Li Jing, Who Needed a Lesson; Li Ya, Who Knew the Times

Princess Li Jing, who had previously shown the strongest will to resist, no longer intended to reveal her inappropriate thoughts to You Chen after realizing that the other Sea Soul Beast, including her sister, had lost their will to resist.

She had not given in spirit, but she had also come to terms with the facts and decided to simply observe how things would develop and then look for another opportunity to escape.

Upon hearing the mermaid guard's piercing scream, she, who had been standing at the edge of the group of Soul Beast and trying her best not to look at You Chen, finally frowned and turned her head.

However, the next moment, her face also showed the same look of terror as the mermaid guard.

"High Priest... Master?"

Li Jing never expected that the person who had just fought an earth-shattering battle with You Chen was actually the Great Enshrinement of Sea God Island and the First High Priest under the Sea God, whom even she, who was extremely averse to humans, greatly respected!

Bo Saixi's clothes had been changed by You Chen; she was no longer wearing the Sky Blue Priest Robe that showcased her unique style when she went out, or the Blue Silver Armor she wore in battle.

So Li Jing didn't initially think in that direction.

At that moment, overwhelmed by such a shock, she felt her mind go blank and she completely lost the ability to think.

Not everyone knows Bo Saixi's appearance. The Mermaid Clan are better off, as elites like the mermaid guards have seen Bo Saixi's face to some extent, but many other Sea Soul Beast have not had that honor.

However, those who were able to gather here and survive the previous battles with You Chen were all elites among the Sea Soul Beast, and at least had all heard of Bo Saixi's name.

They all realized what a big thing You Chen had done, and were all horrified.

They considered all sorts of possibilities: You Chen might have encountered enemies from the human Soul Master side, or he might have been caught up in the inexplicable migration of the terrifying Deep Sea Demonic Whale King...

But to everyone's surprise, You Chen actually captured the famous High Priest of Sea God Island!

As Sea Soul Beast, they might not know Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, who were on par with Bo Saixi, but they definitely knew the status of the Sea God Douluo on the sea! That was the symbol of invincibility!

Even the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King would be wary and retreat upon hearing its name.

Now, this invincible symbol has been defeated by You Chen, and he couldn't even escape. He was captured and brought back as a prisoner!

Besides...

Some sharp-eyed Soul Beast have already noticed that Bo Saixi is missing an arm.

How dare you!?

Finally snapping out of her mental lapse, Li Jing glared at You Chen and blurted out her answer without even having time to think.

Li Ya's expression changed drastically upon hearing this. She was extremely worried that her sister would follow in the footsteps of those tragically killed Sea Soul Beast because of such a foolish act.

Her mother had already become Soul Ring. If even her older sister died at the hands of this man, she would have no relatives left in this world!

Li Ya immediately knelt down and bowed her head, saying, "My lord, my sister only misspoke and had no intention of offending me!"

"Li Ya, you..."

Li Jing stared wide-eyed at Li Ya, who was kneeling directly before You Chen, her face filled with disbelief.

In fact, she realized that it was inappropriate after she said it, but what could she do if she regretted it after the words were out? She was already mentally prepared to be slapped to death by You Chen, but she never expected that her sister would actually grovel before this devil You Chen for her sake.

You Chen did not respond to Li Ya's words. Under the horrified gazes of the Sea Soul Beast, he took a step at an extremely fast speed, so fast that it seemed as if he had teleported directly in front of Li Jing.

Li Jing raised her head and looked at You Chen, who maintained a faint smile. She had to admit that the devil in front of her was the most handsome man she had ever seen. Even though she was filled with fear and anger, she still thought that smile was perfect.

However, this seemingly gentle smile only evoked a chilling feeling when one recalled the other party's cruel methods.

Li Jing had no intention of resisting. She knew that her resistance would be meaningless to the man in front of her and would only affect her compatriots.

So she simply showed an unyielding expression, facing her inner fear head-on, and even though her body was trembling, she still stared at You Chen.

You Chen casually reached out his hand, and just when everyone thought You Chen was going to smash Li Jing to pieces, he simply patted Li Jing's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I promised your mother that as long as you don't attack me first, I naturally won't attack you. However, this verbal offense will only happen once, and will not be repeated."

Li Jing thought she could say something to refute You Chen, but when she met You Chen's eyes, which were completely devoid of any smile, she found that she could do nothing but tremble.

The next moment, You Chen released his hand and smiled, "I think it's best to let you meet your mother first. After all, I promised her I would let her meet you."

A blood-red Soul Ring with six golden lines appeared amidst the shock and trembling of the Soul Beast, and then a familiar phantom darted out from it.

