Chapter 599 - 90: [Tsunami], Demigod
When Scylla realized this, a bronze arrow shimmering with moonlight instantly flew by, carrying the power to pierce everything.
The storm howled between the sea and sky, and the leaden clouds were swirled into a vortex by the bronze arrow. Moonlight slithered over the arrowhead like a silver serpent.
Every time it broke through the air, it tore open waves several meters high.
Scylla’s dark green hair danced wildly in the storm as her slender neck arched back.
Six coral-like arms formed seals in front of her chest, and waves summoned condensed into a barrier of tens of meters before her.
"Clang!"
Waves collided with the sharp arrow.
"Boom!"
The two forces within the water and the arrow clashed, and as the strength within the water was worn down, the bronze arrow continued to pierce the water straight towards Scylla.
Scylla’s emerald eyes suddenly narrowed.
Her incomplete fish tail instinctively swayed — this newly born sea nymph body has yet to adapt to the loss of bones and scale armor.
The tail was pierced instantly, and silver-blue blood spurted from the fractured fin, transforming into a tragic red ribbon under the moonlight.
Prompting Scylla to let out a roar, "Damn it!"
After she became a sea monster.
She received Phorcys’ favor, granting her true [Tsunami] Divine Authority.
That’s why she possessed near-divine power here, although it depended on how much power she could harness.
It depended on two things.
First, it depended on how much power her father allowed her to wield.
Second, it depended on how much divine authority her father possessed.
Even when she was a sea nymph, she wasn’t liked by her father, not even granted [Tsunami] Divine Authority.
Thus, the power she could wield was inherently limited.
After becoming a monster.
Although she lost her exquisite face, she gained her father Phorcys’ favor and the [Tsunami] Divine Authority, allowing her the ability to wield more power.
But now.
Returning to her sea nymph form, she naturally lost the [Tsunami] Divine Authority she gained in her sea monster form.
Her power had significantly weakened, and she returned to being unloved.
She howled as she sank into the depths of the sea.
"Whizz, Whizz!"
The bronze arrow flew incessantly, carrying the power of the [Soul-Breaking Arrow].
If she were merely a regular Artemis’ priest, she wouldn’t possess such powerful archery.
Even if she returned to the sea nymph form, she was a Nymph Goddess, far stronger than ordinary mortals.
Regular people could hardly harm her.
But the Moon God wasn’t a simple Artemis priest, excluding the power provided by the priesthood, her archery was exceptional.
Scylla’s vulnerabilities all appeared in the Moon God’s eyes.
The bronze arrow cut through the sea, and the water could hardly weaken the arrow in any way.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Several bronze arrows broke through the water, ripping a vacuum tunnel within.
Scylla’s body was enormous.
Though she reverted from sea monster to sea nymph, she still resembled a giant, her body notably large.
Even when small, it’s difficult to evade the swiftly flying bronze arrows, let alone now.
"Ah!"
Scylla was struck by several arrows, empowered by Artemis, giving them enough strength to wound her body.
Not only that.
They also damaged her soul power, causing Scylla’s aura to decline rapidly.
"Artemis’ hunters!!"
Scylla let out a furious roar, knowing that maintaining her form just made her a target for this opponent.
She was about to reduce her size when she felt severe stomach pain emanate.
Originally, as she shrank her size, her stomach should also shrink, but now her stomach contained a creature protected by Athena’s divine power.
Athena’s golden divine patterns were burning within her stomach sac, and each time she tried to compress her body, her inner organs felt like they were being twisted by hot tongs.
This threw her into a dilemma, unable to shrink without being a target for the Moon God, but if she did shrink, the being inside her belly would burst through her stomach.
Not everyone can birth a divine spirit within their body and remain unharmed like the Divine King.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Scylla thought it was better to be shot by an arrow than have her stomach burst, so she began swimming desperately in the depths, even considering fleeing.
But though she didn’t plan to deal with Shen Fei, Shen Fei wouldn’t let her go.
Suddenly.
Scylla felt intense stomach pain, her form tumbling in the water as she attempted to flee, churning numerous waves, creating a tempest of waves.
The Moon God naturally took advantage of the opportunity, the bronze arrows madly piercing through Scylla’s body.
"Clang, clang, clang—!"
Meanwhile, music drifted, unstoppable by the sea water, interfering with the numerous forces within Scylla’s body.
Silence, weakening stamina, limiting speed, and even the power of the [Great Universal Salvation Skill] hazed Scylla; if she were still a sea monster, she could easily resist with her ’Divine Authority,’ but now she was forced to be disturbed by the music.
Three forces, inside and out.
Scylla’s exquisite face contorted in pain, her enormous body convulsing more intensely, her aura weakening continuously.
Finally, she died, her corpse floating silently in the sea like a bleeding mountain of flesh.
A flat lower abdomen opened up a large hole, dripping with blood.
A golden shield burst forth from inside, and it was Shen Fei, wielding the Shield of Athena, standing atop Scylla’s corpse.
And at this moment.
Two ephemeral figures burst forth from Shen Fei’s body, seemingly pulling him into them, but awkwardly, the two forces just happened to counterbalance each other, leaving Shen Fei in the middle.
Waves of power surged within Shen Fei, making him feel like he could summon the force of hurricanes and tsunamis with a mere thought.
Strands of unique power seeped from the corpse below into Shen Fei.
The breath of wind, the flow of water, the deposition of earth, the burn of light and fire, the sprouting of life, the rhythm of the soul... all surroundings vividly etched in Shen Fei’s mind.
The world felt like an eternally burning flame.
And he was a glowing ember nurtured within.
From within this flame, information flowed, implicating the contained power.
[Tsunami] Divine Authority.
A demigod?
An inherent enlightenment appeared in Shen Fei’s mind, not expecting Artemis and Athena to exert such formidable influence.
Unexpectedly, they directly stripped Scylla’s original powers and gave them to him.
Making him a demigod.
But lacking rank, since possessing both divine authority and rank would make one not a demigod, but a true divine spirit.
"But this divine authority should belong to Scylla’s father... will they incur his wrath by forcefully seizing it?"
Shen Fei muttered to himself, unaware that he was already standing on the ship’s deck, gazing with complexity at Calypso.