Barrier of Light

"My king...until today, I have finally waited for your arrival."

My king?

Gu Shen was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was talking to himself.

No... to be more precise, he was having a conversation with the "Fire of Hades" between his eyebrows.

Since the war between the gods in the cemetery, the aura of Pluto's fire has blended with the "blazing fire" between his eyebrows. After the two blended together, although Gu Shen is not yet able to refine the fire... But he can already show vague emotions in his movements. The pressure of God.

This is also the reason why Blazing Fire can directly crush Ghost Veil!

This is the unburnt fire of Hades——

Although the situation is weak now.

But one day... it will become a prairie fire!

After the big snake finished speaking, it maintained a respectful posture.

Gu Shen touched his forehead.

He frowned and slowly looked at the maze.

Twenty-one years?

Is this big snake the "pet beast" left behind by the previous Pluto?

Lin Lin raised a dog with the ability to mentally hypnotize, so it seemed reasonable for Pluto to raise such a big snake with the ability to awaken, but this snake was too big.

Is it because you are in a dream?

"Remove the dream and let me see what you look like in the real world."

Gu Shen issued the first order.

The surrounding environment has not changed.

"My king... what you see now is my true appearance." The big snake spoke respectfully.

Gu Shen's pupils contracted slightly.

"I walk between reality and illusion... I am the ferrying spirit in the 'Pure Land'."

The slender golden snake eyes stared at Gu Shen. The big snake spoke slowly and in a delicate voice: "You suffered a serious injury, so you placed me here, saying that you are waiting for the next encounter in the wheel of fate."

"So, all this..."

Gu Shen looked at the blood all over the ground.

"If you don't mind it... these extraordinary beings can all be extracted and become souls in the 'Pure Land'." The big snake whispered: "Over the years, I have prepared many souls for the king. Under this canyon, there are many souls buried there. There are many bright soul fires, your ghost fire can feast as much as you want."

"extract?"

After hearing these words, Gu Shen's blazing fire actually started to react.

Blazing fire covered the field of vision.

He seemed to have really seen through this dream... The extraordinary beings of the second elite team did not die in battle, but fell into this dream. Their spirits fell into silence, and their bodies were destroyed. The snow is freezing!

It turns out...the strangeness in the Book of Life and Death comes from this!

This big snake, following the will of the previous Pluto, has been entrenched here, collecting the souls of "explorers"...

And the scary thing is.

Yuan Yuan, Li Chen, Su He...the souls of these people are like a dim light at this moment. With a thought, you can decide to extinguish it or rekindle it.

This kind of ignition is not a direct awakening.

But in an "alternative" way... to ignite the soul.

Once these extraordinary beings who have sunk into the spiritual world of the serpent are "resurrected" by the blazing fire in this way, they will become soldiers of Pluto!

This... is extraction!

This idea... only flashed for a moment before Gu Shen gave up.

"I don't want an extraction."

Gu Shen said coldly: "I want them all to 'come alive'."

The big snake was slightly startled and said softly: "My king... in fact, they are not dead, but their spirits have fallen into 'sinking'. This is what you ordered back then. Without your token and entrustment, we must not let them go."

Did the previous Pluto leave such an order?

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes slightly.

"The spirits of these extraordinary beings can be revived, but before..." The big snake coiled on the rock.

Gu Shen looked back and saw wisps of dim soul fire exuding in the biting wind.

Those are the souls of those who have passed by.

The winding maze was no longer hidden at this moment, countless routes extended and spread, and the barriers at this moment were like air... Gu Shen saw countless wanderers in this snowy mountain maze.

Not only the extraordinary beings of the Survey Corps... but also some explorer troops from other continents. Many of those who had arrived in the maze before were buried in the snow.

The serpent preserved their souls, waiting to be extracted by Hades.

And their physical bodies have been frozen forever.

The bodies of those people were severely eroded... and could no longer be revived.

Gu Shen said softly: "I understand, just revive these people in front of you."

I have to say that seeing the large amount of soul fire emerging really shocked Gu Shen.

Are these the spirits that you can "extract"?

However... no matter how powerful the previous Pluto's method was, it was impossible to revive his broken body.

"I do as you wish."

The big snake gently lowered its head, spitting out its thin tongue, and a burst of golden mist spurted out. The eleven soul fires of the second team of the Survey Corps dissipated in the golden mist... The previous battle was actually in a dream. broke out, but the participants in the second team were not really harmed.

If there is.

It's just some mental damage.

In the battle just now, the snake saw the "monarch" who had been away for twenty-one years. It mistook Gu Shen's observation as a censorship-like gaze, so it showed its strongest combat power without reservation...

The elite team of the Second Team of the Survey Corps had never experienced such a brutal battle.

No matter how hard they tried and cooperated with each other, the whole battle was still overwhelming.

A complete failure!

Li Chen, who "lived" to the end, even thought this was a boring game for Orochi.

In fact.

Orochi had no such evil intention of delaying time. He was just showing Gu Shen... his strength.

Watching these eleven soul fires gradually dissipate in his Pluto induction.

Gu Shen felt much relieved.

He looked at the big snake, frowned and asked, "How many years have you...followed me?"

