Chapter 569: Minotaur
After reluctantly saying the last sentence, the black shadow that had been hanging over Asterius's body completely submerged into his body, and Asterius's eyes also completely lost their luster at this moment.
The smell of blood completely lost its restraint and spread in an instant. The small animals that were stimulated by this breath immediately screamed and fled to the periphery, and soon escaped from the open space that was about to become a battlefield.
"Whew......"
With an inhuman roar from his back, Asterius raised his arms and slammed them to the ground. The tremendous force directly smashed the ground, blowing up a huge amount of dust, forcing Dio to retreat.
Asterius, who had completely lost his mind, stretched out his hands at this time, grasped the two long handles that were revealed after the ground exploded, and pulled them hard.
The intact earth could not resist the power of Asterius, let alone the ground that had now been beaten apart. With this pull of Asterius, the two great axes easily broke through the ground and fell into his hands.
With two axes in hand, Asterius' momentum skyrocketed again. The smell of blood, and the inhuman appearance, made Asterius look like an unusually ferocious monster at this moment.
"The ancestor of the Minotaur clan, the original Minotaur, is known as the King of Minotaurs...... The legendary Minotaur. ”
Looking at Asterius like this, Dio couldn't help but sigh.
While seeing the true identity of Asterios, Dio also realizes that the Asterios in front of him is not a real life, but a "heroic spirit" very similar to him.
It's just that Dio, who has the body of a heroic spirit, only nominally belongs to the "Heroic Spirit", but in fact belongs to a human being, while Asterius is a real "Heroic Spirit".
Unfortunately, Asterius is not the kind of being who is promoted to a heroic spirit after death because of merit, obsession, etc., but a monster who has been completely distorted by various resentments and curses from the beginning.
The demons who live in the demon realm are not all inherently evil monsters from the beginning. Except for the Ancestral Demon and its descendants and descendants who were born by the will of the Demon Realm, the rest of the demons are outsiders who have fallen from other planes, the most typical of which are the Devils from the Heavenly Realm.
Among them, there are also some monsters that have not fallen due to their own reasons, but have been distorted by the persecution of other beings.
For example, the original Medusa was cursed and distorted into a monster by the original holy goddess.
The situation of Asterius was similar.
Originally, he was just an ordinary person, but because he was cursed by some kind of curse, he was forcibly turned into a monster with a bull's head. After he was killed by a hero, the fear and disgust of various races for him was absorbed by the Demon Realm, and the current Minotaur clan was born.
So in a sense, Asterius is undoubtedly the ancestor of the Minotaur. The reason why Asterius appeared in this labyrinth is probably also related to the Minotaur clan's worship of the ancestors.
Since the Minotaur clan worships Asterios as their ancestor, it is natural for them to be a Minotaur in their perception. As a result, it is inevitable that Asterius, who appears in this labyrinth, will once again be twisted into the legendary monster Minotaur.
This was not Asterius' intention, but there was nothing he could do about it, but he could only warn those who had broken into the prison to leave the place before he lost his mind completely.
However, those who accidentally broke into this place usually attacked first because of the terrifying aura emitted by Asterios, and then were killed by the mad Asterios. So Dio is still one of the few people who can talk to Asterius since he stayed here for so long.
However, this made it a little difficult for Dio to make a move against the current Minotaur.
Just as Dio was being chased by the Minotaur, a message came from Gabriel's power, which was lodged in his body.
"You mean...... You can lift that curse on him, but only if I weaken him to a certain extent? ”
The message from Gabriel made Dio raise his eyebrows, and then subconsciously turned his head to look at the Minotaur behind him.
The clear eyes that belonged to Asterius that he had seen before made Dio quickly make up his mind.
"It's not an easy task......
After muttering something in a low voice, Dio took out his "rage" and threw it at the Minotaur.
"Whew!"
The Minotaur, who roared angrily, did not hesitate to pick up the giant axe and slash it. The tremendous force not only sent "Anger" directly into the air, but also left a deep scratch on the hammer body of "Anger".
Dior, who noticed this, suddenly stared.
Although the strength of the "Seven Deadly Sins" is obviously a little unable to keep up in the battle at the demigod level, it is not easy for any strong person to leave traces on the "Seven Deadly Sins". Especially in the case that Dio had already strengthened the "Seven Deadly Sins" in advance just in case, the Minotaur was able to leave traces on the "anger" so easily, which immediately made Dio realize something.
The power of this thing is even stronger than the legend! You can't fight hard!
Dio, who quickly put away the "anger", threw out the three chains of "greed", "gluttony" and "jealousy" in one go, and controlled the three chains and began to wander around.
At this time, in the eyes of the Minotaur, there was only one enemy like Dio, and as for the three black chains crawling around like snakes, he did not pay attention to them.
So the Minotaur, who was already a little tired of the chase, kicked his right foot sharply, and the whole cow immediately rushed towards Dio.
The huge force brought extremely fast speed, but Dio, who had already completely entered the state, reacted almost instantly, and directly spread his black wings and flew into the sky.
The Minotaur, who scurried from under Dio, knocked down several large trees in one breath before reluctantly stopping. And looking at this scene, Dio, who was in mid-air, also understood why only the place where the Minotaur was located had such a large open space.
There was a Minotaur who tossed around here from time to time, and it would be strange if there were any tall trees growing in this clearing!
