Seeing Shi Wuxie's actions, the sharks' eyes turned mad. They exchanged glances and then suddenly rushed towards the bottom of the deep sea.
"Damn it, you guys stop right there!"
Seeing this, Shi Wuxie was about to rush over without thinking.
"My benefactor, please stop chasing us!"
Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang out behind him; it was the same three mermaids from before.
"Why did you all come down here? Didn't you say you wouldn't help?"
Upon seeing them, Shi Wuxie showed no intention of stopping. Instead, he turned to leave, saying, "I have already injured those seven sharkmen. I will return after I retrieve their Sea Spirit Pearls. You can wait upstairs."
Based on what he had just learned, Shi Wuxie knew that these mermaids were all cowards, so he didn't expect them to be able to help him with anything. He just hoped they could stay alive and lead the way.
“Benefactor, they no longer have any Sea Spirit Pearls on them, you don’t need to chase after them anymore.”
Upon hearing this, the three mermaids exchanged glances, revealing expressions of certainty, and said, "Moreover, the place they went to, if I'm not mistaken, should be the most dangerous place on the seabed. What you want is salt crystals, there's no need to take that risk."
"What does it mean that you no longer have the Sea Spirit Pearl?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Wuxie frowned immediately. These three mermaids hadn't come down, so how did he know they didn't have the Sea Spirit Pearl?
The first shark-man he killed clearly had a Sea Spirit Orb on its body, and these sharks are slightly stronger than the first one, so there's no reason why they shouldn't have Sea Spirit Orbs on their bodies.
Could it be that these three mermaids knew that the shark-men were already seriously injured and wanted to take the spoils for themselves, so they deliberately said these things to deceive him, hoping that they would come back to find him after he gave up?
“Our benefactor, that’s not what we meant.”
Mermaids are masters of reading people's hearts. Just by looking into Shi Wuxie's eyes, they knew what he was thinking. To avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings, they quickly explained, "The reason we know this is because those sharkmen have already performed the sea god's sacrifice."
"The sea god offered sacrifices. Oh right, I heard them mention that earlier."
Now, Shi Wuxie finally turned around and looked at the three mermaids, asking, "Even if they performed a sacrifice to the Sea God, what does that have to do with the Sea Spirit Pearl?"
"You should know that the Sea Spirit Pearl is the core energy source for our marine life; in other words, it is the source of our life."
The mermaid patiently explained to Shi Wuxie in detail, "So, to put it simply, the Sea God's sacrifice requires giving one's life in exchange, and it's absorbed immediately; it can't be taken back later."
"Damn, so you mean that after those shark-men performed the sea god sacrifice, the sea spirit pearls inside their bodies were already sacrificed as offerings?"
Shi Wuxie immediately realized what was happening and angrily cursed, "So they just used their empty shells as bait to lure me to a dangerous place, didn't they?"
"That's exactly right."
Seeing that Wu Xie had taken it to heart, the three mermaids finally breathed a sigh of relief and didn't forget to flatter him, saying, "As expected of our benefactor, you are indeed clever."
"Alright, you guys stop flattering me here."
Hearing the praise from the three mermaids, Shi Wuxie was not happy at all.
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