Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 255 The Revenge of the Ancient Icefield People
Instead of fighting, it was a contest; that was the method Casaloron came up with.

Killing that snake could have immeasurable negative consequences, as the god of courage had warned him. But if it were a fair fight, that would be a different story—even if he beat the snake so badly it was wishing for death, it would simply mean the snake was less skilled.

"After this battle is over, we'll find another opportunity to kill this evil serpent."

Casaloan thought to himself, full of confidence in his victory.

So, early the next morning, Du Yi, who was busy with his work, received a challenge letter.

"What the hell? Casaloran? Who's that?"

Du Yi was completely bewildered when he saw Elias, who had come to issue the challenge.

This isn't the first time this has happened. The previous David Day was the same; he suddenly appeared and even acted like he had a grudge against him. And now, this Casalon is the same. Even though he's never heard of this name, he insists that he has a grudge against him and wants to teach him a lesson.

Normally, Du Yi wouldn't mind finding out what this so-called feud was all about.

But now...

"I don't have that kind of free time."

Du Yi refused the so-called duel without hesitation, after all, he had more important things to do right now.

That is, to prepare to fight against the God of Life in the starry sky.

The enemy above the stars was undoubtedly the strongest opponent Du Yi had ever encountered. Unlike the other so-called gods he had fought, he had never even seen this so-called god above the stars.

The unknown always brings a lot of imagination. Just like now, the more Du Yi thought about it, the more he felt that he was still too weak at the moment.

Not strong enough, at least not strong enough right now. As for how strong to be considered strong... Du Yi hadn't figured that out yet, but facing an unknown enemy, Du Yi always felt that he wasn't strong enough.

Since we are not strong enough, we must find a way to become stronger, at least strong enough to fight against this unknown enemy, at least strong enough to avoid being spied on by these so-called gods in the star sea.

"Yes, spying!"

Thinking about this made Du Yi feel a chill, after all, no one likes being spied on.

The thought that even when he was using the toilet, some so-called deity was watching him from above made Du Yi feel even more nauseous.

"And that also means that my actions will be completely exposed to their view."

Yes, that's the most troublesome part. Every move he makes is exposed to the other side's view, which means that no matter how he becomes stronger, the other side can quickly find a way to counter him. It's like playing Dou Dizhu (a card game), where he always plays with his cards face up, so how can he win?
And actually, he's not the most troublesome one.

Rather, it was those people from Tatunbto.

Those who made a pact with him to build a spaceship and escape the planet are the ones in the most danger right now—just like the plague spread by the God of Life, which had almost no effect on Du Yi himself, but was a catastrophic disaster for these people.

Therefore, after resurrecting the four priests overnight, Du Yi has been discussing solutions with them.

There are three solutions that have been discussed so far. The first is to reinforce the roof, which is something that ordinary people can do. Although it may not be very effective, it can at least prevent people from being directly exposed to the starry sky. Of course, this approach also has drawbacks, namely that the living environment will become dark and people will not be able to see the sun.

However, there were solutions. Du Yi still had the new energy Sun God. If they could smash the Sun God, which had been smashed into a pot, back into a flat surface and use it as a roof, the people of Tathunbutuo would eventually have sunshine again. The second solution was to increase the production of terracotta figurines. This was also to prevent the God of Life from spreading the plague again—although Du Yi felt this method was only treating the symptoms, not the root cause, at least the four priests thought it was a good solution.

"At least during the spread of the epidemic, the people in the city were able to maintain production using terracotta figures... As long as Tatung Bhutto itself can continue to survive, there will always be a way to cope."

This was the reason given by the four priests, and Du Yi did not refute it this time. After all, according to the four priests, they had to keep the people in the city active, instead of just lying in bed when the epidemic came.

No matter what method is used, as long as one can still move, one will feel that there is still hope; but lying in bed will only lead to a faster death.

However, if death does occur, that would be the worst-case scenario.

Then we'll have to use the third method.

That is, everyone will die directly in the underworld.

Clearly, this is the last resort, the only option left. If they are truly outmatched, they will all perish in the Underworld—after all, the Underworld is the territory of the Serpent God, and they will be safe there.

On the contrary, only after all the people of Tatungbhu were dead could their serpent god unleash his full power without restraint, using every available force to destroy everything in sight.

"In the end, it was us who held us back."

Du Yi still remembers that at the end of the discussion, the four priests bowed deeply to him with a look of shame on their faces.

“If we were stronger, if we were more capable… even if we had just a little bit of ability to fight these diseases, we wouldn’t have ended up like this.”

"That's not the case. What do you mean by 'holding us back'? Didn't we already agree to go up to the sky and take a look?"

Although he said that, Du Yi could actually sense that the four priests had thoughts that were not much different from his own.

They are too weak, not strong enough. They need to become stronger.

With this in mind, both Du Yi and Tatunbto got busy.

On Tatunbuto's side, several large-scale infrastructure projects have been launched, including a huge dome covering the entire city, solely to block the spying from the starry sea—of course, this is just a prototype at the moment. If the effect is good enough, this thing called the "Second Canopy" will be fully rolled out, and within five years, it will cover the entire Serpent God Empire.

Meanwhile, Du Yi was also reassessing the power he could currently use. Although no one had ever taught him how to cultivate, the knowledge he had heard from Elias about the body, consciousness, and soul had laid some foundation for him. So recently, he had been trying to train his body and try to get these three elements into a positive cycle.

"So I really don't have time to do this kind of thing right now, so don't disturb my workout."

Considering that he had known Elias for some time, Du Yi still explained his reasons, then lay down on the ground and continued doing sit-ups.

A snake exercising by doing sit-ups seems rather comical, but when Elias felt the immense power that made the earth tremble, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Kasalorn, can he really win?"

Seeing Casaloran, fully armored and charging towards them from a distance, Elias felt a sudden jolt in his heart.

(End of this chapter)