The spatial pressure brought about by the planar teleportation array was still within Locke's tolerance.
However, if beings below the Saint level were to use a planar teleportation array, they would almost instantly be crushed to pieces by the spatial pressure generated during the transfer.
The reason such a restriction existed was, above all else, to protect the beings of material planes.
The elemental density of Divine Planes and Supreme Planes was more than a hundred times greater than that of material planes.
Likewise, gravity, spatial stability, and other environmental factors in Divine and Supreme Planes were also over a hundred times stronger.
Beings below the Saint level would be crushed to death by the overwhelming gravity almost the moment they arrived in a Divine or Supreme Plane.
Even Saint-level experts, in Divine and Supreme Planes, were little different from ordinary mortals.
In material planes, Saints could shatter mountains and split rivers.
In Divine Planes, they might struggle to even break a small rock.
This terrifying gravity even stripped Saints of their signature ability—flight.
Only god-level experts could fly in Divine and Supreme Planes.
Naturally, even gods experienced a significant drop in performance there.
A Demigod's divine sense could spread no more than a hundred meters outside the body—often not even as far as what their eyes could see.
That sensation didn't last long.
Very soon, Locke's vision brightened—he had completed the transfer.
Yet the pressure on his body did not lessen.
This was the gravity of Hell itself.
Corresponding to that pressure, Locke felt his affinity with the Laws of Heaven and Earth surge by dozens of times.
It was as if, back in the material plane, there had always been a layer of frosted glass between him and the laws.
Now, that layer had been violently shattered, allowing him to sense the laws with unprecedented clarity.
Locke felt that even if he didn't actively comprehend Law Mysteries, simply remaining in Hell would cause his understanding of them to steadily improve.
For god-level beings, comprehending Law Mysteries became progressively more difficult with each step.
Once a being fully mastered a Law Mystery, the difficulty of comprehending a new one increased tenfold.
However, after fully comprehending a Law Mystery and advancing into the divine realm, the soul would be washed and transformed by the Rules of Heaven and Earth, increasing its affinity with Law Mysteries by tenfold as well.
As a result, the actual difficulty of comprehending a second Law Mystery was not much greater than that of the first.
Even so, just as the Saint peak trapped ninety-nine percent of Saints, the realm of intermediate gods similarly trapped the vast majority of lower gods.
Due to the elemental density of Divine Planes, when Saints from material planes arrived in Divine or Supreme Planes, nearly ninety percent of them could break through into the divine realm.
Among those who cultivated their way to lower godhood on their own, at least eighty percent could advance to intermediate gods.
Locke now felt that perhaps only after fully comprehending three more Water Law Mysteries would his rate of comprehension return to what it had been back in the Wakanda Plane.
Of course, that also included the boost granted by the soul's second baptism by the Rules of Heaven and Earth after becoming an intermediate god.
"As expected of a Supreme Plane…"
Just as Locke was marveling at the boost provided by Hell's elemental density, a squad bearing the emblem of a violet bramble flower had already flown above the teleportation array.
Judging from the divine power fluctuations of the leader, he was ten times stronger than a Demigod.
Clearly, he was a god.
"Any beings inside the teleportation array—follow me immediately and gather over there first."
Following the god's instructions, Locke and the other newly arrived beings left the teleportation array and gathered about a thousand meters away.
Nearly a hundred beings were already standing there.
Judging by their auras, most of them were Saints.
Only three of them, like Locke, were god-level beings.
After guiding Locke and the others over, the god immediately returned to the teleportation array. Less than a minute later, the array Locke had just exited began to glow with white light, and in the next instant, several more beings appeared within it.
They received the same treatment.
A god from the squad escorted those newly transferred from the material planes over and gathered them together.
It was obvious that the Saints who had just arrived in Hell were deeply uneasy.
After all, back in material planes, Saints—regardless of identity or status—were absolute apex existences.
But upon arriving in Hell, a Supreme Plane, they discovered that here, they were nothing more than the lowest rung.
The loss of security left them extremely anxious.
Yet with strength inferior to others, they could only obey the arrangements of the soldier squad.
Only the four demigods—including Locke—appeared relatively composed.
Subconsciously, the Saints dared not stand too close to the gods, fearing that offending a god-level being might cost them their lives.
Naturally, an empty circle formed around Locke as well.
Only now did Locke have the leisure to carefully observe his surroundings.
When he saw the cliff faces that looked as though they'd been carved by a blade, he felt a wave of relief.
It seemed his luck was good—he had arrived at Mirror Moon Cliff.
This was the edge of the Sea of Starry Mist, located at the southernmost end of the Violet Bramble Continent, marking the boundary between the continent and the Sea of Starry Mist.
At the same time, this was also the planar teleportation array closest to the Violet Bramble Mountains—the destination Locke intended to reach—among the seven teleportation arrays of Hell.
After confirming his location, Locke shifted his attention to the busy Chief God army squad near the teleportation array, and his heart relaxed slightly.
Aside from one intermediate god, the rest of this squad were all lower gods.
"Sure enough—my choice was right."
"At this point in time, the dangers of Divine and Supreme Planes aren't yet as severe as they will be in the future."
In truth, one of the reasons Locke had chosen to come to Hell was something Celes had told him.
If Locke wanted to join Sovereign's army, he could take Celes' identity token to the Water Divine Plane and receive certain preferential treatment.
To others, that remark might not have meant much.
But to Locke, it was extremely important intelligence.
In his memories of the future, the minimum requirement to join a Sovereign's army was the realm of an intermediate god.
From Celes alone, Locke could already tell just how obsessively the Sovereigns of this era pursued faith power.
(End of Chapter)
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