I saw that Priam's belly was completely rotten, and there were disgusting white flesh worms squirming inside, which was disgusting!
It was obvious that the body had been decomposing for a long time.
"You are indeed a dead person!" Zhang Ze took a step back and said with a vigilant face: "How did you come back to life?"
"It's Hades."
Priam calmly put down his clothes again, not caring about the strange and disgusted looks of everyone, and said: "There has long been a grudge between Pluto and Athena, but the gods will not directly oppose each other openly, but To engage in secret confrontation in the human world and fight a proxy war."
"This has been the case since the age of mythology, and it has not changed until now."
Priam had a mocking expression on his face and said: "We humans are the pawns they use for entertainment. They have fueled many wars behind the scenes, and thousands of people have died as a result."
"The funny thing is that we don't know that, but we are extremely respectful to them and give them everything we have!"
Everyone heard the bitterness in his words. Mortals were really worthless in the eyes of gods. The relationship between the two parties was just a simple exchange.
Mortals offer sacrifices, while gods offer protection, without any emotion at all.
"My time is running out. Pluto promised me twelve hours. Now there are twenty minutes left. I will return to the underworld and fall into eternal sleep. However, my wish has been fulfilled. I will avenge my country and people." I have no regrets anymore."
Priam's voice was filled with relief, his greatest wish had been achieved and he would die without regrets.
He looked at Zhang Ze and others and said: "Although we are not friends, and I have concealed my identity and purpose, I still want to express my gratitude to you. Your strength is beyond my imagination. Without you, I might not be able to kill Athena.”
"In return, I can tell you something. Athena has just placed a curse on you. If you want to break this curse, you must find a god who is as powerful as Athena."
Zhang Ze and others were surprised. They were actually cursed?
But there is no negative state in the body? Is it hidden?
However, they don't have time to study this matter right now, because they only have twenty minutes left to pass the pass.
"Let's go find Shimen first, and we'll study this later."
Everyone immediately split up and searched inside and outside Athena's dormitory. However, the dormitory was only so large. They could search the entire room in a few minutes and found no trace of Shimen at all.
"Where is the stone gate? Have you found it?"
Xiaoniaoyiren's face was full of doubts, and the others also shook their heads to express that they had not seen Shimen.
Zhang Ze looked at Priam again and asked, "Didn't you tell us that the stone door is in Athena's dormitory? Why not?"
"The information I have is all told to me by Pluto. There should be no mistakes. You can look for it again."
Priam was also confused and said he didn't know.
In desperation, everyone had to continue searching, but still found nothing.
There is less than ten minutes left...
He held his chin and thought for a moment, then said: "Perhaps we should change our thinking. In this demonic realm, the stone gate may look different from what we saw before."
"Let's take a look to see if there is anything suspicious. Maybe we can find clues to the stone gate from it."
After hearing this, everyone began to search again.
Moonlight Bunny whispered to Melancholy in the sky and asked: "Sister Melancholy, what do you think will happen if we don't find the stone gate within the stipulated time and leave this demonic realm?"
"I can't say for sure..." Tian Melancholy scratched his head and said, "I think the key may disappear? Then we won't be able to clear this demonic realm."
"Then, do it again?"
"Again?" Xiaoniao Yiren next to her opened her eyes wide after hearing this, and her expression collapsed: "No, I don't want to go through the zodiac again."
At this time, the little princess of money found a beautiful box on Athena's bedside, inlaid with various gems, which looked very valuable.
Eager to love money, she immediately picked it up, held it in her arms with a smile, and said, "This is a treasure. You should be able to sell it for a lot of money."
The Dragon King saw this scene and said angrily: "How long have you been a money addict? There are only a few minutes left to clear the key. If we can't find the stone door, we will be trapped here."
Seeing that the Dragon King was unhappy, the little princess had no choice but to put down the treasure box. However, Zhang Ze picked it up and put it in front of her eyes to observe carefully.
