Chapter 332: Open the door and deliver food! (4.3k)
At the same time, in the dark and slippery underground corridor.
Loen looked at the spider-web-like lines in front of him and the heroes who had disappeared, his brows slightly furrowed.
We are all adults and everyone needs to be responsible for their own actions.
Although he is a pastor, he is not a babysitter and cannot cover for everyone.
But other heroes with divine blood can be selectively abandoned, but Hercules and the Spartan twins are related to the "Destiny" that he and Zeus are fighting for, and they cannot be easily sacrificed here.
Loen calmed himself down and spread his senses around like a tide, searching for the aura of Hercules and the Spartan twins.
Fortunately, they were wearing holy robes specially made for the Holy Land. Even in this dark underground, Loen could still vaguely sense their location.
However, at this moment their aura was mixed with a group of tyrannical and dark divinities, and they had obviously already engaged in a fight with the giants underground. The situation was not optimistic.
Loen had no time to think, and immediately activated the speed of [Goat] and shot towards the area where the two were.
However, just as he took a few dozen meters, the surrounding environment changed instantly.
On the lake surface where red and black mud was flowing, an ever-changing pitch-black cube twisted on its own, and scarlet and dark magic patterns gradually covered the entire surface of the pitch-black container.
The smell of death, gloom, and tyranny permeated the air.
At the same time, a dilapidated world came into Lorne's eyes: the stars in the sky no longer existed, and instead there was a dark, hollow celestial body with red and black mud flowing at the border.
The hole continued to pour out its malice towards the devastated land. All the light was swallowed up. The red and black mud in the lake was churning, and countless dry bones and debris floated upward.
Among them are winged nymphs, heartless Titans, twisted golden corpses, and headless bronze giants...
"Hehe, it seems like an extraordinary guest has arrived."
A charming girl stood on the lake with a bell-like laughter, blinking her amber eyes, looking at the guests invited to this dead world with interest. She couldn't help but roll her tongue, and her gaze gradually became hot.
"You smell so good..."
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"puff!"
The swinging nameless axe and sword flashed through the darkness with a fierce flash of lightning, chopping off the huge heads of two giants.
However, the two headless bodies did not fall down. Red and black divine light spurted out from the broken necks, automatically pulling the heads that fell to the ground to the incision.
With the wriggling of their flesh, the two giants in the darkness recovered in an instant, roared, waved their arms covered with hard stones, and continued to rush towards the powerful enemy that was going to kill them.
Hercules frowned and, relying on his extraordinary intuition, swung the nameless axe and sword in his hand repeatedly to block the fierce attacks of the giants.
Sharp explosions similar to those of metal collisions rang out in the narrow space, causing gravel to fall to the ground and the entire corridor tottering.
The Spartan twins who were responsible for clearing the way in the opposite direction looked gloomy when they saw the scene in front of them and the dozen or so Divine Blood heroes around them who were almost all injured.
In this special home field, the giant spirit with the blessing of the earth can continuously absorb the divinity of the earth and is almost immortal!
On the contrary, the heroes on the human side often awakened different bloodlines and possessed different talents, and many of them could not adapt to the dark environment underground. Facing the giants' elusive attacks and extraordinary self-healing, they continued to suffer casualties and were now completely at a disadvantage.
The best way is to withdraw from this dangerous area as soon as possible, return to the ground to regroup, and use the advantage of human beings' expertise in military coordination to turn the disadvantage around.
But it's easy to get in, but hard to get out.
I don't know when the passage I came from was closed, and the original path I took was completely different from what I remembered.
It seems that this dark underground is alive and is constantly changing its passages, intending to cooperate with the giants and trap them to death here.
Now, the trouble...
The twin brothers looked at each other, their brows knitted together, and looked at the crappy teammates around them with some disappointment.
The God-Blood Heroes who had been so reckless earlier knew they were in the wrong and lowered their heads in embarrassment. They gathered around the Spartan Twins and Hercules obediently, trying to find a way out.
"There's wind ahead!"
A descendant of Hermes pointed to a dark fork in the road to the left and reminded excitedly.
If there is air movement, could this be a path leading to the ground?
The twin brothers hesitated for a moment, turned around and saw that there seemed to be more and more giants gathering in the darkness behind them and Hercules was gradually feeling powerless, so they gritted their teeth and growled helplessly.
"The lightly wounded are outside, the seriously wounded are inside. Pay attention to the stone walls on both sides. Don't get too close to these things. Go!"
