[You look terrible. This mermaid's intelligence is a bit excessive.]

[Or perhaps it's a case of overthinking; several seemingly unrelated events, occurring simultaneously, were linked together, and by a twist of fate, the correct answer was arrived at.]

[It wasn't entirely a coincidence, after all, when Qin Zhenhai took the Taiyuan Crystal Core from the Tianhai City's grand formation, his excuse was to use it to upgrade the giant sea ship to a multi-core system to fight the Slaughtering Whale.]

But the man-slaying whale-dominating creature died at the hands of the Supreme Being.

Upon hearing that it was a Supreme Being who had intervened, the array masters of Tianhai City were speechless: "Then return the unused Taiyuan Crystal Cores!"

With the Supreme Being's protection in place, and feeling secure, someone inadvertently revealed the matter of the Primordial Crystal Heart, complaining, "Why hasn't the Domain Lord returned it yet?" This was overheard by outsiders and eventually reached the mermaid's ears through an inside agent.

The mermaid, possessing the power of transformation and a bewitching bloodline, immediately made a bold decision: to infiltrate the Ocean City, which also had the Taiyuan Crystal Core array, and wait to see if the Domain Lord would still try to take the Taiyuan Crystal Core even after the "Supreme One appeared."

She herself does not possess array-making skills. Even though, after impersonating Astra, she can temporarily lower the intelligence of those around her using another deceptive power within her bloodline, there is a limit to this.

They might be discovered in just two or three days, or they might escape midway.

[But she had only infiltrated the area for a few hours when she received news of the domain lord's impending arrival, which was already imminent!]

During working hours, even with her intelligence diminished, she couldn't escape this crucial location quickly enough, nor was she confident she could conceal her true identity from a Domain Lord at the peak of the Third Realm. Therefore, she had no choice but to take the risk.

After conveying her views using the magical conch shell, her most valuable move was to detonate the Primordial Crystal Core within the Ocean Key on the spot, delivering a devastating blow to humanity.

But she didn't do that; instead, she dragged things out until Qin Zhenhai arrived, when she was completely powerless to resist.

Simply because she didn't want to die.

She could risk infiltrating the human realm, but she truly didn't want to die!

Between life and death... there is great fear.

"..."

You feel like you've hit the jackpot.

[There are still five days left in the seven-day skill cooldown period!]

"Damn it, why didn't she just say 'Hahaha, I just sent the message back to the Sea Clan a second ago, you're all dead!' to my face?"

"That way I could kill her ten seconds ago... but the problem is she sent the message minutes ago!"

Qin Zhenhai was also stunned. No one had expected this to happen at this time. His only hope was that the sea monster would ignore the information sent back by the mermaid.

Neither of you cares about the mermaid's life or death anymore. She's like a fish on a chopping board now, an ant to either of you.

But Lei'ou got up from the ground, staring intently at the mermaid: "Where is my sister? Where is she?!"

The mermaid gave a sinister, cruel smile: "What do you think?"

[Leo, enraged, kicked her.]

The mermaid's face instantly distorted, her scales burst open, and most of her fine, sharp teeth protruded. She was sent flying and crashed heavily against a nearby wall.

She touched her face in disbelief, and instead of reacting to Lei'ou, she looked at Qin Zhenhai and shouted, "I've already told you, I am a mermaid princess! Qin Zhenhai, are you crazy?!"

"I am the most beloved daughter of the Mermaid King! How dare you allow that madwoman to harm me?!"

"My father, the Heavenly Mermaid King, could kill you, you coward hiding on Heavenly Island, with just one hand!"

"Your human race's false mask has been shattered. Your only chance of survival now is to obediently send me back. Don't you want your lives?!"

[To avoid speaking too slowly and getting kicked by Leo again, she shouted these four sentences through mental communication.]

Qin Zhenhai didn't even glance at her.

A mermaid at the second realm might be incredibly pampered in ordinary times, but in the grand scheme of the sea monsters, she's insignificant.

[You did glance at her, just like always, making sarcastic remarks.]

"Something that's just sitting by the roadside."

[Then you unleashed a burst of Yuan energy, causing chaos within her body, shattering her Yuan energy, and disintegrating her physical form. While she is not in mortal danger, she will not be able to regain her mobility for one or two months.]

The reason she wasn't killed was because her life had to be taken by someone special.

[You and Qin Zhenhai left without looking back. Of the only two people in the entire Han Hai Ning Bo who could spare her life, one chose to ignore her, and the other made his stance clear.]

As the gates of the checkpoint slammed shut, utter despair filled the mermaid's eyes; she cried out to heaven and earth in vain.

"Where's my little sister?"

A voice filled with scathing hatred came from above. The mermaid trembled, trying to look up and let the other person see the pleading look in her eyes, but having been completely crippled, she couldn't even turn over.

Even begging for mercy didn't work. She suddenly thought of something and made an incredibly humble plea in her mental world… but all she saw was an enraged lion!

[You and Qin Zhenhai left, filled with worry.]

[One day later, on the fifty-eighth day of the tide, there are four days left before the cooldown for the instantaneous return to reality ends.]

[The Mermaid King and the Sea Prince have unleashed a massive all-out offensive!]

[The Man-Slaying Whales... were provoked by you, causing them to overlook the prelude to the detonation of the Primordial Crystal Heart. They won't!]

A colossal wave, originating millions of miles away, is crashing irresistibly towards Tianhai Island!

[In just one day, in just one day, they will arrive at Sky Island, the core of humanity's territory, a symbol of prestige, a label!]

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