"..."

The big snake's golden pupils shrank slightly.

It seems to be thinking.

And after a long silence.

It slowly spoke, "My king, since we were born, we have only met once..."

This was an unexpected answer.

He was originally a little worried that this was the creature raised by the previous Pluto, and whether it would recognize his true identity... Judging from the induction just now, it seemed to identify its owner through the breath of "Pluto's fire".

"Twenty-one years...you have only grown up for twenty-one years?"

Gu Shen was a little shocked.

This big snake is hundreds of meters in size in the real world. Judging from the combat power it just displayed, it is probably capable of directly destroying a city. Without the cooperation of two banned people, it is almost impossible to stop it...

If we want to judge according to the danger level of the [Deep Sea] assignment mission.

This foundation is an "S-level" mission!

The big snake lowered its head and closed its eyes, showing a posture of quiet contemplation. From the center of its eyebrows, a wisp of dark black flame slowly emerged.

Gu Shen's blazing fire stirred up that familiar resonance again.

"I see……"

The previous Pluto actually separated a strand of fire and left it to the young snake twenty-one years ago.

No wonder.

It can survive in the [Old World]. It is reasonable for such a snake spirit to swallow the transcendent essence and the spirit of the dead, grow up under the warmth and nourishment of "Pluto's Fire", and grow to such strength in twenty-one years... .

Gu Shen spoke again: "About twenty-one years ago, how much do you remember?"

This is a matter of great concern to him.

Mr. Gu Changzhi said to himself... After he explored the [Old World], he fought with Pluto and ended it.

At that time, Pluto was already crazy.

Completely out of control!

Do the math, twenty-one years ago, it was almost the time when Pluto lost control. He arranged this snake spirit in the maze of the [Old World]. Maybe it was related to the ominous loss of control?

The big snake shook his head slowly.

"At that time... my mind was not yet enlightened." It hissed: "I just remember that your ray of fire raised me in the pure land. I will follow you until the pure land collapses and the world is broken."

This big snake was born from the pure land of the previous Pluto...

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

Because of the same source of fire, he looked at this big snake more and more kindly... He stretched out a palm, and the big snake slowly brought its head over. When he stepped into the dreamland of the big snake, the fire flakes adhered to the cold snow rocks. Above, Gu Shen vaguely felt something strange.

The body temperature of this big snake is colder than snow.

But because of the guidance of "fire" and "Pluto's power", cold-blooded animals also awakened human emotions.

The moment your palms touch.

Gu Shen felt a supreme rule connecting him and the big snake.

It's like extracting the soul fire of the dead.

He can take back his own "power of fire" at any time.

But after taking back its power...the power of the big snake will be greatly reduced.

If you continue to stay in the [Old World], there is only one ending, death.

Gu Shen didn't do this.

He looked at the big snake, piercing his soul wherever he looked.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Shen said softly: "Actually... I am not the person who raised you here twenty-one years ago."

The big snake raised its head in confusion.

Confusion filled the golden snake eyes.

"But I inherited his fire..."

Gu Shen said calmly: "You can choose to follow me, and I will grant you a longer life. You can also choose freedom. I will not take back this ray of fire."

"My king..."

Orochi was silent for a moment and still used this title.

It said softly: "Twenty-one years ago, I was born from the pure land and placed here. My soul is in chaos and I only remember a voice..."

"That voice told me to follow that wisp of fire. The fire is my king."

And twenty-one years later.

It sees clearly.

Gu Shen... is that wisp of fire.

Gu Shen is that king!

"so……"

Orochi said respectfully: "My king, I choose to follow you, not for a longer life, but for the freedom that I truly long for in my heart."

"good."

Gu Shen nodded. He said nothing more and asked, "Do you have a name?"

"name……"

The big snake looked confused again.

It shook its head.

Since the birth of the Pure Land, it has never had a name.

Gu Shen smiled and said, "Let me see your appearance...all of it."

The sound fell to the ground.

The crackling sound of the explosion echoed continuously in the ears. In this dream, the big snake showed its "power" unscrupulously. The huge snake body was actually the last exit of the maze. The mountain rock Collapse, flying snow avalanches.

A long body that runs through the clouds and the sky rises in front of you.

The big snake vibrated vigorously and let out a melodious roar.

Each long black scale opened and closed with a crisp trembling sound!

The golden color of those snake eyes overflowed.

Its scales changed from black to golden color, like diamond-shaped petals, making a pleasant impact sound.

At this moment, Gu Shen also unfolded his "dream".

Pure land, come directly!

The big snake stood upright, staring blankly at the scene in front of him...

The pure land in my own memory.

It looks like chaos.

But at this moment, it was completely different. There was a towering tree in the distance, with endless green shade hanging down. In addition, everything was full of life in all directions.

There are a sky full of golden petals flying around him.

The color of these petals complements the color of its own scales.

"This is what the Pure Land looks like now."

Gu Shenxin picked off a piece of golden spike flower, raised it in front of her, and looked at the big snake.

He said slowly: "This is the golden spike flower that symbolizes eternity in the Pure Land. It is exactly the same color as your scales. From now on, your name... will be called golden spike flower."