I don't want to be a heroic spirit

The scattered sunlight shone on the man's tall and sturdy body. The aura emanating from him was as sharp as a knife and as steady as a mountain.

"My name is Hercules, a hero of steel who has overcome many trials, endured many hardships, and suffered many curses and blessings."

When Hercules called out his real name, the sky above and the earth beneath his feet seemed to respond to him, and a huge amount of cursed power surged like clouds around him.

He was proud, but not as arrogant as the disobedient gods that Artoria had met before... This made Artoria doubt whether the person in front of her was actually a disobedient god.

However, the power the other party possessed... was undoubtedly stronger than any disobedient god she had ever encountered.

Facing Hercules who was obviously serious, Artoria also responded.

"My name is Artoria Pendragon, King Arthur."

Hercules showed a look of surprise again, but he soon didn't care much.

There are so many incomprehensible and surprising things... but compared to the upcoming battle, these are just trivial matters.

There are also some worrying points... Hercules could feel that he and the other party had some kind of causal connection, but he felt that he should have never seen the other party.

This is really amazing, could it be due to some other "Hercules"?

"Well then, King Arthur... let's get on with the next battle!"

A faint smile suddenly appeared on his resolute face, and the next moment, Hercules took out a giant bow.

The sacred words echoed again.

"Ares, God of War! I dedicate this victory to you! Hippolyta's Belt! Help me achieve victory!"

The ninth trial of Hercules was to seize the belt of the Amazon Queen.

Legend has it that this belt was given to Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons, by Ares, the god of war, and is a symbol of the queen's power.

Because of the interference of Queen Hera, the Amazons regarded Hercules as an enemy. Hercules first killed all the attackers, then captured the leader of the Amazons alive, and finally seized the belt of the god of war.

The belt on Hercules is Hippolyta's belt, which is now emitting a sacred light.

The effect of this power is to comprehensively enhance Hercules' physical abilities. At the same time, if the opponent is a woman, it will be further enhanced.

"Here I will display my prowess! O Heaven! Tremble! O Earth! Be terrified! O Hades! Fall from your throne on high!"

He held the giant bow given by the sun god Apollo in his hand. The fully drawn bowstring looked like a full moon, and a golden arrow with three tail feathers was placed on the string.

The veins on that strong arm were bulging, and it looked like it was not an easy task for Hercules to pull the bow.

It is hard to imagine how terrifying the power will be once this arrow is shot!

Hercules, with a ferocious expression, shot the arrow that had severely injured Hades.

"This is the day to bring down the gods!"

The elastic potential energy accumulated in the bowstring is converted into kinetic energy when the arrow is shot out.

Tearing the sky apart and stirring up the wind and clouds.

The rolling roar was like a great god in anger sending down a world-destroying punishment.

There is almost nothing in this world that can withstand this power.

Even the strongest city walls would be as fragile as tofu under this arrow, and human wisdom would be as insignificant as dust under its might.

A god-breaking arrow, powerful enough to sink an island, shot towards Artoria like a stream of light.

The arrow was shot at an almost lightning speed the moment you saw it.

No time to dodge!

She didn't even have time to hold the Sword of Promised Victory across her body.

Altria made this judgment in a flash.

That was the arrow shot by Hercules with all his strength, the pinnacle of his lifelong martial arts!

Around Altria, the terrifying cursed power was like a volcano about to erupt.

Since you can't avoid it, just block it!

The next moment, the stream of light arrived before the roar.

It hit Artoria's arm hard.

If we compare the power that erupted to that, any words would be pale and powerless to describe it.

In the violent aftermath, the sea water, air, and clouds all scattered like birds and beasts, quickly fleeing from the destruction.

387

Chapter 387 Trial.

Artoria was injured.

When Hercules was still a demigod, he could injure the king of gods with one arrow.

And the one standing here now is Hercules who has appeared in the world as a god, and his power is far greater than before.

What's more, this arrow of Hercules also has the power of "special attack against dragons and snakes" and "special attack against women".

Under the double special attack, Artoria was only injured in her left arm, which surprised Hercules.

"The bones in my forearm are broken...and my ribs are fractured...but it's still bearable."

Artoria can recover from this level of injury at any time... as long as she is willing to absorb the essence of the earth.

But if that were the case, it would be too unfair to the opponent in front of him.

"Did he actually... block it?"

With a hint of surprise and admiration in his golden eyes, Hercules took out another arrow.

However, before he could put the arrow on the bowstring, the rushing beam of light was already in front of him, and the high temperature forced Hercules to dodge.

A black and red beam of light roared past his shoulder, and the next moment he was in a trance, and three black sword lights surrounded him.

Hercules' face darkened, and he used the giant bow like a club, colliding it with the sword light filled with murderous intent, causing a series of deafening roars.

Although Artoria's left arm was injured and the gauntlet that wrapped it was no longer there, Hercules was in no better condition than her. After all, the burn marks on his chest were still hideous.

As the two men clashed, the terror of the gods became apparent.

"boom!"

The black flames that burned the sky obscured the sun's brilliance.

"Oh!"

The violent fist wind tore the ocean apart.

"Boom!"

A black shadow fell and sank an island.

Hercules looked down from the sky at the place where Artoria fell, without relaxing for a moment.

"Augeas, king of Elis, now! Keep the oath between you and me! Bring your cattle to me! Give me a helping hand!"

