Legend Management Bureau Chapter 157

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“Uh… Kill the ruler of Huaxia?” Du Yu was so startled he nearly dropped everything in his arms onto the floor. “No, wait, shouldn’t we discuss this kind of thing in private? You are saying this in front of so many people…”

“Du Yu! Is that really the point here?” Dong Qianqiu interjected from the side.

“Oh! Right!” Du Yu finally snapped back to his senses. “Why would I want to kill these immortals, and why would I want to unify the Huaxia pantheon?”

“Do you not wish to stand at the apex? When you grow powerful, even if you do not kill others, others will want to kill you.” Medusa’s eyes looked as if they held countless stories.

“Kill me just because I get stronger?” Du Yu turned to look at the Queen Mother of the West. “Your Majesty, if I become a Great Luo Golden Immortal, would you kill me?”

“Do I look insane to you?” The Queen Mother was practically exasperated to death. “There are so many Great Luo Golden Immortals in the Huaxia Heavenly Realm. Am I supposed to go around killing them one by one?”

“Then what if I become a mighty figure of the Heavenly Realm?”

The Queen Mother completely lost any desire to entertain him, coldly snapping, “Get lost. Do not annoy me.”

“Hehe.” Du Yu turned back to Medusa. “Gorgon, you saw that too. I am actually on great terms with these immortals. We will not end up fighting at all.”

Du Yu turned his head to look at the Queen Mother, then lowered his gaze in brief thought before saying, “Yes, I am afraid of her, but I have never once thought about killing her. Quite the opposite, I actually like her a lot.”

Gorgon could not help but freeze. This did not align with her expectations.

A faint blush crept onto the Queen Mother’s face. She immediately let out a cold harrumph and muttered very softly, “Insolent…”

Du Yu continued, “The ruler of our mortal realm might not have any personal ties with me, but he ensures the country is peaceful and the people are prosperous, so I like him too. The rulers of the Underworld are likewise two highly respected and beloved immortals. I will not hurt any of them, do you understand?”

“Du Yu, all I know is that with a single command from you, the entire Greek Divine Realm will fight for your sake. I just want to ensure you have no worries about your rear.”

At this, the Huaxia immortals could no longer sit still.

“Hey, snake woman, did you not hear what Du Yu just said? He does not want to follow your orders.”

“Yeah, exactly!”

“Haha.” Du Yu chuckled and told Gorgon, “You probably still do not understand, and I am afraid I cannot explain it clearly either.”

He handed all the divine artifacts in his arms over to Gorgon and said, “Everyone in this world has their own way of living. Conflict is not our only method of survival.”

Medusa’s expression grew somewhat sluggish as she lapsed into silence.

“Do you remember, Gorgon? If I were someone who craved power, why would I have helped you survive back then? I should have curried favor with Athena and helped her kill you. After all, you had absolutely nothing at the time, while Athena was the Goddess of War.”

Although Du Yu’s mindset had not changed, Medusa had transformed into an entirely different person over two thousand years of slaughter. Today, she completely saw through the absolute necessity of power.

For anyone dealing with the gods, lacking power meant their final outcome would inevitably be a miserable death.

Therefore, she was exceptionally worried about Du Yu.

She could not wait to bring Du Yu power.

But why was Du Yu acting so calm and collected? Was the Huaxia pantheon… truly different from the Greek one?

She was just about to say something when she suddenly furrowed her brow, catching the faint rumble of thunder echoing in the sky.

Medusa immediately whipped her head toward the Queen Mother and demanded, “Huaxia Divine Lord, are you preparing to make a move against me?!”

The Queen Mother looked at Medusa expressionlessly and replied, “Even if I were to make a move, I would certainly give you fair warning. Why would I ever resort to a sneak attack?”

Medusa nodded. “If it is not you, then ‘he’ must have arrived!”

With those words, she grabbed the Thunder Spear and the Aegis of Athena in a panic and dashed out of the room.

Everyone was confused. Who had arrived?

“Weaver Girl, send a voice transmission to the God of Thunder. Ask him why heavenly thunder is suddenly descending.” The Queen Mother was rather perplexed. Had the God of Thunder and Goddess of Lightning suddenly grown a death wish? Did they not know she was here?

Weaver Girl lowered her head in thought for a moment before suddenly looking up. “Your Majesty, the God of Thunder says they did not summon any lightning at all. Furthermore, knowing that Your Majesty is visiting the Underworld these past few days, they specifically canceled all thunderstorms in the Underworld for the next month.”

“What a joke. They did not summon the thunder, and I have not made a move. Could it be that Medusa is striking herself with lightning?”

Du Yu was the first to rush out the door, with the host of immortals following closely behind.

They saw Medusa standing in the center of the courtyard. The dark clouds above her head were gradually twisting into a massive black vortex, rolling with thunderous roars. Its imposing momentum was in no way inferior to the might of the Queen Mother’s attacks.

“This is…” The Queen Mother frowned. “I feel like I have seen this heavenly thunder somewhere before…”

Medusa pointed at the sky and shouted loudly, “Are you simply unwilling to let me off?! It has been over a thousand years, yet you come more and more frequently. Do you want to kill me that badly?!”

Du Yu paused, asking, “Who exactly is here?”

The immortals carefully probed the area, but they could not sense even half a person inside the dark clouds.

“It is Zeus’s vengeful spirit!” Medusa roared in anger. “Ever since I killed Zeus, his vengeful spirit has been attacking me with the power of thunder!”

Zeus’s… vengeful spirit?

