Similarly, the Minos Warship, which was turning its bow to escape the battlefield, was pulled back into the gaping maw of the abyss by the reversing seawater and the suction of air.
The surviving Divine Blood Guard exerted all their strength but were unable to move the ship even a fraction forward. Feeling the abyssal maw drawing nearer and nearer behind them, they couldn't help but feel their souls tremble with fear.
In the critical moment, Little Medusa immediately abandoned the Sea Beasts scrambling in front of her, turned around, and her metallic wings vibrated violently behind her.
"Swoosh swoosh!"
Dozens of bronze feather-arrows resembling owl feathers broke through the air, striking the head of Keto, the Mother of Monsters, in an attempt to disrupt the creature's feeding frenzy.
However, such minor injuries were nothing more than mosquito bites to the colossal and astonishingly resilient Keto, who didn't even show interest in swatting them away...
"Pfft!"
A streak of golden light, mixed among the bronze feathers, turned into a piercing thunderbolt that plunged deep into Keto's head, penetrating the right compound eye.
In an instant, dark golden fluid spurted from the exploding eye of the creature. Stimulated by the agony, Keto let out a painful roar.
"Aoow!"
At once, the reversing seawater was expelled again by the great maw, and the Minos Fleet seized the opportunity to break free and rush towards the coast.
At that moment, Luo En, who had seized the opportunity to shoot a golden arrow, watched as the fleet successfully extricated itself. He shook his slightly numb arm and muttered to himself.
Sure enough, tough as a deity...
If it weren't for having equipment capable of penetrating armor, he wouldn't have known how to attack against that tank-like Mother of Monsters with assassin damage output.
But as his gaze lowered to the jar with only 9 golden arrows left, and with Keto still lively and bouncing on the sea surface, Luo En's face grew dark again.
Clearly, as a trifle gift to a lover, Zeus could not give Europa the finest quality.
The damage from the golden arrows was there, but it was not substantial.
This thing might kill a demigod with one arrow, but against a true deity, it was obviously not sufficient.
Of course, it was also possible that Zeus did not want his son to possess a power that could threaten deities.
After all, Zeus was one to calculate to the bone.
"Hum!"
As Luo En was deep in thought, the familiar and terrifying sound of aether resonated from behind, sending shivers down his spine.
Turning to look back, a series of intersecting rings of light were lighting up around Keto, with vortexes of light accumulating vast magic power.
Here it comes again!
The previous gruesome scene flashed in everyone's minds, causing the survivors to shudder in unison, attempting to flee this dangerous sea area.
However, facing the countless light spots stretching for hundreds of miles, fleeing was merely a futile struggle.
"Hiss hiss hiss hiss!"
The dense bands of light, once again carrying the shrill sound of ripping through the air, swept across the sea surface, forging ahead and forming a mottled palette of colors that could engulf everything.
"Hum!"
If he recalled correctly, Keto's divinity should be suppressed by Medusa.
While he waited, Luo En slightly narrowed his eyes, looking towards Keto's blurred forehead.
The earlier eight golden arrows were firmly embedded in the flesh of the Mother of All Monsters, tracing the outline of a "blast" in Hermes Script.
However, one last stroke was needed to complete it...
With the golden arrow carrying the Gorgon's Poison now in hand, Luo En took a deep breath, stirred the scant divine power left in his body, pulled back the bowstring facing the dazzling light spots on the sea, and released the long-planned arrow.
"Hiss!"
The arrow tore through the air, passing through the almost completely dissipated golden flames in front, avoiding a dense web of beams, and flew straight towards the landing spot reserved by the eight golden arrows.
Hit!
Little Medusa on the battlefield, seeing everything go as anticipated, couldn't help clenching her fists and shouting excitedly in her heart.
"Boom!"
Immediately, the golden arrows shot into Mother of All Monsters Keto's head, setting off a chain reaction as the fierce blast caused the eight previous golden arrows to explode, spraying the dark golden Blood of Gorgon attached to the end of the arrow shaft through the wounds and into Keto's body.
The Mother of All Monsters rampaging on the sea convulsed as if struck by lightning, its sticky body turning into large patches of gray-white, with dried lumps of flesh cracking and peeling off.
"Aaah~~~!"
Keto could not help but emit a painful wail, promptly dispersing the light spots gathered on its body and diving headfirst into the deep sea, vanishing amidst the surging giant waves.
"We won! We've won!"
Watching the colossal monster flee in disarray, the soldiers and priests on the island, survivors of calamity, couldn't help but weep for joy, letting out a thunderous cheer.
No, not yet!
The Mother of All Monsters was too resilient; it had faced the erosion of nine bottles of Blood of Gorgon head-on and still managed to dive energetically into the sea, letting the seawater wash away the fierce poison staining its body.
Its current injuries could only temporarily repel it, not enough to be fatal.
Should they give chase?
Luo En looked back at Little Medusa, who had turned pale due to excessive blood loss, and at King Minos, who was falling towards the sea surface, he hesitated.
"Grandfather! I'll help you!"
Just as Luo En was undecided, a strapping young man dressed in beast fur, looking like a hunter with the build of a small giant and carrying a longbow, rushed impatiently out of the woods and strode across the sea as if on flat land, heading directly for the warship.
Walking on water? The protection of the Sea?
Luo En's expression tensed, eyes filled with doubt.
Was this person really here to help?
And as the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of the contorted, angry old face at his side, and he recalled the address spoken just a moment ago, Luo En's eyebrows raised, hinting at something profound.
"Do you know each other?"
At that moment, King Minos, who Anna had just pulled back onto the deck, glared at the hearty young man coming straight for him, his eyes brimming with menace.
"That is Orion, the bastard of my unworthy daughter Euryale and the God of the Sea, Poseidon!"