The next day, early morning.
As the first golden rays of sunlight fell upon Paradise Island, the main island erupted in activity. Fully armed female warriors, usually engaged in drills or on duty, joined beautiful civilian women in long white dresses, forming a vast crowd, converging on a large ancient structure on one side of the coast.
The overall shape of the building is like an open-air ancient arena, with a flat and open super square in the middle. The Amazons fill up the several layers of stone steps surrounding the square.
"Silence! Her Majesty the Queen has arrived!"
As Antiope shouted, the noise on the field immediately fell silent.
Under the gazes of countless admirers, respecters, and adorers, Queen Hippolyta, the supreme ruler of the Amazon clan, appeared on an independent platform on one side of the Colosseum, wearing a crown symbolizing power, and sat majestically and gracefully on the golden throne.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess is here!" Antiope continued to shout from the platform.
Diana, dressed in golden royal attire, appeared behind the queen, and all the Amazons almost subconsciously looked above her head.
There was no silver crown as before, only a gorgeous flower crown as a substitute, worn on her black hair.
"Your Highness, the Princess actually gave her crown to a human..."
"That's the Amazon royal family's sacred artifact, the Flying Star Crown!"
"The Queen actually agreed!"
"Why did this happen?"
Upon seeing this scene, the Amazons standing in the arena suddenly burst into discussion, with expressions of shock or confusion on their faces.
Over the past few days, only a few Amazonians have seen it, and most have only heard about it.
But now, they saw with their own eyes that Diana replaced the crown with a flower crown, and it was difficult for them to accept this fact for a while.
Diana stood beside the Queen's throne with a smile on her face, still holding her head high and showing her confidence and beauty. She is still the strongest and most beautiful pearl of the Amazon clan!
"Let's get started."
Queen Hippolyta spoke calmly, as if she hadn't heard the discussions.
Antiope nodded, then immediately jumped down from the ten-meter-high platform and announced loudly, "The competition is about to begin. Now, please welcome the contestants!"
The tall and strong female warrior, wearing light leather armor, walked from the gate of the arena into the center of the square, enjoying the attention and applause of the Amazons.
The eight participating female warriors stood in a row in the square.
Antiope glanced behind them in surprise, but Xinian was not there.
Changed your mind? That's fine too.
Antiope breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Diana on the platform. She was smiling, still gazing towards the arena gate, her beautiful eyes gleaming.
"No!" Before Antiope lowered his head, he heard the enthusiastic applause in the arena suddenly stop.
From the Amazon Queen to the common people, everyone looked towards the main entrance of the arena.
There, a figure appeared in the huge arena at the last minute, just in time for the entrance.
Xi Nian, with long silver hair, wore a white casual dress with tight legs, a very conspicuous crown on his head, and an ancient sword with a hilt of two dragons biting each other on his back.
As long as you are an Amazon, everyone knows that sword—
That is the "Sword of Vulcan", forged by the God of Fire Hephaestus, a powerful artifact capable of killing gods!
The meaning represented by this magic sword is far more profound than the Flying Star Crown!
The former is a symbol of Diana's power, and the latter is Diana's identity and honor. At this moment, these two exclusive artifacts are on the body of a human boy!
In this competition, there will be no real fighting games, and the weapons you bring will basically be of no use.
So, this represents Princess Diana behind him.
Queen Hippolyta looked at Xinian, who appeared last, with a hint of surprise in her eyes. She never expected that they would meet for the first time in this occasion.
In the gladiatorial arena.
Antiope glanced at the contestants, including Xinian, and said, "Now that everyone is here, the competition will begin..."
"Wait a minute!" Xi Nian suddenly raised his hand and asked curiously, "Can you tell me about the content and rules of the competition?"
The square suddenly became silent.
The female warriors who participated in the competition were dumbfounded. They didn't know the content and rules. What the hell are you doing participating in the competition?
Antiope frowned, suppressing her temper as she raised her hand to explain, "It's simple. Starting from the square here, swim through the sea outside and land on the beach on the other side of the island. There are horses prepared on the beach. Use your bow and arrow to hit the three targets set along the way."
"Finally. Whoever first passes through the main gate of the Colosseum and returns to the square, and throws the spear here through the ring of the Colosseum building, will be the winner."
Worried that Xinian hadn't heard clearly, Antiope said slowly, "Did you understand? If there's anything you don't understand, I'll explain it to you again..."
"No need, let's get started." Xinian waved his hand, looking very casual.
Antiope couldn't bear to watch any longer, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I declare the competition officially begins!"
As soon as the words fell.
Except for Xinian who was still standing there, the other eight female warriors rushed out quickly.
They climbed the dozens of meters long ladder in front of the square, preparing to use it to enter the sea next to the arena.
Looking at the motionless Xinian, many people thought that he had given up.
Seeing that a female warrior was about to climb to the top of the ladder, Xinian was ready to set off. He just took a slightly squatting starting position.
The next moment.
Antiope's face changed as he stood nearby.
She could clearly feel that Xi Nian seemed like a different person. His eyes were as sharp and calm as a god's, and his aura changed from harmless to a fierce and oppressive force with actual energy!
"Divine power, how is that possible!" Antiope exclaimed.
Bang!
With divine power flowing, Xi Nian exerted force with his feet, leaped up twenty or thirty meters, and landed on the top of the empty ladder!
His long silver hair fluttered wildly against the strong wind. He rushed forward and leaped to the other side of the hundred-meter sea!
tread!!
Xinian landed in the shallow water of the sea, took a step forward, and the sea water splashed and arrived at the place where horses and bows and arrows were prepared.
He chose not to ride a horse, nor did he pick up a longbow.
After all, there is no need.
Xi Nian picked up three arrows and rushed up the mountain path at a very fast speed, faster than a horse!
Saw the first target along the way.
Xi Nian did not stop, but threw the arrow with his bare hands. The arrow shot through the wind and hit the bull's eye without a doubt!
A blue smoke representing him rose into the sky like a wolf smoke!
Unlike the first time he obtained the power of his aunt, perhaps it was the second time he obtained this power, or perhaps it was the result of the training in the past few days -
At this moment, Xinian seemed to have been a demigod since birth!
He continued running along the mountain road, passing the remaining mountain levels with a speed and physical strength far beyond that of humans!
Inside the arena.
Although Xi Nian's figure could not be seen, everyone could clearly see that three blue smokes representing Xi Nian rose from different island locations within less than ten seconds!
The Amazons on the field were stunned, as if they were witnessing a miracle.
Finally, smoke of a second color appeared above the sky.
At the same time, at the main entrance of the Colosseum.
Stirring up clouds of dust along the way, the semi-god Xi Nian rushed into the square with an afterimage!
It took less than a minute from departure to return.
"Finally, let's finish this!" Xinian came to Antiope who was still in a daze, took the spear that was not yet ready from her hand, and threw it towards the golden ring in front with all his strength!
"Wait, the ceremony isn't complete yet..." Antiope said in shock.
But it was too late, the spear turned into a stream of light and pierced through the air!
Gurgle!
At this time, a golden goddess statue rose from the center of the square. The spear thrown by Xinian hit its chest and pierced through. The deflected spear knocked off a corner of the metal ring, sparks flew, and then disappeared into the distant sky!
"Um, did I do something bad?" Xinian looked at the hole in the middle of the goddess statue and touched the back of his head embarrassedly.
Queen:"..."
Diana: "…"
All Amazons: "..."
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