Yu Ling took the opportunity to slip into one of the water tentacles and hide, looking down at the ship from a high position. The wizard was not to be outdone, so he stretched out his right arm and raised his staff, and a layer of transparent light membrane surrounded the entire ship.

The original owner's body had never used any supernatural powers. Even though Yu Ling racked his brains to draw on various forms of energy, he could only do so much. But he didn't expect to be able to fight multiple people and escape successfully. He just wanted to get rid of this disgusting protagonist. Other humans wouldn't have any intention of killing rare merfolk.

Fortunately, the hooded wizard Payulna's barrier only served a defensive purpose and posed no risk of breaking Yu Ling's magic in the short term. It would only take a little while to throw all these people into the sea.

"Damn it! Who the hell is causing this trouble?" The wizard, enraged, raised his staff, seemingly about to summon some powerful spell to attack the water tentacles that were shattering the barrier.

"Oh ho ho, I'm so sorry, this body is not only compatible with water, but also has a slight affinity with lightning~" Yu Ling was keenly aware of the fluctuations in the elements and immediately used her supernatural powers to deal with them.

The next second, a powerful elemental wave expanded, knocking the wizard's staff away. At the same time, a dazzling bolt of lightning struck the ship's hull, inadvertently breaking through the wizard's barrier.

Originally, Yu Ling's current abilities were far from sufficient to summon this lightning bolt, but he could still manage by slightly altering its landing point. The wizard suffered a complete defeat this time, getting drenched from head to toe by the water tentacles, his clothes dripping with water, transforming from a handsome and dashing wizard into a pitiful, drowned rat.

The barrier was broken, and the ship rolled several times under the attack of the water tentacles. The cabin was pierced with several holes as if by acrobatics, and then it was tossed around. The people inside were scattered and thrown out in a wild blast, like a shower of flowers, leaving the warriors on the surrounding ship who were fighting the merfolk dumbfounded.

"Why is His Majesty's ship suddenly going on a rave?"

"It seems we've encountered a water monster. Should we go to rescue it?"

"Save my ass! Do you think you can beat a water monster?"

"Don't worry, the wizard is on that ship too, His Majesty the King will be fine."

But is he really alright?

Of course something happened! This was precisely the purpose of Yu Ling's attack.

The king and the merman Samishu were thrown into the sea when the ship was thrown around. Under Yu Ling's special care, a water tentacle bypassed the other humans and picked up the two of them. Then, like a washing machine, it spun them around and quickly pulled the two, a human and a fish with complicated grudges and affections, to the depths of the sea. They disappeared in no time.

"I can't kill the protagonist, but it doesn't say I can't fight him. Locking him up at the bottom of the sea should be fine. System, are you there? Remember to throw these two into the storage space after you're done."

The system fish is still scavenging 'trash' in the original owner's territory: tons of gold coins from various eras, collect them! Gems, diamonds, jade, and jewelry, collect them! Mysterious merman ruins, collect them! Lifelike human-carved artifacts, collect them!

Addicted to scavenging, it suddenly heard its host calling and quickly stopped what it was doing to reply:

[Coco is the host; the storage space cannot hold living beings!]

"Can't collect live animals???... How useless!"

Oh no! Will the protagonist who gets pulled to the bottom of the sea drown?

[Host...you're not going to kill the protagonist, are you? You absolutely mustn't challenge the bottom line of the Heavenly Dao of this mission world, Host! Although some protagonists might be annoying, the Heavenly Dao has its own arrangements and will make the protagonist pay in other ways!]

The system sensed something was wrong and quickly inquired.

"Not yet, but... soon."

It was indeed fast, almost drowning, but no matter how much he planned, Yu Ling never expected that the God's reward would be so worthless!

【Ahhh! What should we do?!】The system fish started to panic again, frantically darting around in the sea.

"Let me think..." Yu Ling's mind raced.

On a sudden inspiration, he pulled out another mermaid armor from the ship and, in the guise of the mermaid king, mentally commanded him to take care of the two guys who had been pulled from the bottom of the ship. As long as they didn't die, the rest was up to him.

Then, using the same pumping method, they sent the mermaid armor down as well.

"The merfolk tribe has seaweed that allows humans to breathe underwater. Bring some back here for the protagonist to eat. This toilet... ugh! I doubt I can use this whirlpool again. My mental energy is about to be overloaded! System, once you swim down, don't come back up."

After speaking to the system, Yu Ling continued to focus on fighting the wizard who had been driven into a rage.

The system fish had just finished dealing with the host and was relieved when it heard the terrible news that it had to send a fish to watch over the protagonist and the two merfolk from the bottom of the sea.

[Host, are you serious? I'm the smallest silver fish right now, with absolutely no fighting power!]

"Are you stupid? Think of a solution!"

Yu Ling, who was controlling her water tentacles to fight the wizard, replied in a moment.

"Isn't there a storage space? You can put a super heavy boulder in, release it to kill an enemy when you encounter one, and then put it back in."

[Wow~ That's right! How come I didn't think of that? No wonder the host is so smart.] The system fish offered free compliments and went back to collecting scraps. At the same time, it also started collecting the breathing seaweed that the protagonist had previously looked down on.

The fight between the wizard and the monster looked bizarre, like they'd wandered onto the wrong movie set. One used sorcery and supernatural powers, while the other used magic and spells. The two of them clashed and fought for a long time before finally starting to run out of energy.

As the ship swayed and broke apart unexpectedly, the wizard, Pa Yiliu, finally succumbed to the lashing of the Jade Water Tentacles, leaping into the air and gasping for breath while leaning on his staff.

He simply couldn't believe he could ever be in such a sorry state. Forgetting all about saving face, he roared angrily at the tentacles holding Yu Ling:

"Which country sent you, lowly sorcerer? How dare you ambush the king in front of me? Do you think you can escape? Could it be... that you risked your life to save these merfolk?"

Even if the wizard hadn't called a halt, Yu Ling wouldn't have intended to continue fighting. His spiritual and physical strength were mismatched, and his mental power was under immense pressure to control his energy.

He gathered the several water tentacles he had been waving together to support his body, making him the same height as the wizard. His exquisite and perfect silver-blue fishtail swayed from within, drawing an elegant and beautiful arc. His eyes, as dazzling and captivating as aquamarine, entered Pailu's eyes.

"I am not a wizard, I am a human." The moment Yu Ling's peerless beauty, whiter than snow, was revealed, it extinguished all of Payi Liu's anger. "Your king is slaughtering my merfolk at will. What, won't you let me defend myself and fight back?"