Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 237 Corrupted Ancient Serpent
The so-called "Palace of Bliss" is located deep in the backstreets of Tatunbto, an area where urban redevelopment has not yet been completed, and the roads have not even been widened.

Even if the road were widened, Du Yi, with his physique, wouldn't be able to get in. If he were to walk into the city like that, he would probably crush half of it—as for why the other half of the city wasn't crushed, it's because he was walking sideways.

This is the downside of being too big; you can't go anywhere you want.

Fortunately, Du Yi had already mastered the method to shrink.

Although the method of shrinking was not very stable, as long as the battle was not too intense, his transformation would not collapse like last time. So, after a short while, Du Yi transformed back into a small snake that was a little over a foot long.

"So, which of you can take me there?"

Du Yi looked at the priests.

Unfortunately, none of the priests could do it. On the one hand, it was because putting the serpent god in their sleeves was too blasphemous. On the other hand, even though they reached out to the serpent god after his repeated orders, they couldn't lift the foot-long serpent body off the ground.

"It's like carrying a mountain..."

After several more attempts, Sathek the Greatsword finally had to give up.

"This is something I really can't do."

"It's okay, I don't blame you."

Du Yi could roughly understand why. Obviously, the Ignivas people's old technique for manipulating fire, after he modified it to shrink his body, still had some problems with adaptability. Even if the flames gathered together, they were still just flames. This thing has no weight; it's just that the temperature is a bit higher.

But if it were Du Yi's system, it would be a completely different story. His body had indeed shrunk, but his weight had only decreased slightly.

Perhaps in Du Yi's eyes, this was already a huge reduction, but it was clear that for these ordinary humans, "this little weight" in his eyes was already quite heavy.

"We need to get used to this difference in perspective sooner rather than later. Otherwise, if we accidentally kill some important person one day, will we still be able to build the spaceship?"

As the saying goes, "He who eats another's food is bound to do his bidding," and since Du Yi needed these local natives to help build the spaceship, he inevitably had to give them extra care on a regular basis.

This act of care, in the eyes of the four priests, naturally became a gesture of kindness from the serpent god, which made them once again sigh at the kind of life they had lived when they worshipped the bird-headed sun god.

Fortunately, that bird-headed sun god has already become the new energy barbecue grill that the snake god talked about.

So the four priests led the way while whispering among themselves. However, this honor made Du Yi feel a little uncomfortable. He had deliberately shrunk so that he could go in quietly. Now that the four priests were standing next to him like four bodyguards, who could not see him?
"You guys, move closer together."

Du Yi simply took charge himself, having the four priests walk in pairs, while he simply slipped between them, completely hidden by their figures.

That way, nothing should be noticeable; at least, Du Yi himself felt it was very well hidden.

However, this secret was as conspicuous as a guiding light to the chosen champions outside the city.

"That ancient snake actually shrank on its own!"

The chosen champion had already spotted the opportunity and even drew his longsword on the spot.

"This unstable transformation, if you strike that ancient serpent with a sword at this moment..." "Then you will be the first one to be crushed to death."

Elias remained expressionless.

"Yes, this method can indeed clear out those local natives, so the question is, who among you can get into that city now?"

Yes, that's the biggest problem, and that's why they're so determined to get rid of these local natives.

It wasn't surprising that these local natives accepted the God of Courage's blessing. After all, there was a price to pay for receiving the God of Courage's blessing: to prove one's courage to the God of Courage. And the way to prove it was that these chosen champions had come here, and this planet would become the arena for the chosen champions until the next champion emerged from among them.

These local natives would be influenced by the god of wisdom... Well, although it's somewhat unexpected, it's still within the realm of possibility. After all, the development paths chosen by these local natives are quite strange. Their pursuit of skills and knowledge would attract the attention of the god of wisdom, which is not surprising.

But now, even the god of joy has turned his gaze to these local natives.

The Temple of Elysium has been built. Clearly, the God of Pleasure values ​​this land highly and even intends to bestow blessings upon it, allowing the local natives to ascend to demonhood.

The so-called ascension is the process of reshaping the soul by changing the form of the body—although the god of courage may occasionally do something similar to his chosen ones, it is a testament to courage and a blessing known as ascension.

This ascension to demonhood is absolute corruption, a reshaping of the body and an absolute distortion of the will.

But it is also a way for the god of pleasure to express his importance.

This means that if they enter the city, they will also come into the sight of the god of pleasure—not the previous ritual to attract the god of pleasure, but truly entering the sight of the god of pleasure.

These two are not the same thing. They can withstand the former, but the latter would corrupt them on the spot.

"But now, the ancient serpent has gone in on its own."

Seeing this, Elias relaxed considerably.

He had initially thought that the ancient serpent had suddenly become excited and wanted to do something in the past few days, but now it seemed that it had ultimately been influenced by the god of pleasure—whatever the reason for the ancient serpent's desire to enter the Temple of Bliss was no longer important at this moment.

The mutation began the moment the ancient serpent stepped into the Temple of Bliss.

No one can escape the influence of the god of pleasure.

After all, courage can be lacking, cowards are everywhere; knowledge can be disregarded, illiteracy is commonplace; but the pursuit of happiness and pleasure is something etched into the instincts of every living being, even into their very soul.

In other words, this ancient snake will definitely...

"……Um?"

Just as Elias was observing from afar on the hillside, the direction of the Elysian Temple in the city suddenly began to shake.

(End of this chapter)