Chapter 7: Prayer
ใGenealogy of the Gods: The Twelve Main Gods (8): Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, is the goddess of domination* and beauty. Legend has it that Kronos cut off his father Ouranos's *, threw it into the Aegean Sea and was born in the waves. Aphrodite represents beauty, youth, and erotic satisfaction, with the myrtle as her sacred tree and the dove as her beloved bird.
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An old man with white hair on his head, a wrinkled face, and a sagging old flesh was stirring the bronze cauldron with a handful of animal bones.
Hearing Wang Kui's shouting, the steady movement in Abu's hand suddenly trembled, and the strange juice inside splashed out a little because of the excessive force, and he immediately raised his head like a cat with his tail stepped on, and at the same time waved the bone stick in his hand and shouted: "Kratos! You goblin in Spartan skin, if Accra has such a bronze sword, I will eat my bronze in a big gulp!"
Kratos smirked at Abu's roar, and he habitually glanced into the cauldron, this time the liquid was red with a strong smell of blood. In his impression, it seemed that Abu's cauldron never stopped boiling.
Since Wang Kui was three years old, he has not been to Abu's hut, every time he comes, he will be forced to ingest all kinds of strange smelling liquids, or thrown into the boiling cauldron, although every time he is tossed to death, but he can clearly feel that these weird, and stinking liquids are actually Abu boiled in a method similar to witchcraft, and Abu is the only one in the entire tribe who has this ability.
Abu seemed to have reached the final stage of boiling at this time, he put down the bone stick in his hand, extinguished the firewood in the ground, and brought it directly off the shelf and placed it in front of Wang Kui.
After losing the temperature of the flame, the blood-colored liquid quickly thickened and solidified, and finally formed a milky liquid.
Abu took a stiff-bristled brush made of long animal hair, dipped it in the blood-colored milk, and said disdainfully, "Hmph, even if Accra has such a bronze weapon, how can it compare to my pot of treasure." The other cubs are just using the essence of ordinary poisonous snakes and young beasts, and you Kratos, you are ...... and you, and when he finished speaking, Abu actually showed a strange smile, and at the same time reached out and pressed Wang Kui's shoulder to signal him to lie on the blanket.
Wang Kui had long been accustomed to Abu's strangeness, and although he knew that he would probably have to suffer a little more, he still lay flat on the blanket made of various animal skins without resistance, and watched Abu touch his body with the brush stained with an unknown liquid.
To Wang Kui's surprise, he habitually gritted his teeth and waited for a long time, and when the unknown liquid touched his body, there was only some residual heat, but he did not wait for the expected pain.
Wang Kui couldn't help but lower his head and look at his body with his peripheral vision, but saw that Abu seemed to use the liquid to draw some inexplicable patterns on his body.
"Hey old fellow, I don't seem to have seen you have a woman in all these years, is there something unspeakable about you?"
After so many years of getting along, Abu has long been familiar with the strange words that Wang Kui occasionally comes up with, and when he heard the so-called "unspeakable hidden", he immediately understood what Wang Kui meant, and couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You little goblin, Lao Tzu is a Spartan warrior who can even be manipulated by giant beasts, and even Athena's bitch had to put away her scepter when she saw Lao Tzu." โ
Ares, the Spartan god of war, represented violent and bloody battles, while Athena represented righteous battles. Therefore, in the hearts of the Spartans, there is no fear of Athena, but if they dare to speak disrespectfully to the gods like this, there are only two people in the entire tribe, Abu and Wang Kui.
Wang Kui immediately said angrily: "What is Athena, when I have enough strength, I will help you snatch the beauty god Aphrodite back as a wife...... Then I will beat the god of fire to the beating, let him see the power of our Spartans, and then tie her back together to forge countless bronze weapons for us Spartans. โ
In between Wang Kui and Abu's conversation, those mysterious patterns had covered Wang Kui's entire chest, and when Abu's last stroke fell, the liquid in the bronze pot finally bottomed out.
The last stroke was like the finishing touch, and Wang Kui suddenly felt a sharp stinging pain coming from the paint-stained part of his body, as if there were countless ants and insects gnawing at his skin on it, and constantly drilling deep into his body.
At this time, Abu suddenly stood up, kicked Wang Kui's buttocks, although his body was old and decayed, but this kick directly kicked Wang Kui out, and fell directly into the swamp with a pop.
Wang Kui twisted his body in pain, and when he fell into the swamp, he only felt his body cold, and his spirit temporarily regained his clarity. The pain in his body was temporarily relieved, but Wang Kui suddenly heard a roaring sound ringing in his ears.
