Dongjun didn't understand what Yin Chen meant, but he and Yin Chen guarded Lengxiang and Jiuli, ensuring that their contract could proceed smoothly.
...
Jiu Li felt as if she had returned to her childhood when her memories were blurred, forgetting that she was still on a war-torn battlefield.
He seemed to have found a terribly injured, bloodied, and hideously ugly mermaid.
Back then, he had no friends, and no fish wanted to approach him because of his strange appearance. His fish tail was also very ugly, with a purplish-black upper half and a bluish-green lower half, completely lacking the natural color transition that comes with adulthood.
The ugly man saw the equally ugly mermaid and rescued him.
We're both ugly, so we'll become companions, right?
That's what he was thinking.
Day after day, he evaded his adoptive parents' discovery. Under his care, the mermaid gradually recovered, and the scars that made him look ugly disappeared. The mermaid he rescued turned out to be a very beautiful polar mermaid.
He's not ugly, so he wouldn't be one of the companions, right?
He felt lost, but he couldn't abandon the mermaid.
The mermaid awoke, and to his surprise, she didn't find his appearance strange. This made him feel both strange and safe.
They got along well like this, and the mermaid's wounds slowly healed.
And then...
"Your injury has healed. Are you leaving now?"
"Um."
"Then... will I ever see you again?"
"..."
"Little White, Little White, why are you not talking again?"
"Yes, you can see me."
"Huh?!"
"If we become partners, we can see each other."
The beautiful, cold yet gentle mermaid bit her fingertip and drew half a contract on his forehead, making a promise.
"Wait for me, until you come of age, then I will come to find you."
However, before he even reached adulthood, he was abandoned by his adoptive parents.
Then, when he was on the verge of starvation, the golden-tailed young mermaid suddenly appeared in front of him, grabbed him, and chuckled, "This is the divine mermaid the old man was talking about? So weak, you could crush him with a single finger, what's the point of sealing him..."
"Hmph, little guy, I also don't like those guys. Why don't I take care of you?"
Unconsciously, his childhood memories were also fragmented. He only vaguely remembered that he was an orphan, adopted by foster parents, disliked by them, but had a perfect older brother.
However, the memories of his early promise to a mermaid were all buried deep within his mind.
...
"Phew, these sea monsters are really strong." Yin Chen said casually, grabbing the tentacle that was pulled out with one hand, and grabbing the sea monster's head with the other, twisting it off.
Dongjun continued fighting silently, ignoring him.
Five minutes have passed. In these five minutes, countless mermaids have died of old age. A small area of the battlefield has been cleared, and even sea monsters dare not approach that area.
Suddenly, an invisible wave came from behind the two fish. The rapidly aging mermaids in front of them suddenly realized that time seemed to have stopped passing through their bodies, and they turned around in surprise.
Yin Chen's twisted, grotesque laughter rang out: "Hahahaha! Success! The power of time that Jiu Li couldn't control freely can now be truly unleashed after being partially absorbed by Leng Xiang through the partner contract!"
Behind him, Leng Xiang and Jiu Li had already opened their eyes and were shuttling through the sea one after the other. Wherever they passed, the power of time under Lan Che's control returned to normal.
"Force him to the surface!" Dongjun shouted and charged forward.
Lan Che couldn't see what was happening, but he sensed something was wrong, so he stopped moving forward, hovered in the seawater, and tilted his head slightly to try to hear clearly.
Leng Xiangjiu and Li walked side by side, together destroying Lan Che's time domain and clearing the way for Yin Chen and Dong Jun who followed closely behind.
The golden-tailed mermaid revealed sharp teeth and claws, while the red-tailed mermaid was engulfed in flames.
Lan Che looked surprised and frowned slightly. He removed the vast temporal domain and focused it on the area around him, forming a shield.
The frozen time caused the waves of the sea to solidify as well, while beyond that one-meter radius, time continued to flow at its normal pace.
"You think you're the only one who can control time?!"
The young man, Jiu Li, spoke with his usual irritability. He also punched the barrier of time with a punch imbued with the power of time, shattering it with a loud boom.
But only a fist could be inserted, still some distance from Lan Che's face.
Lan Che's harmless and gentle expression suddenly shattered, and the boy's delicate face turned pale, replaced by an expression of excitement and disbelief.
But before he could do anything, Leng Xiang followed up with Jiu Li's second punch.
boom!
The time barrier truly shattered, and the ease with which it happened surprised even Leng Xiang.
At this moment, Yin Chen and Dong Jun, from the underwater mat, raised one of their tails and struck Lan Che, who was now unprotected, from below, sending him soaring straight up towards the surface of the sea.
"puff……"
Lan Che immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
Before he could react, Leng Xiang and Jiu Li, who had already charged forward again, lashed out at Lan Che once more, their tails striking him once more.
One tail after another, each tail was whipping him toward the surface of the sea.
Meanwhile, at sea, Jiuxiao, this levitation mermaid who had never flown into the sky before, was floating on the surface of the sea. With just one more flick of his tail, he could fly into the air.
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