"With the Hell Origin Divine Artifact, I can establish a Hell Restricted Zone in any world and use it to devour Hell bit by bit."
"All of Hell will be mine... And then I, God Lord Minghe, can use Hell to attain the rank of God Emperor!"
God Lord Minghe trembled.
Excitement overwhelmed him.
Yet a flash of clarity suddenly cut through his thoughts.
...Wait. How did I get to Hell?
Just a moment ago, I was... Huh? What was I doing?
Was I fighting someone?
Forget it.
That doesn't matter!
What matters is that the Hell Origin Divine Artifact is mine!
God Lord Minghe reached out.
His hand closed in on the Hell Origin Divine Artifact before him.
The instant his fingertips touched the tiny black ring...
"Hm?!"
"No, something's wrong. It doesn't feel right!"
"This isn't the Hell Origin Divine Artifact!!"
"This... why does it feel like an entire Hell!?"
God Lord Minghe's eyes widened.
He tried to scream.
But a crushing pressure surged through his fingers.
Inch by inch, it swept through his body.
Under a force too terrifying for words,
God Lord Minghe's body began to crumble from his fingers.
Inch by inch, he turned to ash.
He tried to flee.
To his horror, he found himself pinned in place by an unshakable force.
He could only watch his own body
turn to dust, bit by bit.
Then he vanished into smoke.
Nothing remained.
After the tiny ring crushed God Lord Minghe to ash,
it floated away along its original path.
By then,
the other beings lurking in Hell had also spotted the Hell Origin Divine Artifact.
One after another, they rushed forward,
chasing the tiny ring.
In the distance,
Shi Jiu held a black ring in her hand.
The Hell Origin Divine Artifact that had