I let the genie out of the bottle

Immediately afterwards, the painting transformed into a giant, lifelike dragon-shaped stone statue.

Then, the stone statue opened its eyes.

"Roar!"

Seemingly filled with excitement and joy, the yellowish-brown dragon, now alive, spread its wings, which were over ten meters long, raised its head, and let out a roar.

Amidst the roar of the dragon, the goddess of dragons and serpents, Athena, had her long silver hair fluttering slightly.

But she didn't care at all. Her beautiful toes, which had been free of her stockings, were as delicate as cardamom buds. Wearing straw sandals, she slowly walked up to the dragon.

The ferocious dragon ceased its arrogance and became like a docile kitten before the goddess.

It lowered its head voluntarily, resting its chin on the ground, revealing an adoring gaze.

"Good child." Athena smiled gently and lovingly, tiptoed, and raised her hand as if to stroke the dragon's head.

However, due to his height, he could only gently pat the dragon's nose in the end.

"hold head high--"

The ferocious dragon narrowed its eyes with satisfaction and let out a roar.

"Hehehe." The goddess's expression was serene, and she let out a series of silvery laughs.

Then, with a leap, it landed on the dragon's forehead.

Then, he raised his sickle, his sharp gaze fixed unwaveringly on Lu Ye in the sky.

"Roar—!" The dragon roared, its eyes wide open, and a stream of gray-green dragon fire shot out from its mouth toward Lu Ye.

Then, its wings trembled slightly, and it flew straight up toward Lu Ye's location.

Holding the Book of Enoch in one hand, Lu Ye maneuvered his chariot to evade the dragon flames.

Then, with a thought, countless divine lights shone around him.

The next moment, hundreds and thousands of defeated swords appeared in the air and rained down on Athena above the giant dragon's head!

"Ow—"

Sensing the sharp aura emanating from the defeated sword, the dragon let out a somewhat panicked wail.

The next moment, it raised its two large wings and held them to its forehead.

Then, the deadly rain of swords fell on the dragon's forehead and the goddess's wings!

Chapter 82 Are You a Renewable Resource? [Bonus Chapter 3 After Release]

Just as Lu Ye's sword rain was about to land on the dragon's wings, Athena's eyes narrowed slightly, and she raised her hand to press down on the dragon to protect its wings.

The next moment, the power of the spell emanated from his body, gathered in his palm, and then covered the entire dragon.

The dragon's body was instantly covered with a layer of rocky gray.

"Damn! They're terrible!"

Lu Ye glanced at the faint white marks on the dragon's wings and cursed inwardly.

However, he himself did not intend to rely on this to achieve success.

"Roar!" The dragon, finding itself unharmed amidst the rain of swords, roared excitedly and swooped down toward the fire chariot.

Even the goddess who rode the dragon gripped her scythe tightly, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.

"Roar!" With the goddess's protection, the dragon ignored the rain of swords raining down on it and unleashed its full power with its claws.

"The power related to time—has been used!"

Seeing Lu Ye suddenly move to the right without warning to dodge the dragon's claw, Athena's eyes lit up.

Before the Trinity was restored, she had already witnessed Lu Ye's power, which might be related to time.

Therefore, she had been on guard the whole time. The only saving grace was that this ability seemed to have a cooldown period.

Taking this opportunity, she fiercely raised her sickle, intending to cut off Lu Ye's head!

Then, at that moment, Athena felt a pain in her abdomen.

She instinctively looked down and saw a smooth chain with steel rivets at the front, which entered from her back and exited from her abdomen on the side!

On the deserted island below, a deep crack appeared out of nowhere. And this chain extended from that abyss.

The Book of Enoch – A Place of Repentance

The place where criminals awaiting trial are imprisoned has countless chains extending from it.

With one hand holding the Book of Enoch, Lu Ye conjured countless chains from the abyss with a thought.

He had used only one chain to ambush the goddess during her attack in order to reduce the chances of being discovered by Athena.

Moreover, even the power of words was skipped over using an abbreviated process.

It seems that although Lu Ye's martial arts skills are far inferior to those of the goddess, his heart is still strong!

Seeing the countless chains surging towards her, Athena's expression changed instantly.

She understood that if she were bound by so many chains, it would be very difficult to escape.

Because of the very nature of these chains, they are specifically targeted at so-called "sinners".

Those outside the scope of these chains are probably only the most devout so-called believers in the Lord.

Without hesitation, he raised the scythe of death in his hand and slammed it heavily onto the chains.

"Ping!"

Sparks flew, and a gap appeared in the chain.

However, it will take quite a while to break this chain.

