Rayne stared at the passage high in the sky.
The passage slowly expanded and grew more solid, as if a huge hole had been opened in the sky. No matter where one was in the Storm Plane, looking up was enough to see it.
The god behind the hole was becoming clearer as well. Faintly, one could see that the other end of the passage connected to a world covered in volcanoes and flames. Among the mountains stood a towering black fortress. That was Manno's Divine Kingdom, located on the 303rd layer of the Bottomless Abyss, "Sulfur Hell"!
The terrifying pressure of a god enveloped the entire plane.
At this moment, every creature in the Storm Plane sensed the presence of a god. They looked up at the sky, their souls trembling.
Yet only those on Storm's Peak could see that not far from the hole through which the god was descending, there was a human figure.
Manno had already begun entering the passage, forcing his way from the Bottomless Abyss into the Storm Plane.
His gaze fell, and he saw Rayne.
Man and god locked eyes!
Boom...
Rayne felt as if his head had been struck by a cannon. His mind trembled violently and went blank. Even with the protection of the Will of Truth, his soul was still shaken.
This was an attack from a god. If it had been any other mortal, he would probably have died on the spot.
However, Rayne endured it.
He sensed naked malice, along with lofty contempt and arrogance, as if he were nothing more than an ant in the other's eyes. The gap between a god and a mortal was greater than that between a human and an ant. Even though he was the emperor of Aorense and had gods supporting