The drumbeat is getting louder and faster.

Each sound was accompanied by a pop, as if hammering against an iron plate, striking solid steel.

Leon frowned and thought for a moment, then put the shield in his hand into the storage space, took out a pitch-black spear, and gently stabbed it on the door frame.

A tiny crack appeared in the door frame, but it only took two blinks for it to return to its original shape.

Li Ang raised his eyebrows slightly, and poked the door frame again, "Bang~"

Two cracks opened in the door.

The door collapsed completely, revealing a wide corridor with a huge bronze bell at the end.

Li Ang stepped in and walked into the bronze bell at the end of the corridor.

The bell rang and reverberated in the corridor for a long time.

With a loud roar, the bell wall began to shake, and strong wind pressure blew in front of people, making it difficult to breathe, suffocating their chests, and their legs weak, and they almost fell to their knees.

Leon clenched the shield in his hand, looked up at the huge pendulum, and his pupils shrank suddenly, "This ......"

The pendulum was in the shape of a human face, with a strange smirk at the corners of its mouth, and its eyes were deep and dark with a scarlet glow.

It seemed to be staring at Leon, but Leon couldn't see through the reality.

"Boom~~"

The pendulum swayed and roared like thunder, and the scarlet eyes at the end of the pendulum trembled.

The pendulum shook violently, causing a circle of ripples that blew away the ashes around it.

"Buzz~"

The cold black qi surrounded the end of the pendulum, gradually converging into a blurred black figure, slowly walking towards Li Ang.

"It's ...... What is it? ”

Leon's expression was solemn and he clenched his shield.

The distorted black qi got closer and closer, and finally turned into a naked male human with a hideous and terrifying face.

His muscles bulged and bulged, his arms extended, his joints clicked, and his feet flexed and accumulated.

His skin was purple-black, wrinkled, and covered in scales.

Leon narrowed his eyes, "What are you?" ”

The man froze several meters away, unanswered, a hoarse roar coming from deep in his throat, the soil beneath his feet trembling and debris flying.

"Bang!"

The male corpse pounced and smashed his fist into Li Ang's chest.

"Bell!!"

There was a crisp sound of metal striking, sparks bursting, and Leon took two steps back.

"Roar!"

The male corpse roared angrily, waving his arms, attacking fiercely, intersecting his fists and feet, making a crisp sound of "ping pong".

Although the male corpse was tall and burly, and his strength was far superior to that of ordinary human soldiers, it was still not enough to look at in front of Li Ang.

A heavy, majestic voice came from the end of the corridor, vaguely mixed with some kind of rhythm.

The sound grew denser, as if some kind of alarm was sounding.

The male corpse's violent howl became louder and louder, and his body quickly rose and expanded, and in an instant, it turned into a huge black panther.

The panther opened its bloody jaws and let out a beastly roar, biting Leon fiercely.

"Hehe, it's just a black panther."

Leon sneered, raised his right arm horizontally, shielded the panther claws, and grabbed the mane of the tail.

"Woohoo!"

The severe pain made the black panther roar in anger and struggled with all his might, but was caught by Leon and couldn't move at all.

Leon dragged the panther back a few steps and pushed it to the ground.

"Smack!"

He rode on the back of the panther, picked up the shield with his left hand, and raised the short spear with his right hand, stabbing him in the neck.

"Puff~Puff~Puff!!"

Three sharp thumps rang out, and the short spear pierced through the panther's skull, and blood and brains burst out.

Leon let go of his hand, jumped off the panther's back, and threw the spear away.

"Jingle bell!"

The pendulum vibrated again, making a sharper sound.

The panther's corpse twitched twice, and its lifeless body collapsed to the ground.

Li Ang raised his head and stared at the bronze bell, a trace of doubt appeared between his eyebrows.

This bell ...... Why is it different from what is recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"?

He had just wanted to take a closer look, when a low and melodious singing voice suddenly sounded in his ears, as if it had come from an infinite distance.

“…… In the north of the South Stygian Sea, on the shore of the Yellow Spring, there is a woman called Aphrodite.

Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty in the underworld, with a peerless appearance, natural piano sounds, and graceful singing.

Her singing voice is like a heavenly sound, which can revive the dead and bring them back to life; Her singing voice is capable of summoning ghosts and extraditing them.

Aphrodite is the lord of Hades, the mother of all the undead, and the ruler of many ghosts.

Her singing can bring the dead back to life and turn them into demons.

She is Ares, the god of death, the lord of the underworld.

……”

The song was ethereal, as if it had come from far away, but it was so clear that it penetrated Leon's ears.

He was stunned for a few seconds before he realized that this song was a mission song given by the system when he first crossed into this world, called Prayer on the Nai Ho Bridge, and sung by "Ares of Death" himself.

Leon recalled the lyrics and muttered:

"Aphrodite ......"

This melody has a mournful and desolate tune, which is completely different from the voice of "Ares Death" in his impression.

"Ares ...... the Grim Reaper"

Leon frowned, restless.

He always felt that he had heard this title somewhere, but he just couldn't remember what it meant.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, Leon caught a glimpse of a scroll hanging on the wall.

The painting was decayed and dilapidated, with only a few mutilated scrolls remaining, the outline of the upper half faintly recognizable.

The picture shows an old woman, dressed in silver-white armor, wearing a snow-white cloak, and holding a black scepter, standing quietly by the altar, watching the battle scene below.

Leon's eyes were fixed on the scepter in the old woman's arms, and he felt a strong and extremely dead aura, as well as a trace of indifferent sadness.

"I know who it is......" Leon's heart was beating wildly, and his breathing became rapid.

The scepter that the old woman was holding in her arms was the one that Leon had once used—the holy sword, the blade of judgment!

The Blade of Judgment, an artifact used by the gods to conquer hell in ancient Greek mythology, is said to be the sword of the creator Poseidon.

It is rumored that wielding this sword can slay all evil.

Leon's gaze was firmly locked on the scepter in the scroll, and the sword was made of unknown materials, crystal clear, and flowing with a hazy glow.

This weapon was Leon's reward for obtaining the Scepter, and the only treasure he had ever acquired from the gods, and it was priceless.

He had tried to cultivate the scepter, but the scepter contained majestic and vast power, which required a huge amount of spiritual power, and Leon's spiritual strength was not enough to control.

Therefore, Li Ang simply gave up the practice and used the [Divine Technique] as an aid instead.

Leon took a deep breath, held the short spear in his right hand, and with a sudden force, the spear blade pierced deep into the black panther's abdomen, nailing it to the wall, and took out a black stone slab from the storage ring, pressed it on the top of the spear shaft, and began to perform the [Execution of the Dead].