Chapter 176 Don’t Look Back, Lady Divine Fire, I Am Really an Angry Father God

The Abyss is a quiet and dark place of shadows.

This is an underground cave sleeping in the deepest layer of the abyss.

It's called a cave, but the darkness is so deep and thick that you can't see the end.

No one knows how deep this shadowy land is, nor does anyone know what kind of place is connected to the other end of the cave.

The diamond, surrounded by azure blue light, is the only visible light in the cave.

The diamond was not a natural creation, but the ember left after being burned by fire.

Apart from the whistling sound of the wind, the only sound in the cave was the swaying of the grass. Over billions of years, those azure blue weeds growing in the cracks of the rocks had evolved the ability to coexist with the fire.

Apart from the weeds, there were no other indigenous people in the cave.

And today, the cave welcomed a group of new guests.

There were probably about two hundred of them, wearing ragged prison uniforms, following guards in heat-insulated suits, their hands tied with chains, and walking with a staggering gait.

Li Cheng was also among these prisoners.

"I didn't expect that the way to get close to Dianhuo was to disguise as a prisoner." Lilith floated behind Li Cheng, muttering dissatisfiedly: "These half-demons are not good at mixing with each other!"

Li Cheng glanced at her and said in his heart, "Alright, stop complaining. There are only a handful of forces in the entire Abyss that know about the existence of the Dianhuo. The fact that Vivian was able to arrange an infiltration identity for me shows that the 'Sword of the Unknown' has done a good job in the past ten thousand years."

That’s right, even though Dianhuo was imprisoned at the bottom of the Shadow Land, its strength comparable to that of a demigod and its characteristics that frightened all demigods still meant that the demigods did not dare to underestimate it.

At least the most basic servants and guards must be provided.

However, since the death rate of servants serving the Bian Fire is too high, and those who are burned to death by the Bian Fire cannot return to the abyss, these servants are now served by prisoners from various forces.

Of course, these prisoners had no idea how dangerous it was to serve a fireman.

They were only told that they were to serve a distinguished and important person, and if they did a good job, they would be able to escape punishment and regain their freedom.

For the immortal species like the Abyss Demons with infinite lifespans, being imprisoned is more painful than losing their lives.

The temperature in the cave where Dianhuo lived was unimaginable. The hot breath burned the prisoners' skin and eroded the moisture in their bodies, making them frown and constantly wipe the sweat from their foreheads.

Some of those with poor physical fitness fell directly to the ground with their eyes rolled back.

But the guards and the fire-beating guards who led them naturally did not have a good face towards the prisoners. They picked up long whips burning with fire and whipped those who fell to the ground.

Screams echoed in the cave. The pain brought by the fire burning the soul was a pain that no one wanted to endure.

"Damn it, it's so damn hot. Where the hell is this place? I've never heard of such a place in the abyss..."

A prisoner standing next to Li Cheng was completely flushed and kept wiping the sweat from his face, and his lips were pale.

Li Cheng looked at him and didn't say anything.

The scorching air had almost no effect on Li Cheng. After all, he was carrying the [Holy Fire Spirit Ring] refined by his deceased goddaughter Jerry.

This ring is strong enough to withstand the fire, so it is naturally no problem to isolate the remaining fire.

"Dude, aren't you hot?"

The prisoner looked at Li Cheng again with a puzzled expression.

"I was born cold, so I don't feel hot."

Li Cheng just made up something.

"Ding Han? What does that mean?" The prisoner was confused, but still cast an envious look: "Hey, buddy, my name is Luo Tian, ​​from the Plague Goddess Territory, what about you?"

Li Cheng glanced at him and said as if it was normal: "Xius Dahl, leader of the Wrathful Father God."

He is now becoming more and more proficient in using Hughes Dahl's vest.

In order to prevent being exposed, he would ask Vivian to go to the ward every three days to cast a big sleeping spell on Zeus. That was a spell used to help ninth-level strongmen sleep, to ensure that he would not wake up.

