154: Chapter 154 Building Three More Floors: An Unexpected Joy

Ice Mountain Hell costs seventy thousand, Oil Pot Hell costs eighty thousand, and Ox Pit Hell costs ninety thousand. Added together, it's exactly two hundred and forty thousand.

He had already built seven levels of hell; adding these three would make ten. The Eighteen Levels of Hell were more than half complete.

Moreover, the chill of Ice Mountain Hell could enhance the Power of Oblivion of the River of Oblivion, the boiling oil of Oil Pot Hell could increase the apprehension efficiency of the Ghost Catching Hall, and the herd of oxen in Ox Pit Hell could enhance the Escort Skills of Ox-Head and Horse-Face.

Each level of hell was not just a tool for punishment, but an extension of the rule power of the Netherworld World.

Su Bai did not hesitate.

"Extract all faith crystals."

[Extraction Complete: 3,000 faith crystals converted into 300,000 points of Power Of Faith.]

[Current Power Of Faith: 317,811 points.]

"Create Ice Mountain Hell."

[Confirm Creation: Ice Mountain Hell]

[Power Of Faith Consumed: 70,000 points]

[Remaining Power Of Faith: 247,811 points]

Below the Knife Mountain Hell, a new level of hell began to condense.

It was a world frozen in ice. Heavy snow fell from the sky, each snowflake a sharp ice blade. The ground was covered in eternal ice, with sharp ice spikes growing from the surface. Those souls judged guilty of murdering their husbands, committing adultery, or malicious abortion were stripped of their clothes and thrown into Ice Mountain Hell.

Snowflakes like ice blades sliced their skin, ice spikes pierced their flesh, and the extreme cold froze their marrow. They struggled, wailed, and collapsed within the ice mountain, only to be reborn and tortured again in a never-ending cycle.

The length of the sentence was proportional to the depth of the sin. The lightest was fifty years, the heaviest five hundred years.

The chill of Ice Mountain Hell seeped from the depths of hell, passing through Knife Mountain Hell, Copper Pillar Hell, Steamer Hell, Mirror of Retribution Hell, Iron Tree Hell, Scissors Hell, and Tongue-Pulling Hell, crossing the boundary of the Underworld Space and surging toward the River of Oblivion.

A thin layer of frost formed on the surface of the River of Oblivion's water. The frost floated in the river, shimmering with a ghostly blue light. With the support of the chill, the river's power of oblivion became richer and deeper.

[Ice Mountain Hell has been built]

[Ox-Head and Horse-Face's all attributes increased by 30% within the range of Ice Mountain Hell (Cumulative 210%)]

[River of Oblivion added effect: Chill Empowerment, Power of Oblivion +30%.]

Su Bai did not stop.

"Create Oil Pot Hell."

[Confirm Creation: Oil Pot Hell]

[Power Of Faith Consumed: 80,000 points]

[Remaining Power Of Faith: 167,811 points]

Below the Ice Mountain Hell, a new level of hell began to condense.

It was a boiling world. Giant copper pots were lined up on the ground, each over ten zhang in diameter, with eternal underworld fires burning beneath them. Boiling hot oil rolled within the pots, the temperature enough to melt steel.

Those souls judged guilty of theft, robbery, kidnapping, bullying the weak, or making false accusations were thrown into the oil pots. The boiling oil soaked through their skin, seeped into their flesh, and boiled their marrow. They rose and fell, rolled and shrieked in the oil pots, then were fished out only to be thrown back in, over and over again.

With every rise and fall, a portion of the sins on their bodies was fried away. Only when all sins were fried clean could they leave the Oil Pot Hell.

The boiling oil of Oil Pot Hell turned into streaks of golden light, rising from the depths of hell, passing through the layers of hell, and pouring into the Ghost Catching Hall. Under the soak of the golden light, fine runes appeared on the surfaces of the iron rulers and steel forks in the Ghost Catching Hall, greatly increasing the efficiency of apprehending evil ghosts.

[Oil Pot Hell has been built]

[Ox-Head and Horse-Face's all attributes increased by 30% within the range of Oil Pot Hell (Cumulative 240%)]

[Ghost Catching Hall added effect: Oil Pot Empowerment, Evil Ghost Apprehension Efficiency +30%.]

