Mermaids (10)

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The mysterious and distant ancient power was like a faint light hanging from the sky, coming from a distant and unknown world, breaking through the barriers of thick sea water and accurately reaching the deep sea. Through the colorful energy shield, it accurately enveloped the rapidly aging sea god after unleashing his all-out attack.

The black and gold pattern, centered on the Sea Goddess, vibrated and contracted from the inside out, reversing the weakening aura within her body. Like a dead tree coming back to life, her vanished beauty returned to its original appearance at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Immediately afterwards, layers of black and gold patterns spread outward, and all the insect vortices that were touched gradually twisted and deformed.

Especially those low-level insect vortices, which disappeared into thin air almost the moment they touched the circular pattern. The remaining high-level insect vortices also slowly shrank inward and became smaller in the ups and downs of the invisible waves.

Under the long waves, the doctor, who was hit hard by the sea god, fell in the Star Sea City, which was almost turned into ruins by the energy storm, with his head tilted, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.

Nearly half of the high-level insect crystals in Shi Jianxia's space bracelet were consumed in an instant.

Most of the items inside were S-level and SS-level insect crystals that were moved out from the Xia family's treasure house. They were consumables that she had specially prepared for use with the [Immortal Gods].

She didn't care about the pain, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she sensed that the sea god in the center of the energy storm was safe and sound.

For Gongye Jiwang, the natural demise of Poseidon's life at the end of its life and being forced into a desperate situation by the Doctor and forced to use all his might to kill him together with him are two completely different outcomes.

Shi Jianxia is not familiar with Poseidon, but if she puts herself in his shoes, she will never want her father to die with the doctor in order to protect her.

Her brilliant move to turn the tide made all the mermaids, who were in shock, sadness and anger, open their eyes wide in shock.

They looked in disbelief at the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" wrapped in black and golden light and floating gently in the sea.

A mysterious and dazzling golden halo flowed on its surface. The mermaids with amazing hearing heard the distant and ethereal ancient sound hidden beneath the surging tides, which was delicate and long.

It seems that fish, insects, birds and animals are playing and playing, and flowers, plants and trees are stretching naturally. The mysterious world hidden in the unknown is quiet and peaceful, and it protects all creatures in the ancient world.

Now, the weak sea god is also included in its protection.

Circle after circle of golden patterns rose from under the sea goddess' gorgeous colorful fish tail, and after passing over her head, they naturally flowed downwards, further repairing her internal injuries and excessive loss of mental strength.

Gongye Jiwang suddenly turned his head and saw that the young girl was surrounded by a sacred light, and a noble and ancient golden mark gradually appeared on her forehead.

She lowered her head slightly, looking down at the energy wave sweeping across Xinhai City, like a god looking down at the world, majestic, sacred, and inviolable!

The glory shrouding the Classic of Mountains and Seas echoed with her from afar. Her long, inky hair was quietly lifted by the undercurrent, making it smoother than the most perfect silk in the world. Among the fine ends of her hair, tiny dots of light were clustered and jumping.

What a nice view.

It is a beauty that cannot be described in words, exists objectively and is irrefutable.

This kind of beauty transcends the physical body and comes from the soul.

She helped her grandmother and blocked the fatal blow.

Realizing this, Gongye Jiwang's thoughts were pulled back to reality. He looked at Shi Jianxia to see if he was injured and immediately asked, "Are you hurt?"

In the battle between Poseidon and the Doctor, even Sheng, who also possessed extraordinary third-level combat power, was unable to intervene. However, Shi Jianxia used his mimicry talent to resist the Doctor's dark energy storm.

Mimicry and the ability user are closely related. If the mimicry is injured, the ability user will also be affected.

Shi Jianxia shook his head slightly and said, "I'm fine. The problem is my insect crystal treasure house. It's almost empty."

In such a tense atmosphere, her light-hearted joke immediately eased Gongye Jiwang's tense nerves.

