel was shocked.
"This divine artifact is not yours. Since you can pray to fulfill wishes, of course, I can too! Besides, your chanted divine spell, although complex, had a pattern. You thought I was too panicked to remember, didn’t you?" Rody slowly extended his hand towards the Quan Tian's Angel, who was being pulled closer, and smiled, "As fellow sufferers, let's shake hands! If you don't mind, I'm willing to share the exhilaration of being burned by divine fire!"
"You madman!" The Quan Tian's Angel roared furiously.
"More madness is yet to come. I assure you, you'll be satisfied, haha!" Rody laughed loudly, while the Quan Tian's Angel shed tears of regret.
He deeply regretted chasing this damned human. If he had not pursued him, leaving him in the Exile Land, Rody could not have returned. Moreover, even if he did pursue, he should never have used divine punishment. Now he had trapped himself as well... The Quan Tian's Angel desperately thought of various ways to lift the divine punishment, but that was impossible.
If it could be lifted, it wouldn’t be divine punishment.
The Quan Tian's Angel could no longer bear the despair of being eternally imprisoned in hell and burst into loud cries.
"Hahaha, it's too early to cry now, it seems on this journey, you, the birdman, will have plenty to cry about!" Rody laughed loudly, extremely pleased with himself. All the monsters around, terrified by the divine fire and the divine chain, fled far away. The creatures that survived here were not simple; they had enough intelligence to understand the danger of these divine objects.
Next, Rody began to torment along the way, and the days of suffering for the Quan Tian's Angel officially commenced.
The Quan Tian's Angel was far more powerful than Rody, but he was helpless.
Because both Rody's soul and body were protected by the divine chain, even if the Quan Tian's Angel swung his holy sword or used treasures, he could not harm Rody. Conversely, Rody's divine fire made the Quan Tian's Angel, adorned with treasures, extremely fearful. Even though the divine chain could protect his body from being burned by the divine fire, his soul had no protection. Rody could make him experience the torment of soul-burning by the divine fire whenever he wished.
"Birdman, tell me, what's your name?" Rody started questioning in a good mood, smiling.
"..." The Quan Tian's Angel was unwilling to engage with him, contemplating ways to escape.
"Alright then, let me remind you!" Rody flicked his divine fire onto the Quan Tian's Angel, making him howl in pain, then immediately withdrew it, and asked with a beaming smile, "Birdman, what’s your name? Do you need another reminder? I’m more than willing to do so!"
"Matifa, you, you damned human…" The Quan Tian's Angel, seeing the divine fire flare up in Rody's hand again, quickly shut up.
"Pleased to meet you, Matifa. As a Quan Tian's Angel, you must have quite a few treasures on you, right?" Rody's friendly smile was akin to a fox standing in front of a chick as he asked, "What do you have? Tell me, I'm sure there's something I'll like. Give me a few as gifts, I love receiving presents!"