The Greece Antagonist - Chapter 487 - Chapter 487: Chapter 26 Lord, arise! _3

Chapter 487: Chapter 26 Lord, arise! _3

“My Lord, rise!”

In an instant, countless lights of spirituality transformed into a bizarre tide of blood, pouring down from the vortex of stars and infusing into Hippomenes’ body.

Under the blood-red infiltration, a dense array of blood-colored luminescent patterns emerged on Hippomenes, and black scales spread across his skin.

Meanwhile, the surrounding air gradually became incredibly viscous; the vast astrolabe suspended in the sky descended to the ground, and as it turned, it seemed to tear the earth asunder, and an intense deathly aura, cold as water, erupted crazily from the chasms of the Abyss, spewing fountains several meters high.

As people looked on, red and black mists surged from various parts of Arcadia City, and the thick blood-red fog spread, distorting and writhing the air, altering the scenery before their eyes.

Dark red streams oozed from the gloomy cracks on the ground, gradually converging into five unstoppable rivers. On the crimson wasteland, which wafted with pale blue phosphorescence, thousands of departed souls blindly roamed the daffodil-laden plains.

Three massive bronze gates bound with chains stood erect at the confluence of the dark-red and murky-yellow rivers, their twisted, ferocious faces boiling and screaming in the rivers, turning into black tendrils like serpents, gradually spreading over the tops of the bronze gates and piercing through the runes on them.

“Bang! Bang!”

Within moments, several dark-gold chains wrapped tightly around them shattered, and the three sealed bronze gates slowly opened, releasing a soul-freezing chill, carrying a foul-smelling muddy flow, and countless twisted resentful spirits pouring out from the Abyss, surging forth.

Accompanied by the roar of a dragon, the ground writhed; skeletons of beasts, birds, humans–barely recognizable–awakened from their slumber, carrying the stench of decay and death, seeking and cursing the vibrant life of the world.

The gates to the Netherworld had opened!

If the forsaken Old Gods are not allowed to tread upon the earth and enjoy the vibrancy of life,

then let this land be dragged into the Netherworld, to foster new life amid rot!

Looking at the blood-red world before him, feeling the surging vitality within, Hippomenes took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, they had transformed into red-black vertical pupils of a serpent.

At last, he had returned!

Next, let this place become the first stepping stone for my ascent to the Divine Throne!

As Hippomenes was murmuring, a beam of golden light shot up from the southeast of the Royal City, tearing a corner of the blood-colored sky and bringing a moment of light.

Dozens of figures on the street broke free from the vortex of stars, snapping back to consciousness, staring in astonishment and terror at the world transformed beyond recognition, and at the skeletal forms sniffing the scent of living beings and running toward them.

“Bang!”

A dull sound of pushing a door awoke the dozens of people on the street who were lost in bewilderment.

“It’s dangerous outside! Come in quickly!”

A strikingly beautiful golden-haired girl, holding a magic wand, stood at the door of a small courtyard, urgently waving to the people on the street.

Like waking from a dream, people scrambled and rushed toward the small courtyard enveloped in golden light.

Atop the Astrological Observatory, Hippomenes frowned deeply at this sight.

All the elite of Arcadia were dispatched to evaluate the Beast Disaster, weren’t they? How could anyone remain conscious within the formation of refinement?

The force that just interfered with the operation of the formation of refinement, was that from the Deities?

And that girl…

Red-black serpent-like pupils skimmed over the courtyard emitting faint golden light, sharply narrowing, and a sinister smile quickly spread across the face of Hippomenes, now covered in red-black scales.

Divine King bloodline, offspring of Zeus!

Good! Very good! Let her be my first meal upon awakening!

Hippomenes slightly raised his hand; in the astrolabe, several followers of the Hermes Cult who stood stunned let out eerie screams as twisted Artificial Life Forms burst out of their flesh and crawled out.

“You, bring her back!”

“Roar~!”

Dozens of Artificial Life Forms growled in acknowledgment and leaped from the Astrological Observatory, their outstretched arms forming a thin membrane of wings, gliding them towards the courtyard still untouched by the formation of refinement.

