"Is this the gateway to hell?" Zheng Shu stood on the ground and looked at the passage in front of him.

The so-called passage to hell was much smaller than he had imagined, and he had thought that the crack that would be so deep that it would be at least as big as a canyon, but the passage in front of him was more of a pit or a cave than a canyon.

The entire passage was less than 100 meters in diameter, and if it weren't for the strong hellish aura coming from it and the depth at which the echo could not be heard even if a stone was thrown, no one would have thought that this thing would be able to go straight to hell if it appeared in another location.

If he encounters a deep hole with such a strange shape in another world, Zheng Shu may praise the magic of nature, but in such a world with gods, Zheng Shu can only praise Hades's magic work.

"It's best to have all the protection you can to protect yourself from the aura of hell. Don't blame me for not reminding you that once you are completely eroded by the breath of hell, then you will be forever transformed from the living to the dead, even if you are immortal. When Hermes said this, Hermes's eyes glanced at Zheng Shu, and it was obvious that this sentence was said to Zheng Shu.

As a god of the underworld, he could naturally clearly feel the powerful immortality contained in the other party's body the moment he saw Zheng Shu, plus he didn't feel the same secret aura as Hercules from Zheng Shu, so he couldn't help but kindly remind him of the face that the other party had helped him before.

Zheng Shu also heard the subtext of Hermes's words, although the protective stance formed by the restrained form of the god's armed force was enough for him to resist the erosion of the infernal breath, but since the people were kind, Zheng Shu naturally didn't mind giving this god a face.

Of course, it may also be because of the mentality of some kind of angler who catches a big fish.

Airplanes......

With a slight buzzing sound, the belt around Zheng Shu's waist, which originally looked unusually bloated, turned into fragments and spread towards his body limbs, and pieces of fine metal particles quickly found their rightful place and combined with each other, and in the blink of an eye, Zheng Shu's body had an extra black battle armor.

Crash......

Two black cloaks that looked a little irregular fluttered behind him, Zheng Shu pulled down his mask, looked at Hermes and nodded: "Thanks for reminding me, I'm ready now." ”

"Divine Armament......" Hermes was silent for a moment, "it seems that my worries are unnecessary. ”

He could feel the powerful power contained in this armor on Zheng Shu's body, even compared to Hades's helmet.

And looking at this shape, there is a high probability that it is still a type specially used for defense, even if this level of divine armament is in a restrained state, the position defense naturally provided by it is enough to resist the erosion of the laws of hell and the breath of hell.

Hermes didn't say anything more, just nodded to the two of them, and jumped out of the passage first.

Hercules and Zheng Shu did not hesitate, and followed Hermes into the passage that exuded a strong hellish atmosphere.

Hiss......

With the rapid descent of the crowd, the surrounding hellish aura also became more and more intense, and in the end, these aura even appeared similar to water mist.

The "heavy" air flow blew on the outer armor of Zheng Shu's battle armor and made a "hissing" sound, and Zheng Shu could also feel a touch similar to being massaged from his body, which should be the pure impact of the erosion of the hellish breath transformed by the battle armor.

And as they continued to decline, Zheng Shu could also feel that the concentration of magic power around them was rising rapidly, and the two black cloaks behind the battle armor had even begun to emit a faint light, which meant that the magic power that could be absorbed at every moment had reached a rather terrifying level.

"Ready! We're starting to get through the spatial barrier! Hermes's reminding voice rang in the ears of the two of them.

At the same time, Zheng Shu also felt that some folds seemed to appear in the space around him, and the sand around the passage appeared to look like it had been distorted.

At the same time, he also saw that Hermes's body exuded a faint radiance of divine power, which represented the power of the undead to guide the gods, and this power could guide the undead to where they wanted to go.

Although Zheng Shu and Hercules were not yet dead, the aura of hell on their bodies was strong enough, so Hermes could reluctantly use his power to guide them to ensure that they could fall close to their destination.

……

……

Hell, a few dozen kilometers outside the city of King Hades.

The empty hell is perennially shrouded in black smoke like a mist, and everywhere is filled with aimlessly wandering souls, who have been wiped out by the breath of hell in the endless time, and only the most basic instincts remain.

When the last vestige of instinct is completely wiped out, these souls will be turned into nutrients and precipitated in the ground, which will become the main material of the Hell as it works, and the Hell will become more and more powerful because of this mechanism.

Rumble! Rumble!

Suddenly, two explosion-like rumors came from the otherwise silent hell, and the shockwave generated even smashed holes in the black mist.

It was two unintelligible black shadows that suddenly appeared in the middle of the air of hell and slammed into the ground.

When the dust cleared, two shallow pits in the shape of a radial shape appeared on the ground, and two unusually tall people standing in the shallow pits.

"Is this hell? It doesn't seem to have anything special except for being darker. Zheng Shu opened the mask of his armor and looked around.

The environment of Hell was much better than he had imagined, and it could even be said that if it weren't for the black fog around him and the ghosts wandering around, it would have looked no different from the normal living world.

Of course, through the feedback of the battle armor, Zheng Shu could feel that since he came to hell, the tactile pressure he felt up and down his body had increased a little, probably from a gentle stroke to a slightly strong press.

But to be honest, this level of pressure is not to mention Zheng Shu, even for ordinary people, it is only a relatively powerful massage.

Glancing at Hercules next to him, it was obvious that the secret technique on his body also seemed to be very stable, and the magic power transmitted in his body did not fluctuate in the slightest.

