Chapter 38: The Underworld (3)
Jonathan, Gaston, and Chen Xi all held assault rifle guns to blind fire underwater, but to little effect. They couldn't see where the Plague Butcher was hiding through the inky black waters of the river Styx, which was pitch black at an unknown depth. Moreover, even if the bullet passed through the water of the River Styx and hit the fat body of the Plague Butcher, it would not be effective to kill. This wrecked ship must not capsize, someone has to go underwater to deal with the plague butcher.
Chen Xi gritted his teeth, put the rifle aside, squatted down, and put his hand into the River Styx. An icy, piercing sensation spread from his fingers to his body. He communicated with the lava demon in his body, and the red flames appeared on the surface of his hand, and the cold disappeared.
He moved his fingers, which had been touching the water of the River Styx, and the fingers flexed and stretched flexibly, and it didn't seem to be a problem.
Chen Xi jumped into the river, the red fire enveloping the surface of his skin, blocking the cold from invading. The bottom of the river is not clear, but it is clear when you are in the water. He saw the Plague Butcher crawling at the bottom of the water like a hill of carrion, and swam towards it, and he stuck to the Plague Butcher's back, and the scimitar in his hand struggled to rip off a piece of flesh on the Plague Butcher's back.
The Plague Butcher struggled in pain, but its clumsy body couldn't reach Chen Xi at all.
Blood tentacles poured out of Chen Xi's spine and burrowed into the healing wounds of the Plague Butcher.
The pores of the Plague Butcher's skin secreted a large number of germs, staining the waters of the Styx a dark green. The germs invaded Chen Xi's body, and his skin continued to grow dense blisters of various sizes, red and swollen lumps, and gray spots, and then the skin began to fester.
It felt like a myriad of tiny insects gnawing at his body, and he endured the sharp pain of tickling and tearing his skin as he continued to cling to the Plague Butcher's back.
The blood tentacles that had penetrated deep into the Plague Butcher's body had stolen divine power, and he continued to repair his body.
Along with the divine power are various negative emotions in the body of the Plague Butcher. As a netherworld creature living in the underworld, the negative emotions such as resentment, anger, and greed in the body of the Plague Butcher are far greater than those of the human world.
This energy full of negative emotions poured into Chen Xi's body, and he gritted his teeth to keep himself awake, guiding those negative emotions to gather on his right chest. He had felt it when he had devoured other creatures with his blood tentacles before, and he had absorbed not only their power, but also the hatred and various negative emotions of those guys before they died, which inadvertently eroded his mind.
If this goes on for a long time, he may become a monster who only knows how to kill. With the help of his teacher, Du Moyi, he compressed the negative emotions in his body on the right side of his chest to form a dark heart. The heart on the left keeps him human, and the heart of darkness on the right holds the power of evil.
"Forgive me, master, I surrender to you, great son of darkness. The Plague Butcher's voice begging for mercy rang in Chen Xi's mind, and it was in the language of God.
Chen Xi thought for a moment, withdrew the blood tentacles, and swam in front of the Plague Butcher, the whites of his eyes were swallowed by the sea of blood, and countless evil ghosts flew in his black eyes. Infernal Hell Pupil, with the help of the suppressive power of Infernal Hell, can deter evil ghosts with the pupil technique, which Chen Xi has used to subdue the molten inferior demon before.
The Plague Butcher saw Chen Xi's eyes, his eyes undisguised with fear, and he lowered his ugly head, which was made of white carrion with the help of black thread, without a single hair, and knelt down in front of Chen Xi.
The black chain of hell with golden light emanated from Chen Xi's infernal pupils, wrapping around the Plague Butcher, who did not resist and was pulled into Chen Xi's eyes.
In the vast dark space behind the bronze door, the lava demon looked at the plague butcher who appeared next to him, who was also bound by the chains of the underworld, and cracked his mouth and said, "Yo, newcomer, welcome, welcome, hahahaha." ”
Chen Xi floated on the river and climbed back into the boat, and the two people next to him and the boatman Charon, who had a long pole planted in the stern, all looked at him with shocked expressions.
"Interestingly, I have been boating on the River Styx for countless years, carrying countless undead and some pretentious living people, some of whom have escaped to the human world by luck and are called heroes. But I have never seen a living person jump into this river of pain and come out alive. Hahaha, interesting, interesting. Charon laughed.
"Since you think I'm so funny, can you give us a discount on our ferry tickets and give us some silver coins?" Chen Xi said angrily to the boatman.
Charon gave Chen Xi an ugly smile in return, and then continued to hum his wacky ballad, ignoring him.
Chen Xi's tone was not very friendly, but it didn't matter, Charon didn't kick them off the ship because of his bad attitude. They had just paid their tickets at the ferry, and Charon had to send them to the other side of the river according to the rules, even if he was a god.
"I've taken care of the plague butcher below, don't worry," Chen Xi said to the two seniors.
"Awesome, junior," Jonathan patted Chen Xi on the shoulder, but his hand touched the Styx water on Chen Xi's clothes, and the chill that pierced his soul made him let out a miserable scream. Chen Xi hurriedly crossed the red fire of the lava demon into his body, and it took a lot of effort to remove the cold qi from his body, and then roasted the Styx water on his body.
After Jonathan recovered, he took out some bottles and cans from dimensional space, and then leaned over to carefully hold the water.
