“You must not speak carelessly.” Xi’s expression turned serious, and the smile that had previously put people at ease vanished without a trace.
This reaction gave Leticia a whimsical idea: could she have guessed correctly?
Was this long-haired, blue-haired, and rather good-looking girl truly a god?
Seeing the change in Leticia’s expression, Xi coughed softly, pulling Leticia’s thoughts back from the heavens.
“It’s best not to speak of matters related to gods in public,” Xi said, placing her hands on the table and drawing a circle with her index finger on the surface.
Does this mean she admitted it?
“You…”
“I am not a god, nor can I be a god. I am just an ordinary coffee shop owner named Xi,” Xi interrupted Leticia.
Even though her actions seemed to admit her identity, she still denied it verbally. Was there some hidden reason behind this?
Xi didn’t give Leticia time to ponder this question and continued on her own: “I don’t know exactly when that monster in the sea appeared. By the time I knew of its existence, it had already possessed strength comparable to a god.”
Comparable to a god? Leticia’s breath hitched. This evaluation was unusual.
“At that time, I was still an ordinary fisher girl. The monster stirred up huge waves and declared itself the god of the sea. We who lived by the sea, despite our dissatisfaction, could only submit to its tyrannical power,” Xi said softly, looking at the black storm in the distance as she recounted a story from who knows how long ago.
“Every year, the monster would demand ten gifted young boys and girls from the coastal people. It used this method to continuously control my hometown and prevent the appearance of anyone who could threaten it.”
“Fortunately, I had no talent, so I escaped. But my sister displayed extremely powerful talent on the very day she was born. This talent even drew the attention of that monster.”
“So, your sister was going to be sent to be eaten by the monster?” Leticia blurted out.
Xi nodded, her expression unchanged, as if she were telling someone else’s story. “Fortunately, the sacrificial ceremony for that year had just ended. Although my sister was taken away by traitors loyal to the monster, I knew I had one more year to find a way to rescue her.”
This story was very similar to a human myth. To save her sister, who was about to be fed to the monster, Xi resolutely chose to travel to the depths of the continent.
A month’s journey further inland on the continent, there was a large mountain. Legend had it that immortals lived on that mountain. In the eyes of the young girl at the time, perhaps only those immortals could defeat the monster.
“However, legends are just legends. I searched for an unknown amount of time in the depths of the mountain, but I still couldn’t find any trace of those immortals,” Xi sighed. She must have been despairing at that time. “Due to prolonged fatigue, one afternoon, I accidentally disturbed the fierce beasts living in the jungle.”
Ancient fierce beasts were not much different from modern ones. But how could a girl like Xi, who was designated as talentless by the monster, possibly defeat those beasts several meters tall in a head-on confrontation?
Run, she could only run.
“I ran blindly. When I managed to shake off that fierce beast, I found myself completely lost in the mist,” Xi revealed a helpless expression. “That forest, shrouded in mist all year round, was a forbidden area within that mountain. Even the most experienced hunters dared not enter there.”
“I had passed by a few times before, but I never dared to enter. This time, I had no choice but to go in.”
The forbidden area lived up to its name. Xi walked for a long, long time in the mist, so long that she almost forgot her purpose and still couldn’t get out of the misty forest.
“There, I couldn’t feel hunger, nor could I feel fatigue. I could only keep moving forward,” Xi sighed. “I later learned that it was a place where a true god was sealed.”
Yes, before her consciousness was completely lost, Xi walked into the very center of the forest, guided by her inner intuition, and saw a trident stuck in a black giant stone, bound by several thick chains.
“What happened after that is a bit cliché. I gained the god’s approval, and she was willing to help me defeat the monster that had defiled the name of the ocean. However, because my own strength was too weak, the god could only personally control my body to duel with the monster.”
“Finally, after that earth-shattering battle where mountains inverted and rivers reversed, the monster was sealed by the god in the depths of the ocean,” Xi said, resting her chin in her hand, a flash of reminiscence in her eyes. “Perhaps because of the deep contact with the god during that battle, I could still hear the god’s voice in the following years.”
“So, that storm was the monster’s doing?” After hearing Xi’s story, Leticia felt like she hadn’t received any useful information. “I’m not interested in your story. I want to know how to kill that big guy.”
Xi gave a ‘you’re so amusing’ expression. “You already know its weakness, don’t you?”
“Weak divine power?” Leticia covered her face with her hands. What she wanted to know was if there was any convenient way to deal with the monster.
Using divine power, she knew that method, but who besides a god could kill that monster with divine power?
“I know you want to get some shortcuts from me, but there are no shortcuts when dealing with guys like this,” Xi shook her head. She could guess Leticia’s thoughts, but unfortunately, she really had no shortcuts to offer Leticia.
“Oh, perhaps it has a weakness. A divine artifact is still stuck in its head. The defense in that area must be the weakest. My body couldn’t withstand such intense combat at the time. If my body were tougher, perhaps the god wouldn’t need to seal it but could have killed the monster directly.”
“You mean, if we hit the divine artifact stuck on top of that monster’s head and push it into the monster’s skull, we win?” Leticia’s eyes lit up.
“Do you think that monster, after recovering, wouldn’t immediately pull the divine artifact out of its skull?” Xi smiled at Leticia. “I’m saying that the defense in that area is weak, and you can concentrate your attacks there.”
Oh, so that’s what she meant. Leticia was a bit disappointed, thinking she had found a way to speedrun the process.
