Chapter 34: Hades (Part II)
The ancient tomb with distinct layers of light is filled with a sinister and treacherous atmosphere.
The temple that had been sealed for a long time was originally quiet and dark, but at this moment, with the awakening of the temple guardians, it was as if a huge stone was thrown into the water, and there was an uproar.
The flat and rough stone floor was like an iron plate in a high temperature, and the air on the surface was churning. Originally, it was just a ripple on the floor near the bronze mural, but it was as if the water was rippling in a circle, and the area was rapidly expanding. Eventually, the entire floor of the temple's vestibule was like a red-hot iron plate, and the surface was bubbling with heat.
“......”
Ivan retreated to the door, ready to take refuge for the time being, and come back with the army in a few days. Just as he was about to open it, he found that the door had been completely closed at some point, and there was no trace of the door's existence.
At this time, he also heard the other party's words clearly, and quickly reflected - the guardian of the underworld, the demon god of the temple, seems to be his own person.
"Don't mess around, I'm the new priest of this temple!" Ivan calmed down and shouted at the mural.
"Sacrifice!?"
The Guardian's bronze face was distorted, the corners of his mouth stretched to the sides, sharp canine teeth bared, and a vivid grin began:
"There is no sacrifice in the temple of Hades, only Hades! You shameful deceiver, prepare to fall into Hell and be judged by the souls of the dead!"
In the last sentence, its voice suddenly rose and amplified infinitely in the space, like a dark cloud of flickering thunder suddenly rushing in front of it, releasing rolling thunder, which was fascinating.
"Wait, listen to me!"
Evan tried to explain the situation, but his voice was not intelligible in the huge sound waves, and he could only see the shape of his mouth, and he could not hear a single word.
Something was wailing under the floor, and the desert was churning harder and harder, as if something terrible was about to burst out of the ground.
I don't know when the ceiling began, rising infinitely, and the cry of darkness and silence echoed in the sky, as if some monster was falling from the sky. Blackened feathers obscured the view, casting a shadow on the boiling floor.
The wails and cries of heaven and earth were intertwined, and it was as strange as a nightmare.
"I've killed Ozmandis, and I'm afraid of you, the iron dog!?"
Seeing that the other party didn't listen to the explanation at all, Evan was heartbroken, picked up the Sun Sutra, and decided to fight with it first.
Before he finished speaking, his feet suddenly emptied.
The blazing floor instantly caved, and the misty steam flowed like a whirlpool, as if it could bridge the gap between reality and the netherworld. A huge whirlpool of slowly swirling depths was formed, as if an abyssal jaw suddenly opened on the ground, intending to devour the flesh and blood of all living beings.
Woohoo – Whoop——!
In the dense electric light like a thin snake, Ivan's body swelled rapidly, his skeletal muscles became alienated and thickened, and his neural network transmitted energy like a conduit, releasing huge light energy from the inside out. As the Void Engine in front of his chest swirled, his eyes lit up with blazing red fire, his skin turned into metallic armor, and heavy golden light cracked out from his body, lingering on his shoulders to form a golden fire mist.
“......”
He clenched his fists, his body squatted slightly, the dense metal pit line on his body flickered, and suddenly he leaned over and punched, slamming into the floor with condensed light energy.
Boom ——!
Like a bombshell hitting the ground and exploding, within thirty meters of him as the center, the churning fog was directly emptied, revealing the rough and flat stone floor before. However, the void lasted only a moment before the waves of fog continued to spread, swirling and recircling.
"It seems that more powerful bombing is needed...... Then retreat for now. ”
Ivan glanced at the boundless mist, his palm gathered light energy, and the sun's rays that were ready to be fired were aimed directly at the front door.
However, just as he was about to blast the gate with a cannon, the mist on the floor seemed to come alive, splitting into countless sharp filaments that silently pierced the air. Entangled and crawled up his legs, wrapped tightly - it actually had an amazing suction, pulling him down to the deepest part of the whirlpool!
“......”
Ivan remained calm, lowered his wrist, adjusted the angle of his shot, and fired a shot into the center of the vortex.
Solar rays are his most powerful move at the moment, powerful and can control the range at will - the range of the limit state can reach almost five kilometers, and the energy is highly concentrated, even if it is too far away, it can maintain a certain degree of power.
Whoosh——!
As soon as the light sank into the center of the vortex, an even sharper scream erupted from beneath the ground, and the mist swelled violently, surging through the space. A huge wave of air rose on the floor, and it suddenly climbed into the sky, and dragged it into the Netherworld Mansion along with Evan by the door.
There was an intermittent sound from the depths of the earth, and countless monsters let out a roar that rose and fell.
Boom ——!
At this moment, the temple that had just fallen silent suddenly let out a loud roar, and the mist cracked again.
The figure that radiated a huge amount of light energy suddenly rushed out from the ground, soared into the dark sky, let out an angry roar, and drove the whistling ball of light, and the raindrops scattered in all directions, like a piece of meteors rising into the sky!
Quack – quack——!
The monster in the sky shouted in amazement, and a pair of withered yellow eyes flickered frequently, looking in horror at the figure that burst through the fog of the underworld and rushed into the sky.
In the mist, Evan increased the output of the flame core to the maximum, directly blasting the mist that connected to the netherworld, killing from the realm of the dead, and gasping violently.
"It's so dangerous, I was almost dragged straight underground...... Is that the Netherworld!?"
He looked at the bottomless vortex with trepidation, and with a flicker of his gaze, he instantly locked onto the guardian of the temple - perhaps killing it, the initiator, would disintegrate the mutating space.
"It's incredible......"
The demon god in the shape of a jackal's head sculpture was also staring at him, and the beast's pupils flickered with a flickering light, revealing a look of surprise:
“...... He was able to break free from the sorption of the power of the netherworld...... Could this be the power of the Sun Sutra!?"
"Yes, I'm a member of the royal family and the master of the temple! if you don't believe me, I can show the power of the Underworld!" replied with an angry look on his face.
"No...... I can feel the power in you...... That's the power of the netherworld, and it's not the power of the netherworld. ”
The Guardian's expression calmed down, his gaze swept to the center of the whirlpool, and his voice softened:
"To be precise, your power is in the same vein as the Hades, but you can't control the souls of the dead country, and you don't have the body of the Netherworld...... But destructiveness and cohesion are superior. This is also known as ...... Underworld...... Am I right?"