Chapter 179: Devouring Apollo, What a Disappointing "God"!
Click.
The door to Apollo's room opened, and Ethan pushed his way inside.
The huge room was filled with all kinds of artwork, beautiful paintings, luxurious carpets, and expensive decorations. Everything showed that the owner of this place cared greatly about "art."
But aside from those things, the room was filled with even more self-portraits.
Yes, self-portraits of Apollo himself.
There were also several statues of Apollo. Ethan was speechless.
It was one thing to have them in the hallway, the living room, and even the courtyard. But he even refused to spare his own bedroom?
On an extremely "gorgeous" bed, Apollo was sleeping soundly.
And in his arms was another figure.
It was a handsome young man who looked only around his teens. Seeing this, Ethan understood a little.
The reason Hyakinthos had chosen to go all in and attack him was probably related to this guy.
Hyakinthos had once been Apollo's most beloved child. But after Ethan cut off one of his arms and turned him into a one-armed hero, Apollo naturally stopped favoring him.
Now Apollo had a new favorite. For someone like Hyakinthos, whose faith in Apollo had reached an extreme, this was enough to make him break.
In the end, he chose revenge against Ethan.
In Hyakinthos's eyes, it was because Ethan had cut off one of his arms that he fell to such a state, unable to even keep Apollo's favor.
Pshk.
Ethan picked up a quill from a nearby table and threw it out.
It pierced straight through the handsome man's throat.
"Guh…"
"What is it now?"
Disturbed from his pleasant dream, Apollo opened his eyes irritably. He was not a good-tempered god.
However, what greeted him was warm blood.
His new favorite was clutching his own throat as blood poured out, staining even Apollo red.
"William! My William! What happened to you? How did this happen?"
Apollo immediately panicked.
This was a "beauty" he had finally discovered. He had only enjoyed him a few times, and now he was gone?
Immediately after, Apollo noticed the other person in the room.
"Ethan?"
"Good evening, God Apollo."
Facing Apollo, Ethan still wore a face full of "respect."
However, at this moment, it looked more like mockery.
"You killed William."
"Yes."
There was not the slightest excuse, nor any need for one. Ethan admitted it directly.
"Bastard. Last time, I let it go for Freya's sake, but now you dare attack me tonight? This time, not even Freya can protect—"
Bang.
Before Apollo could finish speaking, Ethan kicked him away.
However, Ethan held back the force behind this kick. If he used too much strength and triggered the defensive mechanism, it would be game over.
Rustle, rustle.
At this time, many black figures appeared around them.
Looking closely, they were scorpions.
Among the scorpion swarm, there was one especially large scorpion, almost the size of a calf.
This was Scorpio's true appearance. It had already grown to this point.
The reason it still stayed on Ethan's shoulder in the form of a small scorpion was because it was extremely close to and dependent on him.
"T-This is…"
A black monster, along with that ominous power.
Apollo immediately had a bad feeling.
"My apologies, God Apollo. Tonight, the Apollo Familia will become history. And as its main god, to avoid future trouble, you should go together with the Apollo Familia."
"What did you say? What happened to my Familia?"
"Your captain kidnapped one of my people tonight and tried to lure me into a trap to kill me. Unfortunately for him, I'm the one still alive."
Once things had reached this point, there was no need to say anything else.
Ethan was still alive. Hyakinthos's ending was obvious.
Apollo was furious too.
Hyakinthos, if you wanted to kill Ethan, fine. But at least be reliable.
Not only did you fail to kill him, you even let him come all the way here. What a useless fool.
"Ethan, Hyakinthos's actions have nothing to do with me. I knew nothing about this."
"Enough. Whether you knew or not doesn't matter. I only want your life."
In the dim room, one man faced another, and his gaze gradually became heated.
Back in the Large Tree Sea secret realm, Ethan had already had such thoughts.
Gods were very powerful.
Powerful enough to easily destroy the entire lower world.
But at the same time, gods were also very weak.
Weak enough to be swallowed by a monster, nearly causing the entire lower world to be destroyed.
Rustle, rustle.
Scorpio crawled toward Apollo.
It had been cultivated from a fragment of the ancient monster Antares through the black mud.
Naturally, it had inherited Antares's ability.
It could devour everything and obtain their power.
Even Ryomen Sukuna's finger, after being swallowed by Scorpio, had allowed it to obtain Sukuna's Cursed Technique.
Now, what Scorpio was about to do was the same as its "predecessor."
Devour a god.
However, Scorpio would not be like Antares and try to destroy the entire lower world.
On the contrary, it would become the greatest trump card in Ethan's hands.
"What are you trying to do?! I'm a god! The Sun God Apollo!"
"If gods are like you, then 'gods' are truly disappointing."
"You—"
Before he could finish speaking, Scorpio had already pounced.
Apollo did not even get the chance to react before he was swallowed whole.
Scorpio's body split open directly, and Apollo was dragged inside.
Then the opening closed.
On Scorpio's back, a huge crystal gradually appeared.
Inside the crystal was Apollo, who had been swallowed.
He was just like Artemis once had been.
The difference was that Apollo still kept a "twisted" and "terrified" expression.
Then Scorpio sent a message to Ethan.
"All right. Go rest properly."
Swish.
After that, Ethan sent Scorpio into Imaginary Number Space.
It could indeed devour gods and imprison them. During that process, it would gradually seize the divine power that belonged to the god.
Scorpio could do it too, but in the end, it was not Antares.
It was still too weak.
Although it had captured Apollo, completely trapping him and even absorbing his divine power was not something simple.
It would take a very long time.
Inside Imaginary Number Space, Scorpio would slowly and completely suppress Apollo, then seize his power.
Although Apollo was disgusting, he was still the Sun God!
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