Chapter 145 Achilles' Heel
There are no perfect things in this world. As long as they exist in the material world, they all have different shortcomings.
But sometimes defects can become a kind of beauty, such as the Venus of Milos.
But sometimes the shortcomings cannot be made up for.
Such as a person's weaknesses.
In the woods outside the square, Achilles put down his hands, which were steaming with blood. The wounds on them were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Being tainted with the breath of Styx made him reject death, at least in Achilles' memory.
But in fact it is just the powerful vitality given by the Adeptus Custodes surgery.
The current Silver Siren is still unable to fully reproduce the power in the myth.
But even so, killing Achilles is not that simple.
Just like Hercules, each of the Forbidden Soldiers obtained the blooming divinity from the blood of Thor. What can be obtained from this new divinity depends on the individual's destiny.
Hercules transformed from Banner's offensive and gained the ability to challenge the twelve trials.
Perseus saw through the false memories and gained the true eyes that looked directly into the eyes of Medusa.
And Achilles, in that arrogant state of mind, has not yet gained his power.
"The power is good, but it's just good."
Walking out of the pit, Achilles picked up the bronze sword that fell aside. This long sword made of Taixin steel has amazing hardness and sharpness.
It has no name, but can penetrate all known armor in the world.
"The last person who was so tough-talking was a big man."
"But now, I don't know where his ashes have gone."
When it comes to arrogance, Tony isn't much better than his counterpart.
People who have reached the pinnacle in a certain field have their own pride.
Tony's pride is in his armor, while Achilles' pride is in his body.
Convinced that his body was indestructible, Achilles sneered indifferently, and then came to Tony again.
The angle of the long sword's diagonal thrust seemed to have been refined thousands of times. Achilles's swordsmanship did not pursue fancy moves. He only wanted to see victory or defeat in an instant.
Steady, accurate and ruthless, with the three elements of swordsmanship, Tony's counterattack was far less rapid than before, but there was no so-called gap in the Protoss Armor, it was the strongest defense.
In the crisp collision sound, the tip of Achilles' sword broke first, and then Tony's heavy punch hit Achilles' chest.
In the sound of the horn symbolizing the charge of the Taurus, the huge impact tore apart Achilles' body, but Tony remembered the records in the myth, and a close person held Achilles' ankle.
Pressing the opponent's body with his shoulders, Tony caught the newly broken sword tip.
"Fortunately, I am familiar with fairy tales"
With some luck, a flash of blood streaked across his ankle, and then Achilles screamed.
The blood-stained sword tip fell into the dirt, Tony clapped his hands, and then looked at the lifeless Achilles.
I don't know why, but Tony always feels that this battle is too easy.
The opponent didn't feel as oppressive as Hercules at all.
"Is it an imperial army that was urgently shipped from the factory?"
"Failed the quality inspection?"
Shaking his head, Tony no longer thought about the reason for the other party's weakness, but looked into the distance, preparing to help Banner.
But before he had gone far, the sound of the Styx flowing in his ears sounded again.
The black Styx water washed over Achilles' body. These river waters that did not exist in the real world carried a powerful aura of death.
Odin once hung upside down under the World Tree for seven days and seven nights and resisted death. As the opponent's divine blood remained, there was also a being resisting the call of death at this time.
The river flooded Achilles' body, including the fatal ankle. As the wounds on it slowly disappeared, the originally dead body stood up.
Defy death, accept death, and then conquer death.
Stretching his right hand into the bottom of the river, Achilles's gray eyes showed the disappearing arrogance. From this moment on, he would no longer have any shortcomings.
The trident immersed in the river bottom was pulled out by Achilles. As the son of the ocean goddess, Achilles picked up this thing where the Styx converged.
The dark River Styx flows in all directions, gradually surrounding the entire forest.
"Where do you want to go, the one who gave me new life?"
The golden armor was dyed gray. At this time, Achilles did not look like an ancient hero, but more like the god of death who came out of the underworld.
Sensing the sudden surge of breath behind him, Tony turned around helplessly, knowing that it wouldn't be that simple.
"I gave you new life, shouldn't you be grateful to me?"
Watching the surrounding trees begin to wither, Tony accuses the other party of repaying kindness with vengeance.
"It is precisely because of my gratitude to you that I let you embrace death."
"Isn't this gratitude for sparing you the pain of reality?"
The Styx behind him turned into a long and narrow cloak, the trident in his right hand pointed at the benefactor in front, and Achilles walked towards death.
The sky was blocked, causing the protoss to lose consciousness, and Tony began to think about ways to deal with it.
But the opponent obviously wouldn't give him the right to think.
The black river water turned into tornado waves, rushing towards Tony in continuous reverberations. In the cold breath that hit his face, Tony didn't need to think about what would happen if he was touched by this thing.
Taurus has enough defense but is not flexible enough, so Tony instantly switches to Leo.
Turning to dodge, Tony noticed the shrinking field.
The surroundings are filled with the breath of death, these breaths are dragging Tony's soul like palms, and they are slowly corroding the courage of the living.
Losing courage means losing resistance.
"Give up, you can't escape"
Completely ignoring the injuries caused by the sharp claws on his body, Achilles waited for Tony's fall.
Step back, step by step, when all the Styx water came to Tony's body, the same gray color appeared in Tony's eyes.
Listening to the sound of summoning souls, Tony gradually closed his eyes.
In the woods, the rest of the colors have dissipated and then returned again. The exposed sky is still as warm as ever, and the original trees are still as lush.
Looking at Tony not far away, Achilles sighed in disappointment.
Another person lost to death.
In the sky, the stars representing the constellation Taurus gradually dimmed, but the Leo constellation beside him was shining.
In ancient celestial rituals, Taurus represents perseverance, while Leo symbolizes courage.
At this time, a question was ringing in Tony's mind.
"Do you have the courage to resist death?"
Yes or no, Tony didn't know, but he knew that if he didn't stand up, Pepper would be sad.
With the courage to cherish the beauty of the world, Tony opened his eyes.
At the same time, the Leo in him is also changing.
The lion's head is used as a helmet, the lion's skin is used as armor, the claws for hunting turn into fists, the swift hunting is like lightning, and the courage clears the death in the heart and is used to face the coming darkness.
"Is it the blessing of the stars? It seems that I, Tony Stark, am quite popular."
While teasing himself, Tony felt everything around him slow down.
Among them, Achilles' sigh has just ended.
Lightning brewed in his hands, and Tony's figure turned into chain lightning all over the sky.
【Lightning Plasma】
When everything returns to normal, Achilles' body has been enveloped by the lightning lake. Since the other party has embraced death, let him return to his mother's arms now.
Holding it tightly in his hand, a huge electric light exploded in an instant.
Rays of lightning shuttled around each other, among which was the water of the Styx that was penetrated.