Chapter 221: The River Styx: The Mysterious Ferryman
Everyone jumped into the passage leading to the underworld. In the bottomless underground passage, only the red light of the magma in the distance could be seen. The surrounding stone walls were all covered with black bone claws.
They screamed from hell and tried to catch Zhang Xingyao and others. Zhang Xingyao at the front was emitting silver-grey flames, burning all the bone claws into ashes.
It was like a bottomless pit. The small cave turned into a big cave and the big cave turned into a bigger cave. There were other people in the converging caves. Zhang Xingyao took a look and thought, hey! It's still an old acquaintance.
Jones!
At this time, Jones has become a young man again because he is a spirit body. He is holding on to a protruding rock tightly to prevent himself from falling, and at the same time, he is constantly waving his hands to interrupt the surrounding black people who will be reborn after a while.
The bone claw is trying its best to maintain it, and does not want to be dragged away by the bone claw and become Hades' collection to suffer in the underworld.
Now that he had met an old friend, why didn't Zhang Xingyao go up and help? "Hey! Jones, do you still know me?" Zhang Xingyao flew forward in a humble manner, looking down at Jones who was struggling to support himself.
"It's you again! Zhang Xingyao!" When Jones saw Zhang Xingyao, he didn't see the kindness of an old acquaintance. All he saw was anger and fear. He hated the person in front of him, but he was even more afraid that he would do something detrimental to himself. As a result, he
's fears came true.
"You seem to be nostalgic? But when a person dies, he must go to the underworld. This is a tradition from ancient times? So let me give you a ride!" Zhang Xingyao said with a smile. He landed on the prominent one.
On top of the rock, he took a step forward and stepped on Jones' hand holding the rock.
"Ah!~~Let go! No! I beg you! I've already done this, what else do you want?" Jones felt that his hand was about to be stepped on and split. The guy in front of him was definitely not a simple man.
He just stepped on himself, he must have used some force secretly! Unable to bear the pain, Jones quickly begged for mercy. It wasn't the first time anyway.
"Then how can it be done? I said I would give you a ride? How could I give up halfway? You said so?" Zhang Xingyao saw that his hand-stepping tactics didn't seem to be working. This Jones can really endure it and just won't let go. "So you
You'd better get down here!" After saying this, Zhang Xingyao stepped hard on Jones' head with his right foot, and finally kicked Jones down.
"Asshole! I curse you!" Jones was still holding the stone from the rock in his hand, but he could not change the fate of his fall. He kept falling helplessly and angrily, being pulled crazily downward by the bone claws around him.
, disappeared soon. The only reason is that he wanted to rebel and met Zhang Xingyao.
After taking care of the unlucky Jones, everyone continued to go down, and finally came to an open space. This should be the core of the Olympus plane continent? On one side is rolling magma, and the temperature is so high that it is estimated that flying birds passing above
It can be cooked instantly. On the other side is a dark river like stagnant water. This should be the legendary River Styx. On the River Styx, a lonely ferryman is waiting with a small boat.
"Hello, we have to cross the river." Zhang Xingyao didn't bother to be polite to this little character and just wanted to cross the river.
"Huh?" He shivered. The old ferryman seemed to have just woken up from his sleep. He looked at Zhang Xingyao and others but had no intention of asking them to get on the boat. "The underworld is the hometown of the dead. I only give life to the dead."
The soul pole is not a place where the living should go." After straightening his messy beard, the ferryman continued to hug his pole and fell asleep.
"Hey! Do you deserve a beating?" Zhang Xingyao was quite unhappy with this pretentious old man. He directly exuded his own powerful strength. "Can I pass like this?"
The powerful energy shook the calm water surface of the Styx into circles of ripples. The ferryman, who was still standing on the ferry just now, was shaken and almost fell into the water. He could only distinguish whether the other party was the living or the undead.
, but could not sense whether the other party was a god. Because no god wanted to come here at all. "I'm sorry! Great god! I will take you across the river right now!" How could the little Styx ferryman offend Zhang Xingyao?
He planted a god and obeyed his instructions honestly.
Everyone got on the ferry. The Styx ferryman used his strength to push the ferry pole and quickly rowed the ferry across a distance of more than ten meters. The push was quite impressive. After discovering that Zhang Xingyao and others were unusually strong, he immediately
Become more respectful.
"Those who wish to enter the underworld must first pass through this river. The dead who want to cross the river must pay for the crossing, otherwise they will be mercilessly thrown into the river by Charon, the ferryman of the Styx. It is said that the water quality of the Styx is greater than that of the water in the Yang world.