"What's in this box?"
Zhang Ze tried to open the box, but found that it was locked. There was a shield-shaped groove on the box, which he guessed might be some kind of key.
At this time, after some searching, everyone still had no clue, so Zhang Ze decided to open the box and take a look, maybe he would find something.
But without the key, the box cannot be opened.
After thinking about it, Zhang Ze came to Athena's body and found a necklace with a shield-shaped pendant from her neck.
"This should be it!"
Zhang Ze immediately compared the shield-shaped pendant with the grooves on the box, and the results were a perfect match.
He immediately installed the pendant and heard a click, a crisp sound coming from the box, and the lid opened!
Everyone gathered around and looked into the box.
"This is... Shimen!"
Zhang Ze's eyes widened and he saw a palm-sized stone gate model placed inside, but Zhang Ze felt that this was definitely not a model, but a real stone gate that had been cleared!
"Don't be emotional, you are right. Not only has Shimen's name changed in this demonic realm, but his shape has also changed. You see, it has become like this."
Zhang Ze excitedly took out the stone gate on the table, and everyone was amazed. Who would have thought that the giant stone gate that was more than ten meters high in the past had become the size of a palm here.
"It cannot be ruled out that Athena used her divine power to shrink the stone door and then locked it in the box. She may have done this to prevent others from finding it."
Yiye Zhiqiu analyzed.
"But how are we going to pass through such a small stone gate? We can't get through at all..."
Zhang Feng looked at such a small Shimen model curiously and asked.
"Now we can no longer look at this problem with common sense. I think that no matter what the stone gate looks like, as long as it still has its original function, we can still pass through."
Zhang Ze replied.
"We don't have much time. Everyone, hurry up and go to the next floor through the stone door!"
The giant god looked at the countdown on the key and urged everyone.
Dong Dao Bu Lu was the first to take out the key and tried to touch the stone door. The next moment he disappeared in front of everyone.
"Wow! It's really over!" Little Princess Qian's eyes widened, and the others were also surprised.
Then everyone passed through the stone door one by one. In the end, only Zhang Ze and Liu Yueying were left in the room.
Just as they were about to pass through the stone gate, they were suddenly stopped by Priam.
"Rakshasa, I'll give you this Arrow of Hercules."
Priam handed the golden arrow to Zhang Ze. Zhang Ze was surprised and asked: "Why did you give me this weapon?"
He was not familiar with Priam, but the other party suddenly gave him such a powerful weapon, which made him doubt the other party's motives.
"I am already a dead man. This Arrow of Hercules was given to me by Pluto specifically to deal with Athena. Now that the task has been completed, I no longer need it, but I don't want to return it to Pluto. I hope to It remains in our mortal hands.”
"And you're a hero, and I think you deserve it!"
Priam couldn't help but put the divine arrow into Zhang Ze's hand, and said: "But you must also pay attention: Although this divine arrow is powerful, for us mortals, it will have a great impact on the body. Burden, you have to use it with care.”
"Okay, time is running out, you should leave quickly!"
"In that case, thank you."
Zhang Ze lowered his head to look at the Divine Arrow, and the attribute panel of this weapon appeared in his eyes.
【Arrow of Hercules】
Quality: SSSS
Damage: 355000-200000
Special effect 1: Ignore any defense.
Special effect 2: It will definitely hit the target's vital point, and it will also cause critical damage.
Special effect 3: Causes an additional 500% damage to gods and demons.
Special Effect 4: Can absorb 50% of the attack damage from gods and demons.
Note: Each use will reduce the blood volume by 50%.
Durability: 25000/25000
"Good guy!" Zhang Ze's eyes suddenly lit up. With this weapon, if he encounters god-level opponents like Athena and Poseidon again in the future, he will be able to fight.
But it is true that as Priam said, the side effects of this divine arrow are too great. Using it once is equivalent to using up half of your life. It must not be used until the critical moment.
