Chapter 8: Slaying Medusa

  As the Netherworld ferry slowly crossed the Naihe River and docked steadily, Mu Chen and his group of desperate men were finally the first batch to set foot in this world of death - the Netherworld - as living people.

  "This is the underworld? It's not as terrifying as I imagined. I thought there would be a lot of vengeful spirits emerging, lining up to greet us." Looking around at the desolate and barren land, Xue Chen smiled lightly and said to the people beside him. Although he was clear about the plot, he still intentionally said this to liven up the atmosphere.

  However, Muxun Xing happened to have just expressed the doubts in everyone's mind at this moment. In the imagination of these Greek warriors, the underworld should be a terrifying place that is dark and filled with wandering spirits and monsters everywhere. But except for being more desolate, this place in front of them was not as terrifyingly threatening as they had imagined.

  "This is only the outermost area of the underworld, and Medusa just happens to be locked up in a nearby ancient temple ruin. If we go around that ruin and continue to advance forward, you will see the true horror of the underworld, and the scene there is like what appears in your nightmares." Seeing the curious expressions of the crowd, Aiolia couldn't help but shake her head and remind these men. As a goddess, she was very familiar with the terror and danger within Hades' territory.

  After all, the environment in front of us is indeed very easy to confuse ordinary people, making them forget that this is a extremely dangerous underworld. And Perseus and his companions must now be on their guard, for they are about to face the terrifying Medusa.

  The witches prophesied that Bertholdt and his companions would all die here. Although everyone was worried about the prophecy in their hearts, Mochizuki and his group had already arrived at this place. Now it's just a matter of relying on one's own strength to fight, after all, no one wants to be turned into stone by Medusa and become her private collection.

  Bo Xiu and his party walked towards the depths of the vast wilderness ahead with a mixture of curiosity and tension, their attention fully focused.

  Before long, a large area of unusually chaotic temple ruins appeared in front of Berth and the others. The scene was like a demolition site that had not been cleaned up yet. And on that ground, many large and deep cracks appeared, under which hot magma was constantly flowing out.

  Looking at the perilous palace ruins in front of him, Beruth still expressed his own sentiments as in the movie original, slightly lifting the not-so-high morale of the tense crowd on site, after all they were about to face the ferocious Medusa.

  After making all the preparations, Xue Chenxing and his group, except for Ai E who couldn't enter the temple, took up their own weapons and carefully entered the temple in front of them. They knew that it was now a matter of life and death.

  Inside this temple ruin, the ground is covered with massive cracks everywhere, and under these cracks are flowing scorching hot lava, which is shocking to see. From time to time, extremely dangerous flames burst upwards, and if one accidentally falls down, it will be a fatal outcome. At the same time, various stone pillars and other ruins are scattered all around without any order, making it very difficult for people to move around here.

  Upon seeing the various statues of people with different expressions everywhere, everyone immediately understood that these must have been living people who were turned into stone by Medusa in the past, which proved that their goal was nearby.

  The whole group immediately raised their vigilance, after all, no one wanted to become the next stone statue and stay in this ghostly place forever.

  But just as everyone was about to search for Medusa's figure together, an arrow shot out from a distance with lightning speed and hit the old soldier who was walking in the middle with great accuracy. The huge force attached to the arrow instantly knocked him to the ground.

  Immediately, powerful arrows shot continuously towards the vigilant crowd, shattering all the stone statues around. To avoid those extremely destructive arrows, Perseus and others had to scatter and dodge separately, as gathering together would make them too big a target.

  At this moment, a woman's shrill laughter began to come from all directions in the temple ruins. This sound was particularly terrifying in the complex ruins at this time, and everyone knew that Medusa, the real mastermind, had arrived.

  Mudan Star, hiding behind a stone pillar, began to search for Medusa's figure through the multi-functional binoculars on his head. The automatic rifle was already in his hand, ready to fire at any moment. This time, he wanted to avoid close combat with Medusa as much as possible. After all, the opponent's pair of magical eyes were too terrifying, making it impossible to defend against them. One misstep and he would become a stone statue forever trapped in the ruins of this temple.

  Very soon, with the faint movement coming from behind him, Mudanxing, who had senses beyond those of ordinary people, knew that things were going terribly wrong. Medusa had by now quietly come up behind him and was waiting for him to turn around so she could catch him off guard and turn him into a stone statue.