He wanted to laugh a little, but the bitterness in his eyes came up, so he had to lower his eyelashes slightly, trying to hide his rare vulnerability, but he felt that this was like trying to cover up the truth, so he lowered his head and leaned towards Shi Jianxia, ​​hugging her tightly.

A slightly cool breath blew against her ear, and his warm and slightly moist cheek pressed against her earlobe. Shi Jianxia was tightly embraced by him in his broad chest, with such force that it felt like she had found a long-lost treasure.

She raised her hand somewhat helplessly, hesitated for two or three seconds, then gently placed her palm on Gongye Jiwang's lower back and patted it soothingly.

The muscles on his waist were completely tense, the lines were smooth and perfect. Through the thin shirt, Shi Jianxia could touch the thick and warm scales, which were warm and cozy, completely different from the cold feeling she had imagined.

Gongye Jiwang whispered in her ear: "Thank you! Xia Xia, thank you!"

Not only him, but all the mermaids gradually relaxed their tense backs.

In order to ensure the safety of the plan, most of the mermaids did not know that the Sea God had already cooperated with Zhuang Mingyue. The sudden change scared them and they were at a loss. They were unable to intervene in the battle between the top masters and could only watch the Sea God being provoked and forced into a desperate situation.

This was a great humiliation to the mermaids, but they were unable to cut the provocateur into pieces to relieve their hatred.

Only Sheng frowned slightly.

Zhuang Mingyue contacted him an hour ago and told him that he had entered the deep sea. Calculating at a normal speed, he should have arrived at Xinghai City by now. Why was there no movement at all?

He raised his hand, and a white conch quietly emerged. Layers of energy rippled out, and a faint light appeared on the surface of the conch, then disappeared into his palm in an instant.

There is a special energy magnetic field under the deep sea of ​​Tianchen Star. Human communication equipment cannot work here. If you want to convey messages, you can only rely on the sound-transmitting conch.

After sending the conch shell out, Sheng did not receive an immediate response, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

After establishing a cooperative relationship with Zhuang Mingyue, he and the Sea God both left the unique aura mark of the mermaids on her to facilitate communication.

Once the sound-transmitting conch is sent out, it will be transmitted directly to her location, enabling communication at the fastest speed.

But now, his voice conch shell fell into the sea and received no response.

Was the breath mark erased, or...

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As all the insect vortexes in the Star Sea City were swallowed up by the Immortal Kingdom, the seabed dust stirred up by the energy storm slowly fell back.

However, the pearls and glowing seaweed that decorated Xinghai City were crushed into dust in the recent battle. The originally bright deep sea became dim and unclear. Shi Jianxia could hardly see the situation in the ruins with the naked eye.

Gongye Jiwang noticed that she was blinking hard and found that her vision was out of focus, so he immediately raised his hand to cover her eyelids.

The scene before her was completely shrouded in darkness, but a warm current surged from his palm, gradually washing away the negative impact caused by her previous gaze at the dark vortex in the doctor's hand.

His vision cleared up again, and Shi Jianxia said thank you to him.

The Sea God's gaze fell on the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" that was quietly hovering right above Xinghai City. A hint of thought flashed across his eyes, and he quickly lowered his head to look for Shi Jianxia's location.

Seeing Gongye Jiwang raise his hand to cover Shi Jianxia's eyes, she was stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly and turned her attention to the doctor who was lying motionless in the ruins.

It had been a while since the energy storm had passed, but he remained in the knocked-down position without any reaction.

The sea god narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his hand, and picked him up from the bottom of the sea from a distance of hundreds of meters.

The doctor's short black hair was completely wet by the sea water, sticking down from his forehead and covering the upper half of his ordinary face.

He was picked up by the colorful energy, and his limbs fell down weakly.

The Sea God's spiritual sense swept over and found that he had completely lost his breath and his heart had stopped beating.

Dead?

The doctor was so arrogant when he spoke before, and he didn't take the mermaids seriously at all. Will he die so easily?

Poseidon hesitated.

