Chapter202:TheThreeHighPriestesses
InWaterGod’sworld,theCaelianWaterGod鈥檚Temple.
YunXisatatthetopofthetempletowerlookingatthemegacityunderhisfeetinsilence.Severaldaysago,thewholecityhadbeendecoratedwithlanternsandcoloredhangings.TheApostles’comingwasmuchmoremeaningfultothecitythanYunXiandYunQuehadthought.
YunXiwouldn’tforgettheshockedexpressiononthethreeHighPriestesses’faceswhenheandYunQuewalkedintotheCaelianWaterGod鈥檚Temple.
TheLamiaQueen-theQueenofthedeepsearacesandthemostpowerfulofthethree.
TheMermaidQueen-theMatriarchoftheMermaidRace,whoseracewastakingCaelianastheirprimaryactiveregion.
TheCaelianQueen-thehumanhighpriestesswhowastheoreticallythehighestrankingperson.
TheywerethethreeHighPriestesseswhowereactuallydominatingtheseaandgroundinthewholeofWaterGod’sworld.TheWaterGod’sworldwasdominatedbythisalliance.WithWaterGod’stempleatitscore,Caelianwasthecenteroftheworld.
ThethreeHighPriestessesrepresentedtheseademonraceswhosehabitatswereinthedeepsea,theamphibiousraceswhocouldlivebothintheseaandontheground,andthehumanracewhowerethemastersofground.
Theywerethethree鈥淢ostHigh鈥漛eingsofCaelianCity,andeventhewholeofWaterGod’sworld.Asamatterofcourse,theywereallhero-ranked.
(TranslatedbyGravityTales馃様)
Accordingtotheirstrength,theLamiaQueen,theMermaidQueen,andthentheCaelianQueen.However,ifjudgingthemfromtheirinfluence,theCaelianQueenwasundoubtedlythemainleader.
Eventhoughtheywerethethreehighestrankingpriestessesintheworld,theystilllookedshockedwhentheysawYunXi,asiftheyhadjustseenthemostincrediblemiracleintheworld.
YunXistillrememberedtheirexpressionswhentheysawhisWhiteEmperorMask.Theeldestoneamongstthethreepriestesses,wasthestrongest.TheSeaDemonQueen.TheLamiaQueendrewherselfupandcoiledhertail,staringatYunXiwithhersnake-likeeyes,whichmadeYunQuefeeldowntroddenandevenwanttoattackthequeen.
Themostelegantoneamongstthethreepriestesses,theMermaidQueen,supportedherharpandcoveredhermouthinsurprise.Theharpemittedaroundofsoftbluelightoneafteranotherintheair.
Thelastone,thetitularmasterofallmankind,theHighPriestessofCaelianoftheWaterGod鈥檚Temple,theCaelianQueen,couldbarelyholdontothescepterinherhand.Sheshook,becausethescepterinherhandwasresonatingwithYunXi’ssilvermask.One,two,three.Thescepterhadrungthreetimes,whichmadetheCaelianQueenspeechless.
"You’rewatchedbythegod..."TheLamiaQueenimmediatelyadjustedhermoodandloweredherheadtoYunXi.
Inthisworld,eventhestrongestseamonstercouldn’tforcehertolowerherpridefulhead,butsheproactivelydidsoinfrontofYunXi.
"You’reblessedbythegod..."TheMermaidQueenplayedherblueharpandsangasong.
ThesongwasthelegendaryMermaidsSinging,whichmermaidsusedtopraisethegod.
"You’rebelovedbythegod..."TheCaelianQueenraisedthescepterandshookthesilveraeolianbellsonthescepter.
ThisscepterwasgrantedtoherbythesupremeWaterGod.Itwouldonlyresonatewithitemsofthesamerank.Thefirstresonancemeantthattheitemcontainedgodpower.Forexample,YunQue’sBloodyMaskwassuchanitembecauseitwasaWaterGod’sApostle’sidentitycertificate.
ThesecondresonancemeantthattheitemcontainedthesameamountofgodpowerastheWaterGod’sScepter.TheCaelianQueenonlyknewofonesuchiteminthewholeworld.Itwasinsideatempleunderthedeepsea,anditwascalled"SeaDemon’sMirror".
Theoretically,thereshouldn’tbeathirdresonance,becauseitwouldmeanthatthegodpowerintheitemwasmuchgreaterthanthegodpowerintheWaterGod’sScepter.
TheCaelianQueenhadneverheardofsuchathingthathadonceappearedinthisworld’shistory,andtherefore,whensheheardthethirdresonance,shecouldbarelybelieveherears.
鈥楢nartifactthatisevenmoreadvancedthantheWaterGod’sScepter?Itcan’tbetrue!鈥橲hethought,tillthesilver-maskedyoungmanwalkeduptothethreeHighPriestesses.
Whentheysawhismask,theynaturallyknewthatthisyoungmanwasuniqueevencomparedtoalltheApostlesinthisworld’shistory.Deep,thick"PowerofMist"wrappedtheWhiteEmperorMask.AsWaterGod’spriestesses,theycouldevenimmediatelynoticethegod’saurafromthemask.
Itwasanunprecedentedlevelofcharisma!
Forthefirsttimeintheworld’shistory,asupremeApostlehadappeared.HisidentitywasevenhigherthantheHighPriestesses,andhecouldevenberegardedasthegod’sspeaker!
Theydidn’tneedmoreevidence,becausethesilvermaskhadalreadyexplainedeverything.
Hewasthe"Emperor"!
YunXiandYunQuehadn’trealizedthemeaningofWhiteEmperorMasktotheWaterGod’sworld.AfterWaterGodgrantedYunXithemask,YunXiwasdoomedtobealegend,andtheWaterGodhadalsotoldhimaboutit.
"Youwillbecomethelegend.YouwillbecomemyApostle!"
AndtheStarSystemhadalsoconfirmedit.
"YouwillobtainthefakepoweroftheEmperorafterputtingonthemask."
Themask’spowerwasfake,but,itwasjustrelativetoWaterGod.Afterall,comparedtotheimmortalgod,thepoweroftheEmperorwasjustadropintheriveroftime.However,totheWaterGod’sworlditwasabsolutelyreal,whichsymbolizedthesupremegod’swill.