A dozen or so God-Blood heroes nodded immediately, spontaneously formed a stable formation, followed the footsteps of the Spartan twins, and entered the fork in the road.
Originally, there were more than thirty heroes who entered the underground, but after experiencing several sudden attacks from the underground giants, one third of their number had been lost.
With such a painful lesson, even the most arrogant and reckless hero would know what to do at this moment to increase his chances of survival.
Seeing that the last teammate also entered the fork in the road, Hercules, who was responsible for covering the retreat, raised his arm wrapped in golden lightning and punched the stone wall next to him.
“Boom!”
Along with a dull explosion, broken stones fell down, filling the passage in an instant and temporarily blocking the giants' pursuit.
Seeing this, Hercules frowned in dissatisfaction.
He originally planned to blow up the entire passage, and the divine power he mobilized was theoretically sufficient, but the effect achieved was far from what he expected.
It seemed that there was some kind of power in this dark underground that blocked the starlight and thunder from the sky, invisibly restricting his performance.
Gaia, the Earth Mother, are you going to favor these evil creatures?
Hercules muttered to himself and saw the collapsed rubble in front of him begin to wriggle and sink. He swung his axe several times in succession, causing more rubble to fall off, thereby slowing down the giants' pursuit.
Then, at the call of his companions, he turned around and caught up with the team.
And when this burly figure jumped in, the entrance to the fork in the road closed quietly.
In the darkness, the Spartan twins who believed in Apollo used their divinity as a light source to illuminate the way ahead. A descendant of Hermes and a follower of Artemis were responsible for finding directions and guarding against surrounding dangers.
Hercules, who arrived a little later, took it upon himself to organize the gods who were still able to fight, guarding the two wings and the rear of the team to prevent sudden attacks from the giants.
As if frightened by the heroes' tight formation and Hercules' bravery, the giants in the darkness did not launch an attack.
But as time went on, this eerie calm made the twin brothers feel increasingly uneasy.
“There’s light ahead!”
The descendant of Hermes who was leading the way shouted excitedly, and everyone was delighted and followed the sound.
After walking about a hundred meters, everyone's vision suddenly became clear.
A vast expanse of endless wilderness came into view, with eleven hundred-meter-high temples built of black volcanic rocks standing tall above the wilderness and surrounding the tall tower in the center in a circle.
The huge tower seemed to be engraved with the light-like mark of a sickle, emitting a scarlet light in the darkness.
Likewise, similar ancient emblems are engraved on the eleven surrounding temples, including an hourglass representing time, waves representing the ocean, flames representing light, as well as books symbolizing memory and a scale that upholds justice...
However, some of these emblems that contain divinity appear bright scarlet, some appear gray and dead, and some appear resisting golden.
But in any case, they are gathered here in this way.
Blue-white flames were ignited from the abyss that seemed to lead directly to the underworld, gushing and circling around the eleven temples. Eleven flickering divine emblems were like pearls that were forcibly strung together, forming the shape of a burning crown in the dark underground, guarding the tall tower in the center.
Invisibly, an ancient, majestic, and violent divine will rushed towards them. The heroes of divine blood at the entrance felt as if they were in the deep sea ten thousand meters below and the vast starry sky. Their breathing stagnated, and their thoughts and actions were stripped away bit by bit.
"when!"
The dark nameless axe sword slammed hard into the stone wall beside it, making a sharp explosion.
“Wake up!”
The roar like a lion's roar behind them shocked everyone physically and mentally, and brought their consciousness back.
"Something's wrong ahead, retreat quickly!"
Hercules continued to shout warnings, looking towards the palace complex with a rare fear and awe.
He had heard from his teacher Perseus that before the Olympian gods ruled the world, Kronos, the king of the Titans, was the only king who ruled everything. And, unlike the current king of gods Zeus, Kronos's dictatorship was more overbearing. In theory, the sky, the earth, the underworld, and the ocean were all under his jurisdiction.
The other eleven Titan gods must obey his command, like the pearls adorning his crown.
Although after the Titan War, Kronos and the Odelian gods he represented no longer existed, as immortal gods, these old masters still have the possibility of returning.
The eleven temples guarding the tower in front of him, as well as the eleven divine emblems flickering above it, made Hercules think of a possibility.
The djinns are performing a ritual.
A ceremony to recall the old gods and welcome the Titan King Kronos!
If this is the main venue for the ceremony, then they...
When Hercules thought of this, he was startled and his face changed drastically.
"Go, get out of here!"
"What's wrong?"
"We've been tricked! This isn't an exit at all, it's a sacrificial site!"
