Chapter 291: An Astonishing Turn of Events on Fishmen Island (2/2)

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Winter had clearly passed and the weather was slowly becoming warm, but Croakatoa couldn’t help shivering

It took off its shades and watched the skies doubtfully.

While the ocean skies were volatile, what it was seeing is definitely not normal.

Right now, dark clouds had occupied eighty percent of the visible sky, but it was not the usual gloomy weather that blanketed the entire world before a typhoon. Instead, a restlessly swirling vortex had appeared above the seas, as if some demon king was about to be born from it.

For better or worse, the Warty Tidal Flats was Croakatoa’s hometown. Even though it was now a part of the Players’ fellowship, it would often return to the frogmen village to farm dungeons or for dinner gatherings, and was therefore aware of what usually happens at sea.

In no time at all, Croakatoa realized what was right beneath the massive vortex cloud in the skies.

“The fishmen island? Could it be due to the Players not farming it over the last few days?”

Croakatoa tilted its head, puzzled by the situation.

But as it looked on in shock, something really came through the cloudy vortex from the skies and landed straight on the fishmen island!

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Xi Wei naturally was aware of the strange occurrence on fishmen island.

In fact, he even knew what was actually happening to the fishmen island… the divine power he had laid on it was knocked out by another divine power, creating new fishmen albeit at a slow pace!

Xi Wei was not unacquainted with the aspect of the divine power as well—it was the Ocean Goddess’s divine power, sealed within the Sea Sapphire.

Clearly, the Ocean Goddess had taken some time off her confrontation against the Earthweaver, came here on a whim to see how a noob good like Xi Wei was faring with the trial she had imposed on him.

Hence, she realized that not only was Xi Wei perfectly fine, but his believers were also playing around her fishmen island like it was a farm.

Therefore, she freaked out.

Still, she couldn’t really make a direct move against Xi Wei since she still has to be wary about the Earthweaver, one of the Seven Divine Fathers. That said, she managed to spare some divine power, causing a surge in fishmen population on the island and even dumping a Boss-class monster called the Night Tide Dragon.

As with the Ultimate Drake blown up by Jessica with Sefarim—the elves’ greatest treasure, the Night Tide Dragon wasn’t a true dragon. That said, compared to the pseudo dragons such as wyverns that were a source of meat or mounts for humans, it was untold times stronger since it was next to the true dragon bloodlines when it came to purity…

And at first, Xi Wei thought that the Ocean Goddess would be going for his face.

However, he had moved the location of his divine kingdom slightly after she had fired her lance into his domain, and it was unlikely for her to find him immediately again—not that she would spare the time to do so anyway. So, that was why she could only aim her fury at the newbies who were farming fishmen on fishmen island…

“Isn’t that a coincidence?” Xi Wei muttered, sliding a glance at the corpse of the Dead Red Dragon behind him which he had altered halfway. “And here I was thinking that this gimmick I’m making is not up to standard for the second round of the tourney, the ‘dragon-slaying heroes’…”

At that very thought, Xi Wei extended a tentacle, crafted a message with his divine power and sent it up the vortex above fishmen island.

“Thank you for spawning a Boss, Ocean Goddess!’

Purple-red thunder promptly exploded out of the clouds of gloom, blasting the hundreds of fishmen along with the dozen of barely-surviving Players within an inch of their lives.

Nonetheless, the Players were clearly the Ocean Goddess’s target and the fishmen were merely caught in the middle—but it’s their own fault raising steel weapons up high while encircling the Players.

“That woman really strikes out at her own followers too when she’s mad…”

Xi Wei shrank a little when he saw what had happened, and began to draft a message that he would send out to the Players hanging around Lancaster for the Twin City Cup.