  Facing this crisis, Muxin Star immediately activated the high-speed movement skill "Shave" and ran forward. Medusa saw that her prey was about to escape and became furious, chasing after it in a rage.

  Mudustar is currently using his razor-sharp thoughts to keep a safe distance from the terrifying Medusa behind him, but there are too many obstacles around him, and the ground is covered with all sorts of cracks that occasionally spew out scorching flames, severely hindering his escape.

  But Medusa, who was desperately chasing after him from behind, was moving freely in this complex environment with her snake-like lower body, and was gradually narrowing the distance between their hands.

  Until now, Mochizuki finally understood that they had underestimated Medusa too much. From the beginning, this female demon king used her bow and arrow to force everyone to scatter. She was clearly preparing to defeat everyone one by one, and it was really too passive for everyone to fight against such an opponent who couldn't be looked straight in the eye.

  Mudanxing accelerated past a large stone pillar that had collapsed, and immediately turned around to use the automatic rifle in his hand to fire a fierce shot at the back. However, Medusa, who was following closely behind, dodged the bullets coming straight at her with agility, and directly drilled under a stone pillar on the side, disappearing into the complex ruins of the environment in an instant.

  Just as Muxu Star was vigilant and observing the surroundings due to losing his target, a swift arrow shot out from his side, heading towards his head. With his spirit highly concentrated, Muxu Star quickly dodged to one side and successfully avoided the arrow. However, the second arrow that followed immediately after struck his body with lightning accuracy.

  The arrow with immense force instantly pierced the armor suit worn by Mocheng Xing, and at the same time knocked him to the ground. A stream of blood immediately flowed out from the wound.

  At present, Mucen's physical condition and the defensive power of his armor suit are such that even ordinary bullets cannot cause him such severe damage. However, Medusa was able to severely injure him in an instant with a single arrow shot from her bow, showing that her strength has far exceeded human limits.

  Actually, most people think of Medusa's terrifying ability to turn people into stone when they hear her name. After all, Medusa is notorious for this very ability.

  But as a half-human, half-snake Medusa herself has absolutely formidable powers that cannot be underestimated. Just look at the destructive arrows she just shot out - her strength is absolutely not something ordinary people can compare to.

  "Is this still a bow and arrow?! It's almost comparable to the power of a large sniper rifle." Mu Chen Xing thought to himself as he lay on the ground, spitting out blood after being shot by an arrow. At this moment, the wound on his body was still bleeding profusely.

  "Too careless! Only knew to guard against Medusa's petrification ability, didn't think... it came!!"

  As soon as Medusa saw that her prey had fallen to the ground with an arrow in it, she quickly ran over from where she had just shot, and the terrain full of obstacles all around was nothing to her.

  Medusa arrived at Mocheng Xing's side in a very short time, with a cruel smile on her face as she gazed at this prey with closed eyes.

  When Mudeng Xing heard the sound of Medusa moving, he knew that his opponent must be rushing over quickly. Now that he was seriously injured, his body's self-healing ability wasn't fast enough to recover from these injuries yet. Coincidentally, when he fell down after being shot by an arrow, he saw Berseus ambushing in front of him on the right side, and instantly thought of a very risky plan.

  Mudu Xing simultaneously closed his eyes and took out a metal sphere from his backpack, tightly grasping it in his hand. He knew that as long as he didn't gaze directly into Medusa's eyes, he wouldn't turn to stone; this terrifying ability was both deadly and surprisingly easy to counter.

  Medusa, with her extensive experience in dealing with prey that closed their eyes, directly used her sturdy and powerful giant tail to roll up Mudanxing, who was lying on the ground, and then pulled him in front of her. Like a python strangling its prey, she slowly began to tighten her tail.

  Mudu Xing suddenly felt a severe pain all over his body, obviously Medusa wanted to force him to open his eyes by this method. However, he knew that he absolutely could not open his eyes now, otherwise he would definitely be petrified here.

  Mudan Star began to use all his strength to resist Medusa's entanglement, and at the same time, he stretched out his hand holding the metal ball with great effort and threw it desperately towards the ground.

  A strong flash of light suddenly appeared in this dimly lit temple, instantly illuminating the surrounding environment to be bright and transparent.

