Countless undead creatures wandered on the plain.
Fragile, wobbling skeletons, rotten and smelly zombies, swollen and jumbled corpses, as well as hollow and pale ghosts. There were millions of them, and there was no end to them. They were not only humans, but also beasts and livestock that were sent to the Underworld for various reasons. In this strange world full of the power of death, whether they were kind or cruel, dangerous or harmless, they could not escape the influence of large-scale psychic magic. All their memories and thoughts were washed away, and they became muddle-headed corpses, instinctively hostile to the living.
These corpses did not accumulate overnight. Ever since the Olympian gods created the underworld and Hades, the master of death, began to rule this land, countless dead people had been collected and became part of Tartarus.
Their souls were extracted as fuel for the three power furnaces of the underworld, and the extra energy could be used for the daily consumption of Mount Olympus. Their bodies were preserved and turned into these monsters that wandered on the plain.
This appalling underworld was enough to challenge the imagination of every human being in their worst nightmares.
A wobbly, three-meter-tall giant of flesh and blood walked in front of Lily with heavy footsteps. Its festering, smelly, and dripping venom even brushed a strand of hair on Lily's forehead. The husky maiden did not dare to breathe. She was not afraid of the giant itself because even with her relatively weak body, she could blow up any undead creature on the plain. She was afraid of the countless living corpses that wandered around the giant, which were enough to beat her in her heyday.
She could fight a hundred of them alone, but there were millions of enemies here.
The giant of flesh and blood did not respond at all. The undead monster, which was made up of multiple corpses, shook its swollen and deformed head and walked away with rumbling footsteps.
As much as she hated to admit it, it seemed that Little Bat's magic was quite powerful.
Little Hessiana, who was walking between Lily and Hasse, kept looking at Hathaway in front of her. The little girl's face was full of undisguised envy and admiration. Little Hessiana did not know that Hathaway was herself after all these years. She just regarded Hathaway as her powerful sister. Perhaps in the little girl's mind, Hathaway had become her idol.
But the expression on Hessiana's face did not relax at all.
The copper palace was right in front of them. But in this dangerous place, they must not let their guard down until the last step.
Hasse put his hand on the sacred silver sword at his waist and said in a low voice, "The undead around us are obviously a level higher."
As they got closer to the palace of Hades, the undead wandering around them became stronger. Judging by the naked eye, they were different from the 'peripheral residents'. The undead near the copper palace were stronger and more complete. There was even a faint magic fluctuation coming from them. Over the past thousands of years, the magic of Hades had been leaking out of the copper palace. Although it was not the intention of the Lord of the Underworld, this energy had strengthened the strength of the undead near the copper palace.
But even though their strength had increased, these undead were still not strong enough to see through Hessiana's Blood Canopy.
A sudden crashing sound came from nearby, startling Lily. She turned her head and saw a large skeleton struggling to climb out of a large pit not far away. The skeleton's bones were probably broken. As it crawled out of the pit, new bones flew up from the bottom of the pit as if attracted by a magnetic force and connected to the skeleton's spine.
"The closer we get to the palace of Hades, the more power the Lord of the Underworld left behind," Hasse explained in a low voice. "Before this residual power completely dissipates, it will continue to resurrect the monsters that have been killed by the demon hunters. I am now very worried about the situation in the copper palace. I hope the most troublesome guys will die a thorough death."
"As long as Hades is completely dead," Hessiana said casually.
"Then you can rest assured." The corner of Hasse's mouth twitched as if he was trying to force a smile on his paralyzed face. "A total of five sacred silver swords pierced through his chest and nailed him to the Wall of Sighs. I think unless Hao Ren 'boss does it himself, that guy will not come back to life."
Hessiana's brows knit together. "Hao Ren … Speaking of which, what happened to that guy?"
Even the carefree Lily was a little worried at this time. She looked back at the direction of the last few explosions. There were still some sounds of fighting in that direction, but perhaps because it was too far away, there was only a little movement. "He should be okay … But it's strange, it's so quiet, it's not like Mr. Landlord's usual style."
Little Hessiana nervously grabbed Lily's sleeve. "Did something happen to that big brother?"
