Chapter 3543: Medusa (9)

This trident had been given to Poseidon by the Cyclopes during the Titanomachy.

It possessed incredible power. When used as a weapon, the trident could easily stir up towering tsunamis and ferocious gales to submerge the land. It could smash all things into powder and even trigger powerful earthquakes capable of detonating the entire world.

Poseidon’s trident was not only a weapon; it was also used as a tool to shatter rocks.

Poseidon would use the trident to break boulders, allowing fresh springs to flow from the cracks and irrigate the earth so that farmers could enjoy bountiful harvests in all four seasons. Because of this, Poseidon was also known as a god of harvest.

The trident was an exceptionally formidable weapon. It could bring blessings to humanity, but it could just as easily bring them ruin.

Essentially, the vast majority of Poseidon’s power originated from this trident.

It wasn’t that Poseidon himself had mastered the power of the ocean. Rather, it was this trident that stirred up the waves and winds. His authority did not stem from a personal mastery of water’s fundamental ordinance.

Consequently, when faced with Ning Shu’s ordinance power—especially her pure ordinance of water—his weapon immediately sputtered out.

Ning Shu offered a silent prayer of thanks to all the gods. It was precisely because of their existence that the suppression in this plane was not particularly strong.

This was absolutely wonderful!

Poseidon’s face turned red with frustration. He frantically flourished his trident, but he simply could not whip up any stormy waves.

The sea remained calm and peaceful. It was a complete humiliation.

Athena watched the red-faced Poseidon and frowned.

“What is wrong with you?” she asked.

The power of this trident was something even the god of the underworld feared. Hades worried that if it were used with too much force, the entire universe might crack open, exposing his underworld to the light of day.

Now, there wasn’t even the sound of a ripple. The scene was beyond awkward.

“How should I know what’s going on?” Poseidon was infuriated. In a fit of rage, he slammed the trident heavily into the ground. As it struck, a massive fissure immediately tore through the earth, and the entire city of Athens began to rock and sway.

The immense power of the trident made the earth tremble. Chaos immediately erupted in Athens as houses collapsed and cries of grief filled the air. Some people were even buried directly beneath the falling walls.

Furthermore, Athena’s temple sat right at the center of the tremors. It endured incredibly violent vibrations. If divine power hadn’t been protecting the structure, the temple would have collapsed by now.

Athena was instantly pushed past her limit. A bolt of lightning struck toward Poseidon. “Poseidon, you destroy my city! You ruin my city-state! I am not finished with you!”

Poseidon saw that the trident’s power still worked on land, but he couldn’t understand why it couldn’t stir up any storms at sea. His attention was entirely focused on his weapon. When Athena’s lightning hit him, even his beard began to smoke.

Poseidon: …

I won’t settle the score with you just yet. My weapon is malfunctioning.

Poseidon opened his hand. The trident shook as it pulled itself out of the earth and flew back into his grip.

He waved the trident, trying once more to raise a great wave, but the surface of the sea remained perfectly still. Occasionally, a small fish even leaped out of the water, flicking its tail as it swam away.

Dammit, dammit, dammit!

Poseidon began biting, pulling, and hammering at the trident, hoping the malfunctioning weapon would recover.

Ning Shu watched silently from the side. It would be best if Poseidon and Athena actually started a real fight. Then, she could just make a run for it.

In this situation, how could she possibly stay in the temple as a priestess?

If she stayed, she would just be a punching bag for Athena to vent her anger on. Besides, the entire city was now a mess of ruins under the ministrations of the brawny Poseidon. Both humans and livestock had been killed.

It would be a miracle if Athena didn’t go insane. Back then, Athena had turned Medusa into a hideous Gorgon simply because her temple had been defiled. She had made it so that no one dared look into Medusa’s eyes, lest they be turned to stone.

Now that a disaster of this scale had occurred, Athena would likely chop her into mincemeat.

With a dark expression, Athena began attacking Poseidon while he was busy fumbling with his weapon.

Poseidon was worried sick. To make matters worse, Athena was beside him, constantly nagging and hitting him with lightning bolts that made his hair stand on end.

Now that a disaster of this scale had occurred, Athena would likely chop her into mincemeat.

With a dark expression, Athena began attacking Poseidon while he was busy fumbling with his weapon.

Poseidon was worried sick. To make matters worse, Athena was beside him, constantly nagging and hitting him with lightning bolts that made his hair stand on end.

Could you just shut up for a second? Let me fix my weapon!

Poseidon was naturally ill-tempered. Now that Athena had raised a hand against him, he didn’t back down an inch. The two began to brawl directly.

When gods fought, mortals suffered. The divine pressure leaking from the two made life miserable for the humans in Athens. Either lightning fell from the sky, or sudden earthquakes struck again.

As the fight continued, the number of casualties rose steadily. Many people knelt down to beg the gods for mercy. Athena, whose head had been spinning with rage, suddenly snapped back to her senses.

If they kept fighting, it would only plunge her city-state into further chaos and turmoil.

“There is something wrong with your weapon. You should ask her what she did!” Athena pointed at Ning Shu, who was watching from the sidelines.

Ning Shu had a look of confused innocence. “What did I do? Please, keep fighting. Don’t mind me. Don’t worry about me at all.”

Poseidon’s bloodshot eyes fixed on Ning Shu. “It’s you! It was you!”

He had tried to raise a tsunami several times, but each time, this woman had neutralized it with just a flick of her finger.

Poseidon was furious. What was he supposed to do if he lost the ocean? He would lose his entire domain.

After defeating the previous king of the gods, the king of the Titans, Kronos, the three brothers had drawn lots to divide the world. On the surface, the sky, the sea, and the land were divided equally among them, but the internal distribution of power was clearly unbalanced.

Zeus frequently boasted that he could pull the earth and the sea up together and hang them from Mount Olympus.

Poseidon: Son of a…

On the surface, Poseidon had to respect Zeus’s status as the principal god, but in his heart, he was far from convinced. The earthquakes and tsunamis were all expressions of the indignation in his heart.

Wouldn’t the current situation just give his brother Zeus an opportunity? If he couldn’t control the ocean, could there be anything more tragic?

Zeus would take the chance to seize control of the sea.

Would his eldest brother, the god of the underworld, also take the opportunity to mess with him?

In any case, the dimwit Poseidon had enemies everywhere. He was eccentric enough to have even kidnapped his own sister-in-law.

Like his brother Zeus, Poseidon was exceptionally lecherous. Their eldest brother, Hades, was very just and powerful, but possessed a peaceful temperament.

Aside from taking the daughter of the harvest goddess, Persephone, to be his wife, he had committed no other misdeeds.

Hades had a very cold personality. Both of his younger brothers had married wives and kept many lovers, yet he had only one wife and not a single mistress.

One day, he developed feelings for the daughter of the harvest goddess and wanted to marry her. This event shook the three realms.

After hearing the news, the buffoon Poseidon kidnapped Hades’s queen of the underworld and took her to his palace beneath the sea.

When the god of the underworld came to demand her return, Poseidon even went so far as to provoke his eldest brother.

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