Chapter 1 Facing Hades

Qiao Yu raised his head, looking directly at Hades, the King of the Underworld, before him.

Past memories were completely cast aside by Qiao Yu.

Whether it was the Scholar Ghost or Hades, King of the Underworld, anyone who stood in his way of taking Zuo Yu from the Underworld was his enemy.

"Are you going to fight me? Do you know how foolish it is to throw a punch at a god?" Hades said coldly from his throne.

Qiao Yu didn't answer, the Zhulong Yanyue Blade appearing silently in his hand.

He didn't waste words, clearly intending to attack directly.

"Qiao Yu, I must admit, Qiao Anqing is indeed very calculating, even Zeus was tricked by him, but in the face of absolute strength, conspiracies are useless."

There wasn't a trace of emotion in Hades' eyes.

"If Zeus hadn't been foolish enough to attack you in the Infernal Refining Cliff, your body would probably have been taken by Zeus long ago. Out of consideration for our past relationship, I advise you to give up your futile struggle."

Qiao Yu's expression didn't change as he raised the Zhulong Yanyue Blade and aimed it at Hades.

"I want to take Zuo Yu and An Liya away from the Underworld. Whoever stops me is my enemy."

"Lord Hades, allow me to subdue this ignorant human for you," Thanatos said coldly.

Hades looked at Qiao Yu and slowly nodded.

A cold smile instantly appeared on Thanatos' face.

"Thanatos, fight outside. Don't let human blood contaminate the sacred ground of the Underworld Palace," Hypnos' gentle voice rang out.

"Rest assured, I understand."

As soon as Thanatos finished speaking, a black light sphere suddenly blasted towards Qiao Yu.

Immediately after, space was instantly torn apart, and Qiao Yu's body was directly struck by the black light sphere, sending him straight into the spatial rift.

"Qiao Yu!" Zuo Yu exclaimed. Their eyes met. The next second, the spatial rift closed, and both Qiao Yu and Thanatos disappeared.

Bang!

Qiao Yu's body crashed heavily onto the ground, sending ice shards flying everywhere.

Qiao Yu raised his head and realized that he had fallen onto an ice surface, surrounded by frozen earth.

Thanatos' towering figure appeared before Qiao Yu. They were no longer inside the Underworld Palace.

"Qiao Yu, do you recognize this place? This is the Ice Hell, the first circle of the Ninth Hell! It is a perpetual frozen wasteland. The souls of anyone who blasphemes against the gods will be frozen in this frozen earth, forever experiencing the pain of being frozen."

"This Ice Hell is the most suitable place for you. If Lord Hades didn't still need your body, I would have loved to freeze you here forever! Speaking of which, you are the first living person to ever reach the Ice Hell. You should feel honored!"

Qiao Yu slowly got up. The piercing cold wind relentlessly drilled into his soul, making him shiver. This Ice Hell's wind seemed to be impossible for humans to resist.

The Zhulong Yanyue Blade's hilt had already frozen to his hand. Qiao Yu stubbornly raised the Zhulong Yanyue Blade and fiercely slashed at Thanatos.

"Overestimating yourself!"

Thanatos sneered, then raised his hand and pressed down. Black energy surged, and Qiao Yu was instantly sent flying.

The Zhulong Yanyue Blade fell from his hand, tearing off a layer of skin, causing blood to flow, which immediately froze, turning into blood-colored crystals.

Qiao Yu took out the Huangquan Scepter, attempting to summon the undead in this Underworld.

However, as soon as the undead creatures appeared, they were immediately frozen into ice sculptures by the Ice Hell's cold wind.

The Huangquan's yin and cold energy was completely dwarfed by the Ice Hell's freezing cold.

"Utterly foolish, don't you understand? Humans are as weak as ants before gods. Humans can't even inflict any effective damage on gods."

Thanatos' expression was indifferent as he once again condensed a black light sphere and knocked Qiao Yu to the ground.

Qiao Yu coughed up a mouthful of blood, which instantly froze into ice crystals on the frozen earth.

Qiao Yu finally understood that his other methods were simply unable to pose a threat to Thanatos.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yu no longer hesitated. Silver lightning flickered in his left hand, and transparent flames ignited in his right hand.

Then, Qiao Yu merged these two completely different powers together. The originally stable forces instantly became violent.

Arcs of lightning and flames constantly intertwined and collided, producing small explosions.

"Nirvana Divine Lightning! Chaos Fire! Merge!"

Qiao Yu roared and forcefully merged the two forces together.

A tiny, semi-transparent spot of light appeared in Qiao Yu's hand, like a grain of glowing rice, emitting a beautiful radiance.

The next second, he unhesitatingly threw it towards Thanatos.

Thanatos' expression changed. He sensed extremely violent energy from it and quickly activated his power to resist.

At the instant the grain of rice touched Thanatos, the surrounding space seemed to suddenly freeze for a moment.

Then, from extreme stillness to extreme motion, an indescribably terrifying explosion erupted with a loud boom, spreading out in ripples.

Even the eternally unmelting ice layer that Thanatos spoke of was directly overturned by this force, revealing the dark brown earth underneath. Dust billowed everywhere, and the entire Underworld seemed to have experienced a small earthquake.

This was the first time Qiao Yu had witnessed the complete explosive power of Singularity since he learned this move.

Clap, clap, clap.

Thanatos walked out from the center of the explosion, applauding, his face full of admiration.

"Very impressive power, but if you think this level is enough to hurt a god, then you're too naive!"

Thanatos' black armor shimmered with the luster of the night. He had a pair of black wings on his back that radiated cold air, and beneath his silver hair was a perfectly proportioned face, with silver eyes revealing an indifference to life.

The terrifying explosion just now couldn't even harm a hair on his body, let alone kill him.

Just as Thanatos thought this, a faint cracking sound came.

This cracking sound would be impossible to hear if one didn't listen carefully, but with Thanatos' strength, it was naturally difficult for this sound to escape his senses. A look of shock appeared in his silver eyes.

Immediately after, the black armor on his body actually began to make cracking sounds continuously, and then it shattered completely!

Thanatos raised his hand and wiped it across his body. Blood was actually seeping out of his pores!

Thanatos' tall body trembled uncontrollably.

On Kaiji Star, Qiao Yu was able to hurt him because of the power of the Underworld Seed and the Scholar Ghost!

But now, he had actually been injured by a Pseudo-God realm peak cultivator. He was a Ninth-Order God, only one step away from the Supreme God realm!

He, of all people, had been injured by a human?

An uncontrollable rage surfaced in Thanatos' silver eyes.

"You, an insignificant human, actually dare to harm my, Thanatos', body!"

"Lord Hades wants to use your body, so I can't kill you. In that case, I will extract your divine consciousness and burn it with the flames of the Underworld for ten thousand years!"

Surging anger poured out of Thanatos' eyes. He raised his hand, and black energy condensed in his hand, filled with the meaning of death and destruction.

At this moment, an incomparably sharp sword light suddenly slashed out from the void, heading straight for Thanatos' throat.

"While the Worryfree Sword is here, the sword brings no worry!"