1884 Heaven
Han Sen was busy cutting down the twisted arms as the dragon-like Purgatory Beast came rushing for them. He did not have the power to deal with it.
Dragon Lady and the others were starting to think that this was the end. They used all the powers they could exert against the Purgatory Beast, but it was all to no avail.
Han Sen frowned. He kept thinking, wondering if now was the time to use super king spirit.
Just as he was going to activate super king spirit, there was a loud boom. A giant body appeared, and it was the Giant King. He landed in front of them and used his hammer to smack down the Purgatory Beast.
"Go!" The giant killed the Purgatory Beast, and his body possessed a radiant godlight. He ran back into the godlight, and it looked as if he had been talking to Han Sen and the others.
This made Han Sen very happy, and he and the others followed Giant King into the goddess' godlight. They stayed near Giant King, whose light was like a shelter. It shielded them from the goddess' suppression.
"Giant King, why are you bringing them here instead of focusing on removing the godlight?" a King with a spear asked coldly.
Giant King's voice boomed like thunder, and he replied, "For this small group to have survived this long in Purgatory Heaven, they must be useful in some capacity. And furthermore, if we exhaust the blood of the Gana, we can use theirs."
"Like hell we can! The blood of these two Gana only works because they are of the goddess' bloodline. This group isn't even Gana, so what is the point!" The King with a spear kept attacking the godlight while he berated Giant King.
"It's better than nothing." Giant King hammered the crack again. His strong attacks could crack open the godlight, and the shockwaves almost tossed the others onto the floor.
Luckily, Giant King's power was sufficient to keep them protected. Otherwise, the force could very well have killed them.
"I thought they wanted to save us, but no. It seems that they are after something else!" Wang Yuhang said.
"No matter what the case is, it's better than getting killed out there, as seemed likely." Han Sen stood near the giant's foot. Han Sen was quite tall for a human, but even so, he only reached the giant's ankle.
"I just hope the Kings can clear a path for us," Icebird Duke said.
Many horrible powers came crashing against the godlight, and the path cleaved was becoming deeper and deeper.
Guna and Guya's blood was on the path, and it prevented the godlight from repairing its defenses.
Six elites kept striking at the path, and outside the godlight, the arms were rising and wriggling in countless numbers. There was an abundance of Purgatory Beasts, too.
They could not step into the godlight, and so they roared at the people inside.
In the beginning, there was just that dragon-like one, but then other Purgatory Beasts emerged. They all looked murderous.
There was a Purgatory Beast that looked like a real dragon, and it was flying in the sky. It looked as if it could consume everything.
Han Sen could also see a creature that resembled an angel of some sort, but it was black. Even its wings were black, too. It looked like it had come crawling out of purgatory.
Han Sen and the others felt like they were in some big glass bowl. If the bowl broke, any of the Purgatory Beasts could eat them.
It was fortunate that none of the creatures were able to set foot inside the godlight. Even so, Wang Yuhang and the others were very scared.
Boom!
There was an explosion, and the godlight shattered beneath the big hammer. Giant King had managed to destroy the final layer of the godlight. It revealed the statue body of the golden Gana.
The entrance they needed was by the statue's tail.
Guna and Guya were dying, as they had lost most of their blood. They were still alive because they were strong, but also because the Buddha King had forced them to remain alive. He was worried that their blood would be rendered ineffective if they died.
When the path opened up, Giant King ran straight for the crack. As the giant entered the crack, he became smaller and smaller. Eventually, he disappeared inside the space tunnel.
Gold Jade King and Buddha King went in at almost the same time. When Buddha King went in, he did so with a grip on Guna and Guya.
The rest of the elites went towards the crack, too. Han Sen and Icebird Duke followed Giant King. Giant King's body was getting smaller the further it went, until it slipped right into the tear.
Han Sen and the others were the last to draw near the crack, and luckily, the path was still dyed red. It hadn't been suppressed by the godlight yet. So, quickly, he jumped into the crack.
The dimensional tear in the fabric of that space was crooked. Han Sen dug himself in, and he felt the same sensation he'd get when using a teleporter. Space turned blurry, and when his vision was restored, he was someplace completely different.
He was atop a sea of clouds. There were many palaces built in a sky realm. There were many large plants, adorned with flowers all around them. It was a picturesque scene of heaven, as taken from long ago myths.
Han Sen and the others appeared in the plaza of one particular palace. There was a gold fountain at its center, and it looked incredibly beautiful.
But when Han Sen entered that heavenly place, his gut clenched. His powers had vanished. He couldn't feel anything anymore. He was like an average commoner, without a modicum of extra power.
Han Sen looked around, and so did Icebird Duke. And when they did, they were shocked.
It wasn't just them, either. Giant King himself looked stunned, and none of the other Kings looked to be faring well.
Guna and Guya, who had been under the control of the Buddha, now had their freedom restored. Buddha King's Buddha Light had all vanished.freeωebnovēl.c૦m
"Welcome to Heaven. The Gana Heaven." Guna and Guya helped each other up as they clenched their teeth. They looked very angry.
