Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 206 Methods of Entering the Earth

Faced with the coercion of the evil ancient serpent, the sun god Ujat naturally refused to utter a single word. As the sun god, and as the sun god who almost became the chosen god of courage, Ujat had his own dignity.

However, Ujat had his own tough stance, and Du Yi had his own methods.

Yes, after a long period of torture, Du Yi finally mastered some techniques for torturing the eagle-headed man.

That is, no torture.

They didn't torture him, but they also ignored him, simply leaving the eagle-headed man there without even glancing at him. At first, the eagle-headed man remained defiant and said nothing, but after three to five days, he couldn't hold back any longer and had to speak up to them.

Just like it is now.

"You must still want to know the secrets of the underworld, right?"

After another five days of being ignored, Ujat, the sun god with the head of a falcon and the body of a human, finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"If you want to know, just say so, and I will mercifully tell you."

Du Yi completely ignored the eagle-headed man and continued roasting the mutton—he even used an open flame, instead of the scorching heat from the eagle-headed man's body.

Meanwhile, the chosen champion Elias squatted by the oven, observing intently and occasionally asking a few related questions. Du Yi, having promised to teach properly, naturally answered all his questions without reservation.

"Actually, if we're talking about being watched by the god of courage, we don't necessarily have to wait until later... There's an opportunity right now."

During their casual conversation, Elias seemed to remember something and added another sentence.

"After all, a group of God of Courage's chosen champions have already gathered on this planet. They need to compete for a new champion on this planet to prove their courage to God of Courage... If you can defeat all your competitors, even if you are not a chosen champion, you will still get the attention of God of Courage."

It did sound like a good idea, even a decent approach, but considering Elias's madness, Du Yi decided to learn more about it before deciding whether to actually do it.

Of course, this casual conversation was only between him and Elias.

As for the Eagle-Headed Sun God, he still ignored him completely.

This made Ujat increasingly unable to tolerate it.

As the sun god, he was always the center of attention wherever he went, and he was always the one ignoring others. When had he ever been ignored like this?
"I won't tell you unless you ask!"

Ujat, the sun god, lying prostrate on the ground, made this decision for who knows how many times.

But soon, the sun god Ujat could not resist once again.

"If you want to know... never mind, I'll just tell you directly."

After being ignored several times, Ujat realized that unless he brought up topics that the ancient serpent was interested in, the serpent would absolutely not pay any attention to him.

"To go to the underworld, you first need the soul of a person who has committed a great sin..."

Taking a deep breath, Ujat continued.

"The soul of the deceased will return to the underworld. At that time, as long as you follow the guidance of the soul, you can go to the underworld..."

Du Yi still ignored the eagle-headed man, continuing to watch the mutton until it was cooked through.

However, he remembered all of the eagle-headed man's words.

The souls of the dead return to the underworld, which sounds perfectly logical—but after a moment of thought, Du Yi suddenly realized something was amiss.

After all, just a few days ago, he had heard Elias explain the theory of the Mind-Body Technique. In the eyes of Elias, or rather, many of the chosen champions, once the body, which serves as the vessel for the soul, is destroyed, the soul is like water spilled from a broken cup. In just a moment, it will turn back into vapor, either seeping into the ground or merging into the air.

Simply put, when a person dies, their soul dissipates and their spirit vanishes; once dead, they are dead.

There is no underworld, and there could be no souls being retrieved. "This..."

Du Yi subconsciously glanced at Ilias beside him.

But they found that this chosen champion from the Star Sea seemed completely unfazed.

"It must be some kind of soul-collecting measure."

Noticing Du Yi's confusion, Elias offered an explanation.

"It's quite common, it exists in many places. On a small scale, it covers a region, and on a large scale, it covers a planet. Once the body that serves as the vessel for the soul is completely destroyed, the scattered soul will be retrieved... However, only those beings who have conducted extremely in-depth research on the soul can do this kind of technology. Why would such places exist?"

Elias wasn't looking down on the technology on this planet, but at least from the perspective of current civilization, it was clearly something they couldn't have created.

"Could it be... some ancient ruin?"

Elias also became interested.

While exploring ancient ruins is pointless for most of the chosen champions, since they don't need any hidden treasures buried there, all they need is endless battles and competition—there are often guardians in these ancient ruins, and among these guardians, there are often formidable enemies worth fighting.

Furthermore, in the final competition for the true champion, the existence of such guardians will even be taken into account by the god of courage.

In other words, the guardians hidden within the ruins are also among the competitors in this struggle.

Even if they themselves were not involved.

"In other words, it requires at least the soul of someone who has committed a grave sin..."

It was at this moment that Du Yi started muttering to himself.

Immediately afterwards, Du Yi and Elias's gazes fell upon the sun god Ujat.

"Why...why are you all looking at me like that?"

Being stared at by two pairs of eyes, especially those huge snake eyes, Ujat suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

"I am the sun god, I am immortal..."

"I didn't intend to kill you."

Du Yi raised his tail and coiled up the sun god Ujat.

Then, he turned to look at the chosen champion, Elias.

"You should have a way, right? Don't actually kill it, I want to keep it for grilling."

"There is still a little bit."

The chosen champion Elias reached out and grabbed the longsword stained with blood, which fell into his hand.

"You don't have to completely break the container. Just leave a small crack, and the water inside will flow out on its own..."

As he said this, the longsword had already plunged directly into the body of the sun god.

The sword, covered in dark red rust, was now beginning to shimmer with crimson runes.

"Then all we have to do is watch where the water flows."

(End of this chapter)