He came here with all kinds of plans and attacked aggressively, but left no means of saving his life?

Not to mention the Sea God, even Shi Jianxia felt that there was something fishy going on.

But the body was there, and the lingering aura definitely belonged to the doctor. Even if it was unbelievable, the facts were right in front of him.

Shi Jianxia flipped over the jade card.

The once smooth and translucent jade was now dull and covered with a thin layer of shadow, turning from a bright pearl into a grain of rice.

She extended her mental power and tried to open the jade plate, but it did not respond at all, as if it had completely lost its original function.

The appearance of the jade card is indeed very convincing that the doctor is dead.

Afraid that he had sensed it wrong, Shi Jianxia tried several times but failed to open the jade token. He finally confirmed that it had turned into an ordinary jade token.

Although the doctor's death was confirmed, Shi Jianxia still didn't feel relaxed, and a subtle sense of emptiness arose in his heart.

The doctor was extremely cautious, made all the necessary arrangements, and placed so many spies in the Zerg Investigation Department, just to come to Tianchen Star to receive a fatal blow from Poseidon and kill himself?

His father, whom he held as his trump card, was missing, and the other jade card holders had not appeared either. He didn't even use the jade card that could control her, and she died so easily?

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a scam full of mistakes and omissions.

Thinking back carefully, if she had not used the Immortal Kingdom's mimicry talent in time, the Sea God would not have been able to escape unscathed, and the situation now would have been that both of them would have perished.

Even if the outcome is mutual destruction, what good can the doctor expect?

He is dead, how can he come back to life, take away the star core, and continue to stir up trouble in the Federation?

While she was thinking, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the cross-dressing man who was also frowning and holding the jade card.

In the recent incident, he and the investigator helped the mermaids resist the invading Zerg, and were later sent out of the colorful energy shield covering Xinghai City by Poseidon. He was now located diagonally behind her.

He was still wearing the face of Doctor Jiang, and his fake willow-shaped eyebrows were almost tied into a knot. He obviously couldn't believe that the person who held his life in his hands would kill him so easily.

Shi Jianxia withdrew his gaze and wanted to go over to check on the doctor's body, but suddenly he felt a cold current brushing against the side of his neck and rushing to his back, and goose bumps unconsciously appeared on his arms.

It felt like a ghost passed by her.

As soon as this strange thought came to mind, Shi Jianxia's heart skipped a beat uncontrollably.

Before she could think deeply, a terrifying and cold aura suddenly burst out from the cross-dressing man behind her.

The mermaid next to him was blown away by the huge energy impact!

Shi Jianxia reflexively raised an energy shield to withstand the sudden change.

A vacuum zone was formed in the space with a diameter of ten meters in the cross-dressing man's body. The jade token that he had just held in his hand seemed to be suddenly injected with vitality, and it shone brightly!

The red spider lily engraved on it seems to have life, stretching its body naturally and passionately, and the slender petals swaying gently, calling back the ghosts that should have gone to hell.

The face of the cross-dressing man gradually distorted, the muscles on his cheeks twitched, and his eyes widened so much that they almost popped out of their sockets.

He moved his lips as if to say something, but only a strange trembling sound came out.

No one reacted to what was happening. A hand as cold as a ghost's claw suddenly grabbed Shi Jianxia's neck and lifted her up.

The strong feeling of suffocation almost dragged her into the abyss of death. Her pupils dilated and she saw the cross-dressing man who quickly took her away from the spot.

His disguise disappeared, revealing his true appearance, an extremely aggressive look, gorgeous eyebrows and eyes, with a sharpness that was unique to men.

His expression, distorted by pain, gradually returned to normal, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. He was like a general strategizing in front of a chessboard, as if everyone was just a chess piece in his palm.

"Number Seven, why did you betray me?" A low and hoarse voice sounded, carrying with it an intriguing danger.

This was the first time that Shi Jianxia heard the voice of a cross-dressing man, but it did not come from him, but from the resurrected ghost.