It seems that under the protection of the occult arts, the erosion of hell did not make Hercules feel too much pressure.

"This is hell, welcome to the world of the dead." Hermes fluttered down from the sky and landed in front of the two of them.

After coming to Hell, with the blessing of his home environment, the power of this underworld god has obviously increased to a higher level.

…… Probably from the original one-punch knockdown to the point where it takes two punches to knock down, the improvement is quite high.

Zheng Shu quietly glanced at this god and silently estimated in his heart.

If this is the case, Hades, as the god of the underworld, can even suppress the god king Zeus in hell.

So here's the problem, if Zheng Shu is not mistaken, in ancient Greek mythology, Heracroth also met Hades during this trial and gave him an arrow.

But according to Hercules' current strength, let alone Hades after being strengthened by hell, even in his normal form, Hercules should not be able to defeat the king of the underworld who is the main god.

"That's Hades City, and if you want to find the mouth of the Styx where the three-headed dogs of hell are located, the only way to do this is through that city except to die and turn into a soul and be extradited to the Styx." Hermes pointed in one direction.

Even with the obscuration of black fog, with the eyesight of Hercules and Zheng Shu, they could see a little trace of the city from afar.

"Thank you very much for your help......"

"Roar!"

Hercules' words of thanks were interrupted by a roar.

Originally, the place where everyone came actually had many wandering souls, but because of the arrival of Zheng Shu and Heracross, they had been wiped out by the breath of hell and lost their minds, and they were frightened by flesh and blood creatures and fled in all directions.

And Zheng Shu and the others didn't embarrass these poor souls after seeing this scene, but just stayed where they were and tried not to disturb these deceased.

Originally, the two of them thought that the souls in hell were so afraid of the living, but now it seems that this view may be a little wrong.

In front of them, an unusually large-looking monster floated above the ground, the appearance of this monster looked a little "messy", except for the thick snake tail on the lower half of the body, the upper body looked as if it had been randomly chopped and spliced together.

Looking at its translucent body, Zheng Shu and the people of Heracrosse knew that this monster was also a dead soul in its own right.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a monster in hell, or did monsters also go to hell after death? Anyway, it looks pretty vicious. Hercules didn't show any fear, but moved his arms excitedly, as if he wanted to test the strength of the monsters in hell.

"It seems that not only this monster is not afraid of us, but also the souls of human beings are not afraid." Zheng Shu turned his head to look in the other direction.

There, the soul of a middle-aged male was carefully floating around, and unlike the other souls that looked dumb, the other person's eyes still revealed the light of wisdom, and it should have just arrived in hell, so he still retained his consciousness.

"Looks like he needs some help, huh...... I've always done it to help villagers, but it's the first time I've helped souls, so go see him first, and then I'll get rid of this monster in front of me! Hercules looked at the rapidly approaching monster's soul and without hesitation drew his long sword and prepared for battle.

Zheng Shu nodded, turned around and walked towards the male soul. With Hercules' strength, there are no monsters in hell other than Hades that can hurt him, so Zheng Shu is not worried about anything.

"Wait, wait, wait! Don't attack them! Then Hermes suddenly appeared beside Heracross, trying to hold his arm.

Although he couldn't stop Hercules with his strength at all, for the sake of the god who helped him and the others to bring them to their destination, Hercules still stopped attacking.

"Roar!" The giant monster roared and rushed past Hercules, but it didn't hurt him in the slightest, and it looked like a cloud of air had passed through his body.

After passing through Hercules, the monster's soul turned around and rushed towards Zheng Shu in the distance, but after seeing Hercules' handling method, Zheng Shu did not show any resistance, but turned around and stood beside the male soul to help him block the imminent attack.

Call......

The imaginary impact did not hit.

Zheng Shu felt it very clearly, this monster's soul didn't have any substantial force collision at all when it passed through him, only the squeezing force given by the body feedback given by the battle armor on his body increased significantly.

However, it didn't add much, it was probably similar to the level of a high-concentration infernal aura suddenly rushing over, which had no effect on him or Hercules.

"The soul of the dead is the empty shadow of the living, not only cannot be harmed by ordinary beings, but also cannot harm living beings themselves." Hermes looked at the monster souls running away and whispered to the two, "And they are very afraid of flesh and blood creatures, because the soul will involuntarily recall the scene of its dying after seeing living flesh and blood, so it is only a little afraid, and it does not really want to attack you." ”

"Well, I don't have any inclination to kill, as long as it doesn't mess with me, I won't care about it." Hercules put away his sword indifferently, "But I didn't expect there to be such a monster's soul in hell, I thought only humans would have souls." ”

"That guy is an exception." Hermes breathed a sigh of relief and stood beside Hercules as he watched the monster's soul rush towards Zheng Shu.

"Ordinary monsters do have no soul, but that guy was a Gorgonne monster when he was alive, and he should theoretically be a god, but he died because he didn't have immortality. For some reason, Master Hades didn't dispose of her, and the guy has been wandering in hell ever since. ”

"I see, it's an eye-opener." Hercules nodded in amazement.

On the other side, because Zheng Shu happened to be swept by the huge soul just now when they were talking, and was disturbed by the noise made by the soul, he didn't hear what Hermes said too clearly.

But Zheng Shu's heart suddenly twitched, making his expression become serious: "Here we go again...... What's going on and what is my gut trying to tell me? ”

"Excuse me...... Are you the living? Just as Zheng Shu was thinking, a somewhat trembling voice came from the side, and when he turned his head, it was the soul that was blocked by him just now.

(There's another chapter.) ）

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