"I'm willing! I'm willing!"
Hearing that deep voice ring out, Liu Yuan immediately shouted his answer in his heart without the slightest hesitation.
He hadn't done anything wrong, yet he had been buried alive because a villain had harmed him.
At that moment, his heart was filled with hatred, with nowhere to vent it.
As far as Liu Yuan was concerned, as long as he could get revenge, as long as he could punish Yu Xiaogang and Tang San properly,
he was willing to do anything!
Upon hearing the offer, he had agreed without hesitation. He had no interest in verifying whether it was true or false. All he wanted was revenge!
He would crawl back into the world of the living from the very edge of hell.
He would gain enough power to destroy everything.
Then he would make every last person who had bullied and harmed him pay with their lives!
That was why Liu Yuan's reply was so resolute.
"Heh heh heh."
"Good! Good! Good!"
The deep, resonant voice sounded very pleased after hearing Liu Yuan's answer.
Then, with a whoosh, Liu Yuan—who had been buried by Yu Xiaogang and the others—was transported by the Death God to another area, far from where he had been before.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and the others were still feeling immensely pleased with themselves for having buried Liu Yuan alive, their hearts full of satisfaction.
But Liu Yuan had already been rescued, and had begun preparing to take revenge in the future!
He coughed loudly several times where he stood, finally catching his breath.
When he looked around again, he realized the surroundings had changed. Before him now stood a hazy figure wearing a black robe, with a Great Scythe strapped to his back.
Liu Yuan recognized him at once.
Perhaps before, when he had been buried alive and not yet rescued, Liu Yuan might have had some doubts about the owner of that voice.
But now, there was no doubt at all. The man had saved him. And Liu Yuan could indeed sense an extremely dark, deathly power coming from his body. Combined with his appearance, Liu Yuan guessed that he was the Death God of this world.
"Are you the Death God?"
Liu Yuan turned to the Death God and asked repeatedly, his gaze respectful.
"That's right. I am the Death God, one of the oldest and most powerful gods in the Divine Realm."
The Death God smiled faintly at Liu Yuan, then continued.
"Aren't the Five Great God Kings the most powerful gods in the Divine Realm? Are you a God King too?"
Liu Yuan was surprised by what he heard and asked the Death God in confusion.
"You know quite a lot."
The Death God hadn't expected Liu Yuan to know about such things, so he explained:
"The Five Great God Kings are merely the five most powerful gods in the Divine Realm on the surface."
"Besides the Five Great God Kings, there are many other beings who are even more powerful. The God of Creation, the God of Judgment, and the Death God, for example."
"These gods simply don't like getting involved in affairs. That doesn't mean they don't exist, nor does it mean they're weaker than the Five Great God Kings."
Liu Yuan was astonished to hear this. Even as someone who had crossed over into this world, this was the first time he had heard such a secret about the Divine Realm.
But at that moment, he didn't care about any of that.
He cared about only one thing: could the Death God before him help him kill Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others?
So he asked the Death God directly, "You said earlier that you could help me gain power?"
"I want to kill the people who harmed me. Will the power you're about to grant me be enough?"
The Death God merely smiled, sounding rather proud. "Do you know why the Death God is called the Death God?"
"Because once you inherit the Death God's divine position, killing a person—or even a god—is as easy as can be."
"Forget those insignificant nobodies who wronged you. Once you inherit my divine position, killing the likes of Asura God and Sea God in the Divine Realm will be as easy as eating or drinking."
Liu Yuan's eyes filled with excitement.
He quickly asked, "Then what do I have to give up?"
The Death God simply shook his head. "Nothing. Just accept my inheritance and become the next Death God."
The Death God looked at Liu Yuan and said, "I've held this position for far too long. I have great power, but staying in this role for so long has become terribly dull."
"I want to give up the position of Death God and travel the universe. Unfortunately, no suitable successor has ever appeared."
"I've waited all these years to find someone qualified like you. So you don't need to do anything. Just go to the place where I left my inheritance on Douluo Continent and accept it."
"Once you're done, you'll be the new Death God."
"You can wield your Scythe however you please and make everyone who harmed or humiliated you pay the price."
"You're the Death God. You have that right!"
Liu Yuan felt his blood surge as he listened.
If it really meant he could take revenge, he would be willing to pay any price.
As long as he could personally kill Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others, he would even be willing to sacrifice everything he had.
But now the Death God was telling him he didn't have to give up anything. He only needed to accept the inheritance to gain that power.
What did Liu Yuan have to hesitate about?
"Where is the inheritance site?"
Liu Yuan immediately asked the Death God.
"You should be able to see it now."
But the Death God only chuckled.
After hearing that chuckle, Liu Yuan looked around and realized that he really could see an enormous black pillar of light in a certain direction.
He had never seen anything like it before, but now that he could see it, Liu Yuan was certain it was the inheritance site the Death God had mentioned!
He had just turned his gaze back, intending to ask the Death God something else.
But to his surprise, the Death God's hazy figure before him had already vanished without a trace.
He looked around several times, but couldn't find any sign of the Death God.
Just then, the Death God's deep voice rang out around him again.
"Now that you can see the location of the inheritance site, come and accept the inheritance as soon as possible."
"After what happened this time, you probably realize it yourself: you're very weak right now."
"So if you want revenge and want to become stronger, hurry over."
"I'll be waiting for you at the inheritance site."
As soon as those final words fell, the Death God's voice vanished completely, and the terrifying aura of death surrounding them disappeared as well.
Liu Yuan immediately set off toward the black pillar of light.
Not long ago, he had been weak.
Back then, when others oppressed him, he could only silently endure it, no matter how furious he was.
He had been at their mercy, like meat on a chopping board.
In the end, he had suffered the miserable fate of being buried alive.
But now, he had been given an opportunity.
An opportunity to become stronger, an opportunity to take revenge.
He would seize it with all his might.
He would make every last person who had harmed and humiliated him pay with their lives!
"Yu Xiaogang, Tang San. Just you wait. I'll kill you with my own hands."
Thinking this, Liu Yuan gritted his teeth and headed toward the inheritance site, one step at a time.
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