Nephia Lion, Ermantos Boar, Penta, Grey Mountain Bear, Griffon...... The voices of these ferocious beasts were repeated, and even their phantoms could be faintly seen in Wang Kui's consciousness.
"Hahaha, Kratos, thank you God of War, thank you father Quillio, these are the power of the beast soul. After you were born, your father spent 10 years hunting throughout the Peloponnese, finding five ferocious beasts, killing them and collecting the essence of their souls. There are a total of five kinds of beast souls, which is a feat that the ancestors have never seen, hahaha...... Oh damn Kratos, the power of the beast soul has been completely enraged, immediately pray to Lord Ares, the god of war, to obtain the power bestowed by the god of war, and harness them!"
At this time, Abu's eyes were full of excitement and madness, Wang Kui has been like a perfect work of art that he has carefully carved for so many years, and today will be the last perfect time to call it a day.
As long as Wang Kui can persist under the erosion of the five-headed brutal beast soul, then he will become the first Spartan in history to gather the power of the five-headed beast soul.
"Pray to the god of war, Kratos, as long as you can master the power, you can Athena and Aphrodite together, that's something that even the god of war can't do, hahaha!"
At this time, Wang Kui could no longer hear Abu's voice at all, his ears were filled with the roars of countless beasts, and a huge beast phantage like a giant kept attacking him, as if he was caught in an endless battle.
"Damn, Abu, that madman, this TM is actually the Beast Soul Ritual, the five-headed beast soul is asking for Lao Tzu's life!"
At this time, Wang Kui also knew that he was in an extremely dangerous moment, so he immediately put down the arrogance in his heart, kept his mind as clear as possible, and at the same time silently recited the name of Ares, as if he had seen it a thousand times, and began to pray to Ares, the god of war, the god of war that all the Spartans believed in.
"An Ares...... Two Ares ...... Three Ares ...... What the fuck Ares, I didn't react at all after calling you for so long, you won't die on the belly of a goddess. โ
Wang Kui prayed silently several times, but he did not feel the miracle he should have, and at the same time, the stinging sensation on his body intensified, and even the surrounding swamp lost its suppression effect, and the phantom of the five-headed beast became clearer and clearer, as if it was about to be resurrected and reborn at any time, tearing Wang Kui to pieces.
Although Wang Kui has always longed for power in his heart, he has turned his nose up at the gods of this world, including Ares, the god of war believed by the Spartans.
In Wang Kui's heart, what bullshit god of war Ares, god king Zeus, is just a human stick in the skin of a god, and any god in his previous life can sweep the entire Olympus Mountain with any one of them.
"MD, Lao Tzu is not even afraid of death, and he can still be afraid of a few of you beasts who are already dead and can't even find the scum. โ
Wang Kui's heart was fierce, and he roared angrily and pounced towards the five beasts.
The arm is an indestructible and powerful weapon, even the ram of the Boar of Ermantos can hit hard.
The chest is a shield as strong and immortal as a sacred mountain, which not even the fangs of the Nephia Lion can pierce.
The soul is the source of power, and even in the face of the oppression of the gods, it can launch an unyielding battle.
Wang Kui was like a beast in human form, every part of his body was used as a weapon by him, and when the five-headed snake with the head of a tiger and snake entangled his body, he used his teeth to gnaw at the flesh of the other party.
When the Gray Mountain Bear pounced on Wang Kui with a strange force, Wang Kui roared angrily and resisted with even more terrifying strange power, even if his muscles and bones were broken and his muscles were torn, he did not retreat.
When the griffin grabbed Wang Kui and flew him into the air with his claws, trying to throw him to death, Wang Kui hugged the other party's body tightly and wanted to die with the other party.
In Wang Kui's last consciousness, he tore all five beasts to pieces, but his tempered body finally couldn't support it, and gradually collapsed and finally dissipated between heaven and earth.
"I didn't see the gift of Lord War, but this kid did survive. It's strange, the five-headed beast soul has never appeared in a person's body, maybe the God of War also saw this difference, and came down with a miracle that we mortals can't see. โ
In a huge tent, Wang Kui lay naked on a soft blanket, the mud on his body had been wiped clean, and his eyes were closed as if he were asleep.
Wang Kui's mother, a typical Spartan woman, Marama, carries a stone bowl with a rich meaty flavor of soup on her side.
Standing across from Abu was a bald man, his skin glistening like metal, and his face and half of his body were painted with strange patterns in bone-gray paint.