At this point, the chains below were already quite close, giving her no chance to break them.

Worse still, after the chain pierced her, the rivet at the front turned and began to wrap around to the back, trying to bind her up.

Even if she wanted to use a slow method to remove the chain from the point of penetration, it would be impossible now.

and so--

Athena's expression hardened, and she reached out and grabbed the chain, pulling it forcefully to the side.

Instantly, he tore his abdomen open from the point of penetration to the outside.

Having done all that, the goddess grabbed the rivet at the front of the chain and hurled it at Lu Ye in a fit of rage.

Then, without hesitation, she gently placed one hand on the giant dragon beneath her feet.

"Come back for now."

She casually wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand and spoke gently to the giant dragon she was standing on.

Below were countless chains, which not only prevented the dragon from gaining any advantage, but also made it a huge hindrance.

"Woo woo." The dragon whimpered and obediently returned to the body of the dragon-serpent goddess.

Athena's injuries had healed automatically, but her white dress was now stained with large patches of red.

The tear in the dress, revealing pale skin mingled with bright red blood, created a strangely stimulating effect.

Seeing the studded chain that Athena had knocked away flying towards him, Lu Ye almost instinctively raised his hand to block it.

Then, he instantly realized what was happening, his expression changed, and he looked at his fingertips.

His palm was stained with blood.

Without a doubt, this was the "gift" that the beautiful goddess gave him.

To avoid alerting him, the goddess didn't even do anything to her blood beforehand.

He immediately enveloped his entire body in magic.

At the same time, the goddess of the underworld also used her own blood as a medium to unleash a curse.

Aging, death, exhaustion, forgetting... countless negative effects associated with the underworld come with the curse.

However, under Lu Ye's magical isolation, it was merely consuming the magical power that was protecting him.

The curse of the underworld, though constantly eroding his magic, could no longer serve any other purpose.

"Is this all you've got?" Lu Ye stood atop the flaming chariot, his expression arrogant.

"Even with a curse on my back, holding this book in one hand, I am still invincible in this world!"

Athena glared at him angrily, gripped her scythe tightly, and swung it around, unleashing a storm of magical energy that blew away all the chains that were surrounding her.

It must be said that the blood-soaked Valkyrie, with her disheveled yet heroic spirit, and her noble yet alluring demeanor, is indeed quite attractive.

Then--

"Its feet tread upon the earth, on Mount Sinai, displaying the might of the heavens. Fear destroys all, the fallen tremble, and kings shudder at the end of days. Mountains shake and crumble, flames melt into wax, the earth is torn apart, destroying everything on the ground, judging the lambs of the earth, and only the righteous will be forgiven!"

The Foot of God!

An incredibly powerful impact slammed down on the beautiful goddess!

Caught off guard, the goddess was slammed to the ground!

Because the commander's feet are firmly planted on the earth, no one is allowed to stand in the sky.

Then came flames that erupted from the earth, flames that judged the guilty.

Apart from God's most faithful lamb, apart from those who obey God—

The rest are all sinners!

"Ughhhhhh—" Despite using the power of the underworld to protect herself, the goddess still couldn't help but let out a painful cry.

"Finish."

Taking advantage of the situation, Lu Ye controlled the chains and bound the goddess tightly. He took a few steps forward and smiled.

I have no compassion.

His gaze was slightly cold as he placed his hand on the smooth, soft shoulder of the unconscious goddess, and the goddess's power slowly flowed into Lu Ye's body.

Once the power within her body has been completely absorbed, this beautiful goddess will vanish from the world.

Then, the power absorbed by Lu Ye suddenly stagnated.

The goddess's eyelids seemed to twitch slightly, but she did not open her eyes.

Lu Ye's expression changed.

"Want to run? No way!"

Immediately afterwards, he stomped heavily on the ground in front of him.

Suddenly, a disheveled figure burst out of the ground.

He used the snake's "shedding skin" technique in an attempt to escape underground, but was discovered instantly.

"Cough cough." The disheveled goddess of the underworld was both shocked and angry, looking at Lu Ye with a wary and desperate expression.

Regardless, make one last desperate attempt.

She smiled with a touch of sadness.

Beneath her feet, the power of the earth slowly flowed into her body.

The divine power that seemed to have been inexplicably swallowed up began to recover slowly and laboriously.

However, what she did not expect was...

Lu Ye's eyes lit up instantly when he sensed that the power he had absorbed from Athena's body was also beginning to recover.

"Is it a renewable resource?"

"Eh?"

The goddess looked at Lu Ye's smiling face and showed a blank expression.

Is this considered giving me a reason?

Lu Ye thought to himself.