"I will take good care of this weapon."
Zhang Ze nodded to Priam, then pulled Liu Yueying through the stone door.
Priam stood there and closed his eyes, waiting for the final moment to come.
After a while, the ground beneath his feet began to change. The hard bluestone turned into black mud, swallowing him up bit by bit like a swamp.
At the same time, skeleton arms stretched out from inside, grabbing his body tightly to prevent him from escaping.
Priam looked calm throughout the whole process, without any fear at all, because he had already died once, death would not pose any threat to him, and naturally he would not be afraid.
"Rakshasa... I hope you can represent us humans and finally defeat those superior gods! End their era!"
Saying the last words silently, Priam completely submerged into the dark mire of death.
…
Inside the stone gate, there is still the familiar darkness, boundless, as if there is no end.
Everyone held hands with each other and groped forward. As they walked, an iron door suddenly appeared in front of them. Everyone looked at each other. Zhang Ze walked over first and opened the door. There was a small room inside.
There are several chairs in the room, and the number is consistent with the number of people in Zhang Ze's team.
In addition, there is an old movie projector, and opposite it, an old curtain hangs on the wall, broken in several places.
People walked into the room one after another. They looked around and felt very strange.
This was the first time they encountered this situation.
"This is the fifty-third level of the Demon Realm? Is it just a room?"
Moonlight Rabbit was confused and said, "Where are the stone door and the key?"
He moved around the film projector without emotion, and guessed: "Maybe the clue to clearing the level lies in this projector. The person who designed this demonic realm might want us to take a look at what's inside?"
"Then what are you waiting for? Just open it and take a look."
The Dragon King carelessly found a chair and sat down, crossed his legs and said to Fu Bubu affectionately: "Projectionist, let's start showing the movie."
Others also sat down one after another and fiddled with the projector without emotion. The machine started running, the lights in the room automatically dimmed, a beam of light shot out of the projector's lens, and a picture appeared on the curtain on the wall.
"A clock? What does that mean?"
Zhang Feng looked at the picture on the curtain in surprise. Others also found it strange and didn't know what the clock meant.
The minute and second hands of the clock kept moving, and a narrator suddenly remembered that it was a man's voice.
"Welcome to the fifty-third level of the Demon Realm. Here, you will realize how important time is, because everything here is closely related to time."
"Time is the standard for measuring everything. It is the currency in circulation. It is your health and magic value. How long you can live and what kind of life you live are all determined by the time you have."
"My only advice to you is, don't waste your time."
"So, I can't waste any more time. To make a long story short, when you walk out from here, you will start a new journey. I hope you can find a way to the next level of demon realm before the end of time."
Then the video stopped, the lights in the room came back on, and everyone looked confused.
"Well, who can tell me what's going on?"
The Dragon King looked confused and said: "This video seems to say something, but it also seems to say nothing. Do any of you understand it?"
Several girls shook their heads, and Yiye Zhiqiu analyzed: "I think the narration in the video should tell us some rules of this demonic realm. He focused on time. I guess time should be a very important element. "
"A demonic realm related to time? It seems that we have encountered it before, right?" Moonlight Rabbit recalled while tilting his head.
Sky's Melancholy nodded and said, "Yes, it's the level of the Demonic Realm of Mystery. Everyone should have an impression of it."
Everyone nodded, but there would definitely not be two demon realms with the same world background, so there must be a big difference between the two levels of demon realms.
As for what's the difference? We can only know after they walk out from here.
"I think everyone is tired. Why don't we come here today? After we have a good rest at night, we will go online to face the challenges of this demonic realm."
This time it was Zhang Ze who made the suggestion for the giant god. No one objected. Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief. They really felt very tired.
Fighting twelve golden warriors in a row. Each golden warrior is very powerful. It is equivalent to fighting twelve BOSS-level opponents in a row. It's not surprising that you are not tired.
So, everyone said goodbye to each other and went offline to rest.
