Chapter 133: The Ocean Gods Trial (1/2)

In reality, Xi Wei had run into some trouble when the tsunami happened.

He even had to contact the Great Lion on his own volition and ask for his help.

“You’re saying that this blue light pierced your Divine Kingdom right in front of your face?” The Great Lion asked as he stared at the seemingly solid radiance that resembled a sky-blue spear stabbed into the ground.

“That’s right. It was so scary…” Xi Wei was still fearful after the fact.

That being said, his Divine Kingdom was not actually being invaded—the last guy who attempted to do that was still in the blender being squeezed for more juice. But whatever this thing was, it was at once so invasive and devastating that Xi Wei did not dare to examine for himself what it actually was.

It was fortunate that the Great Lion had seen and known much, and he had a look that said ‘I see’ after his snow-white tail poked at the solid radiance just once.

“What is that thing?” Xi Wei quickly asked.

“This thing is the divine power of the Ocean God. You’ve really made her mad…”[1]

“Oh no, save me!” Xi Wei pleaded for the Great Lion’s aid.

“No saving. Just die. Goodbye!” The Great Lion was intending to leave at that, but Xi Wei managed to catch him in the end.

“Fine. This divine light is basically an olive branch… uh, that’s not quite right.” The Great Lion seemed to hesitate how he should go about explaining things, and hung his head to think for half a day before simply telling it as it is. “To put it in a nutshell, she has used his divine power to send a letter of challenge. She would have you go through the Three Trials, and if you do not pass, she would personally kill you even if you survive.”

“Well, does that mean our grievances would be cleared if I passed the trails?” Xi Wei’s spherical form brightened as if catching sight of hope.

“No way. She would probably take you in as a sub-deity… if you pass the trials, that is.” The Great Lion did not hesitate to reply.

“Why don’t she just come over and beat me up.”

Xi Wei stubbornly insisted that it was impossible for him to become a sub-deity. Not in this life.

“According to my sources, the Church of Earth is having some landfill project or whatnot, to the point that the Ocean God is directing most of her strength to a standoff against the Earthweaver. That’s why she doesn’t have time to care about a weakling god like you.”

The Great Lion answered, “Anyway, the Three Trials would present themselves in a sequence, and this divine power records the content for one of those trials. Your believers would go through the first one: she had left one Fishmen Island near your Church.”

“F-Fishmen Island?”

Xi Wei could not help thinking of that little isle ten thousand leagues beneath the sea in One Piece.

Still, he recovered soon enough: although this world does indeed have fishmen that were similar to mermaids, those were rarer even when compared to the frogmen.

Moreover, generally speaking, fishmen were more similar to the Murloc monsters that had four limbs, a fish head, and walked upright as depicted in World of Warcraft.