Watching his hunters depart, Hippomenes suppressed the hunger in his belly and sat contently on the altar, continuing to absorb the bizarre red tide that fell from the heavens, the life essence within him climbing higher and higher, and the red and black scales increasingly solidifying and spreading across his skin.

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“Be careful!”

In front of the courtyard, Helen quickly pulled a little girl who had fallen by the roadside behind her, raising her magic wand high, she unleashed a Cursed Bullet and blasted a leaping skeleton into a heap of fragments.

“Thank… Thank you… You’re a good person…”

The girl’s mother rushed over and embraced her daughter excitedly, continuously thanking Helen incoherently.

“Don’t talk so much, get inside the house!”

Helen urged hastily, her forehead sweating profusely as she gazed at the dozens of skeletons attracted by the commotion on the streets, her hand gripping the magic wand also trembling slightly.

Due to the unexpected dangerous level of the Beast Disaster, her brothers absolutely refused to take her to the Arcadian Mountains, so before they departed, they requested that she stay in the safer city, and to ensure their own safety, they also set up a protective spell around the small courtyard.

Although Helen was somewhat unwilling, she obediently stayed in the yard, waiting for her brothers and that respected adult to triumphantly return.

But the process was so dull that she inadvertently fell asleep.

And when she awoke, she found that the entire Royal City had changed beyond recognition, the so-called safe area had suddenly become fraught with danger.

If it hadn’t been for the protective spell outside, might she also have lain on the ground outside, robbed of her spirituality by the bizarre Magic Array above?

In the aftermath of her shock, Helen glanced at the thin layer of golden glow at the very outer edge of the door and slightly furrowed her brows.

Strange, the aura of this magic array didn’t seem like her brothers’, but rather…

“Help, help me!”

While Helen immersed herself in thought, several panicked cries for help came from the streets.

A mother holding an infant was stumbling in her flight.

And behind them, dozens of ghastly white skeletons were in relentless pursuit.

Seeing this, Helen bit her silver teeth and shouted aloud.

“Quick, come this way!”

The mother in the distance heard this heavenly sound, her face lit up with joy, and immediately she quickened her pace, rushing towards the sanctuary emitting the golden glow.

However, in her panic, the overly excited mother accidentally stepped into a deep pit in the ground, tripping and falling, and the infant in her swaddle began to cry loudly from the pain.

Suddenly, the sound of bones rubbing densely against each other rang out, and Helen felt a chill crawl over her scalp.

Perhaps, abandoning them was the best choice, but looking at the infant in the swaddle, Helen bit her silver teeth, clutching her magic wand and burst out of the front door, standing behind the mother and child, chanting a ritual curse to disperse the danger at high speed.

A burst of pure white brilliance flashed, and a throng of hissing resentful spirits and reanimated corpses exploded loudly, turning into glittering dust that scattered with the wind.

Unexpectedly, the ritual curse she had not mastered for so long had been comprehended at the critical moment.

Helen wiped the sweat from her forehead and hurriedly pulled up the mother and child from the ground, preparing to retreat to the shelter behind her.

However, accompanied by dozens of sharp explosions, creatures stacked like white wax fell from the sky, swinging arms turned into swords and spears, stabbing straight at her.

Helen instinctively raised her magic wand, putting up a magic barrier.

But the next moment…

“Crack!”

The sword-like arm with its crisp shattering sound easily penetrated through the magic barrier, aiming at her and the mother and child behind her.

It’s over!

Helen’s mind went blank, terror gripping her heart.

“Boom!”

At the last possible instant, a starlight fell, the earth shook, and smoke billowed up to the sky.

The spreading white-hot starlight almost became the only color that filled her vision.

“You are from dust, and to dust you shall return…”

With the decree issued, accompanied by the elder’s compassion and the wise man’s sigh, soft white-hot rune patterns emanated ripples centered around the arriving figure.

“Pop, pop, pop, pop!”

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In an instant, wherever the rune patterns passed, dozens of artificial life forms exploded violently.

At the same time, the filthy muck on the ground was also washed away, and the torn earth was stitched back together.

Everything was restored to its original state.

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