Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

“I will kill that ancient serpent to prove that I am worthy of being a true champion warrior.”

Ujat had never been so determined.

However, it is clear that with his current strength, he is still far from being able to kill the ancient serpent. But at this moment, he already knows clearly who he should go to gain experience before fighting the ancient serpent.

"If you want to kill the ancient serpent, you must first kill the three giants who once fought against it."

Chapter 184 Father Says Goodbye, Son Smiles

Ujat, who emerged from the Tomb of Horus, did not leave the Underworld, but instead walked deeper into this forest of stelae.

Behind these ancient obelisks that buried the gods of annihilation, there is an even larger stone tablet hidden in the distance. However, unlike these obelisks inscribed with the names of gods, there are no words on this giant tablet. As for the giant tablet, there are no skeletons to be seen. Only an empty tomb remains there, as if waiting for someone to move in.

Now, three legendary giants reside there, and according to them, they can comprehend the mysteries of life and death within that tomb.

"I hope my elders will not disappoint me."

With that thought in mind, Ujat had already stepped into the tomb.

As soon as he entered, Ujat saw the enormous lion with a blue face and fangs. This ancient blue-faced lion god was the first of the three giant gods. If it were anyone else, they might think that this blue-faced lion god, who was in the lead, was the strongest of the three giant gods.

But Ujat, being one of his own, knew very well that his eldest uncle, who held the highest position, was actually the weakest of the three giants.

Starting with the weakest one is exactly the way to get stronger.

However, just as Ujat was beginning to show his killing intent, the blue-faced giant lion opened its eyes—but just as the blue-faced giant lion was about to look at the source of the killing intent, the familiar eagle-headed human body made it pause for a moment.

"why you?"

The blue-faced giant lion couldn't even understand it for a moment.

"You little brat, could it be..."

boom--

In that brief moment of hesitation, the blazing sun flames that shot out had already burned through the neck of the blue-faced giant lion.

The enormous lion head fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

This time it was Ujat's turn to be stunned.

"It turns out that my uncle is actually so weak."

Indeed, if they were to face each other head-on in a fight, even if he had the determination to become stronger, the blue-faced giant lion in front of him would still give him a hard time—but right now his uncle hesitated because of his identity.

Between life and death, a moment's hesitation is enough to cost you your life.

Ujat felt he had grasped something, and he sincerely thanked his uncle, the blue-faced lion, for it was through this life-or-death teaching that he learned this extremely important lesson.

After that, Ujat immediately put his newfound knowledge into practice in battle.

Because, without warning, an elephant trunk was silently sweeping towards him.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ujat immediately unleashed the Solar Flame in his hand. The blazing light, as intense as a sword, was so overwhelming that the attacking elephant trunk had no choice but to retreat and temporarily avoid its attack.

It was at this moment that the enormous figure of the six-tusked white elephant finally emerged from the shadows in Ujat's line of sight.

"Judging from your appearance, you should have fully accepted the power from the stars."

The six-tusked white elephant had a sinister look in its eyes, and its gaze toward Ujat was full of murderous intent.

“The three of us warned you to use that power with caution. These gifts that seem to come out of nowhere must have come with a price tag... Clearly, you didn’t listen.”

The answer to the six-tusked white elephant was the sunlight that lashed out at it.

Ujat didn't hesitate for a moment, nor did he want to waste any words. At this moment, he only wanted to kill this second uncle to prove his strength.

Yes, to prove one's strength.

At this moment, Ujat truly understood everything.

He might not truly be no match for that evil ancient serpent, even though that ancient serpent was a god that even the three giants of the past could not resist. However, that ancient serpent had been stagnant for an unknown period of time, while he had grown far too much. The difference between him and that ancient serpent now was likely not a difference in strength.

Rather, it was his aura that was suppressed.

A defeat in battle led to his downfall, and it was this defeat that made him feel that the ancient serpent was invincible. When he himself felt that the ancient serpent was invincible, even with all his skills, he was ultimately unable to unleash even a fraction of them.

