Chapter 006: Demons and Gods

Malthus looked at the pirates on the ground and couldn't help but smile. These people were all bloodstained, twisted in appearance, and corrupted in soul—for a demon, they were the finest of rations.

"Thank you, master," Malthus said happily.

Whoosh!

Just then, a gust of wind blew in from outside. Wang Bo and Malthus immediately smelled the strong sea air in the wind, and a figure, both real and illusory, hidden within the sea breeze, quietly walked in.

Wang Bo couldn't help but remark, "My place is really lively today."

Hearing this, the figure paused, then looked at Wang Bo.

Wang Bo looked back with a half-smile.

The figure gradually solidified into a handsome man. "Few people can see me anymore. You are no ordinary person. What is your name, human?"

The man had a perfectly proportioned body and a handsome face that could enchant countless beauties. His golden hair fell loosely, and his eyes were as unfathomable as the sea, seemingly harboring towering waves.

Wang Bo said, "Before asking my name, you should state your own—that is basic courtesy."

But the handsome golden-haired man burst into laughter, his laughter filled with strong contempt and condescension. "You want me to observe courtesy with you? How arrogant, human."

Malthus felt a surge of anger. The other's contempt for his master was an affront to his dignity, so he immediately released powerful demonic energy, locking onto the handsome golden-haired man.

"Shut up, you insolent fool! Apologize to my master at once, or I will tear you to pieces."

The golden-haired man looked at Malthus in surprise. He could see from Malthus's murderous eyes that he was not joking; if he refused to apologize, he would face the most ferocious attack.

But what surprised him most was that Malthus's demonic energy, though inferior to his own, was still quite impressive.

This puzzled him greatly.

"A demon as powerful as you willingly submits to a human?" the golden-haired man said. "Could it be that this human holds your true name?"

Only that could explain why a powerful demon would obey a human's command.

Malthus said coldly, "It seems you are not going to apologize."

"I, Triton, will never apologize to a human," the handsome golden-haired man said arrogantly.

"Then die."

Malthus raised his hand, and decaying demonic energy gathered in his palm, forming a blazing sword of flame. The flame was pure black—hellfire.

The flaming sword swung toward the head of the man who called himself Triton.

Triton drew a trident formed of water from the void and effortlessly caught Malthus's flaming sword. The hellfire that could melt all matter failed to evaporate Triton's trident.

Meanwhile, upon hearing the name Triton, Wang Bo understood the other's identity.

Triton was the herald of the sea in ancient Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and Amphitrite, queen of the sea.

In short, he was a demigod.

Although not as famous as gods like Apollo, Athena, or Hephaestus, he was still a true god. Like his father, he carried a trident, but his unique attribute was a conch shell, which he used as a horn to raise or calm waves and currents. After Zeus's flood, he calmed the waters alongside Poseidon.

When he blew hard on this conch, it sounded like the roar of a fierce beast, enough to move even the giant gods.

So, a second before Malthus and Triton clashed, Wang Bo clapped his hands and activated Mirror Space, pulling the two into it to fight.

Otherwise, their battle would destroy all of Port Royal.

A high-ranking demon and a son of a major god—their fight was no joke.

Inside Mirror Space.

Malthus summoned powerful hellfire, scorching the earth and air. With every move, he shook Port Royal, and houses turned to ash at the touch of the hellfire.

Triton, in turn, summoned his trident and giant waves. Empowered by his divine power, the waves formed enormous hands that enveloped all of Port Royal.

The sky-covering hands of water clenched into fists, aimed at Malthus, and struck down. The overwhelming waves could turn the entire land into a watery kingdom.

Malthus was not to be outdone. He channeled his demonic energy, and the flaming sword in his hand grew into a giant blade that reached the sky. He swung it fiercely, shattering the water-formed hands.

But Triton merely waved his trident, and the waves in the sky transformed back into giant hands, attacking Malthus from all directions.

"You are a powerful demon, but you cannot defeat me."

Triton laughed heartily. His strength was already above Malthus's, and moreover, here was the sea, and he was the son of Poseidon, the sea king.

This was his home ground.

A demon feared nothing.

From the start of the battle, he had suppressed Malthus, and as time passed, Triton quickly gained the upper hand, kicking Malthus around like a ball.

Seeing this, Wang Bo rolled his eyes. It seemed that a high-ranking demon fighting a god was still too difficult.

Moreover, Triton was no ordinary god; he was the son of Poseidon, the sea emperor.

In a sense, he was on the same level as Athena and Apollo.

So Wang Bo summoned his head maid, Caroline, gave her a brief instruction, and threw her into Mirror Space.

Once inside Mirror Space, Caroline spread her demon wings, drew two longswords formed of hellfire, and charged at Triton.

Slash!

Triton did not expect someone to ambush him from behind. Caught off guard, Caroline's sword cleaved him in two.

However, Triton's wound did not bleed. Instead, his body turned into two streams of water that merged to form a new Triton.

Although Caroline's attack did not harm Triton, it enraged him.

"Vile demon! How dare you harm a god's body! Die!"

He swung his trident with force, and the sea water formed a trident magnified a hundred times, aimed at Caroline, and stabbed down violently.