Startled awake, Qi Yu found himself still lying in the pool. He had never set foot in this place in his previous life. He didn't pay much attention to this strange dream; now was not the time to dwell on such things.
Arden was sleeping soundly to the side.
When the mermaid saw that he was awake, she came to his side and circled him a few times. "How did you sleep?" she asked with a gentle smile. Qi Yu's face remained expressionless.
"Qi Yi, you have no idea how long I've been waiting here."
Qi Yu ignored her and instead searched for other exits and mechanisms around the pond, but there were no mechanisms at all. All he found was the original path and what appeared to be two separate barriers, both filled with magical beasts.
"Um."
Qi Yu's eyes suddenly turned cold as he stared at the mermaid in front of him, then he drew his sword from his hand.
The mermaid looked at the sword with some confusion, her tone softening, even becoming somewhat tearful, "Why are you pointing this sword at me? Shouldn't you believe me? You're the person I've waited so many years for."
Qi Yu remained unmoved and was about to thrust his sword forward when Aden, who was standing nearby, was shocked. "Qi Yu, what are you doing? She's just a mermaid! She's so beautiful, why are you pointing your sword at her?"
But he insisted on taking his sword and slashing at it. Arden, watching from the side, didn't understand, but he also took out his sword and slashed along with him.
The two attacked the mermaid together. The mermaid's eyes were full of tears. She didn't understand what was happening and looked at them pitifully. She swam freely in the water and easily dodged their attacks.
Qi Yu began to engage in close combat, while the mermaid was impervious to swords and spears. At this moment, she was caught in an unprecedented struggle, and the three of them were locked in a fierce battle.
Qi Yu thrust his sword toward the mermaid's lower abdomen, but she dodged in time and said pitifully, "Qi Yi, why are you trying to kill me? Don't I remember what happened before? I am your lover, I am Chu Changge."
Chu Changge emphasized these three shouts, but the man remained unmoved, continuing his attack by swinging his sword, aiming straight for the opening.
Time passed slowly, and Qi Yu seemed to have forgotten about time. After a day and a night, the mermaid became angry. She spread her fins and attacked Qi Yu with her hands as claws.
"Qi Yi, if you are heartless, don't blame me for being unjust. I've waited for you for thousands of years, only to find such a treacherous man."
The mermaid's tears fell in torrents, and the falling tears actually formed pearls. Qi Yu recalled Li Xiaoxiao's memories, and spells were cast from his hands.
In just three or four hours, Qi Yu's body was covered in blood and gore from the mermaid's claws, and Arden was also covered in blood and gore. At this moment, Arden finally understood why Qi Yu had turned against him with swords; it turned out that he had seen the mermaid's true face.
At this moment, a harpoon appeared in the mermaid's hand. She waved the harpoon a few times, her face still looking pitiful, but a faint black spiritual aura emanated from her body.
"Qi Yi, you heartless man, you said you would only be with me."
The mermaid continued to curse as she fought.
Despite her accusations, the mermaid continued to stab at Qi Yu's body. Gradually, Qi Yu's sword could no longer harm the mermaid, and she sustained more and more wounds. The bones in her legs were even visible. Arden, standing nearby, was in the same terrible state.
Ten days later, the two were reduced to bones, their flesh completely ripped away by the mermaid. The mermaid continued to curse, "Qi Yi, tell me you love me. If you don't attack me, I will cut off my flesh and skin for you. If you eat my flesh and skin, you can continue to live and stay here for a very long time."
The mermaid tried to reason with him, but Qi Yu was like a block of wood and wouldn't listen to anything, continuing to attack her. Originally, Qi Yu couldn't kill the mermaid, but as he persisted in stabbing one spot, the mermaid actually felt an injury to her lower abdomen.
"Qi Yi, I see you're going to refuse a polite toast only to suffer a penalty shot. Since that's the case, I won't hold back."
Enraged, she grabbed a harpoon and stabbed it into Qi Yu's head. She thought, "A man like this is better off dead. If you don't love him, then don't live."
Chu Changge felt that all these years of waiting were a joke.
The harpoon pierced Qi Yu's head, and Qi Yu's sword also pierced the mermaid's abdomen. Qi Yu then thrust the sword directly in, frantically spinning it. The mermaid looked at him in astonishment, releasing the harpoon, which remained stuck in Qi Yu's head.
"You might as well not have come." The mermaid fell into the pond, and for some unknown reason, after she died, the pond was directly stained with her blood, and the water level gradually receded.
After the water level receded completely, the pool was filled with countless human bones. Arden was terrified. This mermaid was so terrifying. It turned out that she had killed so many people over the years.
The mermaid in the pool should have died from blood loss, but she stood up with a blazing fire, her body filled with an endless black aura. The mermaid said sadly, "You really are Qi Yi. Just like before, you made the same choice. I am just a resentment of hers. I should have just been an ordinary mermaid. I was imprisoned here for thousands of years. I can only be a terrible walking corpse, submitting her dreams to everyone who passes by, to find that person."
"So many people have come here, but none of them are Qi Yi."
“Even though they aren’t, I still spend every day here with them, letting everyone die happily. I’m too lonely here by myself, relying on your so-called love stories to keep me going, and I don’t know when it will end.”
The mermaid continued her story, saying that she was the bride of everyone who had come here. She wore the most beautiful seaweed dress and married every man who passed by. She was always happy every time she came. Sometimes she would wonder if she was Chu Changge or just an ordinary mermaid swimming around in the depths of the sea.
They all loved her very much. They would gently comb her hair, use their spiritual power to make her happy, and live with her in another place, just like an ordinary couple. However, human lifespan is very short, only a few decades. Happiness will disappear, and humans will die. With each death, she will fall into boundless darkness, hoping to escape or find new people to accompany her and forget the heart that has been swallowed by darkness.
Finally, the mermaid tore off two pieces of flesh from her body, held them up, and swam towards Qi Yu and Arden, saying, "Eat them quickly, and your wounds will heal rapidly."
When the two pieces of meat were taken off, Qi Yu and Aden immediately ate them, and their bodies began to recover instantly. The mermaid smiled and said, "Thank you for killing me. I'm finally free."
After she finished speaking, her body slowly disappeared. Suddenly, array symbols appeared on the surrounding walls, and a door opened.
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