So he needs to gain experience, so he needs to level up, so he needs to defeat the three giants of the past and use their blood as a stepping stone for his next challenge against the ancient serpent.

"Therefore, I will not lose."

Just as the elephant trunk was about to pin him to the ground, Ujat's entire form suddenly transformed into a sun.

The scorching light instantly burned the elephant's trunk to ashes, along with the shadow in which the giant elephant had hidden, completely extinguishing it. Although the ancient tomb itself was made of an unknown material, and even the sun's heat could not destroy it, the six-tusked giant elephant itself could not withstand such burning.

In just a moment, the body of the six-tusked white elephant turned into dust, leaving only its head, which had been deliberately spared, lying on the ground alongside the blue-faced lion's head.

"I knew it, I'm really strong."

With two of the three giants eliminated, Ujat had more confidence in his strength than ever before.

However, the third of the three giants is the most troublesome.

That was the third of the three giants, and also the wisest and most powerful.

Although he is indeed ranked third, in terms of true strength, this Golden-Winged Eagle God is the first among the three giant gods.

"All I can say is that he is still my father after all."

Thinking this, Ujat raised his head, and a blazing beam of light shot straight into the sky.

Just then, the shadow in the sky flashed by and then swooped down, landing in front of Ujat.

Before he could even come to a stop, the beam of light, carrying intense killing intent, was already hurtling towards him. The Golden-Winged Roc, who had landed on the ground, frowned deeply.

"Ujat, have you gone mad?"

The Golden-Winged Roc angrily rebuked its offspring.

"I told you long ago not to use the evil magic from the stars! But you were still bewitched by that power... The power within this divine tomb is the orthodox one, why don't you understand!"

"You are wrong, my father. This is the way to become stronger."

Despite saying this, Ujat showed no mercy in his attack. A blazing beam of light swept across and instantly severed the Golden-Winged Roc's wings, sending them crashing to the ground.

After picking up the pair of wings, Ujat aimed his palm at the head of the Golden-Winged Roc.

“I have understood everything, I have grasped the essence of this world... and you are outdated.”

boom--

The blazing beam of light shattered the head of the Golden-Winged Roc.

It also shattered the last vestige of confusion in Ujat's heart.

“The old gods should be buried in their graves, whether it be you or that ancient serpent.”

Looking at the three corpses on the ground, Ujat wore a confident smile.

"Now is the age of the new gods, our age."

Chapter 185 The Second Sun

The city of serpent demons, Tatunbuto Apophis.

Although the sun god had attacked before, not many people knew that it was really the sun god because the four priests had blocked the news. Since people had taken refuge indoors early to seek shade, they did not see the eagle-headed human descending from the sky, and most people regarded it as an unprecedented heat wave.

So, after this sweltering heat, people went back to eating, drinking, and doing whatever they wanted.

As for the four high priests, they have suddenly become quiet recently, probably because they have gone to cultivate with the snake god.

This kind of thing doesn't affect people's lives, nor does it affect the normal operation of the entire city.

As for the four priests, they were indeed cultivating, or at least in their eyes, it could be considered a form of cultivation—although their method of cultivation was simply to extract information from the sun god time and time again, they believed it was a way for the serpent god to instruct them to cultivate.

The great serpent god wanted to test the loyalty of the sun god by torturing him.

After all, the sun god was a deity they once worshipped, but now he had fallen into their hands. If they still harbored any lingering affection for their former master, they would certainly hesitate to act—and without a doubt, this hesitation would be a sign of disloyalty. Once the snake god noticed this, who knows what the snake god would think?

But is going too far a good thing?

It might seem harmless on the surface to treat their former master so cruelly, but if they were to think about something else entirely—for example, if they were to face the Snake God in his time of need, would they also be so ruthless…?

How can someone who disregards even the slightest bit of past kindness be used?

Therefore, the four priests have been suffering greatly these past few days. If they act ruthlessly, it will affect the public's perception; if they don't act ruthlessly, it will affect the present. The dilemma is not only an unprecedented torture for the sun god, but also for the four of them.

However, such spiritual practice is not without its benefits.

