Gaia, the Mother of the Earth

The woman wore a blood-red robe and held a candlestick in her hand, which emitted endless darkness.

She sat on the mural and looked down at Liu Ping.

「"Are you God's messenger?"」

"No, I'm not," Liu Ping said.

「"Impossible. That damned old man would never give the sacred candlestick to someone he doesn't approve of."」

"I'm probably his comrade."

「"You know each other?"」

"I've forgotten a lot of things. I have a vague impression. We should have had a meal together."

「"So why did you come to Hell …?"」

"This is a secret between him and me. In short, we won't make things worse."

The blood-red robed woman pondered for a while and said softly, 「"Yes, things are already terrible. You can't make things worse. It's good enough that you can stay alive."」

"Who is she?" Liu Ping asked softly.

"One of us, Gaia, Mother Earth. But she hates me …" God said concisely.

"Why?"

"Because when the nightmare came, I was already dead. So the entire human world and all the land were destroyed."

"She wants you to fight?"

"Yes. When the land was destroyed, she lost too much power. Now, she's like us."

Liu Ping looked at the blood-red robed woman on the mural and his gaze fell on the candlestick in her hand.

The woman noticed his gaze and explained, 「"Hell is the other side of the Divine Empire. In both worlds, everything is in pairs and has different effects."」

"The all-knowing and omnipotent God isn't willing to die just like that. He came here with me to find a way to save the situation," Liu Ping said.

「"He used death to escape. And you and I feel that you've also lost a lot of power. You're no different from me. I'm afraid we can't do anything,"」 Gaia said.

"Why?" Liu Ping asked.

「"Hell has become a testing ground beyond the imagination of all living beings. Here, existences that are far stronger and more chaotic than ordinary nightmare monsters are born. Even if the nightmare wants to deal with them, it won't be that easy,"」 Gaia said.

"I'm not here to fight. I'm here to find a small path to the Divine Empire and take everything away," Liu Ping said.

"I know that path too … I can help you, but you have to promise me one thing," Gaia said.

Liu Ping paused.

"After the destruction of the earth, hell is her last territory. If we want to do anything, we won't be able to do it without her approval." God whispered.

"Tell me, what is it?" Liu Ping asked.

「"Take me away too. As long as I leave hell, all the dead in hell will follow me. They have to be saved and not stay here and become food for the monsters." 」Mother Earth Gaia said.

"I can't do it alone," Liu Ping said.

「"With me and that damned old man helping you, maybe you can do it."」 Mother Earth said.

Then the voice of God spoke again:

"She knows the weaknesses of all existences. With her joining us, we will be like a tiger that has grown wings."

Like a tiger that had grown wings …

He had to survive first.

Liu Ping sighed and said, "Alright, how can I take you away?"

Gaia said,「 "What you see is only a portrait of me. If you want to find where I am trapped, you will need to pass through a very dangerous place."」

Rumble rumble

The mural and the entire wall slowly rose.

Behind the wall was a long corridor. On both sides of the corridor were cells. There was nothing inside, only some blood and organs.

At the end of the corridor stood a man in black who was pretending to be asleep.

If one were to take a closer look, they would discover that he was not dressed in black. Instead, his entire body was covered in black blood.

He had a long tail with stopped beating hearts strung on it. Looking at his sleeping appearance, it seemed to be a short rest after eating.

Mother Earth Gaia said,

「"This is the experimental product of Nightmare. It used the body of a human to contain the soul of a Nightmare monster and produced an unexpected mutation. Its strength increased by several times, but it has a weakness."」

「"It has no consciousness, only appetite."」

"How strong is it?" Liu Ping asked.

「"With our current level of strength, we have no way to deal with it," 」Mother Earth said.

Liu Ping listened carefully, took off the monster's head from his waist and said, "Let me try."

The monster's head hurriedly said, 「Sir, I have always been telling the truth. I have never lied to you.」

"Let me see your true abilities. You must have abilities that I don't know of to be able to escape from such a terrifying place," Liu Ping said.

「Don't, I have only been in the blood just now. I have never entered such a dangerous place,」 the monster's head hurriedly said.

"Really?"

Liu Ping tossed the head, followed a few steps, and kicked it out.

The head let out a scream, crossed the long corridor, and instantly arrived in front of the monster.

The monster's nose twitched, and it quickly opened its eyes.

「Damn it!」

The head cursed, suddenly turned into a shadow, passed through the monster's body, went through the wall, and quickly disappeared.

It turned out that it had mastered the three Occultic powers of turning into nothingness, penetrating, and ignoring attacks!

「Interesting food.」

The monster's body slammed backward, and immediately broke through the wall to chase after it.

Now, only Liu Ping was left in the corridor.

「"Take this opportunity, I will bring you to my main body,"」 Mother Earth on the mural said.

