The Real Infernal Realm

The enormous Divine Peng abruptly came to a halt, stopping just as he was about to leave the sea of lightning.

"From now on, when I travel, my original body should stay out of sight whenever possible. Keep plenty of trump cards ready, and keep the number of enemies small." Rhodes had no intention of harming others, but he could not afford to let down his guard.

His Lightning Divine Clone appeared, his original body returned inside him, and Rhodes stepped straight out of the sea of lightning.

Rhodes looked up at the sky outside. A cold, purple crescent moon hung in the night sky like a sickle, casting hazy, eerie purple moonlight over the boundless world below.

Looking at the towering trees and jagged, grotesque rocks on the ground, he wondered if this was the real Infernal Realm-the "Infernal Realm" of unknown size among the Four Overgod Planes!

As far as the eye could see, heaven and earth stretched into a vast expanse, without a living being in sight.

That made sense. Not much time had passed since the creation of heaven and earth. How many living beings could have actually come into existence, and how many could have become deities? Still, time was worth little in the Coiling Dragon Universe. As time accumulated, there would certainly be more and more deities.

"Since I'm out now, I'll pick a direction at random and explore, and see if I can meet any living beings to talk to." Rhodes controlled his divine body and continued flying through the sky. He did not use his innate talent, and even deliberately kept his speed a little slower than usual.

Since he had come to this world, he had to properly appreciate its scenery and look for other living beings. After all, he did not like being alone all the time.

One person's strength was ultimately too meager. If he found suitable candidates, he could take them on as subordinates. Whether he was searching for Heaven and Earth Wonders or anything else, having subordinates search was surely better than searching alone!

Besides, would it be reasonable to go through such a long life without finding a lovely young woman? He had to learn from the lessons of his previous life and stop being single. He had to spend his long life with someone he loved!

Otherwise, he could not guarantee that he would not have become some outrageous pervert by the time he lived to see the original story's timeline.

I've heard that each of the Four Supreme Planes is different, with its own distinctive features. I'll have to tour all the Four Overgod Planes, Rhodes thought as he flew.

As Rhodes flew, he seemed to sense something and suddenly accelerated. A purple energy slash swept past behind him. While he had been flying and planning his future travel route, he had suddenly sensed what seemed to be an energy fluctuation below him, leading to that scene just now: his speed had surged in the nick of time, allowing him to dodge the strike.

"Who are you? Don't you know this is territory ruled by the great Di'ers?"

A Lowgod spoke to Rhodes as he flew toward him.

Only then did Rhodes look at the Lowgod who had just flown over, frowning. "Attacking without saying a word-is that really appropriate?"

"I was merely passing through by chance. I've never heard of this Di'ers, and I meant no offense," Rhodes told the Lowgod who had just flown over.

"Passing through by chance? The Ten Thousand Layers Thunder Domain is right behind you. No deity can enter it at all, yet you claim you were just passing through? Tell me who you really are! Why have you come here? Unless you explain yourself, you're not leaving today."

The Lowgod in purple robes spoke in an utterly unyielding tone.

Watching the other man look ready to draw his blade at the slightest disagreement, Rhodes finally felt that this place bore some resemblance to the Infernal Realm in the original story.

While Rhodes was considering how to answer him, the Lowgod opposite him swung his divine artifact and charged straight at him. At that sight, Rhodes no longer felt like saying anything. He could use this Lowgod to hone his combat skills.

After all, he had lived in the twenty-first century in his previous life, and not in the land of the free, America, but in the safest country in the world. In thirty years, his memories of fighting went back to his middle school days. Rhodes had never even killed a chicken, let alone killed someone outright as he would now.

He only needed to watch out for whether this man had some overpowered innate divine ability. As long as he did not encounter an utterly unreasonable innate divine ability like that of a God-Slaying Rat, Rhodes really did not think much of other Lowgods.

The distance of several li vanished in an instant. Just as Rhodes was preparing to swing his divine sword and fight, his opponent swung the divine artifact in his hand as he approached. An illusory saber image flew out of the weapon and shot toward Rhodes.