The last one.

"Create Ox Pit Hell."

[Confirm Creation: Ox Pit Hell]

[Power Of Faith Consumed: 90,000 points]

[Remaining Power Of Faith: 77,811 points]

Below the Oil Pot Hell, a new level of hell began to condense.

It was a desolate canyon, with caves lining the cliffs on both sides. Countless giant fire oxen inhabited the caves, each three zhang tall, their bodies burning with dark red flames and their horns like two curved steel blades.

Those souls judged guilty of abusing and killing livestock, setting fire to forests, or destroying the ecology were thrown into the canyon. The fire oxen charged from the caves, trampling their bodies, piercing their chests with horns, and burning their souls with fire. The souls ran, hid, and begged for mercy in the canyon, but the fire oxen were faster, stronger, and their flames more fierce.

They were repeatedly trampled, pierced, and burned in the canyon, then reborn only to be trampled again, in a continuous cycle.

The power of the fire oxen from Ox Pit Hell rose from the depths of hell, turning into two streaks of dark red light—one injected into Ox-Head's steel fork and one into Horse-Face's chains. A phantom of a Fire Ox appeared on the steel fork, and dark red flames wrapped around the chains. Under the empowerment of the Fire Ox power, Ox-Head and Horse-Face's Escort Skills became more violent and unstoppable.

[Ox Pit Hell has been built]

[Ox-Head and Horse-Face's all attributes increased by 30% within the range of Ox Pit Hell (Cumulative 270%)]

[Ox-Head and Horse-Face added effect: Fire Ox Empowerment, Escort Skill Effect +50%.]

Three levels of hell, two hundred and forty thousand Power Of Faith.

Su Bai stood at the world core, feeling the changes in the Netherworld World.

The ten levels of hell were stacked like an inverted pagoda, extending upward from the deepest part of the Underworld Space. Each level of hell emitted a different aura.

Ten forces intertwined, resonating with the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the River of Oblivion, the City God Temple, and the Ghost Catching Hall.

The entire Netherworld World was trembling.

That trembling was not physical, but at the level of rules.

The existence of ten levels of hell made the rule power of the hell path within the Six Paths of Reincarnation more complete and stable. The hell path was no longer just a hollow concept, but had ten specific levels of punishment as support.

The auras of Ox-Head and Horse-Face began to climb.

It wasn't a climb in rank, but a climb in essence. Their quality suddenly broke through from seven-star perfection to eight-star.

[Ox-Head Quality: 7-Star → 8-Star!]

[Horse-Face Quality: 7-Star → 8-Star!]

[Ox-Head New Skill: Hells Gate (Active) Ox-Head can open the Hells Gate to drag a target directly into any one of the Eighteen Levels of Hell. While the target is being punished in hell, they cannot use any skills to escape. Cooldown: Seven days.]

[Horse-Face New Skill: Myriad Ghost Tracking (Active) Horse-Face can track any soul within the Netherworld World through the resonance of hell power, regardless of where they are hiding. The tracking success rate is proportional to Horse-Face's rank. Cooldown: Three days.]

Su Bai looked at those two lines of prompts, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

Hells Gate. Myriad Ghost Tracking.

Third Master and Fourth Master finally had skills worthy of their rank.

Just as he was about to look away, a new prompt suddenly popped up in front of him.

[Detected that the construction progress of the Eighteen Levels of Hell has reached 10/18; hell power has formed a preliminary cycle.]

[As guardians of the River of Oblivion, the Four Great Demon Underworld Envoys (Leopard Tail, Bird Beak, Fish Gills, Wasp) have their quality improved under the soak of hell power!]

[Leopard Tail Quality: 6-Star → 7-Star!]

[Bird Beak Quality: 6-Star → 7-Star!]

[Fish Gills Quality: 6-Star → 7-Star!]

[Wasp Quality: 6-Star → 7-Star!]

Su Bai's pupils contracted slightly.

The Four Great Demon Underworld Envoys had improved from six-star to seven-star.