Chapter 577: Ais Wallenstein's New Trump Card, the Blood-Colored Cold Lotus

The underground prison of the Freya Familia.

This was a special area established fifteen years ago after the Zeus and Hera Familias were defeated and the Freya Familia ascended to the pinnacle of Orario.

Its original purpose was to help the Ganesha Familia detain members of the Evilus for interrogation.

However, ever since the Evilus retreated completely five years ago and entered the Knossos, this dungeon had lost its utility.

Aside from the occasional person being locked up for a few days for making a mistake, it was essentially worthless.

However...

It was precisely this inconspicuous dungeon that reached the peak of its existence today.

A full thirty-seven gods, after being sealed by Lin Que, were locked into this dungeon nearby.

"Besides those thirty-seven guys, I also caught three other gods earlier~ I haven't dealt with them yet."

Walking through the dungeon corridor with Esdeath and the others, Lin Que led the way while explaining.

"Currently, there are a total of forty gods locked up in this dungeon, making it the most dangerous area in the Lower Realm."

"Of course, as long as I don't actively break the seals, they won't be able to cause any trouble."

Fan Maxing: "Forty gods? There are that many!"

Demon Slayer Flower Pillar: "There are only sixteen people in the group total right now. It seems the members who join later won't have to worry about lacking points to grind."

Asuna: "I have a question. Since you can seal them up, why do you still need to use the power of artifacts?"

Lady Kaguya: "Indeed, according to Ais's account, gods are no different from ordinary people once their strength is sealed."

Lady Kaguya: "As long as their immortality is sealed, you should be able to kill them even without the help of artifacts."

"Because the self-seals set by those gods can be broken at any time."

Glancing at the messages in the live stream, Lin Que replied: "Like the time I dealt with Soma, he broke his seal and regained his strength at the very last moment."

"Although the final result didn't change, he was indeed in his peak state when I ate him."

"Since I want to replicate my method of graduating with World Reputation, I naturally have to replicate it as completely as possible."

Asuna: "I see. I thought you were deliberately breaking the opponent's seal to raise the threshold and promote your artifact rental service."

"I won't deny that I did have that thought."

Lin Que shrugged and looked at Esdeath beside him: "So, after you fail to kill a god in their complete state later, do you want to try killing one in their sealed state?"

"No need."

Esdeath refused: "I have confidence in my own strength; a god in their complete state is enough."

Moreover, what was more important was that the number of gods was limited.

If killing a god in a sealed state didn't grant 1000 points of World Reputation, it would be equivalent to wasting a god.

Although it wasn't her own World Reputation being wasted in the end, Esdeath still wouldn't allow such wasteful behavior to occur.

"Alright, since you insist on dealing with a complete god, then I'll watch your performance."

Lin Que smiled, stopped at the corner ahead, and raised his hand to knock on the prison door.

"Wake up, Prisoner Number One, the warden is here for inspection!"

"Hmph, what are you here for again?"

Dionysus, who had been locked up for a day, raised his head and looked at Lin Que and the others ahead with some displeasure.

"Bringing a group of people to see me, is it just to humiliate me?"

"How could that be? Why would I bother humiliating a man?"

Opening the prison cell door, Lin Que moved his mind to break the seal on the opponent, then controlled the Dragon's Shadow to bind him.

"Alright, that's enough."

Lin Que looked at Esdeath: "Start your performance."

What the hell?

Dionysus's face was full of confusion.

Breaking his seal and then binding him again, what kind of strange behavior was this?

After controlling the divine power within his body to erupt twice and finding that the Dragon's Shadow on his skin had no fluctuations, Dionysus raised his head to look at Lin Que.

"What exactly do you want to..."

Boom—!

Before he could finish his sentence, an ice thorn emitting terrifying cold air fell right in front of him, stabbing directly into his mouth.

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Dionysus: "?"

What was this for again?

Looking at Esdeath with confusion, he spat out the ice thorn in his mouth and controlled his divine power to recover, preparing to continue speaking.

But before that, Esdeath's next round of attacks fell continuously like a rainstorm.

"Hey! That's enough!"

After having his face smashed by Esdeath's attacks several times in just a few seconds, a flash of anger appeared in the eyes of the recovered Dionysus.

"Don't think that just because I'm bound by this guy, you can attack me as you please."

"A weak mortal like you, I..."

Crack—!

The terrifying chill turned into an ice coffin, sealing Dionysus again while interrupting his speech.

"As expected of a god, you do have some skill."

After simply testing her hand with this useful punching bag, Esdeath's expression became serious.

She is not a keyboard warrior who only dares to make threats online.

Since she said she would deal with a god in its complete state, she naturally has sufficient confidence.

Crack—! Crack—! Crack—!

A terrifying chill erupted from Esdeath, and the underground prison seemed to enter an icy kingdom, covered in a layer of frost.

After gathering all the extreme cold power within her body, a blood-red ice lotus appeared in Esdeath's hand.

"This is a new move I developed in reverse based on the principles of Mahapadma after I lost to Lin Que last time."

Perhaps dissatisfied with the doubts of the others earlier, Esdeath did not throw the blood-red ice lotus immediately after condensing it, but instead spoke a few words of explanation.

"Since spreading the extreme cold power to freeze time and space leads to a situation where existing power cannot break through the defense."

"Then I will simply give up on control and directly constrain and concentrate the power that was originally released, striving for a one-hit kill."

"Although this move cannot guarantee an absolute hit when facing individuals with high attack speed and mobility."

"But the power it ultimately erupts with is enough to freeze everything within a radius of ten thousand miles in an instant!"

...... A few.