"Die!" After unleashing the soul attack, the opposing Lowgod continued swinging his divine artifact and slashed at Rhodes.

Rhodes stared, dumbfounded. Were deities from the dawn of creation already this devoid of martial honor?

In an instant, Rhodes darted aside, dodging the soul attack outright. Not daring to dwell on anything else, he swung the Tribulation-Breaking Sword in his hand. Several enormous purple swords flew out, slashing toward the attacking Lowgod.

His opponent dodged several Material Attacks and had already reached Rhodes.

"Die, brat." The long saber covered in purple spots in the Lowgod's hand cleaved straight toward Rhodes, who raised his sword and thrust it forward.

The instant the purple-spotted divine saber collided with the Tribulation-Breaking Divine Sword, an illusory saber image passed straight through Rhodes's weapon, through his body, and onward toward his mind.

Hmph, the purple-robed Lowgod sneered inwardly. My ultimate move is a soul attack. With our weapons clashing at close quarters, let's see how you dodge this. During his previous two attacks, he had realized that Rhodes was too fast, and that his soul attacks would probably be easily dodged.

Just as the purple-robed Lowgod prepared to swing his saber and kill Rhodes, he discovered that the Lowgod who had been right before his eyes had vanished. A purple longsword then pierced through the back of his head, and lightning exploded inside his skull.

"Ah, you-" The purple-robed Lowgod's eyes were filled with shock, then immediately dimmed.

"I only wanted to practice my combat skills with you. I never intended to kill you, but you... all you wanted was to kill me!" Rhodes said, his gaze icy.

After all, the present Rhodes was a Divine Beast born of heaven and earth, with cold-bloodedness filling his very nature. Thus, he suffered none of the aftereffects of killing for the first time.

As it turned out, the purple-robed Lowgod's soul attack had dissipated inside Rhodes's mind without even penetrating the two rays of light guarding the outside of his soul space. To Rhodes, this Lowgod's soul attack had been no more than a gentle breeze brushing his face.

But the incident also served as a warning to Rhodes. What if he encountered a soul attack capable of penetrating his innate divine light?

Of course, there was probably no soul attack in the world at present that could reach Rhodes's soul. After all, he also had willpower guarding his soul space.

After sensing the purple-robed Lowgod's killing intent, Rhodes had unleashed his utmost speed. Although the divine speed of his Lightning Divine Clone could not match that of his original Divine Beast body, it could still surpass the speed of most people in the world.

That was what had led to the scene just now: in the blink of an eye, he vanished, and his sword pierced the man's head.

Ultimately, encountering Rhodes had been this Lowgod's bad luck. Had the man spoken politely, Rhodes would not necessarily have killed him. But since he had immediately launched into a fight to the death, Rhodes could only kill him.

After a moment's daze, Rhodes collected the purple-robed man's divine artifact, Divine Spark, and Interspatial Ring.

"I'll leave this place first, then check this Lowgod's Interspatial Ring in a bit and see if there's anything good." Rhodes immediately picked up speed and left the battlefield, preparing to find somewhere to take a good look at his spoils.

After continuing some distance in his previous direction, Rhodes landed on the ground, preparing to take a proper inventory of his spoils first and see if there was anything good. After all, these were his first spoils.

Drip blood, claim ownership. The whole process went incomparably smoothly.

"Pah, what a poor Lowgod. What is all this garbage? I wouldn't want it even if someone gave it to me. No wonder his divine artifact looked familiar—it was made from the same material as mine, only he used so little that it left spots all over the saber. So poor!" The instant Rhodes opened the Interspatial Ring, his heart sank more than halfway.

"Looks like I'll have to find this Di'ers he mentioned. Hopefully, he has money and can speak to me properly. After all, I only want to ask for directions." Rhodes put everything away and soared into the sky.

Rhodes also wanted to see just how great this so-called "great Di'ers" was.

Blood-red sunlight shone on Rhodes as he flew, making his purple robes gleam all the more.