Deviant: No Longer Human

As soon as Wang Xiao and Aurora vanished, Shi Xin strode purposefully to the spot where Zhao Yang had met his fiery end.

He crouched down, inspecting the icy surface beneath where the conflagration had occurred.

"Interesting..." he murmured to himself, his eyebrows raising in surprise at the absence of ashes on the frostbitten ice. "What sinister technique did this person employ for their self-destruction?" His voice was low, tinged with both curiosity and unease.

He had harbored ambitions to challenge these demonic entities himself, eager to gauge their strength.

However, the sheer magnitude of power Zhao Yang had demonstrated was already far beyond his current understanding.

It was all too mysterious, too chilling.

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Simultaneously, the once great larged ice mountain of the north Frostholm, now shattered by Athene\'s wrath, lay in ruins.

Above the jagged debris, a small crack ripped through the chaos, through which two figures gradually emerged—unmistakably, they were Aurora and Wang Xiao.

However, as Wang Xiao\'s eyes fluttered open, he found himself still positioned above Aurora.

Yet what truly captured his attention was the abrupt shift in their surroundings.

Gone was the serene icy landscape they had known moments ago, replaced by a scene of apocalyptic ruin.

Massive blocks of ice lay scattered like the bones of a colossal beast, crushed and fragmented under the force of divine fury.

Ka—Boom!

The sky above boomed with ominous black clouds, the air electric with the continuous growl of thunder.

The destruction around them was evidence to the power that had been unleashed here, painting a grim portrait of devastation.

This unsettling scene made Wang Xiao\'s brow furrow deeply as he absorbed the catastrophic transformation of the world around them.

"It\'s Athene; she\'s angry," Aurora whispered, her eyelids fluttering as she gazed upward at the tumultuous sky, her lips forming a tight, resigned pout.

"Athene?" Wang Xiao\'s head tilted inquisitively as he shifted his gaze to Aurora sprawled beneath him.

Her mesmerizing aqua-green eyes, accentuated by her flowing white dress, seemed to draw the stormy heavens into their depths.

"Mm." Aurora gave a slight nod, her voice barely above a whisper. "She\'s enraged with you, because of me."

"..."

Wang Xiao\'s brow furrowed deeply.

What was he supposed to do now?

He didn\'t even know who the hell Athene was.

If some woman was irrationally angry, why should it concern him?

".... Wait, where is the baby?" Wang Xiao suddenly realized there were no signs of their daughter.

He braced himself with one hand against the rugged ground, pushing himself up to scan the surroundings more thoroughly.

"She\'s with Athene; she\'ll be safe," Aurora assured him, her grip tightening reassuringly on his hand as she spoke.

\'This Athene again?\' Wang Xiao couldn\'t suppress a frown, his eyes narrowing as he gazed into Aurora\'s with a mix of confusion and suspicion. "Is it truly safe to leave her with your... this Athene?"

Aurora nodded firmly. "It\'s the safest place. Athene is not only the strongest but also the most noble; she harbors no thoughts of vengeance."

Wang Xiao was far from convinced about Athene\'s harmlessness, his confusion deepening. "Weren\'t you the strongest?" he asked, his voice tinged with doubt.

"..."

Aurora paused, a contemplative silence falling between them before a soft smile slowly spread across her face. "In terms of destructive power, I don\'t come close to her. Her mere presence is enough to darken the skies and whip the entire country into a raging storm."

Wang Xiao\'s eyes flew wide open in shock as he instinctively craned his neck toward the thundering sky. "Are you saying she is above us right now? And that it\'s her presence causing all this chaos?"

The entire sky was indeed shrouded in ominous clouds, with thunder cracking fiercely through the air.

And to think, the worst part was their location—Frostholm, a realm of eternal ice where rain and thunder were myths.

For the entire country to suddenly be engulfed by such a storm?

Could all this upheaval really be the work of a single individual simply existing above them?

If that was indeed the case, it somehow made sense, yet Wang Xiao couldn\'t shake off the feeling that such immense power concentrated in one person was almost inconceivable.

Little did he realize, Athene wasn\'t actively wielding her power at all; the stormy spectacle around them was a mere side effect of her— existence.

Aurora\'s nod was heavy with the solemnity of ancient secrets. "That\'s her domain, akin to what you might describe as a domain in Country M — When I stripped away the suppression from my powers and stepped into the battle armor, that wasn\'t just raw power, it was the domain."

"Mastery at such a profound level causes the elements themselves to submit to your influence."

"They converge around you like honeybees to their queen, eagerly clustering near you, quieting the rest around you."

"Before, I merely allowed my true form to emerge, and that act alone remade our surroundings into stretches of sunlit beaches woven with lush vines—just a natural consequence of my unleashed essence."

"Now, Athene floats above us in the sky, her presence uncontained, compelling the sky to announce her existence."

"They scream with excitement; if you could only see it, the spectacle is truly... Mesmerising."

Wang Xiao hesitated, puzzled for a moment—who were \'They\'? Then it clicked; she was speaking of the elements once again.

But this ignited his curiosity: How did the world look through her eyes?

What mesmerising visions appear before her when she could perceive even the subtle molecular shifts in the air?

He had often wondered, why not the guardians simply use psychokinesis?

Surely their innate PK abilities were already stro?

What was the true value in mastering a specific element of the cosmos?

Now, with his new emerging knowledge of domains, the puzzle pieces were clicking into place.

Previously, he had naively believed that at their peak, they might manage to devastate a handful of smaller nations.

But now, with a deeper understanding of their capabilities, he could envision how someone like Naomi could reduce an entire continent to ashes, explaining why their guardianship spanned continents rather than just countries.

Becoming a master in your own element... ensuring that no enemy can diminish your power.