Just like now, as soon as the sun god moves, they can tell whether the other party wants to eat or defecate.

"He probably needs to poop this time."

As the sun god's flat body began to glow, the four priests exchanged glances.

The so-called defecation is naturally not defecation in the physical sense. The sun god is, after all, a god. He doesn't even eat in the normal sense, so how could he do something as mundane as defecation?

As for the defecation mentioned by the four priests, it was the sun god's behavior when he had absorbed enough sunlight and was preparing to rebel.

Although the sun god seemed willing to cooperate at first, the wise serpent god had already seen through the eagle-headed man's evil plot. After that, the evil eagle-headed man made this feigned cooperation several times, when in fact he was digging traps for them.

Because this behavior was so disgusting, the four priests referred to this act after absorbing sunlight as "defecation," rather than "eating" while absorbing sunlight.

"What are we going to pull this time... hmm?"

Just as the four priests were preparing to give the evil eagle-headed man a surprise, as they had done before, they suddenly noticed that the light emanating from the eagle-headed man seemed a little... off.

Having spent a long time with this eagle-headed man, the four of them had long since learned how to judge the eagle-headed man's actual condition from the intensity of the light emanating from him—if the light was not strong enough, it meant that the eagle-headed man was weak and preparing to deceive them; if the light was strong enough, it meant that the eagle-headed man had recovered somewhat and planned to secretly kill them.

Yes, in the past, the evil eagle-headed men have made attempts in this regard. The despicable eagle-headed men, not daring to challenge the great serpent god, actually tried to kill these weaklings instead.

It was only because the serpent god was watching from the side that the eagle-headed man's evil plot failed; otherwise, the four of them would probably have melted into the light in an instant.

But this time...

"Something's wrong!"

Ansaq the Crowned Priest, the chief of the four priests, immediately noticed the unusual situation.

The reason was that the light emanating from the eagle-headed man was unusually bright.

Although it was still only at the level of a faint fluorescence, and it seemed that there was no difference, for the four priests who had fought between life and death, they could already judge the extent of the evil eagle-headed man's recovery by the light at the first moment.

Clearly, this time, the evil eagle-headed man has regained unprecedented power, and the determination emanating from that faint glow far surpasses any previous time!

"not good!"

Ansag, the Crowned One, immediately looked up to the sky and shouted.

"Great Serpent God! Your servant begs for your help!"

With a loud roar, the serpentine tail, as thick as a city wall, blocked the path of the four priests, separating them from the eagle-headed man lying on the ground, emitting a fluorescent glow.

Immediately afterwards, a blinding beam of light struck the snake's tail.

It was an unprecedented surge of light, like a second sun descending to earth. The mere aftershocks were enough to turn the clothes of the four priests to ashes—it was only because the enormous serpent body was blocking their way that the most deadly light was shielded from them. Otherwise, the few of them would probably have melted in the scorching light in an instant.

However, this time was different from the past. The four priests could faintly smell a smoky aroma that resembled roasted meat.

"This... even the Serpent God is injured?"

Blasphemous thoughts arose involuntarily in the minds of the four priests, even though they knew very well that this was a questioning of the greatness of the serpent god and a questioning of the serpent god's power—but the faint aroma of roasted meat was genuine, and it was clear that the serpent god's serpent body had actually been burned by this light.

The evil eagle-headed man had such a hidden trick up his sleeve...

"I have returned from the underworld."

Accompanied by such a sound, the second great sun rose from the earth.

"Are you all prepared to pay the price?"

The eagle-headed humanoid figure, enveloped in light, exuded unimaginable power. Its calm and collected demeanor suggested that it had truly grasped something profound.

Dead.

Such a thought arose in the minds of the four priests.

However, at that very moment, four portions of barbecue were placed in front of them.

"I haven't tried using this kind of heat to grill before. It cooks in an instant, it's so convenient."

After dividing the roasted meat into four portions, the enormous serpent finally looked at the second sun with its eagle-headed, human-bodied form.

"This was cooked using the fire from your body, would you like some?"