I believe that in his dream, Hughes Dahl would have smiled happily knowing that he had done so many things.

"Brother Xius, what did you do wrong?" Luo Tian approached him in a familiar manner.

"What did you do wrong?"

"As for me, the last time the Plague Legion invaded the Destiny Continent." Luo Tian spread his hands: "I read the flag the wrong way and threw the source of the plague into the Abyss Alliance."

"Originally, the Mother Goddess wanted to mutate all the coalition forces of the Destiny Continent, but she didn't expect that in the end it was us demons that mutated into various tumors."

"I still find it strange. Why would you throw the source of the plague into your own army?"

"Well, then I was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment."

"The commander said that if I perform well here, he will reinstate me and let me return to the vanguard. To be honest, Brother Xius, this is my only chance to escape this predicament."

Li Cheng: “…”

Wow, this top-notch traitor is truly a Crouching Dragon among Crouching Dragons and a Phoenix Chick among Phoenix Chicks.

He patted Luo Tian's shoulder solemnly: "You must get out of this predicament and be reinstated. I believe in you."

"Brother Xius, with your encouragement, I feel much better." Luo Tian was deeply moved.

The other prisoner standing next to the two men snorted coldly and sneered: "You still want to be reinstated, kid? When your superior sent you here, did he tell you where this place is?"

Luo Tian's eyes trembled: "Brother Wu Likun, your family is a plague noble, do you know something?"

"Don't call me big brother. I can't bear it." Wu Likun smiled mysteriously: "I don't know where this place is or which big shot lives here, but I know that among every batch of prisoners who come here, less than 10% can return alive."

"You know nothing, yet you still want to be reinstated. That's simply wishful thinking."

"Brother Wu, what you said is not right. Since 10% of people can go back alive, why not me?" Luo Tian frowned.

"Why? Haha." Wu Likun looked Luo Tian up and down: "You don't even know the rules of survival here."

"What are you arguing about!" At this moment, the Dianhuo guard who was walking in the front snorted coldly and walked over with a whip in hand: "You few unlucky people, you are still not honest after coming here, do you want to be whipped?"

As he said that, he waved his hand, asking the guards to come over and take those people down.

"Hey, sir, sir." Wu Likun immediately nodded and pulled his sleeves, taking out a bag of gold coins: "Let's just chat, chat, and you can calm down."

"Oh?" The chief guard took the bag and shook it: "Humph, you are sensible. Hmm, who are you?"

"Wu Likun, sir."

"Oh, I remember you. Your family has been taken care of. Don't worry."

"Well, thank you, sir."

Wu Likun smiled with a look of relief.

After the chief guard walked away, he turned around and looked at Li Cheng and Luo Tian, ​​straightened his back, and snorted coldly: "Do you understand? This is the law of survival here."

"You think that the one percent you get back alive is based on luck and strength, but in fact, it's based on family background, connections, and gold coins."

"Do you understand?"

"This...this...Brother Kun, how much did you give to that guard?" Luo Tian's throat was a little dry.

"Not much. There are gold coins in the bag and a storage ring. Adding up, it should be more than 400,000 gold coins." Wu Likun waved his hand: "Oh, that little money can only be used to fill the gaps between teeth. The real money to buy my life has already been paid by the family."

"It's just the gap between our teeth..."

Luo Tian seemed to have suffered a huge blow. He covered his chest and felt very uncomfortable.

He was just an ordinary demon. It took him hundreds of years to save up that bag of gold coins.

Not to mention, that was just a drop in the bucket compared to the money spent by Wu Likun's family.

At this moment, he felt the disparity in the world.

“Oh, now you get it, it’s impossible for you to get out alive.” Wu Likun enjoyed Luo Tian’s expression very much, and his back became straighter and straighter.

"Brother Kun, huh." Luo Tian sneered, "I never thought that this little guard would dare to embezzle so much money. One person is worth millions, and a group of people is worth tens of millions. That's great, great."

"It's so corrupt, so dirty, it's good to regain freedom, it's good to escape death, it's good, it's good."

