The Sea Princess's Desire
Romantina pointed to the Undercurrent Channel, marveling at its grandeur, and couldn't help but ask, "Is this a method used by the Mermaid Clan?"
"This is a miracle of nature."
Ariel shook her head. "How can mermaids control the power of the Great Sea? They just use this Undercurrent Channel for long-distance travel. If they were to swim at their own speed... well, at the same level, a mermaid's swimming speed in the ocean is only slightly faster than that of soft-bodied marine creatures, not as fast as other Soul Beast."
Zhou Qing was absolutely certain of this.
After all, from the perspective of physical structure, mermaids, whose upper body is human and lower body is fish, are actually not very well suited to swimming in water.
Speaking of using Soul Power...
All I can say is that mermaids need to use their Soul Power to swim as fast as other sea creatures and Soul Beast, so there doesn't seem to be anything to brag about.
The mermaid with a half-human body probably only did so to allow herself to cultivate faster than other Sea Soul Beast.
Certainly.
Ariel cannot be equated with normal mermaids. She is Spirit born from the Great Sea, and is of the same race as the Snow Empress born from the ice-attribute Heaven and Earth Yuan Power of the Extreme North's just that her original appearance is similar to that of a mermaid, a half-human, half- Sea Soul Beast.
Half a day passed quietly.
The rest of the crew on the Mermaid were still asleep. Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Romantina all sensed that the ship's speed had slowed down.
And the giant bubble was carried away by the mermaids from the Undercurrent Channel and into the real deep sea area.
Unlike other sea areas that are pitch black, this area is filled with all kinds of bioluminescence. Countless strange seaweeds sway freely in the ocean, and luminous plankton shuttle among them, like stars floating in the deep sea.
When the Mermaid came to a stop, Zhou Qing and the others, squinting through the bubbles, noticed the buildings built on the seabed rocks outside the ship. Some were made of unknown minerals, some were polished with seashells, and some were decorated with the shells of certain crustaceans.
Zhou Qing even saw a mermaid emerge from under a fan-shaped seashell about five meters wide, and there was a hole at the bottom of the seashell, so its real dwelling place should be below.
In conclusion, the architecture of mermaids is very similar to that of humans, but with a strong "seafood" feel.
At this moment, the mermaids passed through the bubbles and approached the unconscious people on the ship.
Tang San was a little nervous. He subtly tapped Zhou Qing's arm with his fingers, asking if he should make a move.
Let's wait and see!
Zhou Qing responded.
After all, this is the seabed. If they act recklessly and these mermaids destroy the bubbles outside the ship, wouldn't they all drown?
Ariel's strength is only at the Soul King level, so it's impossible for her to lead them out of the encirclement in an instant. It's better to see what these mermaids are up to first.
"Wrap these humans in bubbles and take them to the prison."
One of the mermaids spoke human language.
Or rather, the Merfolk Tribe communicate using the common language of the Douluo Continent.
Then, everyone on the Mermaid, including Ariel, was encased in bubbles and taken to a natural cave. Dark black iron rods were then inserted into the entrance to seal it off.
Zhou Qing opened his eyes, looked at the bubbles clinging to his skin, and found that he could breathe easily. He exclaimed in surprise, "These bubbles are really strange. They allow me to breathe freely. And this is the deep sea, surrounded by water. I don't feel much pressure at all, and my body feels very light, as if I can swim."
He realized that the reason mermaids could swim freely in the deep sea was probably because their bodies could instinctively produce bubbles like these.
Otherwise--
Most of the marine life that swims in this deep sea area is relatively flat, so it's strange that the Mermaid Clan look so "round".
After all, Douluo Continent isn't some kind of fantasy continent where everything is invincible; it's Planet world. Even with Soul Master and Soul Beast who wield extraordinary power, it still needs to follow the various physical laws that exist based on matter.
Therefore, the fundamental reason why Mermaid Clan can maintain a normal human appearance even in the deep sea may be that they can create bubbles to cover their entire bodies, allowing them to breathe freely without having to expend extra energy to fight against the pressure of the deep sea.
Ariel remained silent.
She now suspects that perhaps her whereabouts were not discovered by the Sea Princess, but rather that some other reason led to their capture.
After all, she was raised by Neptune, and the Sea Princess was her nominal older sister. If they came for her sake, the mermaids would definitely investigate her carefully, and they wouldn't lock them all in the same cell at once.
However, Zhou Qing and the others didn't notice her expression at the moment, as they were only focused on examining the bubbles on her body.
"Mother, all the human ships near the Douluo Continent and Vast Sea City have been captured."
Sea King's Palace, a mermaid wearing a silver crown reported to a mermaid wearing a golden crown, "Mother, why do we do this? Our clan lives in seclusion beneath the Ice Sea near the Extreme North, and we don't have much interaction with humans, especially with the humans in the warmer regions of the continent. We have no conflicts with them at all. If we rashly capture them, we might attract the attention of human Soul Master."
"It's alright. The Great Sea is ruled by the Sea God, and we are Sea God children. We are protected by Sea God power."
This mermaid wearing a golden crown is the Sea Princess.
The Sea Princess smiled gently, seemingly unconcerned. "Even human Soul Master who have reached the Absolute/Peerless Realm of level ninety-nine, if they dare to come to the bottom of this Ice Sea, will have their strength suppressed to only seventy percent. They are no match for me."
"The reason I went to the warm waters to capture humans is because I sensed the fluctuations of the Mental Bead formed after the collapse of the Mental World left behind by the Rubik's Cube Octopus who betrayed the faith of the Sea God."
The Sea Princess has cultivated for over 600,000 years and is of the Spiritual Attribute. She is extremely sensitive to the fluctuations of other Spiritual Attribute Soul Beast, especially with the blessing of her Golden Bloodline and the protection of the entire Great Sea. She is also able to sense the space built by the Rubik's Cube Octopus Clan to store the Mental Bead.
However, since she is not Rubik's Cube Octopus and this Golden Bloodline is not something she was born with but rather a "gift from heaven," she cannot determine her true spatial coordinates and location.
But just before that, she sensed that the space where the Rubik's Cube Octopus, which had been storing Mental Bead for over Hundred-Thousand-Year, had been opened by an entity.
In that area of Reef Sea Area—
Among the Rubik's Cube Octopus Clan, none have exceeded 10,000 years in the past 20,000 years, so it cannot be one of them.
Therefore, it must be that the human Soul Master whose Martial Soul is Rubik's Cube Octopus has reached the Soul King stage, Soul Power Level is equivalent to that of Rubik's Cube Octopus of ten thousand years, thus causing the spatial tremor.
The Sea Princess has always wanted to obtain the legacy left behind by the Rubik's Cube Octopus, which has cultivated for over Hundred-Thousand-Year!
For the Mermaid Clan, a single Mental Bead can save them the Spiritual Power that would take Hundred-Thousand-Year of arduous cultivation to accumulate!
However, the 10,000-year-old Rubik's Cube Octopus has disappeared without a trace. So, if a human Soul Master with Martial Soul Rubik's Cube Octopus Soul reaches the Soul King level, they can also serve as a substitute.
However, in the past 20,000 years, humans with the Martial Soul of Rubik's Cube Octopus have been extremely rare, and those who can become Soul Master are even rarer, let alone Soul King...
Now that I've come across one, and it even resonates with that space, how can I let it go?
We must befriend them!
Therefore, she would rather arrest ten thousand by mistake than let one go!