The question came out, but the doctor was not prepared to listen to her answer. The hand that was strangling her neck continued to tighten. In just a few seconds, her face turned red.

The mixture of pain and suffocation made Shi Jianxia feel like he had turned back into an ant that could not crawl out of the doctor's palm.

She pinched the wrist in front of her tightly, but the arm was as strong as steel and could not be shaken at all.

"Classic of Mountains and Seas" sensed the danger to its owner, and the light it emitted began to expand and contract unstably.

Gongye Jiwang's eyes were bloodshot, and tiny starlight emerged from his palms, condensing into sharp star blades, which were wrapped in unstoppable edge and stabbed towards the doctor.

To the doctor, his attack was as ridiculous as a four or five-year-old human cub trying to knock down a two-hundred-pound adult, but he did not use his strength to resolve it. Instead, he directly picked up Shi Jianxia and blocked it in front of him.

In an instant, the Star Blade turned into a powerless firefly and stopped hastily at a position several meters away from the two people, not daring to move forward.

The doctor smiled with satisfaction, and said to Shi Jianxia like a smug man: "Xia Xia, are you satisfied with the boyfriend I arranged for you? Is he really bewitched by you? If I asked him to exchange the star core for you now, he would give it to me without hesitation, right?"

He changed his address, and his gentle and hoarse voice sounded like an elder's gentle guidance to a younger one, but the words he said made people grit their teeth in hatred.

"The mermaid race is good in every way, except for one thing that is terrible."

He paused, the corners of his lips curling upwards. "They fall in love with someone and are willing to sacrifice their own lives for her. It seems this little half-blood merman can't escape the fate embedded in her blood."

Shi Jianxia glared at him.

The problem that once puzzled her suddenly became clear.

The Doctor asked No. 77 to take her to the fallen planet, which was not as complicated as she had imagined.

He didn't know that she would find the dead Nan Chi on Xiaohan Star, nor did he know that she would meet the butterfly-faced man who came from across the universe.

From the very beginning, he just wanted to create an opportunity for her and Gongye Jiwang to be alone together, paving the way for the current situation.

If he could successfully obtain the star core, there would be no need to mention this. If an accident occurred during the operation, he could control her and threaten Gongye Jiwang.

But why did he think Gongye Jiwang would fall in love with her? And why did he think the other mermaids would agree to Gongye Jiwang handing over the star core for her, a foreign race?

The doctor saw through her thoughts and said slowly, "Because of your Classic of Mountains and Seas!"

"The Four Divine Beasts families and the bloodline inheritors of the Classic of Mountains and Seas prosper together and suffer together."

"Do you know why no one from the Four Divine Beast Clan has been able to awaken the Divine Beast Mimicry over the years?"

Like someone who hadn't spoken to anyone in a long time, the doctor opened up and spoke to himself, "Because they don't resonate with the power of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, even if they are the bloodline inheritors of the mimicry of the four divine beasts, it is impossible for the divine beasts to awaken their mimicry."

"The White Tiger Clan was indebted to Hong. Later, due to the decline of the family, they were afraid that they could not keep the Fifth Star Core, so they handed it to Hong for safekeeping."

"Hundreds of years later, the heir of the White Tiger family came to Tianchen Star, fell in love with Hong's son, and gave birth to a mixed-blood little merman."

"This little mermaid, due to the mermaid race's innate ability to resonate with the stars, accidentally absorbed the energy of a star's core and awakened the divine beast, the White Tiger."

"Unfortunately, he is too weak and cannot use the power of the divine beast, the White Tiger."

"If I could exchange the star core for you who possesses the Classic of Mountains and Seas, not only would it solve his inherent weakness, but I could also get a wife with 3S-level mimicry for free."

"What do you think, are they willing or not?" The doctor talked freely and even made a joke in the end, thinking it was humorous.

Shi Jianxia couldn't laugh at all.

The doctor dared to say these things so brazenly, simply because he relied on her life being in his hands.

