Abyss of pain.

One of the three major planes in the starry sky that cannot be observed by any other means except for the disturbance of space and time such as gravity.

It exists like a shadow in the starry sky, but its true appearance has never been seen clearly.

Through the scattered information sent back by the Abyss Intelligence Officer, Rosen imagined what the Abyss of Pain looked like thousands of times, but when he actually arrived at the Abyss of Pain, he was still shocked by the world before his eyes.

At this moment, he was standing in a hidden little cave on a cliff.

Looking forward, you can see the scenery far away.

He saw endless city ruins in the distance.

The broken walls and ruins that almost cover the entire land silently tell of the past glory of the empire, but the ruins of the buildings, which are deformed like melted candles and as bright as glass, also silently show the horror of high-energy war.

But whether prosperity or war, they are all just passing by in time.

Today, the ruins of the city are covered with a wide variety of lush vegetation, filled with all kinds of strange creatures that are difficult to describe, and from time to time one can hear sharp, hoarse, or furious roars.

At first glance, it is deep, dark, and depressing, making people feel heavy in their hearts.

Looking up, the sky was grey and black, as if covered with a thick haze that would never dissipate.

Occasionally, the wind blows and disperses the haze a little, and you can vaguely see a ring-shaped light floating in the sky.

After careful observation using magic, it can be found that the ring-shaped light spot is a huge city floating in the sky.

Adela said that that was the location of the core civilization area of ​​the Abyss of Pain, called Moon City.

From the ground, it looks like a ring that is almost as big as the moon, but its actual diameter is over 500 kilometers. It floats in the star realm about 10,000 kilometers above the ground. It is the only star realm city preserved by the Eternal Empire.

There used to be twelve such astral cities, but the other eleven were all destroyed in the war.

But just this one building was enough to make Rosen deeply feel the once brilliant glory of the Eternal Empire.

Just this one is enough to make the Abyss of Pain have the crushing power to look down on other planes.

His Natural Empire had just launched a sky city with a diameter of 3 kilometers, and its maximum ceiling did not exceed 20,000 meters, so it had no ability to enter the star realm.

To lift a city with a diameter of 500 kilometers into space at an altitude of 10,000 kilometers is a great miracle that the empire's magic engineers dared not even dream of.

As I was sighing, Belldandy's voice came from beside me.

"The Abyss is such a damn place!"

"Your Majesty, look over there, there seems to be a large group of bat monsters with ghost faces flying in the sky!"

Rosen turned his head and saw a group of flying monsters. A rough estimate was that there were more than 100 monsters.

Each individual has a wingspan of more than 5 meters, blue-gray skin, a pair of thighs with sharp claws and strong muscles, and an ugly and terrifying face.

They flew in the sky, screaming, and occasionally swooped down to the ground, then picked up one or two prey from the ground.

Rosen squinted and looked carefully, and found that the prey seemed to be a human.

The reason I say "seems" is because these people look really weird.

It has no clothes on, its skin is grayish white, and it is very small, about the same size as a ten-year-old child. It has a very sharp cry, extremely agile movements, and sharp claws.

They're not entirely prey, either.

Because there are so many of them, at least two or three thousand, jumping around on the ground, constantly fighting against the ghost-faced bat monsters in the sky, and occasionally pulling one or two ghost-faced bat monsters down from the sky.

After watching for a while, he said, "Two groups of monsters are fighting."

Belldandy nodded. "It was a very primitive, but also very amazing battle. I felt that their souls were very powerful. Any one of them would be stronger than me."

Rosen smiled and said, "It's stronger than me."

One can feel that the ring of the Abyss of Pain is very strong, much stronger than the demiplane of the Dawnbreak Empire. It is a truly complete 23-ring ring.

As for the two monster tribes fighting before them, the most common members had soul strengths of more than 10 rings, and the strongest among them had souls of 12 or even 13 rings.

And Belldandy's current strength is only Legend 16, equivalent to 11.8 rings. No wonder she feels terrible.

Fortunately, the cave was very hidden, and Rosen immediately cast time spells, undercurrents, and various types of invisibility spells, so he was not worried about being exposed.

Belldandy asked softly: "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

The self-confidence that had just overflowed from obtaining the Sword of Nirvana was fading quickly.

Rosen smiled and said, "Of course I will be careful and try my best to increase my strength."

"Where are you hiding?"

"In this cave."

The cave is very small, less than 5 meters deep and less than 3 meters in inner diameter, but the ground is flat and the walls are smooth, with many delicate time and space runes engraved on them.

On the ground at the innermost part of the cave, there are some items, including food, clean water, and some simple daily necessities.

Rosen walked over, used Transfiguration to create a simple table and chairs, and then took out food and water and placed them on the table.

After a careful test to confirm that it was non-toxic, he asked Belldandy to sit down.

After the other party sat down, Rosen handed over one kilogram of solar essence.

"Take this and carry it carefully with you. It will be your source of strength."

Belldandy naturally knew the preciousness of the sun's essence, and immediately put it away carefully.

Rosen poured her another bowl of water, poured himself a glass, took a sip, and then told him the known information.

"The area we are in is the poisonous fog forest in the abyss. There are no human gathering areas within a radius of 500 kilometers."

As he spoke, he pointed to the cave entrance and said, "There are many human-like and non-human monsters in the poisonous fog forest."

"Some are human beings who were ravaged by high-energy warfare. Others are specially made flesh weapons."

