Chapter 3566: Medusa (32)
Chapter 3566: Medusa (32)
Therefore, Ning Shu decided that no matter what, she had to keep Zeus here today. Even if it cost her her life, he could not leave.
Besides, Zeus’s disappearance would surely benefit certain individuals. These gods were not a single, solid block. Everyone had their own selfish motives.
Zeus even had a history of being betrayed. He was the god of the sky, but because he didn’t manage the affairs of the mortal world, he was also called the ‘idle god.’ Not that he did nothing—he possessed a powerful thunderbolt, and when Zeus got angry, the heavens would thunder.
Once, Hera joined forces with Athena, Poseidon, and Apollo. While Zeus was sleeping, they used a rawhide rope to bind him. They placed his thunderbolt where he couldn’t reach it.
While he was tied up, Zeus threatened to execute the whole lot of them—no, the whole lot of gods. They just mocked him, telling him to go ahead and try.
Unfortunately, they started arguing over who should succeed him as the god of the sky. Just as they were about to come to blows, the water goddess Thetis stepped in.
Thanks to the sea goddess, Zeus broke his seal and returned to full strength. He used golden bracelets to bind Hera, the leader of the rebellion, and hung her up. The other gods watched her miserable state with irritation, but none dared to rescue her.
Eventually, to calm their anger, Zeus released Hera and declared her his legitimate wife, on the condition that the gods swear never to rebel again.
Later, Poseidon and Apollo were punished and sent to Troy. Only Athena went unpunished. This showed that Zeus recognized her strength and held a great deal of affection for her. The walls of Troy were actually the product of the hard labor Poseidon and his group were forced to do after their failed rebellion.
Having been betrayed by his wife, children, and brother, it was clear that the king of the gods didn’t have everyone’s heart—or rather, every god’s heart.
Without his thunderbolt, the king of the gods would be a lamb led to the slaughter.
Ning Shu looked at the lightning in Zeus’s hand. What if she snatched it and tied him up?
Zeus’s weapons, the thunderbolt and the Aegis, were crafted by the Cyclopes. Not just his, but Poseidon’s trident and Hades’s helmet of invisibility were also their handiwork.
How could she take the weapon from him? Once Zeus was dead, the other gods would be too busy nominating a new king of the gods to worry about her.
Ning Shu lunged at Zeus in a flash. She reached out and grabbed the thunderbolt in his hand. The moment she gripped the weapon, her hair stood on end, and her beautiful face twisted in agony. It was too painful.
Zeus was stunned. He hadn’t expected this reckless girl to rush up and try to steal his belongings. She really had no regard for her own life.
The power in the thunderbolt grew even stronger. Ning Shu felt as if her body was being turned into powder by the electricity. He was clearly ramping up the output.
Ning Shu refused to let go. With her other hand, she clawed at the wound on Zeus’s arm. Being grabbed at his sore spot, Zeus’s arm flinched reflexively. Ning Shu gave the thunderbolt a hard yank, but she couldn’t pull it free. Instead, Zeus kicked her away.
She tumbled through the air before hitting the sea with a splash.
Ning Shu: …
Zeus looked down at her gloomily. He raised the thunderbolt and released a blast of lightning at her while simultaneously stowing the weapon away. Seeing that she wanted to steal it, he made sure to hide it.
Ning Shu quickly protected herself with a boundary. She had already been beaten into a bloody mess before trying to snatch the weapon, and now her body was on the verge of collapse.
She was made of flesh and blood! It hurt, okay? She had to suffer through pain several times in every mission. She was truly putting her life on the line!
As she progressed, Ning Shu realized that her entrustors’ statuses were getting lower and their strength was becoming weaker. To achieve a counterattack required a massive amount of effort, and the difficulty had increased significantly.
Seeing Zeus hide his weapon like a coward, Ning Shu couldn’t help but feel a bit speechless.
Use your weapon if you’re so capable!
Since you won’t use it, then let’s have a real brawl and see who comes out on top.
Ning Shu opened her hand and manifested a massive hammer. While gripping it with both hands, she raised it high and swung it down toward Zeus.
Zeus used his shield to block her hammer. The impact of the two weapons meeting created a massive shockwave.
Ning Shu was sent flying by the recoil, but Zeus didn’t have an easy time either. She swung the giant hammer at him again.
Zeus felt quite exasperated and could only endure her attacks head-on. He found it strange that this seemingly delicate human girl possessed such extraordinary strength.
If the aegis hadn’t been so sturdy, it might have cracked under the force of her blows.
Zeus realized that only his lightning seemed to have any effect on this brat. In terms of pure physical strength, he couldn’t beat her. This woman’s power was staggering.
Zeus brought out his thunderbolt again. The moment he did, Ning Shu’s eyes turned green with greed. She reached out and grabbed it.
Zeus: …
What was wrong with her? Was she obsessed with his weapon?
Ning Shu endured the pain as she wrestled with Zeus over the thunderbolt. Neither of them would let go. Finally, Ning Shu looked behind Zeus with a face full of horror. “Athena?”
Zeus was startled by the name and immediately turned his head.
“Freeze!” Ning Shu slapped a talisman on him, locking him in place.
She gave a powerful yank and snatched the thunderbolt from his hand. Once she had it, she immediately used a boundary to seal the weapon.
Zeus broke free from the talisman and glared at her gloomily. “You lied to me.”
“All is fair in war. Besides, I really did see Athena,” Ning Shu said with a smile. They were enemies now. What was the point in talking about lies?
Without his weapon, Zeus had essentially lost an arm, and his combat power dropped significantly.
Ning Shu shook her numb arm. It had lost all sensation from the electricity. This was so miserable!
Ning Shu pointed her finger, and the seawater gathered into a boundary that enveloped Zeus.
Zeus was trapped inside a bubble-like sphere. He struggled to get out, but he couldn’t break free. Moreover, the boundary was filled with water. Zeus floated inside, unable to find any solid ground.
His face turned pale with rage as he roared at Ning Shu, but the moment he opened his mouth, water rushed in. It was impossible to hear a word he was saying.
Ning Shu sat on the surface of the water to rest for a moment. She felt her body couldn’t take much more. Even though she cultivated Unsurpassable Martial Arts and her physical constitution had improved, her blood was nearly tapped out after enduring one powerful lightning strike after another.
“Come down here,” Ning Shu called out to the bird that had been circling high in the sky.
This thing’s courage was non-existent. The moment the fighting started, it had flown as high as it could, terrified out of its wits.
How pathetic! It had no awareness of itself as a powerful creature.