Chapter 038: Blazing Hot

Wang Bo stood within Fish-Man Island, watching the two deities clash, feeling not fear but a sense of inevitability.

In his eyes, this was the true power that gods possessed.

When gods fought, it was like a natural disaster—once unleashed, everything nearby would suffer.

Fish-Man Island survived the aftermath of Athena and Poseidon's battle only because of the divine barrier Athena had erected during their initial exchange.

It was precisely because of this that they had escaped disaster.

But this divine barrier could not protect Fish-Man Island forever, for each shockwave from Poseidon and Athena's clash struck the island, wearing away the barrier.

Once the divine power of the barrier dissipated, Fish-Man Island would be caught in the aftermath of their battle.

At that point, the entire island might be utterly destroyed by the shockwaves.

Fortunately, Wang Bo was there.

He could not allow the aftermath of Athena and Poseidon's battle to destroy this place.

Meanwhile, the fight between Athena and Poseidon had moved past the probing stage; both gods were now getting serious.

Athena was fully armed, her divine power surging, each strike possessing the might to overturn seas.

But Poseidon was not to be outdone, gathering vast amounts of water with his immense divine power.

As the Sea King, the ocean was his domain; he could fully command the seas of the human world. The earlier strike that repelled the seawater made him realize he had fallen for Athena's trick.

So he began to consciously control the surrounding seawater, amassing enough to submerge a city, aiming at Athena, raising water pillars to encircle her.

At the same time, the water, as if possessing its own will, formed countless sharp conical projectiles that attacked Athena from all directions.

But this was not the end.

Using his authority, Poseidon created numerous aquatic monsters within the sea—giant fish, sea serpents, and titans all appeared, launching attacks on Athena.

An assault of this scale was easily classifiable as strategic. A single being could destroy tens of thousands of troops; even a massive army would be crushed by Poseidon.

Even if Fish-Man Island mobilized all its forces, it would be no match for Poseidon.

But unfortunately, the one fighting Poseidon now was not a resident of Fish-Man Island, but his niece.

The goddess of war and wisdom, Athena.

Facing Poseidon's frenzied assault, Athena swung her spear. The water pillar that had sought to engulf her collapsed instantly, turning into uncontrollable seawater that flooded in all directions.

Thanks to the divine barrier, Fish-Man Island suffered no damage at all.

Meanwhile, none of the countless sharp conical water projectiles struck Athena directly; the moment they approached her, she repelled them, deflecting their aim.

As for the monsters created by Poseidon's authority, they cowered and dared not advance.

Poseidon's expression darkened. He forcibly drove these monsters, their jaws gaping wide, to attack Athena from all sides, but Athena's spear released countless brilliant beams of light.

Each beam was like a laser cannon, piercing the monsters' bodies, and they sank into the water with howls.

This outcome made Poseidon's face grow even darker.

He had to admit that among the younger generation of gods, Athena was the most outstanding; his niece's strength was comparable even to that of the sun god Apollo.

As for defeating Ares, that was even less comparable.

But precisely because of this, he found it extremely troublesome. For he had no way to easily kill Athena as he had done with others.

Even so, Poseidon still did not believe he would lose.

The answer was simple: he was no longer what he used to be.

When the world underwent its transformation, Poseidon was the first to know; while the other gods had yet to detect the problem, he had already entered another world.

He had even secretly established his own faith there.

Thus, his power had advanced considerably compared to the past.

So when Poseidon grew serious, his whole body emitted an unusual pressure, one that even caused a change in Athena's expression.

In her memory, her uncle had never before brought her such immense pressure.

But as the goddess of wisdom, Athena immediately understood the reason for this change.

"I see. You've already seized the initiative in another world, my dear uncle."

Poseidon's lips curled into a ferocious grin. "As befits the goddess of wisdom. Since you've already guessed, I can't let you leave so easily today, my dear niece."

The seawater churned around Poseidon; under his control, the vast ocean merged with the corpses of monsters, the flesh gradually changing, swelling, taking on a certain form.

Athena's gaze grew solemn.

It wasn't that she didn't want to interrupt this transformation, but that she couldn't.

Her wisdom told her that if she attacked forcefully at this moment, she would inevitably suffer Poseidon's most terrifying counterattack—he had already set a trap.

So Athena could only watch as the seawater and monsters fused into another shape.

It was a massive dragon floating in the sea.

But not merely a dragon; it was more like a serpent, or to be precise, a long, slender serpentine dragon.

Athena had seen this form before—it was the demon recorded in the Bible.

The serpent representing envy.

Leviathan!

In the turbulent past, Poseidon had clashed with Leviathan more than once, and she had witnessed their conflicts more than once, but she never imagined that her uncle could one day use his divine power to create a Leviathan.

Though not the true Leviathan, it was undeniably a troublesome enemy.

After the Leviathan appeared, it opened its eyes and locked onto Athena; it opened its massive maw and spewed forth an enormous blue-black shockwave.

And not just once, but countless times.

One after another, terrifying shockwaves crashed down upon Athena in an instant.

The blue-black shockwave possessed not only destructive power but also corrosive force; if struck by it, even the body of a Titan god would suffer devastating damage.

So Athena could only constantly shift her position to evade the relentless bombardment.

But the Fish-Man Island behind her was directly hit by the overwhelming shockwaves.

The originally powerful divine barrier was directly shaken by these shockwaves; the once impregnable barrier let out a wail.

A visible crack emerged on the divine barrier.