(Damn it, the chapter numbers earlier were all wrong...)
As these divine craftsmen, forced into making a choice, eyed them like tigers stalking prey, Aphrodite stepped forward.
As her gaze swept across them, every male creature staring at her lost control of himself. At worst, the newly established holy domain collapsed; at best, they were injured and knocked to the ground!
In an instant, Aphrodite had injured more than a dozen of the divine craftsmen who had come to surround them with just a sentence and a glance!
As for the assistants they had brought, who were merely master craftsmen, they all hurriedly retreated far away!
Mm...
After unleashing that attack, blood also trickled from the corner of Aphrodite's lips, and her aura became extremely unstable!
"The Lord!"
The Three Graces rushed over, their faces filled with concern.
Aphrodite wiped away the blood at her lips and pushed aside the hands supporting her. "Leave me alone. I won't let them hurt Xu Kun's friends and fellow countrymen!"
Hephaestus roared angrily, "Aphrodite, do you know what you're doing?"
"Of course I do!" Aphrodite replied without looking back.
Though her face was deathly pale, her eyes remained incomparably resolute. "I'm protecting my lover's friends and compatriots."
"Don't forget your identity!"
"What identity?"
"You are Venus, one of the Olympian Gods!"
"Heh!"
Aphrodite revealed a mocking smile. "A god? Tell me, who has ever treated me as one?"
"Hephaestus, all you covet is my beauty."
"And Hermes, Ares, and the rest are just like you. They only lust after this body of mine."
"Even the so-called King of the Gods is nothing more than a lowly creature full of filthy thoughts and covered in grime."
"In all of your eyes, I'm merely a plaything. All you desire is my beauty!"
"Do you