"Sea Princess!"

"The Lord Soul Master didn't lie to us!"

The Sea Soul Beast who witnessed this scene all exclaimed in surprise.

The Sea Princess, who had just been forcibly awakened and summoned by You Chen, was still a little dazed. Looking at the familiar faces around her, she was wondering what was going on.

Suddenly, You Chen transmitted the image of Li Jing's arrogant words to her mind through the Mental Link, and added calmly, "Your daughter is your responsibility to educate. I'll let it go this time, but you'll have to teach her how to speak properly in the future."

His expression changed instantly. While Li Jing was still calling out "Mother" in shock, he suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Li Jing's arm, briefly explained his current safe and sound situation to the other Sea Soul Beast, gave Li Ya an apologetic look, and then dragged Li Jing into the other hall.

"Your name is Li Ya, right?"

You Chen then turned to Li Ya and smiled, "I appreciate people who know how to adapt to circumstances. From now on, this place will be under your management. First of all... is about dealing with this special-grade prisoner."

You Chen waved his hand and scooped up Bo Saixi, who had just been released by the female guard and was now floating on the ground in the underwater palace, into his arms. Right in front of Li Ya, he began to play with Bo Saixi's sea-blue hair.

Li Ya looked up timidly and asked tentatively, "My lord, may I ask, do you know anything about her—"

You Chen's hand suddenly slid to Bo Saixi's face, caressing her with a strangely lewd touch, as if he were playing with his own exquisite doll. At the same time, he directly interrupted Li Ya's words and said in a flat and ruthless tone, "Her true identity is irrelevant. You just need to remember that from now on, she is my captive. Hmm, let's call her... Xixi. Captive Xixi."

You Chen patted the sleeping Bo Saixi's face, seemingly quite pleased with the name he had chosen. He looked at Bo Saixi's cheeks with a smile, then looked up at Li Ya and said, "Although I've removed one of her arms to prevent her from becoming too violent and uncontrollable, leaving this collectible somewhat incomplete, she will still be a very troublesome figure for you. Let me put it this way, once she wakes up, her strength won't be much greater than yours, and with prior preparation, you can keep an eye on her. However, you are already the strongest person here besides me, so I can't have you constantly watching over her. Alright, tell me your plan."

"Um..."

Li Ya stared at Bo Saixi's face, lost in thought.

Clearly, this was the first test that You Chen had given.

To be honest, at this moment, Li Ya was very conflicted and in pain, and she really didn't want to think about how to deal with or weaken Bo Saixi.

Like Li Jing, Li Ya also held Bo Saixi in high esteem and respect.

Despite their different races, they, as fellow believers of the Sea God, could not help but feel respect for this exceptionally powerful human woman who was willing to dedicate her life to the Sea God.

And now... she has to design and plot against this idol-like existence.

Li Ya looked up and asked, "My lord, may I ask... is it permissible for you to weaken her again?"

She finally said something that was completely contrary to her Kindness God King past self.

Li Ya knew perfectly well what repeating "that kind of weakening" meant, but in order to please You Chen, she still asked directly.

"I'm sorry, Lady Bo Saixi. But... this is for my mother and sister, and for the Soul Beast clan of the North Sea. As a loyal follower of the Sea God, you must understand, right?"

Li Ya apologized in her heart, but a dark flame seemed to burn in her eyes.

That was a dark will that would sacrifice anything else in order for the survival of the tribe and its comrades.

Looking at Li Ya like this, You Chen couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips and smiled, "You little rascal, compared to your clueless sister, you are indeed more admirable!"

On the second basement level of the Crystal Palace, in a pitch-black prison, the soft creaking of chains dragging across the floor could be heard.

This area is isolated from the ground floor of the Crystal Palace; it's not an environment filled with seawater, but rather resembles a dark and damp dungeon on land.

Poseidon, the Sea God Douluo, was still somewhat dazed, but he eventually opened his eyes.

"Here it is...?"

Bo Saixi opened her mouth slightly and made a hoarse sound from her throat that surprised even herself.

As the Sea God High Priestess, although he occasionally went out to fight, he lived a life of luxury and had never been so weak before. His throat, which was always nourished by Soul Power and rare ingredients, fruits and vegetables, had never made such a dry sound.

Bo Saixi instinctively tried to raise his hand, but received no physical response.

At this moment, Bo Saixi, finally realizing what was happening, looked horrified. It was hard to imagine that the Sea God High Priestess, who always carried a calm and dignified demeanor, now had an expression of fear and trembling like that of a humiliated girl.

"My hand! My hand!! My hand is gone!!!???"

