Although the group was confused, they still followed Tian Ning and rushed to the central city.
She moved so fast that she disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the people behind her exhausted their spiritual energy to keep up.
If it weren't for the Celestial Venerable's words, "Listen to her."
Everyone had already complained and stopped. Even reincarnation wasn't this urgent. Why was she in such a hurry to go back?
But upon reaching the central city, the group realized the gravity of the situation.
The other half of the formation is located in the central city—
As the formation on the merfolk's side took shape, resentment rose up throughout the central city. The two-hour journey had wasted too much time, and the once peaceful and happy city had become a living hell. Those with weaker cultivation had no time to resist and were devoured by the resentment and died.
In the heart of the city, the mermaids who had been taken away from the sea by the ten great families gathered by the pool.
Most of them are women, but there are also a few men.
The resentment did not attack them, but after they touched the water, their legs began to turn into fish tails.
They are a mixture of human and mermaid blood, and can barely maintain human form for a period of time, but they will die if they leave the water.
Now, without the obstruction of the ten great families, they have gained a brief period of freedom.
"What are they trying to do?" Long Han frowned. Even though he was exhausted from traveling and his spiritual energy was depleted, he said urgently, "We must stop these mermaids no matter what..."
"It's too late."
The one who refuted him was none other than Gongsun Lian, who had already woken up.
Her entire demeanor changed, and Long Han could even sense that she, like those mermaids, was emanating a stench of rotting souls. Why was that?
Now, Gongsun Lian spoke, saying, "The formation is complete. Although the plan was forced to be brought forward due to the interference of that person who possessed the body, the efforts of the mermaid clan over the past few hundred years have yielded results."
"Her Majesty the Queen offered her own soul as a sacrifice, presenting tens of thousands of souls as tribute to Qiongqi, one of the four ferocious beasts, in order to... fulfill the wish of the merfolk!"
Enraged, Long Han grabbed her collar tightly: "What wishes did you make to that evil beast?!"
Before Gongsun Lian could answer, the changes in her body had already responded to Long Han.
Her fishtail began to recede, like a snake shedding its skin, and a pair of long, fair legs were born, while the other mermaids underwent the same change.
Gongsun Lian said, "The merfolk have a plan that we have been working towards for hundreds of years."
"We once dreamed of coexisting with humans, but if even the Celestial Venerables couldn't do it, we certainly couldn't either. So we realized that wanting fairness is utter nonsense!"
"So, we made a wish to Qiongqi."
She said, "To become completely human."
As Gongsun Lian finished speaking, the fishtail beneath her feet completely disappeared, and her soul had undergone a change.
She is no longer a mermaid...
"Since no one can prevent the tragedy of the mermaid race, then let there be no more mermaids in the world, and let all mermaids become human!"
Over the past few centuries, they have used the children born from the mermaids and dragons to reincarnate the old mermaid clans, carrying memories of hatred and the hope of new life. Over the past few centuries, they have secretly set up the other half of the formation in the central city.
Originally, it wasn't planned to be implemented so quickly. They also wanted to transform all the mermaids in the sea into humans, but the arrival of Gongsun Lian and Tian Ning and the others became a variable. Fearing that something might happen, the mermaid queen brought forward the plan.
With this, the mermaid race completely disappeared from the world.
Newborn humans, having no further use, will no longer be bought, sold, or persecuted, but this comes at the cost of tens of thousands of lives.
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