Their anger was understandable, though. The Gana had been treated like worthless slaves, and their blood had been sucked dry. It was only natural for them to be angry.
Han Sen thought things were quickly turning sour. This was not a way out.
1885 Imprisoned
The gold fountain unleashed a gold light. The gold light descended on Guna and Guya, quickly repairing their ravaged bodies. When Giant King witnessed this, he ran to the fountain and threw his hands into the water to try and absorb that same power.
"Argh!" Giant King cried. The spring water was like a corrosive acid on his hands.
The water was good for Guna and Guya, but it was deadly for Giant King.
Guya coldly looked at Giant King and said, "I told you that this is Gana's Heaven. For you, this place is nothing short of hell. Only the Gana have power here, and can receive the boons bestowed by their goddess. We are practically invulnerable. All your power is stripped, so you are little better than an ordinary creature."
After that, she smiled and went on to say, "It is in thanks to you lot that we are here, of course. Even if we had tried to use our own blood, we wouldn't have made it here alone."
"Is this Purgatory Heaven's Heaven?" Buddha King frowned.
Yes. Outside is purgatory, and here is heaven," Guya said.
"I have heard heaven is in the clouds. Why is it here? We arrived here through a slipspace crack, which we broke open!" Gold Jade King said.
"The 'slipspace crack* was just a lie that we created about Purgatory Heaven. The gold clouds outside are just a path that can take you to purgatory, through the statue. The clouds won't kill you, but you can be killed in heaven—by someone with power, of course." Guna said this, and then punched Giant King in the head.
The strong Giant King was sent soaring. After his descent, he rolled violently until he came crashing into a wall, coughing up blood.
Giant King stood up in a fury. He was a King who had never been humiliated before, and he really wanted to fight back. Before he could straighten himself up, though, Guna came forward and punched him again. This time, he went flying into the clouds.
Guya did not join Guna, and she simply walked to the palace near the fountain.
Not long after, the clouds rumbled. Many clouds rose, and they each looked like a cage. Many creatures were inside them, and Giant King was one of them.
Han Sen now learned that the creatures that were trapped here were the ones who had been zapped by flying into the clouds. He knew Guya wasn't lying, as all of those creatures were here.
They had been trapped in the clouds, and while they had not died, they most certainly weren't free. Death was still an inevitability for them, though.
Many clouds came towards the palace. Han Sen saw that the clouds that flew there housed Gana.
Han Sen counted their numbers, and he noted that most of the Gana were here now. Han Sen tallied thirty or forty. It seemed as if they had planned to be captured, all so they could end up here.
It was the same for the other creatures who had been trapped by the clouds. They couldn't get out on their own.
But now, things were different. The clouds were supported by some phantom power. The Gana were sent to the palace, and the clouds faded from sight. They were free now.
The Gana were so happy, and they all bowed to Guna. They then proceeded to speak their own language, which was one that Han Sen did not understand.
"Throw them all in the clouds. They deserve it," Guna said angrily, pointing at the Kings.
The Gana headed towards Gold Jade King and the others. They could not use geno armor, so they were pretty much worse than the average commoner. And while they had skills, they did not have the power to make use of them. Quickly, they were taken to the sea of clouds.
"Hey! Hey! We are together!" One Gana approached Han Sen and tried to take them, too. Wang Yuhang was quick to shout. He even turned to Guna and said, "Guna, we meant you no harm. We went through all that together. Doesn't that make us friends?"
Guna looked at Wang Yuhang, and then Han Sen, and said with a venomous tone, "You guys are not nice people, either. Get moving."
Han Sen knew he had kidnapped Guna, which hadn't made her very happy. She wouldn't consider him a friend.
"You guys are not loyal at all." When Wang Yuhang saw the Gana approaching, he started to tread backwards.
"This is pointless. Let's just jump!" Han Sen made it sound easy. He was, of course, referring to a jump into the clouds.freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
Han Meng'er and Dragon Lady jumped without thinking. Icebird Duke didn't fancy getting hit, so she did so, too.
Wang Yuhang didn't think there was another way out of there, so he jumped as well.
Not long after, they found themselves floating inside the clouds. They were trapped inside them.
Giant King and Gold Jade King were in a similar situation. This Heavenly power of imprisonment was scary. Aside from the Gana, no King could escape. It was likely only a deified being would be able to break the chains that bound them.
Guya walked out of the palace. Her hands were clutching a piece of golden jewelry. Han Sen couldn't tell what it was, but Guya could use the power of the gemstones to control the clouds.
Han Sen sat in his cloud, watching Guna and the others. He wasn't going to just sit there, of course. He was going to figure a way to sort all this out.
In Gana's Heaven, all powers other than the Gana's were suppressed. Even Ghost Teeth Knife had no power. He could not summon geno armaments, either.
But Han Sen had one thing that wasn't restricted: the Knife Blank that was currently in his hand. There was still a strange power inside it. Aside from the Knife Blank, Han Sen also felt a power inside him that was not restricted.
Guna and Guya were at the edge of the palace. They looked at the people they had imprisoned, and their gazes were looked. It looked like they wanted to murder their prisoners.