  Facing the sudden and enormous flash of light, Medusa, who was staring with her eyes wide open ready to turn Mu Xing into stone, had no defense at all. The intense flash of light pierced her eyes, causing her immense pain as she let out a series of miserable cries. At the same time, the snake tail that was wrapped around Mu Xing also loosened involuntarily.

  Mudustar felt the binding force on his body loosen, and with his eyes closed, he shouted loudly: "Berserkus, hurry... take action..."

  Perseus, hiding behind the stone pillar, leapt down without hesitation as soon as Medusa let out a roar, releasing the cold light of his sword to slash at Medusa's neck as she covered her eyes.

  Due to her temporary loss of sight in both eyes, Medusa instinctively waved her hands wildly in front of her, completely unaware that a fierce attack was already approaching from behind.

  Then, after a flash of sword light, Medusa's movements stopped instantly. Slowly, a clear blood stain appeared on her scaly neck, and then her head rolled to one side and fell to the ground. The headless body at this time heavily fell to the ground.

  Medusa was finally beheaded by Perseus and his companions. The perilous task of Perseus' party is almost over, leaving only the battle with the sea monster Cetus. However, for everyone, this brief period was like being roasted on a raging fire.

  "How are you?" Berthaus rushed to the side and lifted up Mudustar, who was lying on the ground, and asked in a hurry. Just now, he had seen with his own eyes that Mudustar was shot through the body by Medusa's bow and arrow, and then entwined tightly by the snake tail for a long time. This was a very serious blow, an ordinary person might have died already.

  "It's okay, I won't die from this. This time was really too close! Burroughs, help me over to Medusa for a bit." Mochou Xing wiped the blood from his mouth and said to Burroughs.

  It's time for Medusa to reap the rewards, her body cells, the highly toxic blood and the ability to petrify people will all become spoils of war in his plan. He absolutely cannot let it go to waste.

  "Bartholomew, outsiders! How are you?" Drako's voice came from afar, it seemed he had survived. Now it was just a matter of whether the others were okay, if they had been injured in the previous battle movements.

  "It's nothing, just a few injuries." Beruth immediately replied loudly after helping Muru Xing to Medusa's side.

  Draco and two young soldiers soon appeared before them. Seeing the few surviving soldiers, Mochizuki understood that through his own efforts with Berusas, the story had already undergone a great change, originally only one person left in Berusas' team, now adding himself, there were five people who survived inside.

  "Mo's injuries......" Beruth pointed to Mo Dust, who was collecting something from Medusa's corpse. Just as he was about to tell everyone about his injuries, he was interrupted by Mo Dust's words.

  "This is not the time to talk about my injuries, hurry up and take Medusa's head to Argos City. Otherwise, it will be too late, that North Sea giant won't wait for you."

  Mudan Xing doesn't want the main storyline to change too much, so as to avoid a continuous plot like in Resident Evil movies.

  "We came together, of course we'll leave together..." Apparently, this little guy Baixu didn't understand Muxuchen's words and was still preparing to leave this haunted place with everyone.

  "You go ahead and hurry, there's something outside that will help you quickly reach Argos City, go!" Seeing Perseus' slow pace, Muzhen Xing couldn't help but shout loudly. If this kid doesn't hurry up, who will deal with the North Sea giant monster and King Hades?

  "Alright... I'll go first..." Seeing Medusa's serious face, Perseus finally turned around and picked up her head, running towards the outside.

  "How did you know there was something outside that could help Berthaus? Are there still many secrets on your body, stranger?" Drako said with a strange gaze at the already standing Mucun Xing.

  "I have some secrets, but don't worry. I have no malice towards you." Mudan Xing smiled and replied, at this time the injuries on his body had completely recovered under the effect of the T-virus, the wounds had been quickly healed by the powerful self-healing ability.

  Draco smiled and said to Muxuying: "I'm still clear about this, otherwise I would have killed you long ago."

  "Hahaha... Alright, we can leave now too." Mudustar smiled and led the way out of the ruins. As for this haunted place, he didn't want to stay a moment longer.

  At this time, outside the ruins, a huge solar eclipse was almost over. Drako and his companions found that Perseus and Io were not here, now they could only pray that Perseus would arrive at Argos City as soon as possible to rescue the princess and the entire city.

  "Take these coins and go back by boat."

  After throwing money at Drako and others, Muxin Star drove the flying skateboard in pursuit of Tianma's shadow under everyone's astonished gaze.