Hercules' cursed power became more condensed, and finally turned into more than 300 giant bulls shining with divine light.

Hercules' fifth trial was to clean King Augeas's stables in one day.

As a reward, King Augeas gave Hercules one-tenth of his more than 3,000 cattle.

Of course, these giant golden bulls present were completely condensed from the curse power of Hercules. Although the strength of each individual bull was not even as strong as that of the divine beasts, if more than 300 of them charged together, their iron hooves would crush all obstacles!

"Moo-!"

The solemn and sacred roar of the bulls resounded through the sky, and the herd of cattle rushed down from the sky.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded, with a hint of annoyance.

"It's so noisy..."

A thick beam of light swept across, and the high temperature distorted the space.

The cattle charge was only halfway through when two-thirds of them were completely wiped out.

Gravel flew everywhere, and in his hand was a huge sword of light that seemed to be condensed from black light. The black cursed power that was as deep as a prison almost dyed half of the sky the same color.

As if to cut down the entire sky, a huge black sword of light fell, and the remaining cattle were also wiped out.

And when Artoria had killed all the cattle, the arrow that had injured her came again!

Wherever the arrow flies, a void of black will appear, as if the space itself has been torn apart by the arrow!

The eye cannot follow its trajectory, the ear cannot distinguish its roar.

However, Altria still has [intuition]

Having been hit once before, Artoria has been wary of this arrow.

So, her [intuition] led her to make a prediction.

The arrow almost brushed past Artoria's shoulder. Even the strong wind caused by the arrow made Artoria feel as if she was "hit", and her shoulder seemed to lose consciousness for a moment.

Compared to the golden hair that seemed a little pale and was blown wildly by the strong wind, Artoria's eyes were as indifferent as a pool of stagnant water.

One step forward and you’re a thousand meters away.

Taking advantage of the moment of stiffness after Hercules shot the arrow, Artoria rushed to him. The pain in her shoulder did not affect her at all. The sword of black light fell silently, and the trajectory of the sword was breathtakingly beautiful.

Even Hercules, who was fighting with him, couldn't help but think at this moment, "This sword is so beautiful."

The black light's slashing continued to extend, even affecting the seawater beneath the feet of the two men. The slashing evaporated the seawater and even created a huge and hideous rift on the seabed.

With her knees slightly bent, her waist lowered and her arms hanging down, Artoria maintained the posture of chopping off the sword, her brows furrowed.

This sword did not achieve the effect she expected.

Just now, Hercules ended his stiffness early with his superb body control ability and used the giant bow in his hand to block Artoria's attack.

However, because he had just used up all his strength to shoot the arrow, although he successfully made the giant bow hit the black light sword, it only caused it to deviate at a slight angle, and Artoria's slash still hit his waist.

Artoria, with her expression still icy, exerted force with her arms, and the sword wrapped in black flames seemed to defy inertia and rose up again along the previous trajectory.

But Hercules had already made a response.

"O darling of the moonlight! You have golden horns and bronze hooves, and you are covered in moonlight. You come with leaves in your mouth and return with dreams. I swear by you to the Moon Goddess! I will never let go of the prey before me!"

Just as the black flame sword was about to cut Hercules in half, suddenly, Hercules' figure suddenly became blurred, only a residual image was cut off, and Hercules himself had retreated a distance.

Hercules' third test was to capture the hind of Mount Cerynea alive.

Legend has it that this doe was one of five that Artemis, goddess of the moon and hunting, caught during her first hunt, but she released it back into the jungle.

Hercules ran for a whole year to catch the doe, and finally caught up with it in the place where the Arctic Pure Land people lived and the source of the Ister River. He shot the doe's leg with an arrow and successfully captured it.

As a power, its effect is to increase Hercules' speed, and when Hercules is chasing the enemy, this power can also allow him to catch up with the enemy at great speed.

And now, he was just using this power to speed up his own speed. After all, Artoria had no intention of escaping, but he seemed to be at a disadvantage.

He glanced at Altria and grinned, "Your footwork is truly amazing... It's clearly not a power of super speed, yet you were able to burst out at such astonishing speed in an instant. Even I couldn't react."

After saying that, Hercules drew his bow and arrow again, but this time the arrow was a little different from the one that injured Artoria before.

The Unyielding Heracles has twelve powers, corresponding to the twelve trials he transcended in legend.

With Hercules' ability, he can use two powers at a time. It's not that he can't use more, but using more than three powers at the same time will be a burden.

In order to dodge the arrow that even Artoria couldn't dodge, Hercules actually used two powers, corresponding to the second trial of "killing the nine-headed Hydra" and the ninth trial of "taking the belt of Hippolyta".

Without any of them, Hercules would not be able to shoot an arrow as powerful as the one he just shot.

And now, Hercules has used the accelerated power of "Cerynea's Deer".

Once he canceled the power of acceleration, he would be attacked by the opponent at such a close distance before he could shoot the arrow.

If he only used the power of the second trial, the arrows he shot would probably be easily blocked by the opponent.

So, Hercules once again recited the words that were very unfamiliar to Artoria.

388

Chapter 388 The final trial.

"You tear the clouds apart with your iron wings, you catch your prey with your iron claws, you pierce steel with your iron beak. Now the arrow in my hand will transform into the bird of Arcadia! Cross the forest and sea to pursue my enemy!"