Chapter 668 - 663 Zeus's Golden Apple
Due to often suffering from discrimination and mockery, even though the characteristics of Priapus were so obvious, they still made him feel quite inferior.
This time, when God King Zeus led All Gods in a battle against invaders from Otherworld, even though Priapus tried very hard to show his loyalty and wanted to prove his valiance on the battlefield to gain recognition from others and even hoped to bond with comrades-in-arms!
But God King Zeus simply ignored him.
It’s not Zeus’s fault, after all, allowing this guy to roam around Mount Olympus was already quite unseemly, let alone sending Priapus to the battlefield—wouldn’t that be throwing the face of All Gods to Otherworld!
Therefore, for the face of the Divine System, he decided to let this guy stay behind. After all, strutting around with a big “asset” on the battlefield was really not very elegant!
However, war is ultimately a man’s affair, although some female divines are also very powerful, such as his Heavenly Empress Hera and Athena, Goddess of War and Wisdom, all top-level divines with great divine power.
But relatively speaking, most of the powerful divines were male.
So after Zeus led a large number of divines away, those who stayed on Mount Olympus were mostly female divines led by Heavenly Empress Hera, with relatively fewer male divines.
Considering the chaotic relationships among divines, Zeus was quite worried about the potential misbehavior of the goddesses in his absence.
Especially since there was Priapus, an oddity who strutted around all day, it was easy to stir up some goddesses’ flirty hearts, so before Zeus left, he specifically instructed Priapus not to wander around the Divine Mountain without necessity.
This completely shattered Priapus’ last bit of hope—imposing restrictions on him even in a time when there were more women than men on the Divine Mountain, when would he ever be able to marry a beautiful goddess?
Feeling utterly disheartened, Priapus left Mount Olympus, wandering the earth, intending to take a walk outside to clear his mind, when he unexpectedly came across a powerful Demigoddess.
Although she was just a Demigoddess, Priapus keenly sensed that this woman was not far from the Divine Realm, and most importantly, she was an extremely beautiful woman, even more beautiful than many of the goddesses on Mount Olympus.
This immediately piqued his interest.
If he couldn’t marry a goddess on the Divine Mountain, then, with his prestigious status, marrying a Demigoddess shouldn’t be a problem, right!
Moreover, she was a Demigoddess now, but who knows, she might become a goddess in the future, and by then, both her status and power would be worthy of him.
So Priapus’ eyes gleamed, and he quickly stepped forward, “Beautiful Demigoddess, I am the God of Fertility, Priapus. I would like to invite you…”
“Get lost!”
Before he could finish, a cold shout stopped his speech.
“…Who are you?”
Priapus then noticed there was a man in front of him.
What angered him even more was that this man was blocking the woman he fancied, and his tone became irritably aggressive, “Kid, this has nothing to do with you, step aside!”
After speaking, he unconsciously took another step forward, looking at Li Miaozhen with infatuated eyes, “Such a beautiful woman is rare even on the Divine Mountain, only such beauty is worthy of my prestigious status…”
“Worthy my ass!”
Seeing that not only was this man’s image indecent, but he was also daringly leering at her and verbally harassing her, Li Miaozhen became extremely angry.
Her temper flared, and without caring that they were not too far from the Divine Mountain, she quickly pulled Qin Feng aside, drew the White Tiger Saber, and with a swift motion, chopped down.
“Ah…”
Priapus had invested all his spirit in Li Miao Zhen, instinctively believing that she, being a native demigod of this realm, must have heard of his reputation and would not dare to strike at him, a divine being. Thus, he was utterly unguarded.
But then, a flash of white light appeared followed by a chilling sensation in his lower body, as that weapon, which could make all male gods of Mount Olympus blush, was severed.
Such ferocity in the pain of castration!
In an instant, Priapus was jolted from his stupor.
Then, he discovered that the weapon, which had been both his pride and his shame, was cleanly severed by the beautiful woman before him!
