201: The Little Mermaid, The Rising Sea

Mirage Sea, Mist Area.

Ever since Qiao Qiaodi was eroded by the ice-cold mist, she became very sensitive to cold, shivering from time to time, looking extremely pitiful.

Li Niannian stayed by her side, both of them looking pale, fearing they would encounter another powerful Sea Demon Beast.

But the more they feared, the more the situation they dreaded appeared again.

"Everyone, listen, there's a song." It was Liu Yan who spoke; Liu Yan was instantly attracted by the beautiful song, but instinctively felt that the song was very strange.

Li Niannian suddenly said, "Don't you all think this song is very strange?"

Lin Yongmao nodded and said, "That's right, we've encountered it before. This is a Mermaid's song, but the hallucinatory effect contained in this song is even stronger."

This was indeed the case.

East Sea City's two top teams encountered a large group of Mermaids, not the lone Mermaid the Fugui Monster Hunting Team had encountered before.

The beautiful music was ethereal, seemingly far away, yet also whispering by their ears.

Cultivators with slightly weaker Mental Energy would easily fall into it.

Shenyin should still be quite far from the Mermaid's music, but Li Niannian and Qiao Qiaodi had already lost control of their minds; their eyes showed a look of infatuation, and their consciousness became blurred.

Even female Cultivators could not escape this Mental Energy attack from the Mermaids.

Following them, Liu Yan and Kong San were also affected by the music; although both were Golden Core Early Stage Cultivators, they could not withstand such high-intensity area Mental Energy attacks.

Their eyes were glazed, saliva flowed all over the deck, and their bones felt numb.

They were about to fly through the air towards the Mermaid's location, to throw themselves into the Mermaid's embrace.

They had completely lost consciousness.

Shen Hao and Shen Nan only felt a headache, but the music did not affect their consciousness; they were still very clear-headed.

Shen Hao acted, directly knocking out Kong San and Liu Yan; he wouldn't let them go to their deaths.

Li Niannian and Qiao Qiaodi didn't even need Shen Hao to act; they had already fainted.

Shen Nan looked at Lin Yongmao, showing a surprised expression, "You're actually fine? Golden Core Early Stage Cultivators have lost consciousness, but you're acting as if nothing happened."

Lin Yongmao didn't speak, only silently gazed into the distance, in the direction from which the Mermaid's music came.

Of course, he wouldn't be affected by this music; to put it bluntly, this music was a Divine Sense attack, and his Divine Sense strength had already reached the level of an ordinary Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator; his self-will wouldn't be easily influenced.

All of this was thanks to him regularly drinking a large amount of thousand-year cloud mist tea.

Shen Nan said to Lin Yongmao, "Fellow Daoist Lin, we are going to check out the situation. Would you like to come along?"

Lin Yongmao repeatedly refused, "No, my cultivation is low, so I'll wait here!"

He was worried that Shen Nan and Shen Hao would forcibly take him along, so he handed over one of the Nightmare Seahorses and said, "Two Seniors, this Nightmare Seahorse will temporarily be in your care; it will obey your commands."

The Nightmare Seahorse was the best Spirit Beast for traversing the Mist Area, and Shen Hao and Shen Nan did not refuse.

"Then many thanks, Fellow Daoist Lin."

Shen Hao rolled up the Nightmare Seahorse into his sleeve and headed towards the source of the singing.

After confirming that Shen Hao and Shen Nan had left, Lin Yongmao prepared to leave.

If not now, then when?

Now was the best time to leave; after confirming again that Li Niannian and the others had all fainted, Lin Yongmao activated the System's [Portable Teleportation] function.

He could teleport to any Family member with a closeness of 60 or more within the Family.

Teleportation required three seconds of activation time; once the three seconds passed, Lin Yongmao was enveloped by a white light, which was the power of space teleportation.

Lin Yongmao's figure disappeared into the Mirage Sea, as if he had never appeared, as mysterious as when he arrived.

...

On the other side.

Shen Hao and Shen Nan flew through the air and saw two teams of Cultivators in front, engaging with a group of Mermaids.

These two teams of Cultivators were the Mo Gui Hunting Squad and the Jade Buddha Hunting Squad.

All of the Mermaids of the entire clan in the Mirage Sea were here; they lived on a Sea Island, with some Mermaids on the golden beach, and the remaining part on the sea surface, revealing their graceful upper bodies.

Upon counting, the entire clan of Mermaids numbered no less than two hundred.

Among the Mermaids, the strongest was the Mermaid Princess; all the Mermaids of the entire clan had to obey her commands.

The Mermaid Princess was at the very core of the entire clan; her long tail had already transformed into legs, and her appearance was no different from a normal female. Her cultivation had also reached the terrifying Middle Stage of the Fourth Rank.

Affected by her Bloodline, she still had a pink fish scale on her forehead after her transformation, and her exquisite beauty was reflected on the sea surface, even astonishing the ocean.

In the Mirage Sea, there were rarely Sea Demon Beasts with such high cultivation, making her undoubtedly one of the overlords.

The rest of the adult Mermaids had a cultivation of at least Middle Stage of the Third Rank, and there were also a few Mermaids at the Late Stage of the Third Rank and Early Stage of the Fourth Rank, indicating that this clan was very powerful.

It was they who collectively played the sea melody, affecting the Divine Soul of the Cultivators.

As for the two Hunting Demon Teams composed of immortal cultivators, they were also very powerful.

They were East Sea City's top Hunting Demon Teams, the Mo Gui Hunting Squad and the Jade Buddha Hunting Squad.

The leader of the Mo Gui Hunting Squad was Lin Feng, with a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation.

The leader of the Jade Buddha Hunting Squad was named Long Lou, also with a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation.

The core members of both their teams were Nascent Soul Early Stage Cultivators, and each sea vessel also had many Golden Core Stage Cultivators.

By hunting Yao Beasts, these top Hunting Demon Teams could acquire a large amount of resources, establishing East Sea City's dominant position.

Lin Feng and Long Lou exchanged glances, understanding each other implicitly and reaching a consensus, which was to temporarily join forces to deal with the Mermaids, without considering the final distribution for now.

The Mermaid Princess let out a sharp shriek; what should have been an extremely piercing sound, when transmitted to the ears of many Cultivators, turned into a heavenly melody.

Logically speaking, the Mermaid Princess was a Fourth Rank Sea Demon Beast and had not yet reached the transformation stage, but she had already shed her Yao Beast body and transformed into a human.

It was unknown whether she had completed her transformation or if it was due to her own transformation technique.

"Humans, you captured our children, and you still dare to trespass here. You truly don't know what's good for you; all of you shall remain here!"

Lin Feng frowned slightly, "Their children?"

When had they ever harmed Mermaid children? They had never seen any! Could it be other Hunting Demon Teams?

Long Lou said, "You are blocking our way. If you tell us where the three thousand year five-colored lotus is, we will leave immediately and absolutely not disturb you."

The Mermaid Princess seemed to have heard some incredible joke; her eyes grew colder. These immortal cultivators were truly hypocritical, intruding into their territory and still speaking such sanctimonious words.

"Then let's see if you can pass this test."

"Sisters, everyone together—"

"Green Sea Tide Melody!"