Overwhelmed with excitement, Bo Saixi trembled and lost her balance. She had been leaning against the cell wall, but now she stumbled and fell to the cold ground like a doll that had been thrown from a counter.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!"

Feeling the phantom pain from her lost limbs, Bo Saixi's frantic screams echoed throughout the dungeon.

The saying "hair is a woman's life" is actually just a joke, because normally women don't feel the same sense of crisis about losing other body parts.

People's hatred of their physical disabilities stems not only from the inconvenience in their movement, but also from their hatred of the disability itself.

Especially for creatures that pursue beauty, this hatred sometimes outweighs the inconvenience of movement.

People admire the beauty of the Venus de Milo with her missing arms, but they would never want to become that Venus de Milo themselves.

In a sense, this could be called a Western version of Lord Ye's love of dragons.

After having another arm severed, when Bo Saixi woke up again, her Soul Power Level had plummeted to level 79.

As the possessor of a god-level Martial Soul, she naturally possesses powerful abilities that allow her to transcend levels. However, with her level dropping to this point, as a human Soul Master... she can only be compared to Soul Douluo at best.

Bo Saixi doesn't particularly focus on body tempering; a large part of her physical strength comes from her Soul Power. Now that her Soul Power has plummeted, her two highest-level Soul Ring are sealed and unusable, and her two Soul Bones have been stripped away along with her arms. Coupled with her physical defects and weakness, her physical strength may not even be comparable to that of Qian Renxue, who is also a god-level Martial Soul possessor and is currently Soul Sage.

Overall, it's reasonable that their hard power has fallen to this level.

If we draw an analogy with human sects, the Mermaid Clan, along with its vassal clans, could be considered Upper Three Sects among Soul Beast, or even close to the Spirit Hall and Sea God Island.

Titled Douluo- level combat power is rare in this force. Even if you include the two Mermaid Clan members, Li Ya and Li Jing, there are less than ten of them, and most of them are not in the Crystal Palace. Therefore, Soul Douluo can pull out a large number of them at once.

At this moment, there were ten Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and comparable to a human Soul Douluo, guarding outside Bo Saixi's prison.

Even so, Li Ya still seemed to think it wasn't enough.

Even though Bo Saixi's raw strength is only at the level of Soul Douluo, her control over the Martial Soul Origin, the use of Soul Power, and her combat experience are still at the level of Limit Douluo.

There's also the Ocean Domain to consider, plus the remaining four Soul Bone whose Soul Bone Skill are still unknown. No one can guarantee whether she has the ability to unleash her full power, defeat ten Soul Douluo, and escape from the prison.

Therefore, Li Ya specifically chose extremely heavy Deep Sea Sinking Silver, which has the effect of suppressing Soul Power, to create chains to target Bo Saixi.

After learning from You Chen that Bo Saixi possessed the teleportation Soul Bone Skill, he specially reinforced Bo Saixi's private cell with the Space Sealing Magic Gold, which has the ability to seal space.

These are all rare metals that are special products of the North Sea.

Seeing this, You Chen naturally asked for a portion to strengthen his Emperor Golden Lion Beast Soul Bone.

After a brief period of madness, Bo Saixi's first instinct was naturally to break free of his shackles.

Then she discovered... the shackles were so heavy that she could hardly move them in her current state; they must weigh at least tens of thousands of kilograms!

And damn it, this thing also has the effect of suppressing Soul Power!

These shackles bound her tightly, suppressing her Soul Power to the Soul Emperor level.

Especially without arms, it would be impossible to break free!

"Finally awake?"

"Having fallen into such a miserable state, do you still think about resisting?"

"It might be easier if we didn't resist."

Bo Saixi's desperate scream could not possibly escape the notice of the guards.

Except for one who left directly to report, half of them went straight into the prison.

Even without the repeated emphasis from the new Sea Princess, Li Ya, they, as the elite of the Mermaid Clan, were not afraid of Bo Saixi's strength. After all, they had heard of this Sea God Douluo's power that allowed him to roam the seas for a long time.

Even now that they are prisoners of war, they still dare not be careless.

But after seeing that Bo Saixi couldn't even break free of the Deep Sea Sinking Silver chains, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and even began to joke around with plenty of leisure.

Mermaids are indeed a proud race, but they also worship power; otherwise, they wouldn't have believed in the Sea God.

After You Chen displayed overwhelming power, and even the new Sea Princess completely submitted to him, they naturally gradually chose to accept this new ruler.

They were wary and in awe of You Chen's previous cruel and ruthless style. Whether it was out of a desire to curry favor with their new boss or to alleviate their own fear, they naturally tried their best to follow and flatter You Chen to show their own stance.

