The darkness that was veiling my eyes continued to remain there for a few minutes, and when I opened them again, there was lava and an apocalyptic environment now surrounding me.Shira, Alliron, and Aratas were missing, and I could see around me a desolate desert that was way emptier than the one in the Duramato Continent.There was something strange in this part of hell, I could recognize it as being the first layer, but there was something strange about it.Usually, imps and the lower-level demons would be running around, trying to kill each other or do some other activities around this desolate desert, but there was nothing around here now.Everything was too silent, and I doubt that the weakest demons would leave hell.They wouldn't be useful. Some of them were even weaker than normal human civilians, they would be safer here.Despite their weaknesses, most of the low-level demons were abnormally smart, so they would know the best to remain here.What were the higher-ups concoctin
Finally, after so much walking without seeing anyone in sight, I spotted 3 figures huddled around the entrance toward the 2nd layer of hell.Who else could they be but my three companions? Shira, Alliron, and Aratas.My approach was slightly slow as I felt the violent emotions in my soul stir and increase the closer I was getting to the entrance of the 2nd hell.But they weren't to the level that they would take over my soul and make me become a mindless beast. Atleast not yet.My arrival almost went unnoticed as the other three were currently focusing on something, maybe quelling their violent emotions.After a little bit of time, Alliron opened his eyes to see me, he showed me a strained smile as he said:"Finally here, huh?"I nodded slightly as I glanced towards the other two, Aratas was having it the hardest, he was clenching his teeth, sweat was dripping down his forehead, and he didn't even look at us as he might lose control and attack.He continued to look at the grey sands b
(SOME EXPLICIT SEXUAL SCENES WILL APPEAR DURING THIS CHAPTER, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!"The raging emotions in my mind were accentuated by the illusions plaguing me. The 2nd hell was doing its best to make me repent, but it wasn't easy to make me do something I didn't want to.My willpower clashed with the emotions and illusions constantly bombarding my soul, while Shira looked at my trembling body with slight worry.I was still moving forward, but my pace had slowed to a snail's crawl.The problem was that the 2nd hell was getting angrier and angrier at my resilience. But its attempts to make me repent were also speeding up the process of sin-cleaning.Of course, if the soul didn't repent, it would be pretty useless to reincarnate it as it would lead it to the same path.Hell usually wanted to create a cycle where the same path wasn't repeated, regardless if it was good or evil, if I was evil, I should become good or neutral, and vice-versa for the others.Of course, hell would be way m
Even though holding hands didn't mean much to me, Shira was still quite happy that I didn't refuse her request.She sent me a sweet smile as she started to drag me forward into the distance.We still had to meet with Alliron and Aratas in the middle of the 2nd layer.The surroundings were no different compared to the first layer. There were red cloud-lead skies that looked like doomsday had come, grey sand along with a lava pool that was deep below which influenced the surrounding oxygen to become as toxic as possible.Now that I didn't have to fight for my body to go berserk and rampage in more ways than one. I was finally able to scan everything around us.The further we went into the 2nd layer, the more I felt an invisible pressure starting to appear on my shoulders, starting to push me into the sand, leaving deeper footprints in it.I scratched my chin using my free hand as we arrived in the middle of the 2nd layer, meeting with Alliro and Aratas.Alliron looked the same, nothing
The toxins in the 4th layer were something that was quite above what I experienced in the living world.Even the most venomous creatures I encountered couldn't compare to a simple whiff of the atmosphere in the 4th layer of hell.Combined with the pressure and the other tortures, the stress started to accumulate in both body and soul.Especially since we were experiencing twice the pain and torture since this environment was meant only for souls.I looked towards Shira who was cleansing her green complexion using the fiery phoenix flames that were generated from her hands, while I could also sense that her soul wasn't too affected by the fire.It looks like the phoenix was a majestic creature that could endure quite a lot using its cleansing flames.The 4th layer was quite bigger compared to the previous three, there was also the fact we couldn't fly, so we had to move through the lava rivers on foot forcefully.I and Shira started to walk ahead to the first obstacle, the lava river t
The 6th layer was meant to stop you and torture your sense of being with the stopped time.You could look around and see, but you couldn't say anything, do anything, or hear anything.There was also the fact that your body's built-in time clock would be thrown in disarray from the stopped time in this layer.I could feel that this could be considered a relatively high level of mental torture.It started slowly initially, but the more you stood there, waiting for something to happen, the more maddening it would be.Imagine standing still, unable to move, but, still being perceptive of your surroundings, watching them be immobile for an unknown amount of time.The torture would turn anyone insane.Fortunately, even though my movements were remarkably restrained, I was still able to move through the stopped-time environment as I had an expanding amount of knowledge about the time law that was governing this hell layer.The more I moved through the restricted area, the more I understood..
The worm-like creature was very deferential to me, but I knew it was most likely thinking about a plan to escape or injure me somehow. It couldn't hide its intentions through its slimy eyes.I grasped the creature by its neck as I didn't have the time nor the mood to interrogate it.I decided to go with a direct approach, immediately dominating its lesser will and transforming it into a slave, where I could get an immediate reading of his memories.The being's memories weren't very long, and they didn't contain much information, but they did contain the current situation of the 8th layer.This area was one of the 2 battlefields on which the sins were fighting to ascend to the surface.The 9th and 8th battlefields contained the sins and their armies who were currently fighting the combined tortures and they had the full focus of the law enforcers that hell had created.They were the law-based beings that had two missions, make sure that the tortures were applied properly, and make sure
My target didn't know that I was stalking him from the shadows.I kept my aura hidden to the maximum, making me not much different from a simple tree or a rock in the senses of others.The shadow soldiers scattered around the battlefield dissipated immediately as they returned to my side, transforming into energy that seeped back into my body discreetly. I couldn't hold back anything against the sin-bearing demons. Their strength was high enough to hold back Alliron and Aratas, even though it was a 4v2, it was still impressive!I closed my eyes for a brief second as 5 seconds passed, and the hooded demon attacked Alliron once again, injuring him by piercing the side of his chest and taking out a few ribs.The second that he tried to get back to his allies' sides, I appeared behind him, appearing there directly by moving through the shadow, achieving teleportation!My eyes were peering directly into the demon's, making it widen behind the hood.A dagger made from wood that was encased