Chapter 035: Divine Might

Wang Bo's reason for entering this world was to oversee the fusion of the two worlds and ensure no accidents occurred during the process.

Therefore, he had to eliminate all potential accidents as much as possible.

And the battle between Poseidon and Athena could very well trigger an accident.

She had calculated this precisely, which was why she sought out Wang Bo.

Of course, Wang Bo could also refuse Athena and instead help Poseidon against her, which would also end this accident quickly.

But the problem was, Wang Bo had no connection to Poseidon, so why should he help him?

At least he had met Athena once, attended a banquet she hosted, and accepted the divine wine she gave him. In a sense, their relationship was closer.

Thus, Wang Bo had no reason to help Poseidon against Athena.

"You're something else." Wang Bo gave Athena a thumbs-up. "Looks like I have no choice but to agree."

Hearing this, Athena couldn't help but smile radiantly. "Then let's go."

Wang Bo nodded, and the two left the restaurant, left Royal Port, entered the sea, and set off toward Fish-Man Island.

Halfway there, Wang Bo suddenly realized something and turned to look at Athena, whose eyes sparkled. "Did you plan this from the very first time we met?"

Athena glanced back at Wang Bo and said with a charming smile, "Do I seem like such a calculating goddess in your eyes?"

"You are the goddess of wisdom."

"Then what if I told you this invitation was a spur-of-the-moment decision?" Athena asked with a grin.

"I think you might be lying."

"You're biased against me."

"You are the goddess of wisdom." Wang Bo repeated the same argument.

Athena retorted confidently, "The goddess of wisdom is not the goddess of fate; I can't see through everything. You overestimate me—I'm not that formidable."

"Is that so?" Wang Bo was skeptical.

Athena said with a mix of amusement and exasperation, "What kind of person do you think I am, exactly?"

"Hard to say. After all, I've seen too many versions of the goddess Athena." Wang Bo rubbed his chin.

Athena's eyes lit up. "How many versions of me have you seen?"

"Hmm, quite a few."

Though Wang Bo said this, in reality, the only Athenas he had truly met were the one from Saint Seiya and the one before him.

The other Athenas he had only seen in various storylines.

Athena asked with great interest, "What are the other versions of me like?"

Wang Bo recalled, "In one world of Campione!, you are a triple-bodied goddess of Athena, Medusa, and Metis, whose original form is the North African goddess Athena. You are also the goddess ruling the earth."

"And you have many other names and forms: Metis, Medusa, Neith, Anath, Athtart, Asherah... They were originally avatars born from the original Athena, or you could say they were her sisters."

"You are the descendant of the ancient Great Mother Goddess, not only the goddess of the earth but also the dark goddess ruling the underworld and the goddess of wisdom who holds the heavenly wisdom."

After hearing this, Athena was dumbfounded.

She herself had no idea that she was so powerful in other worlds.

Wang Bo continued, "In another world, you are one of the twelve Olympian gods, no different from your current self. However, you do have a sister named Diana, also known as Wonder Woman, the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta."

Athena said, "That doesn't surprise me."

She knew her old father's nature all too well; having an unknown sister was nothing unusual—just standard procedure.

Wang Bo said, "In the world of Warriors Orochi, you are also a Greek deity, the eldest daughter of Zeus. After Zeus came to the mortal world, he was defeated by Zhao Yun and Yukimura Sanada. Ares misunderstood Zeus's true intentions, killed him, and seized his power."

"All of this was part of the plan of Odin, the king of the Norse gods. After Zeus's death, Odin attacked humans and gods, so you allied with humans and defeated Odin."

Athena: ...

Allied with humans to defeat Odin?

Were humans that powerful in that world? Or were the gods in that world too weak? And Ares could kill Zeus—that was simply absurd.

Wang Bo then said, "Although you have many personalities in other worlds, one thing never changes: you are always the daughter of Zeus among the Greek gods."

Athena nodded. That much she could accept.

As the two were talking, Fish-Man Island finally came into view.

Fish-Man Island was enormous—after all, it was an island with a population of millions, comparable to any city in the modern world.

The entire island was enclosed by a huge double-layered semi-circular bubble coating, with an air layer between the two coatings.

Although Fish-Man Island was deep underwater, it still had a sky and clouds.

Because the giant tree 'Eve' growing near Fish-Man Island could transmit sunlight from the surface down to the island, the deep-sea island experienced sunlight and day-night cycles.

The local residents even described this phenomenon as 'the Sun's blessing!'

Seeing this, Athena couldn't help but say, "If Apollo had come, he would have spread his faith effortlessly."

Wang Bo smiled without replying, instead saying, "Let's go inside."

Fish-Man Island actually had a gate; outsiders usually had to go through entry inspection, or they would be arrested by the 'Neptune Army' of the Ryugu Kingdom.

But since Athena was here to spread her faith, she naturally couldn't take the normal route—that would lack style.

So the two decided to break into Fish-Man Island.

Normally, ships in the One Piece world had to be coated on the Sabaody Archipelago to enter Fish-Man Island.

Only then could their ships enter the sea.

If a ship entered Fish-Man Island through an incorrect path, the coating would automatically peel off and merge with the island's barrier, and some ships would even fall to the ground in the air layer.

Even if they successfully forced their way through the barrier, the intruding ship and crew would be swept away by the seawater inside the barrier.

But Wang Bo and Athena were different; they didn't care about the so-called barrier at all. Under everyone's gaze, they easily passed through the barrier, entered Fish-Man Island, and hovered in the air above it.

The next second, Athena released her aura without hesitation.

Boom!

A terrifying divine might instantly enveloped the entire Fish-Man Island.

As the saying goes, divine grace is like the sea, and divine might is like a prison.

If Athena had come to kill rather than spread faith, she could have easily crushed ninety-nine percent of Fish-Man Island's residents with her divine might alone.