The more he spoke, the more confident he became, and his back straightened up.

This frightened Wu Likun: "You, what do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? What else can I do?" Luo Tian's laughter became increasingly gloomy: "Of course I want to..."

"Ask Brother Kun to borrow some money from you!"

After saying this, Luo Tian's expression changed instantly, and he said miserably:
"Brother Kun, since we are from the same hometown, please lend me some money. I want to survive and get my job back!"

"Get out!" Wu Likun breathed a sigh of relief. He really thought that this guy was some hidden boss who was going to start a killing spree.

"It's impossible to lend you money, kid, but we are from the same hometown and have been in the same prison. If you have money to buy your life, then hurry up and take it out. I can help you deliver it to the guard."

"I, I'm just a soldier, where can I get so much money..." Luo Tian lowered his eyes. "Then there's nothing I can do, kid." Wu Likun smacked his lips twice: "Then I can be sure that you will be here, tasting the despair of despair, hehe."

"I..." Luo Tian's body trembled, and he looked at Li Cheng again: "Brother Xius, what about you, do you have money to buy your life?"

"No." Li Cheng shook his head.

In fact, he was lying. Back then in the City of Fraud, he had seized countless Abyss Coins.

Although the style of coins has changed with the times, the rare metals inside have not changed.

Before he came here, he asked Vivian to help him melt that part of the Abyss Coins into rare metals.

According to a rough estimate, the money he carried with him must be at least hundreds of millions.

But he didn't plan to pay the bribe now and wanted to observe the situation.

"Haha, look at how poor you two are, tut tut tut." Wu Likun smiled and said, "Don't worry, for the sake of our fellow countrymen, you two should write a suicide note, and I will bring it back for you when I go out, hahahaha."

"I..." The sadness on Luo Tian's face became even more intense.

It was at this time that the large army stopped.

The chief guard, who had just collected the gold coins, walked up to the prisoners and put his hands behind his back.

The chief guard looked at the prisoners, his face full of disdain and mockery:

"Those whose names I called, come out now."

"Wu Likun, Zhang Wei, Carteros, Rolt..."

"Haha, then you two, take good care of yourselves and remember to write a suicide note."

Wu Likun showed a gloating smile and followed the large group to the front of the stage.

The guards who had been waiting there early removed the shackles from their hands.

The chief guard patted one of the prisoners on the shoulder and said, "Alright, take them to the outer wall and take good care of them. When their sentences are completed, send them back to their respective homes. Don't let anything go wrong."

"Also, don't have any crooked thoughts. Remember, the most important thing in doing business is integrity. We must focus on sustainable development. After this batch is sent back, there will be another batch. We will get money for each batch. Don't forget the big profits because of the small profits. Do you understand?"

"Yes, my lord."

A few guards nodded and took the prisoners to the carriage heading to the outer wall.

When Wu Likun left, he did not forget to look at Li Cheng and Luo Tian jokingly.

He also felt the disparity in the world.

Sorry, without money, you can only stay in this gloomy sewer-like place, like a humble rat, waiting for death to come.

The carriage started, and the chief guard turned to look at the remaining prisoners, smiling jokingly:

"Everyone, I believe you can feel how hot the temperature is here. I won't hide it from you. The master who lives here is moody and cannot be judged by common sense. You must be very careful when serving him."

"The most important thing is, if you die here, you won't even have the chance for your soul to return to the abyss. What awaits you is complete death."

Hearing this, the prisoners immediately began to chatter and whisper:
"How is this possible? Apart from suicide, I have never heard of a situation where the dead cannot return to the abyss..."

"Yeah, this guy is lying to us."

"Yes, this place is just a hotter prison at best..."

"Haha, whether I lied to you or not, you will understand when you die." The chief guard smiled.
"I have no obligation to explain to you. But you can think about it. If dying here can return to the abyss, why would those nobles spend such a huge price to redeem the children?"

After these words were spoken, the prisoners were finally moved, with fear and horror showing on their faces.

