Lu Li, standing at the edge of the canyon, opened his eyes.
"1...2...3..."
A few silent voices rang in my heart.
The dark red sky looks like cooling lava.
Magma surges at the bottom of the canyon, the air is distorted by the heat, and the rising heat wave carries pungent sulfur and fills the scorched canyon.
hiss--
A burning sensation suddenly came from the back of his hand. Lu Li raised his palm. The inverted pentagram burn marks on the back of his hand seemed to be scalded, and smoke was rising.
If the substantial smoke gathered, a ferocious face with a goat's horn on its head emerged.
"You came earlier than I thought... Hmm? Interesting... You actually dare to channel hell." The devil whispered as if he had discovered something.
"Whether you are confident or seeking death, I will find you soon and take away your soul..."
call.
The heat wave rose under the canyon, distorting the face on the back of the hand, torn into pieces and dissipated.
The devil's reaction was faster than Lu Li imagined - it had noticed it as soon as Lu Li arrived in hell.
"25...26...27..."
Lu Li still counted the numbers calmly and silently, looking away and looking around.
This scorched place contains only rocks and asphalt twisted by high temperatures, without any sign of life.
The heat wave roasted Lu Li's soul, but he didn't feel tortured.
But maybe he lacked the protection of his body, maybe Anna and the psychic gun were not there, Lu Li felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if he was standing here without a trace.
[Vitality is your barrier against the terrifying temperature of hell. The younger and stronger you are, the longer you can stay in hell. 】
Holding it in his hand and putting Richard's patched hat on his head, Lu Li looked away.
Where could Richard be hiding?
Lu Li took steps towards the edge of the canyon. But the soles of his feet seemed to be stuck in a swamp, making it difficult to lift his legs.
Looking down, I saw that the bottom of the leather shoes was melted by the high temperature on the ground, leaving a conspicuous black footprint and pulling out a black silk thread more than ten centimeters long.
After skipping this scene, Lu Li came to the edge of the canyon. Heat waves hit his face, and magma surged at the bottom of the canyon like a river.
[The dead will change over time, and the malice contained in the ubiquitous heat there will bake their souls and humanity. People with stronger wills can persist longer, or find darkness that is not hot.
place, but there is a time limit... Some of them will become demons at the bottom of hell, and some will become half-human, half-demon monsters... You will easily distinguish them.】
Obviously, the place near the canyon's lava river is the hottest place, and Richard cannot be near here.
Leaving two conspicuous black footprints on the side of the canyon, Lu Li began to move away from the canyon and walked in the opposite direction.
Hopefully Richard isn't on the other side of the canyon.
"41...42...43..."
While silently counting the numbers, Lu Li tried to find any moving figures in this barren land composed of gravel and rocks.
Although the canyon can be seen at a glance, the distorted heat wave rising from the ground blocks the view, and the shape of the object can only be barely distinguished within less than a hundred meters.
"67...68...69..."
In the outside world, Anna's call has not yet sounded, the devil has not yet arrived, and the first moving object finally appears in sight.
It was a thin humanoid creature, with the ribs on its chest clearly visible, its shriveled belly almost sticking to its back, and its hairless body covered in scars, some of which were burn marks, some of which were scratches, crawling on all fours like a beast.
It apparently spotted Lu Li before Lu Li saw it, but instead of attacking, it followed him with covetousness.
Ms. Merlin did not say what kinds of creatures were in hell, but she gave similar knowledge.
[The lowest level demons are greedy but timid. Most of them only dare to follow you a few dozen meters away. As long as they are not in groups, they will not dare to attack you. 】
Lu Li didn't find a second living creature around him.
Could it be Richard?
He made a ten-second call with Anna, but one hundred seconds have passed but the call has not sounded. Although the flow of time is not fixed, Richard has survived in hell for at least a few days.
A few days may be enough to turn a weak-minded deceased into a demon.
Unsure, Lu Li paused for a moment, then suddenly changed direction and approached the demon.
He wanted to test whether the demon still had reason and could communicate.
The beast-like demon began to retreat when Lu Li got closer to more than ten meters. Lu Li discovered that it had no eyes - only a mouth that took up half of its face.
"83...84...85..."
While reciting the numbers silently, Lu Li moved forward, while the demon in front of him continued to retreat.
Realizing that this was a waste of time, Lu Li took off Richard's hat, handed it to the demon in front of him, and said, "Have you ever seen the person who owns it?"
This action and words seemed to trigger something. The demon in front suddenly roared and rushed towards Lu Li.
Taking half a step back, Lu Li raised his arms to defend himself. But when Mo Teng jumped in the air and was about to hit Lu Li, he suddenly seemed to hit an invisible wall and bounced back, landing a few meters away.
A sharp howl came from the mouth that occupied half of his face. The sharp black and yellow teeth were exposed, and the demon held his head in pain and rolled and struggled on the ground.
Green smoke continued to emerge from its body, and its twisted body shrank and became charred and black at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Lu Li frowned and watched this scene.
Psychics mostly avoid hell creatures because they are difficult to kill without paying a price, and once a psychic is injured, it will be fully reflected in the soul.
Lu Li is not among them. His vigorous vitality will affect even Anna, let alone the lowest level demon in hell.
But it's not without its disadvantages. Lu Li's soul is like a fire in the night, bright and conspicuous, and can be discovered by beings in the darkness from a long distance away.
The demon on the ground began to weaken until it stopped moving. Its outline seemed to have been burned by fire, and only its shape was charred.
Looking at it, Lu Li was thinking about another thing.
It suddenly attacks when it takes off its hat. Does it recognize the breath on the hat?
Or is it Richard...
He raised his head and looked around again. The scene just now was not seen by anyone except Lu Li. The hot and barren landscape remained unchanged from before.
But not absolutely...
Lu Li thought as his eyes fell on an inconspicuous pile of rocks somewhere.
This scene can be seen everywhere in hell. Under the high temperature, only stones can survive forever.
After walking around the demon's body, Lu Li walked to the pile of rocks.
These fist-sized stones were piled into a tower shape half a meter high, with a sharp stone piece like a drop of water at the top - the sharp side pointed towards Lu Li's side.
This stone tower was built by man.
It's pointing the way.
"118...119...120..."
At the same time, Lu Li heard a distant, elongated low call echoing in the air.
Anna's first call came the second minute after Lu Li set foot in hell.
