Chapter 2324 - 2327: The Sea Emperor Who Worships His Enemy Is Not So Simple

The stunning Qingxuan's long hair fluttered, her figure captivating and enchanting, seemingly transforming into a god of slaughter in an instant. Almost instantaneously, countless stone spikes shot up from the ground like crude giant spears, piercing through numerous Atlantic City's sea demons' bodies.

In that moment, the blood mist and dust that erupted instantly transformed the entire sea region into a yellow tint, a Shura Field.

"Impossible!" The Sea Emperor, standing in the distance, stared in shock at the stone spear in his hand: "It doesn't make sense, Athena is skilled in strategy; although she always manages to win, she is a heavy-armored female warrior, adept with Magic Shield and Magic Sword. What is this bizarre spell?"

And just as he was dumbfounded in surprise.

The many sea demons of Atlantic City, witnessing the hellish scene, instantly screamed in horror amidst the sea demons still struggling and wailing in agony on the stone spikes.

"Devil! She's a devil! She's not our goddess anymore; she has been possessed by a devil! My brother, my brother is dead!"

"Kill her, she has fallen!"

"Oh, don't be like that, she is our goddess. We just need to expel the devil from her body!"

Amidst the shocked and terrified angry roars of the Atlantic City sea demons.

The sea demons around Shen Qiang immediately brightened their eyes.

"So powerful! What is this technique? It's practically perfect. This way, it's almost like having unlimited weapons. Not only that, but what's more impressive is that this kind of technique perfectly suits the current situation!"

"There's hope! As long as they don't leave the ground, it's almost impossible to avoid."

"Amazing! This technique, if used dozens of times, Atlantic City would be empty!"

And while the sea demons were excited.

Shen Qiang, who shared a tacit understanding with Qingxuan, suddenly frowned, not only dashing instantly to Qingxuan's side but also ambiguously pulling her into his arms.

"Can you hold on?"

Shen Qiang sniffed the faint sacred scent emanating from her body and whispered.

"Sorry, Master." The stunning Qingxuan said, her beautiful eyes revealing a hint of loss: "I haven't fully mastered this body. Her power has been drained too much over the long years."

Upon hearing this.

Shen Qiang also sighed inwardly.

This is a dire situation.

Surrounded by countless sea demons, with the Sea Emperor—a descendant of the Divine Race, who cannot be described even with the term 'peak'—eyeing from the side, plus those powerful sea demons, whose aura is not inferior to the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang, gathered around the Sea Emperor, Shen Qiang's heart sank like the dust floating in the sea.

But there is no choice.

If Athena's power were compared to a battery, then how much power remains in a battery that hasn't been charged for over four thousand years?

Ten percent? Thirty percent? Or fifty percent?

No one could say for sure.

"You did great, it's already perfect. Don't believe me? Look at the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang; now, he's looking at you with the gaze reserved for the strong."

Shen Qiang's words made Qingxuan shy.

At the same time.

The sound of the Sea Emperor's scepter striking the ground resonated once more from afar.

"Citizens of Atlantic City, your goddess has been possessed by a devil. She has raised the butcher's knife against us. Therefore, use your courage to defeat her; capture her alive. We will eventually expel the devil within her!"

With his roar.

Numerous Atlantic City sea demons screamed and charged again, that scene like dark clouds pressing down on the land, causing even the elite sea demons selected for the task to change color in astonishment.

"There are too many! Even if they all stand still for us to cut down, we might not have the strength to kill them all!"

"Quantity leads to quality! So many sea demons; it's impossible for a few dozen people to handle."

"Fight desperately! Kill one and break even, kill two and gain one!"

The battle continued.

In the midst of close-quarter combat, the individual combat ability still showed the selected elite sea demons to be formidable.

However.

There are indeed too many sea demons in Atlantic City, because it is the gathering place of the Sea Emperor Clan.

This is their lair.

Moreover, when his gaze fell on the mockingly calm eyes of the Sea Emperor and the powerful sea demons beside him, Shen Qiang understood that the Sea Emperor did not care about those ordinary sea demons; he cared only about those truly strong ones.

That's why he kept the truly strong sea demons by his side.

Choosing to use a large number of ordinary sea demons to overwhelm Shen Qiang and others.

This is not difficult to understand, after all, ordinary sea demons only need to be born, but existences like the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang not only require a long time to grow but more importantly, no one knows out of how many sea demons such a being will emerge.

"How strange." As Shen Qiang was frowning in thought, beside him, Jinli Qianning expressed puzzlement: "I think this Sea Emperor is a bit insane. He talks about Athena being the enemy while worshipping her in the temple, saying he will never let Athena leave here, yet also tells the Atlantic City sea demons that Athena is their goddess."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed, bringing Jinli Qianning closer, and whispered: "This is normal; humans also love doing such things. For instance, the favorite singers of other singers are usually deceased ones, and the favorite authors of other authors are those who have passed away, as are the most admired people, undoubtedly deceased."

"Why?" Jinli Qianning questioned in surprise.

Shen Qiang laughed: "Because the dead won't take away their glory. The Sea Emperor is still alive; if he says he is the god of Atlantic City, it would make him appear arrogant, so it has to be someone else. If other gods are worshipped by the Atlantic City sea demons, then his existence is a joke."

"So someone representing justice, sanctity, wisdom, and unrivaled beauty like Athena is undoubtedly the most suitable choice, because she is already dead. Even if the Atlantic City sea demons worship her, they wouldn't betray the Sea Emperor because of it."

Jinli Qianning's eyes sparkled instantly: "I understand now why a singer who wasn't very famous before becomes a classic after death, and countless singers extol them—it's like this!"

Shen Qiang smiled and said: "Therefore, the Sea Emperor's hostility towards Athena while worshipping her is not surprising, just meeting a need!"

Qian Ning uttered an 'oh' and turned her gaze to Qingxuan, moving her lips but swallowing back the words that almost escaped.

Boom!

At this moment, among the many surrounding Atlantic City sea demons, a seemingly ordinary sea demon suddenly unleashed a breathtaking power, sending the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang flying with a bang.

Instantly, Shen Qiang's heart sank to the bottom of the sea.

"Indeed... the Sea Emperor is not simple, strong ones hidden among the weak, it's when they launch a fatal blow that's most dangerous!"