In the midst of nothingness, Evan's consciousness was falling endlessly, sneaking into the depths of darkness, gradually approaching a huge door that opened from the void. However, the moment he passed through this heavy door, he felt a huge force pull him back from the black abyss. In a trance, it seemed to pass through the clouds in the sky, and the boundless darkness suddenly disappeared like a punctured bubble.

"Failed?"

Ivan opened his eyes in amazement, staring up at the iron gate blankly, his pupils blank - he knew that the power to prevent him from crossing the sevenfold gate was precisely his intention to survive.

The Sevenfold Gate is the second stage of the Underworld Holy Scripture, also known as the Demon Path of the Underworld.

This is a special shortcut to spiritual sublimation by enduring great suffering, imitating the dismembered Hades, accumulating power, and then passing through the sevenfold gate, which symbolizes the rebirth of the sun god Atum, from the dead, to the spiritual level.

From a technical point of view, there is nothing wrong with it, but due to its high dangerousness, it is classified as a forbidden path of the Underworld. Under normal circumstances, Evan would never try this extremely risky path of the underworld, but now he has no choice.

……

The cramped space was surprisingly quiet, as if everything had been plunged into darkness, as if time and air had frozen.

“……”

He raised his head with difficulty, and suddenly there was a sound of rotten wood breaking in his neck, and all his limbs were as sore as if they were rusty. He tried to stretch his body, but he ran into the cold and hard wall, and his body could not be straightened at all, so he could only stand on his knees, or lie bent over.

This cell was very special, there was no lighting or heating, it was completely fixed according to his size, and its length and width were limited to a special range. Ivan could neither stand upright nor lie down, and even stretching his muscles was a luxury.

It is a cruel torture for both the mind and the body.

He's been locked up here since the last time he made the High Priest, and he can't remember how long he's been there, at least two or three months. Because the sun is not visible, it is impossible to calculate the time, and the frequency of food delivery is deliberately disrupted. Evan didn't know where it was, but he was sure that it was supposed to be in a ship, and it was a sea vessel. Because he could often feel huge bumps, and there was also a salty smell of sea water in the air.

Ozmandis's claim to torture Ivan to the point of a will-break is not a joke. Compared to the mental pollution that you have to accept every once in a while, being confined to a narrow space can only be said to be an appetizer.

Singing the Internationale of his previous life, reminiscing about the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, remembering the revolutionary martyrs - during this time, he tried everything that could cheer him up a little. But it won't last long, and the string that maintains sanity in the brain has been tightened to the limit and may break at any time.

"Sevenfold Gate...... Seven-fold Gate ......"

He curled up and gently slammed his head against the wall to keep him awake.

Bang Dang——!

The iron door above was opened, and the light shone in.

"It's coming again, it's a little bit closer...... It's just a little bit ......."

Ivan immediately closed his eyes to avoid being stabbed by the bright light, and took a deep breath to inhale more fresh air. Fresh air is hard to come by, so breathing heavily when the iron door is opened will help him stay sane.

Several heavily armed Cultists opened the iron door, helped him out, and helped him put on heavy shackles and a straitjacket made of tough linen and cow belts—how could anyone who could fire a cannon with his hands not be dangerous?

Footsteps echoed through the hallway, and he made his way to the familiar cabin, a heavy metal chair in the center of the room, light streaming through a skylight in the center of the ceiling.

Maybe it's because of the bad weather and the lack of sunlight, all the lights in the cabin seem to be on. Despite this, the room looked gloomy and oppressive.

Several white-robed priests were already waiting for him here, and the two rows of Holy Cult troops, as usual, stood against the wall.

They anchored Ivan in that chair and stepped away.

“……”

He sat in a metal chair, his hands and feet bound by iron hoops, and he was drowsy from weakness.

"Be prepared for first aid, this will probably be the last time."

As he spoke, the chief priest opened the suitcase he was carrying with him and took out a yellow gem. With a white handkerchief in his hand, he walked quickly to Evan, squatted down solemnly, and embedded it in the empty groove under the chair seat.

Woohoo – Whoop——!

A snake-like golden current surged from the seat of the chair and flowed towards Evan's body, writhing desperately in the process, even trying to bite off his own tongue in an attempt to escape the torture.

But all the struggles were in vain, and the priest, who had been prepared for a long time, succeeded in preventing all his suicidal actions. It was as if an active volcano had erupted in the depths of his mind, and the hot lava rushed by, trampling on every nerve in his brain.

Pain——!

Severe pain——!

Endless pain——!

"It's coming! It's finally here! ”

No one noticed that there was a hint of relief hidden under Ivan's facial features distorted by severe pain, and the light in the depths of his pupils seemed to penetrate time and space, shooting into a distant and unknown universe.

Messy, scarlet images came flooding in......

Pentagram with a blue-green flame...... The sun casts a withered yellow light to the core of the vortex...... The moon rises from the retrospiral nebula...... A connection between the stars. The last scene of the messy pictures - is the body entrenched in the starry sky, with no end in sight, the pitch-black giant snake, squatting in front of the seven-fold gate, looking at him with malice:

"Only the soul that passes through the sevenfold gate can bear the weight of the King of the Dead."

The voice was like a death knell to the end of the world.

Ivan wanted to roar, but was uncontrollably silent, feeling like he was falling towards an endless black abyss, the bottom of which was one door after another.

Every time a heavy door falls, it is like a cruel dismemberment.

The endless pain that originally tormented him turned into a huge force at this moment, constantly piecing together his consciousness, one after another, stronger and stronger each time.

After passing through the last door, a huge black shadow opened its arms to him:

"Do you want to accept the power of Hades? Try to bring him back from the dead! ”

The aura of majesty and terror permeated the starry sky of the universe, oppressing Ivan to breathe, he had never faced such a behemoth, it was a great shock for mortals to face the planet itself.

Rumble——!

In the midst of a deafening roar, he raised his head with difficulty, and saw thunder and blood-colored flames surging in the sky, a pitch-black shadow with four arms standing in the starry sky, and three pupils blooming with a scorching red light. In the depths of its pupils, a golden disc was impressively engraved, like a circle symbol with a dot in the middle.

"I'm looking forward to this moment."

At this moment, he finally let go of all scruples, and his eyes met the huge red pupils, ready to meet his own death.

In the next moment, all the pictures burned and curled like paper, and the light of the whole world seemed to be burned out, and everything returned to nothingness and chaos.