With a miss, the Minotaur became even more angry, roaring at Dio in the air, directly controlling the black-red air flow on its body to converge on the giant axe, and then slashed hard at Dio in the air.
The black-red air flow immediately turned into a fighting aura full of ominous aura, and after breaking away from the giant axe, it turned into a huge fighting qi and slashed towards Dio.
Flapping the black wings behind him, Dio dodged the blow with ease. However, before Dio could launch a counterattack, the Minotaur swung the giant axe again, and slashed out two huge fighting slashes.
The corners of his mouth twitched, and he immediately fanned the black wings and continued to dodge, but as soon as he dodged these two fighting slashes, he saw that the Minotaur, who had already slashed out two more fighting slashes, actually raised the pair of giant axes again.
More and more vindictive slashes quickly filled the sky, forcing Dio to flapping his wings with all his might to dodge. However, the increasingly dense fighting spirit still made Dio have to dodge while protecting himself with "laziness".
After being slashed by a huge fighting spirit, even with the protection of "laziness", a wisp of blood slowly flowed from the corner of Dio's mouth.
"Does this thing really not know that it is tired at all?"
After wiping the blood from the corners of his mouth, looking at the seemingly tireless Minotaur below, Dio couldn't help but curse secretly.
Although the legend of the Minotaur was a monster of infinite power and tirelessness, Dio never imagined that this legend was true.
"This guy is so strong, so how the hell did that legendary hero defeat it? Just by relying on an indestructible sword? ”
After spitting on the legendary hero who had successfully defeated the Minotaur, Dio dodged the fighting slashes again.
I have to say that the power contained in the fighting slash of the Minotaur is also amazing, even if it is not hit head-on, but just rubbed to the side, the huge force can still take Dio away, making Dio look extremely embarrassed at this time.
However, Dio still gritted his teeth and fled in mid-air, with no intention of landing at all. At the same time, his eyes were still fixed on the Minotaur on the ground, and he couldn't wait for the turnaround to arrive.
Under Dio's gaze, the first "greed" jumped out directly and accurately buckled Minotaur's left wrist.
With such a black chain suddenly wrapped around his wrist, of course the Minotaur would not be indifferent, and he waved his left arm very angrily, trying to shake off the "greed" on his wrist.
However, "greed" is like a living snake, quickly wrapped around its arm. And it was not directly wound, but hung loosely on the wrist of the Minotaur.
Dio, who had already seen the strange power of the Minotaur, was certainly not stupid enough to let the "Seven Deadly Sins" wrestle with the Minotaur, so "Greed" did not try to restrain the Minotaur's left hand, but only used his own weight to add a little burden to the Minotaur.
This burden was almost negligible for the mighty Minotaur. So after moving his arm twice and making sure that "greed" didn't have much effect on it, the Minotaur put aside the matter of "greed" for the time being.
Now it's busy chasing down Dior, so it's not in the mood to deal with such a little "snake".
But just as the Minotaur continued to move, the "greed" wrapped around its left wrist suddenly moved twice from time to time, which still obviously affected the Minotaur's actions.
At the very least, when the Minotaur wielded the great axe with his left arm, his movements were obviously a beat or two slower.
With such a gap, Dio, who was in the air, immediately relaxed a lot. But Dio's face did not show any joy, but stared at the Minotaur more nervously.
After being messed up twice by "greed", the Minotaur Lostton became angry when he noticed the problem.
I don't even bother to pay attention to you, you still dare to make trouble for me?
The angry Minotaur directly put down the giant axe in his right hand, and with a big hand, he quickly grabbed the "greed" wrapped around his left wrist.
At this moment, "Gluttony" suddenly burst out of the grass, and the double blades that kept opening and closing slashed at the right wrist of the Minotaur.
As early as the first observations, Dio noticed that "Asterius" had a dense scar on his body. These scars are incomparably hideous and terrifying against the backdrop of the smell of blood in "Asterius".
But when he realized that "Asterios" was "Minotaur", Dio understood one thing, and that was that the Minotaur may have a very strong regenerative ability, but its skin was not thick.
To put it bluntly, the Minotaur's health bar may be very long, and it has the ability to automatically regenerate blood, but its defense is very scummy, so scum that anyone can break its defense.
That's why the Minotaur has so many scars on his body.
It is precisely because the skin of the Minotaur is not thick that it is impossible for the Minotaurs to remain indifferent in the face of the surprise attack of "gluttony".
Because no matter how strong the Minotaur's regeneration ability is, if it is directly cut off by "gluttony", then in a short period of time, the Minotaur's combat power will definitely drop by half!
The lost Minotaurus may not have realized this, but it was still instinctively ready to knock the "gluttony" away. But just now in order to catch "greed", the Minotaur has temporarily left the giant axe in his right hand still on the ground, and now it must be too late to pick up the axe.
So the Minotaur decisively threw the giant axe in his left hand, then took it with his right hand, and then slashed towards the "glutton".
In the face of the Minotaur's counterattack, the prepared "gluttony" decisively stopped his actions and narrowly avoided the Minotaur's giant axe.
Just from the sharp sound of the Minotaur's great axe as it slashed across the top of Gluttony, Dio knew that the Minotaur didn't spare his hand in the blow, so the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and a smile appeared.
At this moment, "jealousy" suddenly burst out!