American comics: Today’s big news Chapter 075

（Second update for the Lord of the Bronze Coffin）

“You, a mere mortal, dare to trifle with a god like me?!”

Hades was so enraged that smoke billowed from his seven orifices.

Indeed, smoke was billowing from his seven orifices. At this moment, acrid smoke smelling of sulfur emanated from his eyes, nostrils, ears, and mouth, quickly igniting into flames.

Intense scarlet flames rapidly spread across Hades’ body, and his appearance transformed from that of a refined middle-aged man into a monstrous form.

Just like the fiery image seen in the temple earlier, he now had goat horns on his head, protruding bones on his face, pointed ears, and a mouth full of sharp teeth, resembling a demon.

The armor he wore was no longer armor, but rather fused to his body, becoming a part of him. Bone spurs and hair grew rapidly all over him.

As Hades transformed, the surrounding undead ceased their attacks.

“What you see now is his true form.” Hippolyta said to Diana with a worried expression.

Diana didn’t understand why Connors would choose to provoke this god of the underworld, but she was secretly glad that Connors was not truly aligned with Hades.

The clean, neat black cloak behind his armor became tattered, and Hades roared:

“Mortal! As a reward for your bravery, I will bind you in the deepest depths of hell, use your fat to make candles, and the flames of those candles will endlessly scorch your heart, you…”

“So, in the end, you still have to go back to hell, right?”

Connors interrupted the god’s incantation, while his hair visibly turned several shades whiter, and his robust muscles gradually withered.

The verbal attack was too weak, not even as effective as a typical troll on Sun Bar. Connors felt that Hades needed to download Baidu Tieba and learn a thing or two.

“What?” Hades was annoyed by the interruption of his roar, but even in his current state of extreme rage, he was exceptionally sensitive to the words “return to hell.”

That was the pain he had endured for over three thousand years, and he didn’t want to go back for even a moment.

Faust, who had been cursed by Hades with immortality but physical weakness, found that his body had regained a bit of strength after Connors pointed in his direction.

At the same time, on the ground in front of him, small grass blades grew, arranged into the words:

“It’s your turn.”

Faust knew that the Hades was powerful, but he still chose to accept his promise because, as a black magician, he was fortunate enough to have mastered some trump cards that could counter gods.

His body was too weak to use them earlier, but now that he had regained a bit of strength, he was able to cast them.

So, Faust, lying on the ground, quickly chanted a spell, and his bloodshot eyes were tinged with a purple-black light. He pointed one hand at Hades.

Countless huge tentacles covered in slime and suckers stretched out from the air, tightly entangling Hades.

Even if one tentacle was burned off by Hades’ flames, more tentacles would immediately entwine, forcibly trapping Hades in place.

At the same time, Faust used his last bit of strength to shout at Zatanna’s hiding place:

“Destroy the key!”

Zatanna was trying hard to widen her eyes to watch Faust’s magic, constantly absorbing the magical knowledge attached to the tentacles. She was stunned when she heard the shout.

She wasn’t sure if Faust was talking to her, but currently Connors was near Hades, Faust was lying on the ground, and Diana and her mother were further away.

So, the sorceress didn’t hesitate, didn’t continue to greedily absorb magical knowledge, and quickly ran towards the key.

…

Although Wonder Woman, Superman, Catwoman, and others are new to the scene, Faust, the old black magic pro in the comics, really didn’t disappoint me. He actually had a backup plan…

Connors was not disappointed with Faust’s performance.

He didn’t recklessly stand in front of Hades to gamble his life on Faust’s backup plan.

Even if the old man couldn’t do anything, Connors was confident that he could escape from Hades’ clutches with “Master Tang’s teachings.”

He wasn’t here to be a saint; he was here to watch the show. Standing in front of Hades was just to participate in this event.

Fortunately, things were developing as Connors expected. The old man Faust did have a backup plan, and he successfully used it after regaining some physical function under the effect of his “healing magic.”

Everything happened in an instant. At this moment, Hades was annoyed by the entangled tentacles and had no time to pay attention to Connors, while Zatanna grabbed the key and slammed it heavily on the ground.

To make sure it was destroyed, she also added a “telekinesis” spell, causing the already assembled key to split into pieces everywhere.

Hades was, after all, a god, and he quickly found a breakthrough in Faust’s black magic and successfully escaped from the predicament.

As he broke free, the motionless undead once again waved their decayed and rusty weapons and shields, attacking Diana and Hippolyta.

Hades himself still maintained his demonic appearance, fiercely pouncing towards Connors.

However, from the open gates of hell, scarlet flames surged, forming a swirling vortex, and a huge suction force swept through the underground space of Paradise Island.

The undead were the first to bear the brunt, being swallowed by the flames of the gates of hell one after another.

Next was Wonder Woman Diana. Because she was stronger than her mother, she had been protecting her mother from the undead attacks.

But the huge suction force, besides the undead, first pulled her over.

Fortunately, Zatanna was quick-witted and grabbed the out-of-control Diana, and cast “Phantom Shift,” a spell that could only be used for short-distance teleportation, hiding behind a broken stone pillar.

Then came Faust.

Even though this little old man, who had been cursed by Hades, had been briefly restored to health by Connors’ “healing magic,” the other party was, after all, a god, and the “healing magic” was not powerful enough to ignore a god’s curse.

So, the little old man also flew uncontrollably towards the gates of hell, dying in mid-air and then being swallowed by the scarlet flames.

Hades was also unable to resist the suction force of the gates of hell. He lunged at Connors, and being in mid-air, he flew towards the gates of hell before Connors, who was standing on the ground.

For others, this suction force was just a bit stronger, but Hades had been personally punished by the god-king Zeus, so the suction force of the gates of hell was particularly strong for him.

Flying uncontrollably towards the gates of hell, Hades opened his arms, his demonic claws tightly gripping the edge of the gate, trying to resist the suction force.

Connors also found it difficult to resist this huge suction force, but he wasn’t someone who relied solely on brute force. “Master Tang’s teachings” hadn’t been used yet.

Using the combination of “Green of All Things 10%” and “Sleight of Hand” with the seeds he carried in his pocket, the ground beneath his feet was instantly hollowed out.

He buried half of his body in the ground.

The reason he didn’t bury himself completely was that Connors didn’t think it was necessary, and he saw that Hades was still clinging to the door frame.

So, Connors “truly rooted himself in the earth,” and at the same time, he picked up the large and small stones that had been sucked over by the gates of hell and threw them at Hades.

Clinging to the door frame of hell was already Hades’ best effort, and the stones thrown by Connors became the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

The god of the underworld, carrying endless anger—mainly directed at Connors—inevitably flew into the gates of hell, also being swallowed by the scarlet flames.

As the main culprit returned to hell, the gates of hell slowly closed, and no more movement was heard.

Wonder Woman Diana and Zatanna helped each other out of the stone pillar. Diana breathed a sigh of relief:

“Thank Athena, it’s finally over.”

“You should thank me,” Connors said helplessly.

“Can I show you my legs…” Diana said softly.

Zatanna covered her face.

Connors looked around, not having seen the Amazon Queen for a while:

“Where’s your mom?”

Diana was stunned:

“As a man who saved Paradise Island, I can discuss it with my mother and let her show you… I think my mother will agree.”

Connors: “…6.”