The Fire God's mode of transport is a Stealth Plane.
Yes, similar to the one he made for Diana, from the outside, it looks like two people squatting in midair...
Speaking of invisibility, the plane is invisible, but the people inside aren't, what's the point of this?
The answer is speed; this plane is incredibly fast.
After just a few maneuvers through the clouds, the two appeared above a strange sea area, with a massive solitary peak not far ahead, shrouded in mist and adorned with numerous palaces.
The waves crashed against the rocks below, creating white frothy fragments.
New Olympus had arrived.
As for the former Mount Olympus, it has been blasted to dust by 'Primordial,' and now the rebuilt Olympus combines classical beauty with many modern facilities.
For instance, the white marble palace comes with panoramic skylights, and the courtyard features a swimming pool and an outdoor bar, along with an outdoor BBQ area for the gods to party happily.
During Apollo's brief tenure in power, he made a considerable impact on Olympus, like the Fire God starting to forge hot weapons and the Netherworld becoming popular with buffets.
The Stealth Plane can take off and land vertically, and the Fire God directly landed in front of a palace.
"Just go in yourself; we've already said I'll go for a swim and have a drink."
The Fire God dove into the nearby swimming pool, causing a large splash, and the pool water quickly turned black as if polluted by ink...
The few Goddesses in the pool emerged with disgusted expressions, pursed their lips, and walked away.
These were River Gods or Lake Gods; aside from beauty, their Divine Power was negligible.
If they were wearing regular bikinis, Su Ming could enjoy watching for a while, but this Greek-style nudity was too dull.
He stepped up the palace stairs; the wide marble steps gave a sense of weighty dignity, and from the palace's symbols, it seemed to be Hera's palace.
Hera was waiting inside the palace, and in front of her was a mirror-like well, used to monitor the mortal world—Hera's Celestial Mirror, and the Peacock Cloak draped over her shoulders was also a powerful Divine Artifact.
She appeared to be a radiant middle-aged beauty, but her voice sounded youthful when she spoke.
"Warrior from the Otherworld, welcome to Olympus."
She gestured for Su Ming to approach and talk with her by the well, and soon a maid brought wine and fruit.
Su Ming removed his helmet and accepted the wine glass: "Great Celestial Empress, it is my honor to be here."
After all, in someone else's house, saying some polite words is normal; he himself had nothing worth Olympus's concern, quite the opposite, they had plenty of treasures.
"Olympus always welcomes true Warriors," Hera seemed to enjoy flattery very much, but quickly lowered her voice with a note of bitterness: "Especially those Warriors not related to my husband by blood..."
Seems like she was using the mirror to catch infidelity, but it wasn't very effective.
Hera tugged at her cloak to cover her shoulders, skipping over her earlier loss of composure: "Last time, you defeated a powerful enemy, I originally wanted to invite you to Olympus as a guest, but later you vanished; however now, there is an important matter Olympus needs you to be aware of."
"Uh, if I'm not wrong, the current War God should be Diana, right? This should be her problem."
"Are you flaunting the bravery of saving her last time? I saw very clearly, she's still not strong enough, not even surpassing the former Ares, let alone you."
Su Ming's heart skipped a beat, this lady seemed to have an ulterior motive, Su Ming knew his own capabilities well, against the old Ares, at most it's a 50-50 chance.
What's the big deal about her continuously praising him?
However, Hera didn't continue the topic, instead sharing with Su Ming some intelligence, things only Gods could know.
For instance, the mysteries beyond the Origin Wall, the nature of the Totality, the aspects of 'Transcendence' and 'Destruction.'
But these intelligence pieces only gave Su Ming more headaches; such matters were not supposed to be his concern—this was Cosmic Level stuff for the big shots.
"Your intelligence ought to be shared with those Little Blue Men or the one from Creation Star, not me."
Hera nodded, holding the wine glass in one hand while stirring the water in the Celestial Mirror with the other: "They all know—Ganser, Apocalypse Star, Creation Star, even Stranger and Ghost—we all know... this is an unpreventable evolution, both a chance and an apocalypse."
"Why not directly tell Diana?" Su Ming also took a sip of the wine, its taste was odd, like fermented fruit juice.
"Because she doesn't think, she would just relay what I tell her to Batman, a twisted mortal, and then follow his orders."
Hera sighed; she knew Diana too well, either giving chase or resembling a headless fly crashing around; she wasn't particularly bright.
Su Ming knew that Wonder Woman was like that, the Female Warrior's personality filled him with bravery and let him face any challenge, but she could easily be led astray.
"I understand, you want me to lend a hand when Diana is in danger."
"Everything outside the Wall will gather here; she will face unprecedented danger, and only you are strong enough to withstand the mind's erosion and resolve... another God."
"From what I understand, your relationship with Diana isn't very amicable, why now ask me to help her?"
"Because I dislike Witchcraft, because she is Olympus's War God, and because I killed Diana's Mother..."
Hera finished her drink and answered quietly, the palace returned to calm, and the atmosphere seemed to drop to freezing point.
This question was rather complicated; Su Ming feared such family issues the most, especially entangled with a bunch of gods and spirits.
So he just drank silently, not voicing his opinion.
After a while, Hera seemed to regain her composure, reaching out her hand to Su Ming: "As a reward, give me your Weapon, I will empower it with Celestial and Sun Divine Power."
Before Apollo's Rebirth, the Sun God's role was managed by Olympus, and as the Celestial Empress, aside from her own Earthly Divine Power, she possessed half of Zeus's Celestial Divine Power.
Su Ming handed her the Nightfall Greatsword, but she pushed it aside.
She said, "The other weapon, the one radiant, crafted by my son, capable of godslaying."
She took the scimitar-transformed Godslayer and tossed it into her Celestial Mirror; she didn't perform any special operation, like shabu-shabu, just stirred it a few times before handing it back to Su Ming.
This time, the Godslayer appeared even more dazzling; if before it resembled molten Gold, emitting a golden glow, now it was the noonday Sun, a bright white that couldn't be directly stared at. The blade was imbued with Lightning Divine Power representing the heavens, occasionally swirling around like little snakes.
She indicated that Olympus had paid the reward; what remains is Deathstroke's performance.
Su Ming was quite satisfied, obtained intelligence and lucked into two Weapons, this wave was profitable.
He politely bid farewell to Hera, expressing that Diana was entrusted to him, and then left Hera's palace. The intelligence gathered here was sufficient, Su Ming didn't even need to monitor the Justice League's actions further.
The DC World would face an overall upgrade; it was indeed both a crisis and an opportunity. If handled well, he might obtain some additional benefits.