She turned into a line of blood, flew down, and formed a crimson ring on Liu Ping's finger.

Liu Ping didn't hesitate and quickly followed the corridor.

He came to where the monster was originally standing.

There were two corridors here, the one on the left was a path leading upwards, while the one on the right was a dark path.

「"Quickly! We will take the left one. "」

Mother Earth's urging voice came from the crimson ring.

Liu Ping looked to the left, only to see an open door, outside the door was a flight of stairs leading upwards.

He ran over and was about to pass through the door when he suddenly stopped.

The 'person' covered in black blood appeared from the void of space, blocking the door.

「The head is delicious, thanks.」

It spoke with a serious attitude, then spat out some bone fragments.

Liu Ping stood still: "If you really think so, then make way, I have something to do."

The monster said, "I want to eat you."

When it said 'eat', it had already turned into a bolt of lightning, instantly appearing in front of Liu Ping.

The monster opened its mouth full of sharp teeth and bit down on Liu Ping's head.

Crack!

The crisp sound of teeth clashing could be heard.

The monster didn't eat anything!

It took two steps back and looked at Liu Ping.

Liu Ping was still standing there, smiling: "Actually, what you see is just my illusion, the real me has already run to the other side."

The monster was startled, then roared: 「No!

You can't run away! 」

It passed through Liu Ping's illusion effect, and chased towards the dark path on the right, quickly disappearing.

Outside the left corridor, Liu Ping stood behind the wall and listened for a while, then walked up the stairs.

As expected, although the monster was strong, it didn't have much intelligence.

In the crimson ring, Mother Earth Gaia asked with interest:

「"You avoided that guy without any battle, it looks easy, but it's actually not a simple matter, who are you?"」

"I don't know, anyway, I'll save you first, then we can talk about other things" Liu Ping said.

He took out a bag of dry rations from his storage space and threw it into the darkness outside the stairs.

In a flash.

The monster suddenly appeared behind him, but quickly retreated, chasing after the rations that kept falling.

"It's really fast."

Liu Ping sighed and waved his hand.

[Special Effects Artist] activated!

[Deception] activated!

Countless weapons appeared in the void around him.

Liu Ping stretched out his hand and grabbed an ancient looking long saber in his hand.

Mother Earth's voice came from the crimson ring: 「"I seem to have told you before, it's a nightmare in human form, and its strength is above us."」

Liu Ping said: "Maybe its strength is above you and God."

The monster suddenly appeared beside him.

Almost at the same time, Liu Ping turned around while trembling, and stabbed the long sword in his hand into the monster's mouth.

A thunderous sound exploded from the saber.

A bolt of lightning shot out, instantly piercing through the night and the sky, and bombarding the tower hundreds of meters away.

One slash!

The monster's head exploded, its body was cut in half from the middle, black blood was blown away by the wind.

As if there was some kind of magic, the blood in the corpse automatically flew out, all of it rushing into the air and landing on the opposite wall, drawing a strong and powerful "one" character.

"The name of the sword is' Bloodletting ', once it hits, all the blood on the enemy will be drained."

Andrea casually said.

"Nice weapon," Liu Ping praised and put the sword back into the void of space.

Lines of burning words quietly appeared in his mind:

[You've used a Blade technique unknown to nightmares: Tremor Slash]

[This attack has activated 'Joy of Slaughter', giving you a large amount of Soul Points]

[Please continue to work hard, kill one more of these guys, then you can prepare to face your Tribulation]

All the text disappeared.

The monster's body was also cut in half, but it still used its tail to tie the two halves together, stubbornly standing there.

Even though its head had exploded, it still asked:

「What kind of blade technique is this? Why didn't my settings work at all? 」

"This is a blade technique that doesn't exist in the world," Liu Ping said.

「No wonder … If I had one more life … maybe I could eat you.」

The monster sighed.

It could no longer maintain its body, the two halves of its body fell on the stairs and kept rolling down.

From the crimson ring, Mother Gaia's confused voice sounded:

「"Why are you so strong? Are you at your peak condition? That's not right, I feel that you've lost a lot of vitality …"」

"It's like this, although we've been abandoned by the era, like you two, one died and the other was trapped, we still have a chance to get back up" Liu Ping said.

「"You've already passed the initial period?"」 Mother Gaia asked.

"That was a very difficult period, but I've already started to get back up and fight for strength again, after all, we want revenge, don't we?" Liu Ping said.

There was a moment of silence.

Suddenly, Mother Gaia and the omnipotent Lord spoke at the same time:

「"We'll definitely get revenge."」

Liu Ping nodded in satisfaction and said, "They may have defeated us, but we haven't been defeated, so we'll definitely save the world."

He turned around and continued to run up the stairs.