Chapter 319: Growth in Despair

"Lies." Diana's eyes were as sharp as knives.

"The Amazons exist to protect humanity. Your lies cannot sway me, Ares."

Ares smiled indifferently: "You are as naive as I once was."

In the distant past, Ares, like Diana, believed that humans were a beautiful race.

But he had witnessed too much.

War, plunder, deception... Conflict has never stopped since the emergence of human beings.

In disappointment again and again.

Ares completely denied humanity.

He believed that once Diana fully understood humans, she would change her stance like him.

Ares looks out into the interior of Paradise Island.

After Antiope blew the horn, Queen Hippolyta came on horseback with her warriors.

From afar, you can see yellow sand flying all over the sky.

Ares' eyes turned cold for a moment.

He said calmly: "You made me come to Paradise Island. I was planning to burn it down."

"But Diana, you've given me a big surprise. You have great potential. We should join forces."

He looked at Diana and said, "Since you still have naive illusions about humans, go and take a look at the human world."

"When you see the true face of human beings, you will eventually join me."

"Today, I will give you and Paradise Island a chance. The next time we meet, that will be the time for you to give me the answer."

Ares, wearing a woolen windbreaker, elegantly put on his top hat and slowly rose into the air.

His use of divine power is far superior to Diana's, and flying in the air is just the most basic skill.

Ares was obviously planning to leave.

But of course Diana would never let him "escape".

"You can't leave!" Diana untied the rope around her waist, threw it out skillfully, and tied Ares' ankles.

It wasn't a lasso of truth, but it was also a very strong hemp rope.

Diana pulled down with all her strength, and Ares in the air staggered immediately.

"You actually want to keep me? Stupid!"

Ares' elegant windbreaker was messed up by this pull.

He finally began to feel impatient.

As a super boss, he reasoned with the hero, spared the lives of the hero's family, and gave the hero time to grow.

But this brave man had no sense of propriety at all. He wanted to challenge the devil's divine coming with a knife in his hand.

"Diana! You are a fool who can't even use your divine power. Since you insist on provoking me, I will let you see the consequences of your ignorance!" Ares threatened.

But this is of no use.

Diana dropped the rope, drew her sword and held her shield, and rushed towards Ares who had landed again.

After Antiope blew the horn, he also drew his sword and charged after Diana.

Queen Hippolyta, who had rushed from the island, was also approaching.

Ares watched all this coldly.

Without Zeus's involvement, even if ten forces like Paradise Island came, they would not be his match.

As Diana swung her sword at him with high fighting spirit.

He raised his hand slightly, and Diana flew backwards, cutting through a bush.

Ares held back on Diana, as he was expecting this half-sister to grow up and become his helper.

But Antiope was not so lucky.

The female general wielded a sword and charged like Diana.

Before she could draw her sword, Ares casually moved his fingers and snatched it away with his divine power.

Then the divine power exploded on her again, knocking her far away.

The stolen sword followed closely behind, piercing Antiope in mid-air.

Phew!

The sound of the sword entering the body was so faint, but so clear in the whistling sea breeze.

As soon as Diana pushed away the fallen bushes on her body, she saw her aunt pierced through the chest by a sword, and blood spurted along the edge of the sword.

"No! Antiope!" Diana's pupils suddenly shrank.

The divine power in her body suddenly exploded, and she leaped several meters in the exploding bushes around her and caught the falling Antiope.

But it was no use catching it.

Her aunt, who had been encouraging her just a moment ago, was now dying.

After looking at her for the last time, his eyes, which were kept open with great difficulty, closed heavily, and his warm body began to gradually cool down.

"No no no no!"

Diana frantically rubbed Antiope's body, hoping that this would warm her up again.

But Antiope was really dead, her fingers gradually loosened and her heart stopped beating.

From now on Diana would never again hear her aunt's voice, never again be corrected by a knock on the arm when she made a mistake with her sword.

"No!!" Diana's tears flowed in despair.

Her red eyes suddenly looked at the God of War: "Ares! I will never let you escape!"

Diana's divine power, which she had not been able to use skillfully, now burst out desperately.

She rushed out, furious at Antiope's death and determined to kill Ares.

But is Antiope really dead?

On the edge of a cliff.

Leon pressed the "other" Antiope's shoulder to stop her from rushing to Diana and hugging her.

"Let me through! Diana needs me now!"

Antiope was still alive and kicking.

She was saved by Leon just a second before being pierced by the sword.

Then she was stopped by Leon and saw Diana crying and shouting while hugging a ball of air.

That look of despair almost broke her heart.

"Why are you doing this?" Antiope looked at Leon, secretly frightened.

She guessed that the other party must have used some kind of illusion ability.

This made Diana mistakenly believe that her aunt was dead.

But it would be fine if it was just Diana who was under an illusion.

Ares didn't notice anything unusual.

While Diana was crying, Ares was watching quietly from the side, completely unaware that what he was watching was actually an illusion.

How terrifying it is that this illusion can deceive even a real god.

"You trained Diana when she was little, in order to help her grow."

“I’m doing the same thing now,” Lyon said.

"The easiest way for Diana to master divine power is to let her explode in strong emotions."

In the movie, Diana becomes stronger every time she feels desperate.

This method of becoming stronger through sacrifice is almost as good as the red-eye disease in a certain five-village fight.

Lyon said that the illusions from the starry sky world were both real and unforgettable, and were the most suitable for this mode of strengthening.

You know, a master of illusion in the starry sky world can even make other strong people spend tens of thousands of epochs in illusion without noticing anything unusual.

Look at Diana now.

After she exploded in despair, she was already able to fight Ares a few times.

Although still at a disadvantage.

But look at the large Amazon army coming from the island.

Aren’t those Diana’s subsequent strengthening materials?

For Leon, an opponent like Ares, the God of War, is just a weakling who can be dealt with with a ray of heat vision.

Rather than letting the other person die in vain.

It would be better to practice with Diana.