Chapter 2553: The Fisherman Profiting Off the Brawling Fishes

With a wave of her sleeves, the Goddess of Wu Mountain vanished, causing Nuba’s attack to fall empty.

Nuba looked at the surrounding fog and sneered, “Yaoji, do you think I won’t be able to suppress you just because you morphed into a fog? That might be true for others, but that doesn’t include me!”

Her robe flared outward as her unkempt hair fluttered furiously. A visible heat wave began spreading from her, causing earth to crack and spirit springs to dry up. The lush trees on the mountain swiftly withered.

It looked as if the vibrant Wu Mountain had turned barren in an instant. Even the fog shrouding the mountain slowly dissipated, and not a single cloud was left.

Xingtian and Kuafu couldn’t help but speak up. “Madam, this matter...”

“Shut up! This has nothing to do with you, so don’t do anything unnecessary and side with outsiders!” Nuba roared.

Xingtian and Kuafu exchanged awkward looks. Nuba was the wife of an Ancestral Shaman, so they didn’t dare to offend her. That put them in a tough spot.

Yumen Beiqing roared, “We were the ones who informed the Goddess of Wu Mountain about Gu’s murder of Bao Jiang. You’re wronging her!”

Zu An was taken aback. He had indeed planned to stand up for the Goddess of Wu Mountain, but he hadn’t expected Yumen Beiqing to beat him to it.

Didn’t she get jealous the last time I spoke with the goddess? What an abrupt change of mind!

“It’s you!” Nuba suddenly turned around. Her black fingernails grew longer as she swiped them at Yumen Beiqing, resembling spears.

Yumen Beiqing reacted fast. She activated the Emperor’s Suppression Talisman and swiftly conjured a golden-armored warrior. The warrior brandished its weapon to stop the black fingernails.

“A mere celestial warrior dares to stop me?” Nuba sneered.

Her black fingernails sunk into the warrior, afflicting it with a black aura that suppressed its energy. A second later, the golden-armored soldier disintegrated.

However, Nuba’s attack didn’t stop there. Her black fingernails continued surging toward Yumen Beiqing’s forehead.

Yumen Beiqing’s gaze turned cold, but she stood completely still as if she wouldn’t react to the attack at all.

Just then, Zu An appeared in front of Yumen Beiqing and deflected the black fingernails with his sword. At the same time, a fog enveloped Yumen Beiqing and transported her a hundred meters away.

The fog slowly morphed into the Goddess of Wu Mountain. Noticing Zu An’s glance, she nodded back at him in acknowledgment.

Nuba didn’t continue her attack. She looked at Zu An in confusion and murmured, “A human? How can there be such a strong human in the world?”

This world was dominated by the fiends and the shamans. The humans were a lesser race stuck between the two. Weak and foolish, the only thing they were good for was their reproductive prowess.

Zu An sneered, “Gu was the one who murdered Celestial Bao Jiang in cold blood. The Celestial Emperor has already resolved this issue, so why are you coming after us for an explanation?”

Nuba laughed miserably. “I am no match for Zhuanxu, and he has already lost a grandson. It wouldn’t do for me to go after him. But I haven’t settled the score with you yet.”

Zu An was speechless.

This madwoman can’t be reasoned with!

The Goddess of Wu Mountain frowned. “Why are you acting like a crazy shrew? You’re the Yellow Emperor’s daughter.”

“Yellow Emperor... Hahaha!” Nuba looked as if she had suddenly lost her mind. “I sacrificed so much for the war back then, but what did I get in return? Nothing. Nothing at all!

“You, the Flame Emperor’s daughter, are adored by the masses despite doing nothing. What about me? Not only did I lose my divine powers and become incapable of returning to the Celestial Court, I was even reduced to this state! Others shun me wherever I go! I was lucky to have Gu as a child, but now I have nothing left. You stole everything from me!”

A thought surfaced in Zu An’s mind. He had heard about the Yellow Emperor’s life-and-death battle with Chiyou.

Chiyou, with the aid of Fengbo and Yushi, had claimed the upper hand over the Yellow Emperor’s army and even cornered them. Nuba had intervened and curbed Fengbo and Yushi, allowing the Yellow Emperor to turn the tables.

But I didn’t expect the Goddess of Wu Mountain to be the Flame Emperor’s daughter. Hold on, Big Manman is also skilled at controlling flames. Could she be related to the Flame Emperor?

The Goddess of Wu Mountain remained calm. “After the war between the Flame Emperor and the Yellow Emperor, the Celestial Court is now dominated by the Yellow Emperor’s lineage. What you have just said is of little concern to me, and it is meaningless to argue with me about all these things.”

Zu An and the Mermaid Queen exchanged astonished looks. They felt as if they had just stumbled upon piping hot tea. The Goddess of Wu Mountain had just revealed extremely important information.

It turned out that the Flame Emperor and the Yellow Emperor weren’t as close as they had previously thought them to be. It looked as if at one point, they were even enemies, and the Flame Emperor was the one who had fallen in defeat, resulting in the Yellow Emperor’s lineage taking power.

“What carefree words! I bet you've been harboring a grudge against me because you were dissatisfied with the Flame Emperor’s defeat, so you used this opportunity to kill my only son!” Nuba screeched. One of her eyes appeared through her unkempt hair, and it was so widened, bloodshot, and turbid that it felt as if she had gone utterly insane.

The Goddess of Wu Mountain shook her head. “You have already gone berserk.”

“I don’t care! I’ll kill anyone responsible for my son’s death!” Nuba unleashed a screeching sonic boom.

Yumen Beiqing nodded empathetically. She was the only one who understood how Nuba felt.

Nuba morphed into a ray of green light that charged at the Goddess of Wu Mountain. This time, the latter didn’t transform into a fog, and instead fought with Nuba in her current form. The two figures moved extremely swiftly; all that could be seen were a green light and a white light intersecting with each other.

Kuafu lightly bumped Xingtian’s arm and asked, “Who do you think is more likely to win?”

Xingtian analyzed the situation as he grimly replied, “Even though Nuba lost her divine powers, the Goddess of Wu Mountain doesn’t specialize in battle. Furthermore, Nuba’s power happens to suppress her. Things don’t look good for the Goddess of Wu Mountain.”

Zu An had come to the same conclusion too. He had already spotted a few close calls for the Goddess of Wu Mountain.

At this rate, she’ll only last at most an hour before falling in defeat.

Just then, he heard Yumen Beiqing’s whisper, “Why don’t we take this chance to attack the madwoman together and kill her? Otherwise, she could come after us once the Goddess of Wu Mountain falls in defeat. We may not be a match for her then.”

It would be much easier for them to defeat Nuba with the Goddess of Wu Mountain’s help.

Zu An shook his head. “She’s still grieving over her son. Despite our conflict, it isn’t to the point where we should take her life.”

The Goddess of Wu Mountain suddenly exclaimed. She had been sent flying by a strike on the shoulder, and Nuba made use of this opportunity to charge at her. She was intending to take the Goddess of Wu Mountain’s life!

Zu An couldn’t help but worry for the Goddess of Wu Mountain because of her extreme resemblance to Pei Mianman. Without any hesitation, he dashed in front of the Goddess of Wu Mountain and gently pushed her behind him.

Nuba screeched in anger, “You’re courting death!”

She gathered a destructive surge of energy that emanated terrifying heat waves between her hands.

“Be careful!” the Mermaid Queen cried. She could sense the pressure coming from the energy.

Yumen Beiqing narrowed her eyes as she secretly clenched her fists.

It’d be best if they injure each other so I can make use of this chance to claim their lives.