Ariel's Identity

"This is!"

The moment the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul was released, Tang San sensed the vibration of the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul.

Martial Soul Sensing?

No!

This is a resonance between top-tier Tool Martial Soul. It is an instinctive phenomenon that occurs when Martial Soul senses that another Martial Soul has a quality similar to or even surpasses its own.

Certainly!

This kind of sensing only occurs between Martial Soul of similar quality. If the difference is too great, the low-quality Martial Soul will tremble slightly, like a mouse seeing a cat.

Without a doubt!

Ariel's Trident is a top-tier Tool Martial Soul, even surpassing the Clear Sky Hammer in quality!

Therefore, the Clear Sky Hammer instinctively generated a feeling of "unwillingness" similar to that of humans, wanting to compete with it and see who is the strongest!

However, Martial Soul are ultimately controlled by humans.

Tang San easily suppressed, or rather calmed down, the restlessness of the Clear Sky Hammer, bringing it to a calm.

Seeing this, Ariel was also surprised by Tang San's composure. She then glanced at Zhou Qing and saw him curiously examining the Trident in his hand. She couldn't help but introduce it, "This is my Martial Soul, the Sea Halberd, a gift from the Great Sea to my daughter."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Sea Halberd released a faint blue halo that enveloped Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Romantina, blocking the vibrations caused by the strange song.

"That's enough. Those guys can't see this pale blue aura. It will last for about three hours." Ariel put away the Sea Halberd, walked onto the deck, and slowly sat down.

Faced with the puzzled or curious looks from Zhou Qing and the others, Ariel took out the water pouch at her waist, took a sip, and sighed, "I suppose you've all guessed that my origins are indeed extraordinary, and that I'm being hunted by the Mermaid Clan."

"Are you Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orca in human form?" Zhou Qing asked, voicing his suspicions.

"No!"

Ariel was taken aback, then a "#" appeared on her cheek, somewhat dissatisfied: o(￣ヘ￣o#), and then she glanced at Xiao Wu and couldn't help but complain, "Looks like you told them your identity? Tsk tsk, transformed Soul Beast are really quite naive."

"I've thought this through carefully!" Xiao Wu pursed her lips, realizing Ariel's identity, and asked, "Then you're definitely not human! You have a grudge against those mermaids under the ship, right? What kind of sea Soul Beast Transformation? How come I can't detect any Soul Beast aura at all?"

"You'd be lucky to notice!"

After Ariel finished speaking, she waved to Zhou Qing and the others, signaling them to sit down and talk, so as not to be noticed by the mermaids below. "I am actually a mermaid too, but I am different from those guys who worship the Sea God."

To prove her point, she poured the seawater from the water bag onto her legs.

In an instant, Ariel's legs came together and merged, forming a fishtail that, even at night, still shone with a faint iridescent halo under the moonlight.

"Humans and fish, is this a sign of moral decay or a distortion of human nature?"

When Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Romantina were shocked by Ariel's true identity, Zhou Qing's words immediately drew their attention.

Tang San was astonished.

Xiao Wu looked down on it.

Romantina blushed.

Ariel was taken aback at first, then her eyebrows furrowed, her face darkened, and she took several deep breaths before calming down. She sighed and said Youyou, "It's not exactly wrong. Because the Mermaid Clan have poor reproductive abilities, some female mermaids do indeed drag humans into the sea to collect seeds in order to reproduce."

Xiao Wu: "..." I've realized the diversity of Soul Beast once again! I thought the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was already bizarre enough, but compared to the mermaid, it's practically normal!

Zhou Qing asked, "What happens to the male humans whose seeds have been borrowed?"

"If she's ugly, we'll kill her. If she's beautiful, we'll probably keep her as a pet for other female mermaids to play with," Ariel said, smirking as she threatened Zhou Qing.

Tang San's expression changed. "Could it be that the mermaids down there have taken a liking to me and Zhou Qing?"

"That's it." Zhou Qing sighed. "We're both so handsome, we're bound to be dating different mermaid ladies."

Xiao Wu: "You two are of average appearance, so you're definitely going to be raped and then killed. There's no other possibility."

Tang San: "..."

Ariel pursed her lips and chuckled, saying, "Tsk, as expected, the easiest thing for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to learn from humans is that thing between men and women."

Just as Xiao Wu full of black lines, was about to retort, she saw a huge light shield rise around the Mermaid, slowly enveloping the entire ship.

Whoosh!

The ship rocked violently and began to sink to the bottom of the sea.

Those damned mermaids are going to drag the entire Mermaid into the sea!

"Don't panic, this is a combination Soul Skill called Sound of the Ocean. It uses a unique singing vibration to create a bubble with Soul Power, which can envelop the ship and take people to the seabed. People can breathe while inside this bubble," Ariel comforted her. "There are hundreds of mermaids, and even the weakest one is comparable to Soul King. We can't break out, so we can only follow them to the mermaids' territory and see if we can negotiate with their king."

In fact, Ariel felt somewhat guilty, believing that the mermaids had come to hunt her down.

She was also puzzled as to how the mermaids had discovered her.

"Judging from what you said before, it seems these mermaids are here to hunt you down?" Seeing that Ariel was no longer joking, Zhou Qing also asked about the reason why the mermaids appeared in this Reef Sea Area.

After all--

It seems that they have suffered an undeserved misfortune?

"Although I am also a mermaid, I am different from them."

Ariel looked at Zhou Qing intently, and finally decided to believe in Zhou Qing, who had received the gift of the Great Sea — the Star of the Ocean.

"I am--"

"The Daughter of the Sea".

Mermaids, creatures that are half-human and half- Sea Soul Beast, evolved over a long period of time. Later, their ancestors were conquered by Poseidon 20,000 years ago and became his followers.

Poseidon, the Sea God, conquered not so Great Sea, but rather most of the Sea Soul Beast within it.

The master of the Great Sea is always the Great Sea itself, not the Sea God.

Ariel is Spirit born from the Great Sea itself, Life born from the purest primal energy of the Great Sea.

She was conceived 20,000 years ago and adopted by Neptune, the king of the Mermaid Clan at that time, becoming the princess of the Mermaid Clan.

"So that's how it is!" Xiao Wu seemed to understand everything. "Because you longed for human life, you left your tribe, and they want to take you back!"

Romantina added, "That makes things easier. If you have a good talk with your father, he should be able to let us go back, right?"