He sent out many Abyss intelligence officers, but the most important ones were three, namely Adela, Patnaros and Liv.

This cave was prepared by Adela, and the relevant information was also provided by Adela, so it is naturally the most credible.

After introducing the basic situation, Rosen answered Belldandy's questions.

"This cave is also very secretive, and there are sufficient supplies inside. As long as we don't take the initiative to cause trouble, no one will come to trouble us."

Belldandy breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "How long will it take to practice?"

Belldandi nodded to show that she understood, but then she became worried because she didn't know how to practice.

Just as he was about to ask, Rosen had already taken out the practice method.

"This is a method of practicing the high-energy magic ring. It comes from the royal family of the Eternal Empire and is called the Heart of Eternity."

"Once you become proficient, your training efficiency is quite good. If you are lucky, you will be able to reach the 20th ring in about 1,500 years."

"20 rings. Can't it be higher?"

Rosen shook his head: "For the practice of high-energy magic rings, the 20th ring is a watershed. Before that, it depends on hard work, and after that, it depends on talent."

"From what I've observed, your upper limit is the 21st ring. It will take 1,500 years to reach the 20th ring, and 800 years to reach the 21st ring alone."

In the practice of "Eternal Soul", the 20th ring is called the 'supernormal limit'.

Before 20 rings, you are a mortal; after 20 rings, you are an outstanding transcendent.

Among the billions of practitioners in the Eternal Empire, only about one out of every three million can break through the limit.

"." Belldandy scratched his scalp subconsciously.

"Your Majesty, isn't this a little too long? After all, you are the lord of the empire. You can't stay in the cave forever, right?"

Rosen smiled and said, "You are right. 1,500 years is indeed too long."

"So, I will always guide you in your practice. This way, once I reach a certain level, you will catch up quickly."

"Okay, time in the abyss is very precious, let's start practicing now."

After saying this, he began to take off Belldandy's clothes.

Belldandy was startled: "Your Majesty?"

"Did you forget what I just said so quickly?"

"I guide you in your practice, and when I guide you, I need to have a comprehensive and clear understanding of the state of your soul."

"Because the power of the high-energy magic ring is extremely fine, there cannot be any interference."

Not only will he guide him in his practice, he will also strengthen his time talent and make him his first guard.

"Oh, I was mistaken, Your Majesty."

Rosen laughed and said, "I didn't think it was completely wrong. If you are interested, you might as well have some fun. After all, practicing is boring."

This was one of the main reasons why he brought Belldandy with him, because she was both good at fighting and interesting, and having her company during training wouldn't be too boring.

Belldandy has been absolutely obedient to Rosen, so naturally he will do whatever he says.

In the following time, the two lived a hermit-like life in a secret cave in the abyss.

The Rejoicer Talanaya was not wrong. With the dual assistance of the source essence that far exceeded that of ordinary people and the Scepter of Light, Rosen's strength increased at a very fast speed, even faster than the Rejoicer predicted.

In less than two days, he recovered his soul to 13 rings.

After that, he made rapid progress, improving one level every half a month on average.

Belldandy was a lot slower, but Rosen's soul fusion guidance effect was excellent, and his absolute practice speed was also astonishingly high.

In a blink of an eye, the two of them had stayed safely in the cave for seven months.

Rosen directly reached the peak of 20 rings and was stuck at the extraordinary level.

And Belldandy also reached the 17th ring.

According to the information provided by Adela, even in the former Eternal Empire, reaching the 20th ring of soul strength was a very outstanding achievement.

Looking at all the powerful magicians in the entire Eternal Empire, he has already ranked among the top 1000.

If it were placed in the current abyss of pain, it would even be able to enter the top 200.

So, it was not until this time that Rosen breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now, we won't be easily crushed by the strong men of the abyss. We won't have to walk on thin ice when facing the Apostle of Pleasure, Liv."

Adela scored 21 rings, Patnaros scored 20 rings, and Liv only scored 17 rings. They were no match for Rosen at all.

The next step is to find a way to break through the extraordinary boundaries and impact the last three rings.

Rosen clearly felt the difficulty of advancing to the last three rings.

He estimated that breaking through the 21st ring would not be too difficult and would only take three months, but the 22nd ring would take five months and the last ring might take more than a year.

Originally, he planned to go all out and rush directly to the 23rd ring.

But early in the morning of this day, he had just finished a day of training and was relaxing with Belldandy when he suddenly felt a slight shock in his heart.

Immediately afterwards, he saw an illusion of time.

A young boy covered in scars walked through the jungle and came to the bottom of the cliff.

When the boy was at his wit's end, he accidentally discovered a cave on the cliff, and then he climbed up the cliff desperately.

When they were halfway up the mountain, pursuers appeared not far away.

The pursuers appeared to be three mages standing on a floating flying disc, wearing colorful navy blue robes.

They spotted the young man on the cliff and immediately shouted: "Traitor!"

The illusion came to an abrupt end.

Rosen was curious: "Is he the wizard of the Eye of the Tower of Dawn?"

This news came from Liv.

Liv told him that the Eye of Dawn was a wizard organization in the ruins that was extremely powerful and was said to have a deep background in Moon City.

Its logo is an eye in the sky looking down at the ground, similar to the badges on the chests of the three mages.

The life in the cave was really boring, and now that something new had happened, Rosen suddenly became excited.

He smiled at Belldandy who was screaming in front of him and said, "Sweetheart, there will be fun to watch later."

(End of this chapter)