Chapter 054: Accepting Good Intentions

Wang Bo unleashed a Galaxy Explosion with his fist, causing even the planet beneath their feet to rumble.

The Galaxy Explosion could shatter the stars in the sky, and naturally, the planet beneath them was no exception. If not for the mirror space, the planet's tremors would have already shaken the world.

If Wang Bo had aimed not at Hades, the King of the Underworld, but at the planet beneath them,

a single Galaxy Explosion would have surely disintegrated the planet.

Such was the terror of the Cosmo—the power level was simply too high.

Facing the fist that could shatter stars, Hades immediately felt the breath of death approaching.

This stirred a ridiculous thought in his heart.

As the King of the Underworld, how could he himself feel death?

He couldn't help but roar, unhesitatingly driving his divine power, gathering all his strength to strike back at Wang Bo.

"Die!"

The terrifying divine power of the Underworld met Wang Bo's Cosmo, which could shatter stars. Two completely different yet equally fearsome forces collided in an instant.

"Not good!"

Poseidon shuddered, no longer caring about Athena, and in an instant plunged into the sea, manipulating the power of the ocean to shield himself from the collision.

In the impact between Wang Bo and Hades, he saw death.

Athena was no exception. She erected layer upon layer of dense barriers before her, stretching endlessly like the stars in the sky, with no end in sight.

The next second, a thunderous roar came. The small universe that shattered the stars, after a few seconds of stalemate, overwhelmed the divine power of Hades, and endless, dazzling light swept past Hades' body.

Hades looked at Wang Bo in disbelief, and in an instant, he was swallowed by the endless light.

Then, the dazzling light flew out of the sky, heading deep into the distant cosmos.

But the aftermath of their collision easily destroyed the dense barrier erected by Athena, blasting her away as well.

Nor did Poseidon, hidden in the sea, fare well. The ocean evaporated in an instant, hundreds of millions of tons of seawater vanished, and half of his body was shattered.

However, he did not die but recovered at an astonishing speed.

But the way this guy looked at Wang Bo was more like looking at a monster.

He didn't understand how there could be such a powerful human, one who surpassed the gods—this was simply not magical.

Before long, Athena flew back, looking utterly disheveled. It was clear that she had been seriously injured when she was blasted away, but now she had mostly recovered.

"You really have surprised me," Athena said slowly after a moment of silence.

She couldn't see through Wang Bo, but she never expected him to be so powerful. The attack just now was so strong that even Hades couldn't handle it.

She had no doubt that even if Wang Bo faced her father, the true King of the Gods, Zeus, he would not lose.

Wang Bo smiled. He was not as powerful as Athena imagined.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been instantly killed by the King of the Underworld's authority earlier.

Above the Seventh Sense, he was no match for Hades, the King of the Underworld. But once Wang Bo donned the Divine Cloth and ascended to the Eighth Sense, the situation reversed.

Hades was no match for Wang Bo at the Eighth Sense.

Mainly because the gap between the Seventh and Eighth Senses was simply too vast.

Although the Seventh Sense is powerful, it remains within the scope of humanity.

But once the Seventh Sense is elevated to the Eighth Sense, it is completely different. The cosmos feels as if it can perceive the changes of all things in the world, see the root of the world, understand the laws governing all things in the universe, and know the past, present, and future.

One can even listen to the voices of forests, wind, rivers, nature, the earth, and the heavens and converse with them. After the physical body's life ends, the soul merges with heaven and earth, thus becoming omnipresent.

This is also why Wang Bo, upon elevating to the Eighth Sense, could see that Death Scythe.

In terms of combat power, the cosmos of the Eighth Sense is not merely ten times stronger than that of the Seventh Sense; it is an explosive enhancement.

A Saint with the Eighth Sense cosmos can kill a Seventh Sense Saint with a single finger.

So when Wang Bo donned the God Cloth and elevated to the peak of the Eighth Sense, his strength instantly surpassed that of Hades, the King of the Underworld in this world, easily crushing him.

But in the final analysis, Wang Bo still relied on external forces.

He himself was not that powerful.

"I lost this battle." After Poseidon's body recovered, he looked at Wang Bo with fear and said to Athena, "From today, the Mermaid Island is yours. I will no longer covet the Mermaid Island."

Having said that, Poseidon looked at Wang Bo and said, "I can leave now, can't I?"

Wang Bo nodded and dispelled the Mirror Space.

Poseidon turned and left without any hesitation. He had to leave; he was afraid of following in Hades' footsteps.

Athena said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Athena paused and asked, "Is Hades dead?"

"No." Wang Bo shook his head. His Galaxy Explosion could indeed have destroyed Hades, but in the end, Wang Bo held back. He did not kill Hades, only destroyed his physical body.

Hades' soul returned to the Underworld at the critical moment.

It wasn't that Wang Bo was unwilling to kill Hades, but because Hades was the King of the Underworld. If he killed Hades, the Underworld would fall into chaos, and the boundary between life and death would be broken.

By then, this sea would probably become even more chaotic.

The revival of the dead and the rampage of death would be mere child's play.

So Wang Bo ultimately let Hades go.

Athena breathed a sigh of relief. If Wang Bo had really killed Hades, she would have had a hard time explaining it to her father, Zeus, the King of the Gods.

"Regardless, I owe you a favor."

"You've already repaid it."

Athena shook her head and said, "A mere solar authority cannot repay the favor I owe you. If you ever need my help in the future, feel free to come to me."

Wang Bo smiled and said nothing.

He knew the purpose of Athena's words: she had seen his strength and wanted to maintain a connection with him, hence she found such an excuse.

But he did not expose this; instead, he tacitly accepted it.

As the saying goes, a fence needs three stakes, a capable man needs three helpers.

Although Wang Bo was powerful, he was not yet powerful enough to ignore everything. Moreover, the tasks ahead would become increasingly difficult. If a god was willing to help him, Wang Bo could take it much easier.

For instance, in the previous world, without Hela and Lady Gremory, Wang Bo would not have completed the task so quickly.

Thus, Wang Bo accepted Athena's goodwill.

Afterward, Wang Bo parted ways with Athena and left this world.