The mermaids could not reach any conclusion after the discussion, and they all went back dejectedly.
On a quiet night, the light emitted by the crystal of the Mermaid Kingdom flickered on the seabed, and the sleeping Tu Ling was still absorbing supernatural powers. When the energy of the crystal was completely absorbed, the Mermaid Kingdom fell into darkness.
The black mermaid in the distance seemed to sense something and suddenly opened his light blue eyes. A cold light flashed across his pupils and he disappeared in an instant.
The mermaid kingdom fell into panic when the light disappeared, and everyone threw the crystals in their caves to the bottom of the cave. Lance also threw his favorite crystal collection to the bottom of the cave.
As a mermaid, Tu Ling's vision at night is similar to that during the day, but the feeling is slightly different. It's like she just woke up and didn't notice what happened in the Mermaid Kingdom. "What happened?"
Lance searched the cave thoroughly but couldn't find any more crystals. "The crystals at the bottom of the cave aren't glowing anymore! I guess there aren't enough crystals with energy left, so the mermaids are collecting them."
But even if all the crystals were collected together, the light on the seabed still could not be reawakened.
Lance hugged Tu Ling painfully: "The Siren is coming, you run away first and don't worry about us."
Just as he finished saying this, everyone found that the darkness around them turned into a solid entity, turning into twisted black tentacles that controlled their hands and tails and hung them in mid-air.
Tu Ling's shark tail was also entangled by the black tentacles.
She didn't even want to use her superpowers to attack the tentacle. It was useless anyway, and it would be fun to beat Lan Jiao.
The black tentacles pulled out all the mermaids hiding in the cave. The center of the originally wide cave was now filled with black tentacles and mermaids with fragrant mouths.
"Hello again, you bunch of trash."
Upon hearing this, the mermaid looked towards the source of the sound, but could see nothing.
Tu Ling could see clearly that on a thick tentacle sat a shiny black mermaid that looked very ominous.
Then the mermaid flew down, and its five fingers grew sharp claws, killing the mermaids indiscriminately.
Screams continued, and the smell of blood filled the entire cave. Lance couldn't see but was aware of what was happening. He cursed loudly, "Damn Siren, kill me first if you want to kill!"
His shout paused the killing for a moment. The water around him surged, and Lance felt something behind him, and his hair stood on end.
The mermaid raised its sharp claws high, but heard a female voice.
"stop!"
Lan Jiao paused, and used his tentacles to push away the extra mermaids, revealing the Tu Ling hidden inside.
The merman waved his hand and pulled Tu Ling in front of him. A thin, skinny finger with webbed fingers lifted Tu Ling's chin and said, "Finally found you, Tu Ling. Do you like mermaids so much?" Even though he had been with her for so long in the apocalypse, he still couldn't stop her from falling into the arms of a mermaid. Lan Jiao looked at Lance with a distant and cold look: "Is it because of him?"
Tu Ling looked at Lance, whose face was bruised by the tentacles, and asked with a frown, "What do you want to do?"
"Nothing, I just want to kill all these mermaids." Lan Jiao and Tu Ling looked at each other: "Who do you think should be killed first?"
Tu Ling had been trying to remove the tentacles, but it was all in vain. She watched Lan Jiao kill the mermaids. She had said she would do her best to protect them, but she broke her promise so quickly. Why? Her special ability didn't hurt Lan Jiao at all. "If you continue to slaughter mermaids, I will never forgive you!"
Lan Jiao smiled bitterly: "Alright! Then we'll be sworn enemies. Before that, I'll show you something. After you've seen it, if you still want to be with this mermaid, then I'll let you go."
Lan Jiao originally didn't want Tu Ling to know about the past. On the one hand, he didn't want to recall those disgusting things. On the other hand, he thought Tu Ling was from the mermaid tribe and didn't want Tu Ling to suffer like him. But now he knows that Tu Ling is not from the mermaid tribe. If these past events can make Tu Ling care more about him and let Tu Ling know the true face of the mermaid tribe, he doesn't mind uncovering the scars and letting everyone know how disgusting their mermaid tribe is.
In an instant, everyone in the cave fell into a deep sleep.
————Thousands of years ago, under the sea————
Tu Ling woke up and found herself floating outside the cave, surrounded by many mermaids rubbing their heads and mermen holding their chests with cold faces.
She wanted to talk to Lan Jiao, but when she saw his sour face, she didn't go and tried to make herself look bad.
Looking at the surroundings, the exterior of the cave hasn't changed much, except that the vegetation outside is more lush and colorful.
"Mastress!"
Lance came over as soon as he woke up. He stared at Lan Jiao warily: "What did you do?"
Lan Jiao didn't want to pay any attention to Lance, but said directly to Tu Ling: "This is the bottom of the sea a thousand years ago. Don't you want to know the truth about the feud between mermaids and mermen? Today I will show you."
"Mother—"
A miserable cry attracted everyone's attention. When they looked over, they found that it was two mermaids. Both mermaids had golden hair, which was the color symbolizing royalty. The young mermaid threw herself on the adult mermaid and cried. It turned out that the adult mermaid had a piece of her abdomen missing, probably bitten by some beast. The wound was soaked white by sea water, and there was muscle tissue floating on the wound.
Everyone looked at the mermaid queen, because the young mermaid looked a bit like the queen.
The mermaid queen looked at Lan Jiao with a dark face and a vicious look. Suddenly, she rushed towards Lan Jiao and was about to strangle him: "Stop!"
Just when the mermaid queen touched Lan Jiao, she passed through his body.
"Hmph, you overestimate your own abilities." Lan Jiao has been reluctant to kill this mermaid queen because he wants to reveal the truth one day and make her lose everything instead of dying a quick death.
When Tu Ling heard Lan Jiao's words, he raised his eyebrows. This kid must have learned a lot of idioms in the apocalypse.
Lance went over to support the mermaid queen, but he passed right through her body.
Tu Ling: "We are not physical entities now and cannot touch each other. I guess the mother and daughter cannot see us either."
In order to verify Tu Ling's words, Lance walked to the mother and daughter and waved his hand in front of the little girl. The mermaid cub did not react at all, and still looked worriedly at the seriously injured adult mermaid in front of him through his palm.
"You really can't see me!"
Lan Jiao sneered at Lance's fussing look, "Keep watching, everyone."
When the mermaid cub saw its mother fall down, it cried even more miserably. Fortunately, there was a group of people walking towards this side in the distance, who should be able to help the poor mother and daughter.
But when the mermaids saw that it was a group of mermen coming over, they all showed sympathy towards the mother and daughter.
A mermaid said, "What bad luck! They happened to encounter mermaids at this time, and there are so many of them! They will definitely be slaughtered! No wonder the royal family hates mermaids so much."
(End of this chapter)
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