This…
The once God of Fertility, if he were to lose this, might not even be able to receive the power of faith anymore.
He might even lose all his followers who prayed to him for strength and progeny!
For who would pray to a eunuch deity? Their prayers not only would fail to bear robust offspring but might also lead to feeble results, with children possibly related to the neighbors!
Thus, Priapus was both shocked and furious.
He didn’t even bother to cover his wound nor seek revenge on Li Miao Zhen; instead, he hastily reached for his fallen treasure.
As a deity, he still had a way to retrieve the treasure that granted him the power of faith.
But before his hand could reach it, a burst of flames suddenly engulfed it.
It was Qin Feng, flicking a World-Purifying Holy Flame from his fingertips, attempting to purify that indecent object!
Unexpectedly, a burst of power of faith emanated from the object, resisting the white Holy Flame and preventing it from making contact.
“Hmm?”
Qin Feng raised an eyebrow and waved his hand, launching Soul Burning Demon Flame, Pure Yang Fire, and Curse Fire one after another, all descending upon it.
Then with a gentle wave of his sleeve, a gust of Golden Wind transformed into countless tiny Wind Blades, ruthlessly slicing the object into pieces, which were then consumed by the flames and burned to ashes!
In a distant plain, within a simple divine temple, several men worshipping a divine statue suddenly sensed something and looked up to see the large appendage beneath the waist of the statue break off and shatter upon hitting the ground.
“This…”
The men were startled.
The entire statue was carved from hard rock, and the fallen treasure was protected by the power of faith, normally immune to any marks from ordinary swords. Yet, such a sturdy object fell and shattered on the ground—who would believe it?
“I can’t sense the presence of the deity anymore!”
An elderly man shakily stood up, his face full of shock: “I was planning to have a few more descendants, how could the great God of Fertility abandon us at this time?”
“It must be because you, old man, are too greedy, at your age and still lascivious, marrying so many young women, why?”
A middle-aged man directed his anger toward him: “It’s all because of you that the great God of Fertility abandoned us, perhaps we should kill you to atone to the deity, then craft a bigger treasure and place it up there for the deity to look favorably upon us again!”
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“Ah…” Priapus cried out in despair, “You… you dared to destroy my… I will kill you!”
Filled with pain and despair, he only thought of killing the couple in front of him, free of any lust.
However, once he lost the source of his faith, his Divine Power was subtly affected.
Moreover, he was not a divine known for his War Power, and his Divine Status was never famous for being strong in battle.
At the very least, his abilities in actual combat were far inferior to other divines.
Therefore, as soon as the fight started, he was brutally beaten by Qin Feng and Li Miao Zhen, who had yet to dissipate her anger.
Priapus’s War Power was far less than the invulnerable Achilles, and now both adversaries had grown even stronger than before, so he quickly received severe injuries.
He then realized that although he possessed a Divine Status, apart from fooling his followers with it, he had hardly fought anyone.
Goddesses preferred not to fight him, as it was rather unseemly.
Likewise, the male gods on Mount Olympus were also reluctant to fight him, as they couldn’t very well damage his most noticeable Treasure!
Although they disliked him, he still had substantial backing. Despite his unpopularity, they had to consider his parents.
Priapus’s mother, Aphrodite, was not only the most beautiful goddess on Mount Olympus but also one of the twelve Main Gods.
As for his father, some said it was the Wine God Dionysus, others said it was God King Zeus, and still others claimed it was Hermes. It was quite confusing.
But no matter which, all were among the twelve Main Gods.
It was because of this status that, despite Priapus’s oddity, he was allowed to live on Mount Olympus and was not driven out by All Gods, nor did any divine openly battle him.
Now, having recognized his reality, Priapus wanted to beg for mercy.
Even if his Power of Faith was severed, it wasn’t the end of the world as he could find another way to connect it.
But if he lost his life, then he would truly lose everything!
However, Li Miao Zhen felt extreme disgust for him and wouldn’t listen to his words, instead striding forward and cutting him into several pieces, killing him on the spot.