“However, as that monster’s old adversary, won’t you help us out? With your help, we should be able to defeat the monster more easily, right?” Leticia asked Xi, looking into her eyes very seriously.
This big shot sealed the monster underwater single-handedly back then. Now that the monster was about to break free from its seal, it stood to reason that this big shot couldn’t just watch from the sidelines, right?
Although she had already provided some of the monster’s weaknesses, Leticia would have been even happier if Xi could have directly helped.
Xi shook her head and spread her hands, indicating that she also wanted to solve the hidden danger in the sea once and for all, but she just didn’t have the ability to do so now.
“Now, I might not even be able to defeat an ordinary adult male, let alone defeat that monster,” she said helplessly to Leticia. “My power is completely sealed within a divine artifact, and that divine artifact is not with me right now.”
Leticia had never seen Xi in this state before. Her consciousness undoubtedly belonged to that god. However, guessing from her previous words, it seemed that the body she was currently using was that of the young girl from many years ago.
What was going on?
Leticia couldn’t understand. Even when she asked for outside help, her ancestor also said she didn’t understand.
“Consciousness can be separated from divine artifacts. How was this achieved? It’s truly intriguing,” her ancestor had entered full repeater mode and was very curious about Xi’s current situation.
This was too far from the truth in her memory.
Once gods were sealed, unless the seal was released through special means, gods could not detach from their divine artifacts.
The so-called projection of consciousness onto the person holding the divine artifact was more like exploiting a loophole in the rules; the person holding the divine artifact at that time would be considered part of the divine artifact.
Thus, the god could naturally project her consciousness with permission, but once the distance between the divine artifact and the person became too great, the god’s consciousness would be kicked back into the artifact space.
This distance could be near or far, but the farthest it should be would not exceed a few meters.
But Xi’s true body was in the deep sea, thousands of kilometers away.
“I think my talent should be quite good. If I can find your true body, can I directly carry it to beat up that monster?” However, dwelling on these issues was meaningless now. Leticia didn’t want to stuff Xi back into the artifact anyway. This girl seemed like an honest and simple type. If she wanted to slack off here, let her.
She was more concerned about whether she could borrow Xi’s power.
Xi gave a positive answer to this question: “Of course, but it’s meaningless.”
“What do you mean meaningless?” Leticia didn’t understand. Wasn’t the divine artifact a very powerful weapon? And it was a weapon that greatly restrained that monster. How could it be meaningless?
Xi pointed to the golden bracelet on Leticia’s wrist. With her eyesight, she could naturally tell that this bracelet was also a divine artifact. “Are you telling me you can wield the power of two divine artifacts to their limit at the same time?”
To deal with that monster, it undoubtedly required the full use of a divine artifact. Even with Leticia’s strength, she could only use one divine artifact at a time.
Even if she held Xi’s true body, she could only choose between Infino and Xi, and Leticia would definitely choose Infino, with whom she had spent more time.
“The white-haired girl who came with me earlier, can she do it?” Leticia quickly inquired. Although she couldn’t use it, she could choose someone else.
Bai Ling, this Sword Saint lady with ridiculously high combat power, if she wielded a divine artifact, her combat power would increase exponentially.
Leticia even suspected that with a divine artifact, Bai Ling could defeat the monster by herself.
However, Infino shook her head. “She doesn’t have the talent. You have a talent that fits almost all gods perfectly. But she is the opposite of you.”
“Huh?”
At this moment, Infino also echoed Xi, “That’s right,小白 (Xiao Bai) has poor compatibility with divine power. Even if the god is willing to let her use her power, she cannot use divine power.”
“However, there are people with talent around you, it’s just…” Xi paused, “That little girl named An Xin, do you think you can take her to that battlefield and hand my true body over to her?”
Good heavens, An Xin again? Leticia’s eye twitched. It seemed the singer had said before that An Xin had talent.
But it was obvious that in such a battle, it would be difficult for her to protect herself, let alone bring a completely unarmed little girl into it.
This matter also ended without further discussion. Afterward, Leticia asked Xi some questions she cared about, and Xi’s answers couldn’t be said to be useless, only that they weren’t very constructive.
Leticia had already guessed most of the answers, and Xi was just confirming that Leticia’s thoughts were correct.
“I have no more questions. Thank you for your hospitality. I need to go back and prepare for battle.” After drinking the fragrant black liquid in her cup, Leticia stood up and bid farewell to Xi.
Xi also stood up, but instead of saying encouraging words, she asked a very untimely question: “That monster doesn’t have the ability to move on land yet, and you are not human. Moreover, you have considerable resentment towards humans. You can leave entirely and don’t need to get involved in this mess.”
Leticia sighed and scratched her head, whispering, “Just say I’m asking for it.”
In the end, she couldn’t stop worrying about that white-haired girl.
Without her around to hold her back, that guy might do something extreme. Such a beautiful person, to perish together with that ugly monster, would be too much of a waste.
She hadn’t defeated her and crushed her under her feet yet, so how could she let her die like this?
“I’m leaving. Thank you for telling me so many things.”
As she watched Leticia gradually depart, Xi suddenly chuckled. This little girl was truly interesting.
“Time is running out. I need to hurry,” Xi murmured, looking back in the direction of the sea. She could feel a strong pulling sensation. When the seal was completely lifted, she might be forcibly pulled back into the artifact.
“I hope my prepared method is useful…” But she wouldn’t just wait here. There was something she hadn’t told Leticia: she had been preparing for this day.