"Jie Jie Jie."

The chief guard pointed to the cave behind him:
"As for you, hand over the valuables you have on you. If you pay more, I will send you to the outskirts of this cave, away from that important person. Who knows, you might still survive."

"I'm sorry to say that those who pay less will have to become the personal servants of that master. Believe me, it will be an extremely hopeless thing."

"Damn it... in the end, it's all about money..."

"Damn it, if I had money, I would have left with those noble gentlemen a long time ago. Why am I still staying here?"

"Damn it, damn it!"

The prisoners whispered.

The Chief Guard quietly admired their struggle.

He has done this many times.

The nobles make some money, and the poor make some money.

In fact, if he had entered Lord Dianhuo's cave in the past, he could have saved several people's lives with some manipulation.

But recently, I don’t know what’s wrong with Lord Dianhuo’s temper, he has become particularly irritable.

He roared every day, shouting things like "lifespan" and "less again", words he couldn't understand.

Then, everyone who went in died.

But it doesn't matter. The dead have no use for those valuable things anyway, so it's a great deed for him to use them for them.

"Sir, I have a treasure here!"

"I have one here too!"

While chatting and laughing, the prisoners took out all kinds of relics and gold coins from nooks and crannies, such as inside their underwear, under their insoles, and in their stomachs, and handed them to the guards.

Luo Tian was standing behind and was almost crying with anxiety.

"Brother Xius, do you have anything valuable on you? Damn it, I have nothing on me! Brother Xius, Brother Xius!"

Luo Tian talked for a long time but didn't get any answer from Li Cheng. He turned around and found that Li Cheng was staring at the place where the carriage left, thinking about something.

"Brother Xius, you are not thinking of escaping from prison, are you? We can't get away!"

"How is that possible? I'm a good person." Li Cheng shook his head.

He was just counting how many nobles had just left and what classes they were.

The amount of regenerative power that can be converted into demons of different classes is different.

After he has dealt with Master Dianhuo with his doubts, he will ask her to help him draw a magic circle to refine all these demons.

No one could escape, nobles, prisoners, or servants.

He wanted to calculate how much profit he could get in total.

"Haha, that's really interesting." At this moment, the chief guard smiled and walked up to the two of them: "I've been working here for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen a prisoner who is unwilling to pay a penny."

“Sir.” Luo Tian’s throat moved, and he explained hoarsely: “We really don’t have anything valuable… I’m not looking down on you on purpose.”

"What?" The chief guard frowned.

"No, no, that's not what I meant." Luo Tian hurriedly explained: "What I meant is that I think giving you money is useless. No, if I give you money, you won't help me. That's not right either. Anyway, anyway, we don't have money."

"Haha, no money, no money is good." The chief guard sneered: "Well, you two, go and be the master's personal servants."

"What!" Luo Tian was shocked.

"Is there such a good thing?" Li Cheng also raised his eyebrows.

"Good news? Hahaha, kid, believe me, the days ahead will definitely be the most painful and desperate days of your life." The chief guard narrowed his eyes, "I can't wait to see your soul being burned, in agony, and afraid of death."

"You must be very interesting when you look like that."

"Guess how long you can hold out, kid. I guess you can only hold out for half a day at best."

"When the time comes, I will write a suicide note for you and send it to your lover, friends, and family. I will ask them to collect your body and accompany you, hahahaha."

As he spoke, he smiled grimly and looked at Li Cheng as if he were a dead person.

"Someone, open the cave entrance and take these two guys to the master."

"No, no, sir, no, we two still have value!" Luo Tian struggled hard.

However, Li Cheng's face showed a sunny and warm smile.

He was still thinking about how to sneak in and find Dianhuo,

I didn't expect someone would give me a pillow when I was sleepy.

Don't look back, Lady Fire.
I will soon become the Angry Father God~
As for the guard NPC in front of him...

Haha, Master Li Cheng is kind-hearted. As a reward, let him become part of the regenerative force.

(End of this chapter)