"Don't worry, that guy is very lucky. He won't die even if the world is destroyed." Hessiana twitched her mouth. "The copper palace is just ahead. Let's be careful. Don't let anything go wrong in the last few steps."
Everything was a close shave.
The undead wandering outside the copper palace were, after all, brainless creatures with low perception. Hessiana, Lily, and the others carefully bypassed the last wandering giant and finally stepped into the main gate of the copper palace. The once indestructible fortress had been blasted by the demon hunters. The heavy metal gate on the first wall of the copper palace was melted by the sacred flame and tore in all directions, revealing a hole big enough for hundreds of people to pass through side by side. Hessiana let out a sigh of relief after confirming that the last person had stepped through the gate. There was no need to worry about the monsters wandering outside.
Although there might be resurrected undead in the copper palace, it was much easier to deal with them in terms of numbers. Moreover, the demon hunters had focused on this Temple of the Underworld. They had used a lot of holy water and sacred spells during the battle, so the resurrected undead here should be quite rare.
Lily stopped at the gate and looked back at the situation on the plain. "Mr. Landlord should be coming …"
"Let's wait for him here," Hessiana said. "If there is still no movement in thirty minutes, I will send a few of my doppelgangers to check the situation."
"I really don't know how he plans to cross this sea of undead," Hasse said, frowning. "There are too many of them. It will take days to blast a path even with the artillery."
Hessiana crossed her arms. "God knows what that guy is thinking. Anyway, he always has a bunch of messy ways to solve the problem. Let's see if he can give us a surprise this time …"
Little Bat's guess was right, and the surprise soon came.
They waited for a while and began to get a little impatient. Suddenly, a strange roar came from the sky on the other side of the plain.
Hessiana looked up and saw a bright flame cutting through the dark sky of Tartarus, flying quickly in the direction of the copper palace!
Little Bat exclaimed, "What the … What is that?"
Lily's eyes widened. "Look, what is that? Is that a plane? Is that Superman? That's … that's a f * cking missile!! "
Yes, a missile spewing bright flames was cutting through the dark sky, rushing at an amazing speed to the gate of the copper palace. With their super dynamic vision, they quickly saw every detail of the missile — every stabilizer, every auxiliary nozzle, every painted logo, and Hao Ren, who was riding near the head of the missile, waving his hand vigorously.
The ghosts floating in the air of the Underworld were alarmed. They screamed wildly and swarmed toward Hao Ren like a translucent storm. But most of them could not catch up with a missile accelerating at subsonic speed. Eighty percent of the ghosts were left behind. Only a small number of ghosts could not avoid the missile because of its tricky position. They hit Hao Ren squarely.
Hao Ren's body shone with a milky white halo, and most of the attacks were neutralized by the light.
"Oh, oh, oh! I'm coming!"
Hao Ren shouted at Hessiana and the rest with his psychic power. Even though he was riding on a subsonic missile, his voice still reached the ground without the slightest inflection.
Little Bat was scared out of her wits. "Turn the corner! Turn! You … hurry up and turn the corner, ah! "
"The wind is too strong. I can't hear you."
Little Bat shouted, "I! ¥@ # @% ¥@ #! "
But Hao Ren was just trying to scare her. Before the missile hit the main gate of the copper palace, Hao Ren had jumped off the missile. As soon as he left the vehicle, he kicked the missile in the air. "Go!"
The missile made a sharp turn in the air. Before it could recalibrate its flight path, it had crashed into a depression near the copper palace.
With an earth-shattering explosion in the depression, Hao Ren also drew a long parabola in the air and crashed into the ground in a very, very unsightly way. With the inertia, he plowed a long trench in the ground. Smoke and dust filled the air in front of Hessiana and the others.
After the dust cleared, Hao Ren was half-kneeling in the pit at the end of the trench like a thinker. A much dimmer Steel Membrane Shield was on the verge of collapsing.
Everyone was speechless.
Half a minute later, Hao Ren moved his body. A layer of dust had fallen off his body, and his joints were cracking. He gritted his teeth and said, "F * ck me... I jumped too early..."
Hessiana stood on the edge of the pit with her arms akimbo. "Is this your plan?"
"The landing part is not quite the same as planned, but the rest is as planned!" Hao Ren gave a thumbs up. "I told you, this plan only works when I'm alone!"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