Much lighter, with "feathers"
The title of "Sinking River" means that it is almost impossible for the human body to cross the river unless using a boat from the underworld. As for the ignorant undead, it will be eroded by the water of the Styx over time." Shaye explained some legends of the Styx to Zhang Xingyao.
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"Oh? Then why didn't he ask for a bribe from us and drive us away?" Zhang Xingyao was puzzled.
"That was back when humans were prosperous. Now there are only hundreds of thousands of humans. How many people die every year? If he still dares to do this, Pluto will kill him." Artemis said with a smile.
At that time, she had already changed her outfit. She was wearing tight-fitting sexy leather armor, and her long silver hair was tied up.
Behind his head, he carries a set of gorgeous bows and arrows on his back. The shape of the long bow is like a crescent moon, and the arrows in the quiver are emitting silver light. In addition to the Moon Goddess, Arte
Miss is an out-and-out Huntress. She is a powerful being. Now that she has reached the sixth level after practicing double cultivation with Zhang Xingyao, she is even more powerful.
Artemis' appearance is extremely beautiful, her figure is graceful, her legs are slender, her waist is slender, her skin is white and smooth, and she is covered with the holy light of the moon. There is a dazzling moon embedded between her eyebrows, which is her
Proof of inheriting the priesthood of the moon. Silver curly hair hangs down to the waist, blowing in the wind
Flying. Her eyes are as dreamy and blurry as moonlight, clear and agile, and her color is a deep and quiet dark blue. Her eyelashes are thick, her lips are small and red, and there is a proud smile at the corner of her mouth. She is the moon goddess but she is also the goddess of hunting.
, the wild atmosphere in the smile makes people addicted.
"So that's how it is... It seems that business is not doing well..." The current underworld is a down and out company that is about to close down. It has a bloated internal staff but extremely poor performance. This is probably because Hades has such a bad temper.
The reason is that I am angry. The death rate of the undead in the underworld is actually very high. If it continues like this, the underworld will probably be empty. This is why Hades also wants to step in to help Saya regain the Olympus plane.
reasons for control.
The River Styx is terrifyingly quiet at this time. According to Shaye, the place is normally filled with mourners. Some undead souls thrown down by the ferrymen or those who don't have money to bribe and want to cross by themselves will keep crying in the River Styx.
Until it was eroded by the River Styx and became part of it. The quiet River Styx now also proves the depression of the underworld at this time. It is estimated that those Hades' men would deliberately hold back when torturing the undead, for fear that they would be gone if they were killed.
Played.
After crossing the dark River Styx, everyone officially arrived in the underworld. But the bad news is that Hades actually appeared. At the ferry of the River Styx, Hades stood there to welcome Zhang Xingyao and others, like a
Like an enthusiastic gentleman. "I haven't had a guest here for a long time. What a welcome! Hahaha!" Hades said with a smile, but the terrifying head burning with light blue strange flames could not be seen at all.
Out of laughter.
"Uncle Hades..." Saya and Artemis are both children of Zeus, so of course they should be called Uncle Hades.
"Yeah! Yeah!" I'm very happy to have a junior call me Hades, but the other uninvited guests are not so welcome. "What are you doing here? It seems like I didn't invite you.
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"Uncle Hades, you guided me to find the goddess Gaia. I needed more help to drive away heaven and hell, but the goddess Gaia guided me here to save the Titans who were trapped in the Tartarus hell.
The gods rescued us. I hope Uncle Hades can help us." Shaye said sincerely, hoping to impress this strange uncle.
"Like this... I originally wanted to push the trouble away, but I didn't expect that it would come back to me after a full circle... Although I am the master of the underworld, that is the only restricted area for me..." Hades seemed to
He looked very helpless. "That's the lowest level of hell. It's guarded by cyclops and hundred-armed giants. Even I can't get close. Do you really want to go there?" Hades asked.
"Yes, this is the purpose of our coming, so we will not leave until we achieve our purpose." Now that Zhang Xingyao and the others are here, how can they be intimidated by Hades's few words. They had no hope at all.
Diss can be of any help, just don't deliberately cause trouble.
"Okay... I won't stop you. I think your lineup is also very strong. Maybe there is a possibility of success? But you have to remember that it is harder to get out of Tartarus than to get in. Although the Cyclops and the Hundred-Armed Giant are
Guards, but they were definitely not the ones preventing the Titans from coming out."
"We will be careful, thank you Uncle Hades." Shaye said gratefully.
"Hahaha... Then I will take you there again. By the way, I will introduce my devil world!" Hades smiled and led everyone towards the depths of the underworld.dd