Black and White Impermanence looked up, their faces full of confusion.

Where was this vengeful spirit? They could not sense any aura at all. However, the heavenly thunder was real, and the terrifying power contained within it was also entirely genuine.

“At first, it was once every few decades. Then, it became once every few months. Now, it tries to kill me every two or three days!” Medusa furiously hoisted the Thunder Spear. “Come on! I am Emperor Medusa! I am right here! Come and kill me!”

The moment her voice fell, a massive bolt of heavenly thunder crashed down like a silver galaxy, illuminating the entire Underworld until it was as bright as the Heavenly Court.

But just as the lightning bolt was about to strike her, Medusa held the Thunder Spear horizontally in front of her. In an instant, the heavenly thunder seemingly slipped, changing direction and bypassing the spear to crash directly into the ground.

“Hmm…” The Queen Mother fell into deep thought for a moment. “I think I understand now.”

“Understand what?” Du Yu leaned closer and whispered, “Big Cat, what did you figure out?”

“This heavenly thunder has absolutely nothing to do with Zeus, because I have been struck by it before as well.”

“Good heavens!” Du Yu was startled. “Big Cat, you have actually been struck by lightning??”

“It is not as if I wanted to be, but some lightning strikes are fated to fall.”

The host of immortals watched helplessly as Medusa used the Thunder Spear to dodge the heavenly thunder. This magical treasure seemed virtually ‘invulnerable to all lightning’; simply holding it in front of oneself was enough to avert the strikes.

A full nine bolts of heavenly thunder crashed down all around Medusa before she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Queen Mother slowly walked forward and said, “You should have let those lightning bolts strike your body.”

Medusa offered a bitter smile and turned her head to reply, “Huaxia Divine Lord, are you trying to use Zeus’s hands to kill me? I will not be killed by him so easily! No matter how many times this thunder comes, I will definitely dodge it.”

The Queen Mother let out a soft sigh and said, “If you dodge it, the thunder will never stop. It will descend more and more frequently until it finally strikes you. By the way, if you cannot endure these nine bolts of lightning, the outcome will not be as simple as mere death.”

Medusa froze, turning back to look at the Queen Mother. “Huaxia Divine Lord, why do you understand this thunder so well? Why do you know about Zeus’s vengeful spirit?”

“This has nothing to do with Zeus. These nine bolts of divine thunder are the Shape-shifting Heavenly Tribulation. When a beast transforms into a human, they must suffer the punishment of the heavens. I presume the very first time you took on your current appearance was exactly when the heavenly thunder first descended?”

Medusa’s large eyes widened. “You know all of this?”

Du Yu finally experienced a flash of realization. The divine thunder of the Shape-shifting Heavenly Tribulation had been chasing Medusa from the Greek realm all the way to Huaxia, striking at her for over a thousand years. No wonder she assumed it was Zeus’s vengeful spirit.

Every single time the divine thunder struck, Medusa had used the Thunder Spear to bypass it. It looked as if she had successfully dodged it, but in reality, she had only delayed the arrival of her tribulation.

“Medusa, if you delay this for a few more years, the heavenly thunder will crash down day and night without rest. When that time comes, even with magical treasures protecting you, you simply will not have the energy to do anything else,” the Queen Mother added.

“Then… what should I do?”

“It seems your Greek realm rarely has instances of beasts transforming into humans.” The Queen Mother glanced back at Weaver Girl. Weaver Girl immediately trotted over obediently, pulled a book from her Cosmic Bag, and handed it to Medusa.

“Medusa, please take a look at this. It will be helpful to you.”

Medusa furrowed her brow; she could not read Chinese at all. Du Yu, well aware of the Translation Talisman’s flaws, hurried forward to help Medusa read it out loud.

“Gorgon, you really need to thank the Queen Mother and Weaver Girl. Our Huaxia immortals all have rich experience with surviving heavenly tribulations. The guide they gave you is definitely spot-on. Take this book, for example. The title is… ‘The Domineering Heavenly Exalt Falls in Love with Me: Abandoning Many Almighty Figures to Dote Only on a Loose Immortal—A Sweet Romance Diary’…????”

“????”

The immortals stared blankly, and Weaver Girl’s face instantly flushed crimson red.

“Ah! Wrong one, wrong one!!”

Weaver Girl wanted nothing more than to find a crack in the ground and dive right in. How could she have accidentally handed over the novel she loved reading in her spare time?

“Big Sister Weaver Girl… You look so clever and bright, so why do you enjoy reading the kind of book where the title is just a summary of the entire plot…?”

“W-who said I read it?!” Weaver Girl stammered, clearly in a panic. “I do not even know whose book this is. I-if you want to read it, just take it.”

The Queen Mother kept her brows tightly knit for a long time before she turned back and asked, “Weaver Girl… Have you… had a falling out with Cowherd?”

“What are you talking about!!!” Weaver Girl was so frantic she was on the verge of tears. “Your Majesty, it is just a book! That is all!”

“…So it is just a storybook, right?” the Queen Mother asked in confusion. “Things are perfectly fine between you and Cowherd, so why would you read this kind of storybook? To my ears, this title sounds like some demonic heresy. You need to be careful.”

Her face entirely flushed from the lecture, Weaver Girl could only nod frantically. She pulled another book from her robes and handed it to Du Yu.

Du Yu took one look and confirmed this time it was correct.

“Minutes of the Three Hundred and Twentieth Heavenly Tribulation Conference and Provisional Regulations on the Latest Feasible Tribulation Methods”

“Why does this still feel so weird…”