As long as the Jade Plate is not removed, even if she gains a brief freedom because of the fifth star core, she will continue to be controlled by the doctor and threaten more people in the future, and eventually become his puppet of resurrection like the current cross-dressing boss.

Her efforts to find star cores to upgrade the level of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" were completely to help the doctor.

No wonder he wasn't afraid of her doing something behind his back, and he didn't hold her accountable for losing the star core several times.

Perhaps he had already noticed that she had embezzled the star core, but this was harmless in his eyes because she was one of his backup puppets and no matter how hard she struggled, she could not escape from his control.

Shi Jianxia pinched the doctor's hand, and her strong nails had dug into the flesh on the back of his hand. Such a slight sting did not make him angry. Instead, he glanced at her cheeks, which were red due to suffocation, with appreciation.

He chuckled softly, perhaps because he was really afraid of strangling her to death, he slowly loosened the grip of his fingertips to give her some time to breathe.

The doctor raised her a little, then leisurely turned to look back at the Poseidon, who was gazing intently from afar. "Hong, my Xiaoqi just saved your life. Is it not too much to use her in exchange for the star core?"

He did not hide his purpose at all, and even when he said so much just now, he did not avoid mentioning it to the mermaids present.

In other words, he was speaking to the mermaid.

Every mermaid knew that Gongye Jiwang was born weak. He grew up safely under the protection of the sea god. He possessed extremely powerful mimicry but was unable to use it. Even the star power inherited from the mermaid clan had certain flaws.

Sheng once lamented that if Panpan's congenital weakness could be cured, he would become the most powerful sea god in the history of the mermaids.

No mermaid would object to exchanging an unusable star core for the future of the mermaid race.

The doctor provided a win-win solution. The only ones who were unhappy were probably the members of the Federation camp who were blocked on the road by a large number of insect vortexes that suddenly appeared.

Poseidon looked at Shi Jianxia, ​​who was being controlled by the doctor and whose face was full of pain. His hands hanging by his side tightened slightly, and he finally chose to nod.

"I can give you the star core, but why should I believe that you won't hurt her after you get it?"

The doctor raised his other hand and gently stroked Shi Jianxia's forehead, which was furrowed in pain. He said softly, "She is Xiao Qi, the one I carefully nurtured. How could I bear to hurt her?"

He finished his words in the softest voice, but his fingertips suddenly increased their strength, strangling Shi Jianxia's neck and taking back all the breathing space she had just given her.

In an instant, he changed his expression and smiled wildly at the Sea God, "Are you qualified to negotiate with me? I'll give you five seconds to think about it. Five!"

"Four!"

Shi Jianxia loosened his grip and his eyelids slowly drooped.

"three!"

"two!"

Just before the last countdown started, Shi Jianxia suddenly raised his hand.

In her palm, there was a dull jade token. The enchanting red spider lily had lost its luster. The uneven back, engraved with the number seven, pressed against her palm, and the touch was not pleasant.

Shi Jianxia met the doctor's puzzled gaze and slowly smiled.

The next second, she used all her strength to crush the jade token that had controlled her life for the past ten years!

Everyone knows about the red spider lily——

As long as the jade is alive, the person is alive; if the jade is broken, the person dies.

Everyone who gets the jade pendant treasures it as much as their own life.

The doctor's pupils suddenly contracted, and the girl he was controlling let out a painful groan at the moment the jade plate shattered.

Her hand fell down, and the powder fell off her hand and was carried away by the undercurrent, disappearing without a trace.

The doctor suddenly let go and was about to check on her condition when a majestic rainbow light came over and pierced his chest accurately. The terrifying force sent him flying backwards and slammed heavily into the abyss where there was no sunlight!

His gaze was forced away from Shi Jianxia, ​​and in the ancient and distant sound, he heard a faint sneer.

"My destiny is my own, and you are unworthy of making choices for me!"

"You're using my life to negotiate with the mermaids. Did I agree?"