“Sigh…”
After killing the man who had dared to flirt with her, Li Miao Zhen finally took a long breath, releasing some of her fury.
“Let’s go!”
She sheathed her sword and said to Qin Feng, “We need to leave this place quickly. Even if this fellow was deplorable, the fall of a divine here will still create some disturbance. We should hurry away to prevent delaying our next plans!”
Qin Feng raised an eyebrow, looking at her with some surprise.
It seemed that after killing that man, his senior sister’s mood had indeed relaxed a lot, otherwise she wouldn’t have spoken so calmly about leaving.
“Okay!”
Qin Feng smiled and nodded, his back manifesting a giant dragon head that opened its mouth to spew large flames onto the remains of Priapus. Even if it couldn’t completely incinerate the body, at least it would leave fewer traces to avoid detection by any Divine beings investigating the scene.
However, slaying a Divine being not far from the Divine Mountain was an affront to the mountain itself and might impact their subsequent plans.
“Forget it, let’s just blend in first!”
Qin Feng shook his head, turning around to quickly leave the area with Li Miaozhen.
Although no Divine being had come to investigate yet, the city wasn’t too far away, and the powerful figures in the city would soon sense the disturbance and investigate. It was better for them to avoid getting caught firsthand.
In the days that followed, although the nearby area was in turmoil due to the death of a Divine being, the chaos didn’t last long. Even the team Qin Feng and his companions joined wasn’t much affected and continued to move towards the Divine Mountain.
Apparently, this was because Priapus wasn’t highly regarded, and his mother Aphrodite was not on the Divine Mountain, so no one was truly inclined to find his killer.
Besides, even if they searched, they were likely not to find anything, as the gods knew that at most only a few invaders might have infiltrated, and it wasn’t worth dispatching many gods from the Divine Mountain for such few, risking a diversionary tactic from the enemy.
Initially, Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen pretended to lead over a thousand cavalry to search for the assassin of Priapus, but when the investigating Divine beings suggested abandoning the pointless search, they proceeded with the main force towards the Divine Mountain!
After several days of travel, they finally arrived at the base of the legendary Divine Mountain where all gods resided.
Unlike ordinary soldiers, the army camped at the mountain base was trained by powerful beings, and they, being demigods and stronger, played a more significant role on the battlefield and were thus more valued by the gods.
After selections, many demigod warriors were chosen to serve as guards on the Divine Mountain to fill the vacancies left by Zeus leading many of his followers away.
At minimum, there needed to be enough guards in various places of the Divine Mountain to showcase its majesty!
Then, these demigods, who were powerful and authoritative in their own countries, became ordinary guards on the Divine Mountain.
Despite their reservations, these demigods dared not complain, as defying the command of the Heavenly Empress Hera would be unimaginable!
However, serving as guards on the mountain wasn’t without perks; the food and cultivation environment here were ten times better than what they had in their own countries.
Here, not only were there various rare divine fruits and places where Spiritual Power condensed into tangible mists, but also treasures containing the Power of Laws, which allowed these demigods to feel significant progress in their cultivation.
Living here long-term might enable some of the more outstanding among them to achieve Divine Status!
This was one of the reasons Hera and others were willing to bring these demigods up the mountain.
Now, the World Will was also eager to see more Divine beings emerge to strengthen the world’s power and protect its origin.
Otherwise, losing so many Divine beings on the battlefield without replenishment would be highly detrimental to the situation!
Of course, Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen couldn’t benefit as much as the other demigods, but their goals were never these.
Otherwise, if it were just for cultivation, they wouldn’t have risked coming here!
They set their sights on a greater opportunity.
For example… the Golden Apple planted by God King Zeus in the garden!
Due to the outbreak of the inter-realm war, Zeus had withdrawn many Divine beings, aiming to achieve a final victory and took the Hesperides, the three goddesses guarding the Holy Garden, to the front lines, leaving only the Hundred-Headed Giant Dragon Ladon to guard.