Hercules responded through gritted teeth, then took a deep breath and looked gloomily at the towering underground buildings.
"We are the sacrifices prepared by the giants to liberate the old Titan gods!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
The Titans were once defeated and sealed by the Olympian gods. As heroes of divine blood, most of them have the blood of the Olympian gods flowing in their bodies, and they are obviously the best sacrifices to break the seal.
Through the dim light from the cave entrance, a few sharp-eyed descendants of gods saw a dozen human corpses that had been drained of blood in front of the Titan Temple, and cold sweat instantly broke out on their foreheads.
"It's those who died in the previous battle or got lost!"
Seeing the tragic state of their dead companions, the heroes swallowed their saliva. They dared not stay here any longer and turned around and retreated quickly.
But after walking a few steps, everyone found that the path they came from had turned into an icy rock wall.
What was even more terrible was that there were tremors of the earth coming from the underground wilderness behind them, and dozens of even taller and more burly giants broke out of the ground, holding weapons such as stone knives and giant hammers, and walked towards them with grim smiles.
"Great God Zeus, may your majesty protect me!"
Seeing the giants approaching, Hercules, who was left behind as usual, chanted a blessing solemnly, and stimulated the divinity and power in his body to the extreme. At the same time, he raised the nameless axe sword in his hand high, and swung his right arm wrapped in lightning nine times in an instant.
The afterimages tore through the air, tore through the earth, and slashed at the attacking giant.
“Dangdangdang!”
However, accompanied by the loud noises of metal colliding, the attacking giants only stumbled back a few steps, and then stood firm again in the horrified gaze of the heroes. The shallow wounds on their bodies and limbs healed in a blink of an eye, and they strode towards the cave where everyone was again.
Hercules' heart sank when he saw the scarlet rays of light covering the giants and the emblems of the gods lighting up synchronously above the Titan Temple.
With divine blessing, these giants have received a response from the Titans.
"immortal!"
"immortal!!"
"immortal!!!"
Under the illumination of the emblem, the giants' momentum grew stronger and stronger. They shouted fanatically and loudly, and rushed forward together, ready to drag out the lambs hiding in the cave and offer them as sacrifices to the gods they served.
In desperate situations, the heroes' faces turned grim.
"If we don't live well, these bastards won't live well either!"
"That's right, it's a death sentence, let's fight them!"
"Let's go together!"
Amid the shouts, the sounds of weapons being unsheathed could be heard from the crowd. Divine rays of light lit up, as tiny as fireflies but as bright as stars.
As heroes, they can be reckless, arrogant, and morally low, but they will never allow cowardice to grow in their hearts.
In this cruel era, crises are everywhere and human life is as insignificant as dust.
But those who fight hard will be rewarded!
Spears flew out, arrows shot out, and daggers chopped down. None of the heroes retreated, and all of them burst out with all their courage and strength.
However, after a series of tinkling sounds, the giants were unharmed.
The courage of the weak can never bridge the gap in strength.
Looking at the heavy hammers falling in front of the cave entrance and the swinging stone knives, everyone despaired in the dead end, and exploded in despair. They chose to swim upstream, following the footsteps of Hercules and the twin brothers, and rushed to the Titan Temple in the wilderness.
Since those old gods want to treat them as snacks, they will break their teeth first!
The giants were stunned at first, then became furious, raised their weapons and smashed at the group of sheep on the ground that tried to offend the power of God.
And at the moment when the overwhelming shadow fell on the flock of sheep, a low and ethereal voice came from the darkness.
"Finally I found you..."
The next moment, the dome above the Titan Temple shattered into pieces, blazing pure white flames poured down, and vast ether surged.
The red light on the three giants who were hit first went out, and their bodies turned into ashes in an instant. Even the flocs left after burning were decomposed in the blink of an eye, completely losing the possibility of regeneration.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Immediately afterwards, blazing white flames shot out in all directions, smashing into the nearby giants like a meteor shower.
“Ahhhhh…”
The underground monsters that were hit by the blazing white flames burned violently like firewood covered with hot oil. In a blink of an eye, their skin and flesh were torn apart, and they lay on the ground, screaming and rolling, trying to put out the terrible flames.
"Why don't you leave now?!"
A figure with golden wings on his back and a spear shaped like a dead branch in his hand pointed at the big hole above his head and shouted a warning.
Seeing that the hole leading directly to the surface seemed to be shrinking, the madness in everyone's eyes faded away, their hearts trembled, and they hurriedly carried their teammates around them and flew out of this strange underground wilderness.
(End of this chapter)
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