After Bo Saixi saw the faces of these mermaids, she became even more furious, her face turning red.

Especially after recalling that the reason she initially attacked You Chen was because she believed that You Chen had kidnapped the mermaid, she became even angrier, her face turning blue and purple.

She attacked You Chen for the sake of the You Chen Mermaid Clan, but ended up being captured, having her arms crippled, and suffering a drop in cultivation. In the end, she was ridiculed by the mermaids she wanted to save.

'No, wait a minute!'

Bo Saixi finally noticed a blind spot.

The color drained from her beautiful face, turning it deathly pale in an instant.

"Captured mermaids? This is a misunderstanding. It is not the behavior of a wise leader of a force to make such a hasty judgment Sea God Douluo."

The words You Chen had said when the two first met echoed in Bo Saixi's mind.

She finally thought of a possibility.

'Could it be that I've made a mistake?'

If Bo Saixi's process was entirely wrong at the beginning, but the result was right.

So now the process is all correct, but the result is wrong.

Even though You Chen really did bring the person back, she still thought You Chen was a human trafficker. But ironically... You Chen really was a notorious villain who attacked the Mermaid Clan.

Now, she realized it was indeed a misunderstanding and began to think it was an unnecessary battle. Because she refused to listen to explanations, she had inexplicably ended up like this, physically crippled, with her Soul Power diminished, and captured. But she didn't even know who to blame, because judging from the attitude of the Mermaid Clan, it seemed she had only herself to blame, and deserved it all.

But in reality... she didn't know that choosing to oppose You Chen and launch an attack on You Chen at that moment was a relatively correct choice. The only mistake was that her preparation was too inadequate; she rushed into the fray alone.

However, it's unlikely that anyone will step forward now or in the future to clear Bo Saixi's name from this misunderstanding.

'If I'm truly mistaken, then... what exactly did the Sea God's oracle mean?'

"Grown ups!"

Bo Saixi's mind was in a daze. Just then, she saw the mermaids who had just been teasing her restrain their frivolous attitude and bow solemnly towards the main gate of the prison.

Bo Saixi looked up and saw a man with an almost superhumanly handsome face step into the cell.

Even though she knew it was an unnecessary conflict caused by a misunderstanding, Bo Saixi couldn't suppress her grief and anger when she saw You Chen's face, thinking about her current miserable state. Her beautiful face instantly twisted into a hideous grimace.

"I'm going to kill you!!!"

Even Bo Saixi herself probably didn't expect that she would make such a sound, like a demon from hell, but at this moment she had no time to pay attention to such things.

She had no eyes for anyone but You Chen, and she didn't even notice Li Ya following behind You Chen.

You Chen paid no attention to Bo Saixi's threat.

"You may all leave," he said calmly, glancing at the guards.

"But this prisoner is incredibly vicious, what if..."

Some merman guards tried to take the opportunity to curry favor and show their loyalty, but only received a cold look from You Chen: "Do you think I need the concern of weaklings like you?"

The merman guard instantly broke out in a cold sweat, shrank back in fear, and whispered, "It was my mistake."

He then withdrew with the other guards.

Only You Chen, Li Ya, and Bo Saixi remained in the cell.

Only Bo Saixi's frantic howls of "I'll kill you" echoed throughout the night.

You Chen's expression was indifferent, while Li Ya looked at Bo Saixi's appearance and a hint of pity flashed in her eyes.

"Li Ya, untie her."

"Yes, ma'am."

However, after You Chen gave the order, the fleeting pity seemed like an illusion, and she carried out You Chen's order without any hesitation.

After shedding the chains of the Deep Sea Sinking Silver, Bo Saixi pounced on them without hesitation.

In response, You Chen kicked out directly, striking Bo Saixi squarely in the chest. The kick caused Bo Saixi to stagger and knock her unconscious. It can be said that You Chen's control of force and speed was extremely perfect.

Upon hearing the two "ding" sounds from the system notification, You Chen nodded in satisfaction.

It seems that in the future, the system's required quick-kill tasks will no longer be difficult, as they can be completed entirely in this way.

After killing so many Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, he has a considerable reserve of Soul Bone.

Even if Super Douluo cannot be killed quickly, he can knock them unconscious, forcibly refine their Soul Bone, and then disassemble it.

Once the opponent wakes up, the battle situation is essentially refreshed, making it much easier to deliver a kick at that point.

The first "ding" indicates that the task is completed, while the second "ding" indicates that a new task has been completed.

However, seeing the reward tiers offered by the mission, You Chen was still slightly disappointed, even though he had expected it.