"This Styx water is a good thing, I'll give you a few bottles when I get back. ”
The ferry docked, and the three of them stepped onto a gray land next to two towering black peaks, and overhead they could see an underworld sky with two blood-colored crescents hanging on it, and they continued in the valley.
At the end of the road is a huge bronze door, and in front of the bronze door is a huge vicious dog with three heads, the three-headed dog of hell.
The three-headed dog of hell, Cerberus (Greek: literally the demon in the pit), was born to Typhon, the ancestor of demons, and Ekedna, the serpent woman. The Three-Headed Hellhound has three heads, each grinning with a bloody mouth full of fangs. Behind him was a stout snake tail, and the hair on its head and back was full of coiled poisonous snakes.
Seeing the three Chen Xi walking over, the three heads of the three-headed dog of hell roared, but they did not pounce, but insisted on guarding in front of the bronze door.
Chen Xi and the three of them took out their assault rifles and shot at the three-headed dog, and the bullet hit the scales of the poisonous snake wrapped around its body, making a sonorous sound of metal impact, and sparks appeared.
The Three-Headed Hellhound opened its mouth three times and spat venom at the three living people on the underworld, and the venom fell to the ground and corroded holes.
"This disgusting guy actually spat on us, and the obscene-looking boatman actually slipped away with the boat. Jonathan said after dodging a drop of venom.
They were driven to the river by the venom of the three-headed dog of hell, and the boatman Charon had already gone with his boat. If they fall into the River Styx, in addition to Chen Xi, Jonathan and Gaston will all die.
"Senior, even if that greedy old man is still there, do you still have the money to pay for the ferry ticket?" Chen Xi said as he tore off a small piece of his clothes stained with venom.
"The silver coins of Opollus are gone, but there are other silver coins that I don't know if he will accept or not, and I still have gold coins. By the way, if you don't think about it, we're going to have to explain it here. Jonathan jumped as he took off his venom-stained shoes, his shoes were custom-made top-of-the-line tactical boots, and the designer patted his chest to assure him that they would resist all kinds of corrosion, and many of their company's technologies are used in the aeronautical robotics and chemical industries.
But he already felt the shoes melting, and the black-hearted shopkeeper, when he went back, he would use several media in his family's control to write articles for this tactical boot company, scold them fiercely, and accuse these unscrupulous merchants.
"Hey, I had an idea, but we've got to climb on it first. Jonathan said.
Hearing this, Gaston directly wolfed, turned into a black giant wolf, bit Chen Xi and Jonathan and threw them on his back, and then ran towards the position of the three-headed dog of hell.
"Hey, man, your wool feels better than any top-notch wool I've ever seen in my life," Jonathan said, touching a handful of Gaston's wolf-turned wolf fur.
Although the black wolf with a body of 2.8 meters tall and 4.6 meters long is indeed a giant wolf compared to humans, compared to the height of the three-headed dog of hell more than 30 meters, the giant wolf after Gasstone's wolf transformation is really small, just like a child standing in front of an adult. However, because of his small size, he was able to use his agility and speed to dodge the three-headed dog's venom attack.
The giant wolf tried to climb up along the thick front limbs of the three-headed dog, but was slapped by the three-headed dog and flew away. Chen Xi's consciousness entered the dark space inside his body. He saw the lava demons bound in chains and the Plague Butcher.
"Prove your loyalty to me. With a wave of his hand, Chen Xi loosened the chains of the Hell that bound them.
"Follow your will, master. The two demons said at the same time.
The space around the wolfed Gaston is warped, and two demons suddenly appear. A fifteen-meter-tall lava ghost, a twelve-meter-tall plague butcher. Stunned Gaston and Jonathan, a three-headed dog of hell is already difficult to handle, and two demons have appeared, how can this live?
"It's okay, my own people," Chen Xi said calmly, pointing at the lava demon and the plague butcher.
The lava demon put away the flames in his hand, grabbed the wolfish Garth and threw it up, and the wolf landed steadily on the back of the three-headed dog of Hell. The snakes tore at Gaston, and the wolf's feet were full of poisonous snakes, and there was no place to dodge, and his supple fur turned bloody.
Jonathan took out the bottles containing the water of the River Styx from the dimensional space and smashed them on the poisonous snakes with hard scales, the river water splashed out, and the poisonous snakes that directly touched the water of the River Styx twitched for a second and then froze directly.
Jonathan jumped off the wolf's back, then pulled out a half-meter diameter bomb from dimensional space, he set the detonation program, and the indicator light on the bomb flashed wildly.
"Run!" Jonathan shouted as he jumped on the wolf's back. While pulling out a bottle of Styx water from the dimensional space, he opened the way.
A loud explosion rang out behind them, and the bomb opened a large hole in the back of the three-headed dog of Hell, and the blasted flesh rained down.
Jonathan's face wore a smile of victory, but it didn't last long, and the blasted flesh returned to the bloody hole like a time lapse, and the horrible wound was quickly healed.
The Three-Headed Hellhound's heart has two rhythms, one that acts as a pump like other creatures, transporting blood throughout the body. When it beats in a second rhythm, the blood flows backwards to the heart, even when it is outside the body. Jonathan looked at the frantically repaired wound with a pang of despair.
At this moment, a figure jumped to the location of the wound of the three-headed dog of hell.