Enraging the Fairy Fish

The water shimmered, and a misty fog swirled around the Blue Stone. The Fairy Fish sat quietly on the blue rock, her figure graceful and elegant, like a forest fairy who had descended to earth.

Her long, shimmering fishtail was mostly submerged in the clear stream, its tail fin gleaming with tiny, crystalline scales, slowly and gently swaying, creating soft, delicate ripples.

Throughout, she remained serene and tranquil, without revealing even a trace of the terrifying pressure that a high-level Magic Beast should possess; the atmosphere around her was peaceful to the point of being gentle.

This scene, witnessed by the players of the United Rescue Team, finally put their minds at ease.

"These high-level Magic Beast aren't as terrifying as we imagined."

The tension and fear completely dissipated, replaced by a continuous flow of confidence and assurance.

All eyes were fixed on the Blue Stone beneath the Fairy Fish, and their eyes lit up with joy and excitement.

In the team chat channel, Hei Mi excitedly spoke up.

"Did everyone see that clearly? The Blue Stone beneath the Fairy Fish is the very crystal the Seven-Colored Deer told us about—her Life Crystal! It's the core of her Magic Beast power! If we destroy this Life Crystal, the Fairy Fish will completely lose her original power, becoming nothing more than a useless beast, and will no longer be able to pose the slightest threat to us!"

Hei Mi's words were like a shot in the arm, completely igniting everyone's hope.

One player in the team, unable to contain his eagerness, immediately replied, "Now that we've found the Fairy Fish's Life Crystal, what are we waiting for? Let's get started! The first kill of a level 300 Magic Beast is just around the corner!"

Upon hearing this, the group stirred with excitement, everyone eager to step forward.

Hei Mi raised his hand to stop the restless crowd, then turned to give them a calm look, signaling them to calm down.

He then issued another command in the team chat channel.

"Everyone stay calm and don't act rashly! We'll proceed according to the previously agreed plan after the other team arrives. If anyone's haste causes the plan to fail..."

At this point, Hei Mi paused, his expression turning serious.

"That's a level 300 Magic Beast. If the plan fails, we'll all die."

Hearing what Heimi said, the others calmed down.

Yes, before the Fairy Fish's Life Crystal was destroyed, these players simply couldn't defeat the Fairy Fish.

The previously agitated queue instantly fell silent.

Hei Mi didn't say anything more, but waited quietly for information from the other team.

Just as the joint rescue team was getting closer to the pool where the Fairy Fish lived, the team split into two groups according to the pre-arranged plan.

The first team, led by the young leader of the Hei Mi and White Nation, was tasked with attracting the attention of the Fairy Fish and luring it away from the vicinity of the pool.

After another team successfully rescued the trapped personnel, destroyed the Fairy Fish's Life Crystal, and disintegrated all its power, they then killed the powerless Fairy Fish.

The other team was led by the two leaders of Mirror City.

After the teams split up, the two led another team toward a concealed location on the side.

Their mission was to wait for the Hei Mi team to successfully lure the Fairy Fish away and restrain it, then rescue the trapped personnel as soon as possible, and at the same time destroy the Fairy Fish's Life Crystal to completely sever the Fairy Fish's source of power.

The four team leaders were very satisfied with this well-defined operational plan, where each member had their own specific role.

The leaders of the Hei Mi and White Nation Youth had completely believed the Seven-Colored Deer's words; they were certain that the Fairy Fish would not easily kill the players.

In their view, as long as they successfully destroyed the Fairy Fish's Life Crystal, the Fairy Fish would be powerless. Their team, which directly confronted the Magic Beast, would be able to secure the honor of being the first to kill a level 300 high-level Magic Beast, along with generous first-kill rewards and prestige. It was a sure-fire way to make money.

However, the two leaders of Mirror City had completely different plans in mind.

In their eyes, the mission of staying in the shadows to destroy the Fairy Fish's Life Crystal was far less dangerous than the mission of directly confronting and killing high-level Magic Beast.

Human nature is unpredictable, let alone in the Magic Beast.

If any unexpected event occurs, Fairy Fish is provoked into displaying the ferocity of a high-level Magic Beast, then Hei Mi and his killing squad will be the ones to face its wrath.

Their squad, hidden in the shadows, could move freely in and out, completing their missions while also having ample room to retreat. Their chances of survival were far higher than those of teams engaged in direct combat, and their margin for error was extremely high.

With each team harboring their own agenda, a scheme to encircle and annihilate the Fairy Fish has quietly begun.

Before long, Hei Mi received a message from another squad saying that they had arrived at the ambush location and were ready to move in.

The moment he received the message, Hei Mi's eyes narrowed slightly. He slowly took a deep breath of the cool air, suppressing the turmoil surging in his heart.

"The other team is in position; now it's our turn to move in."

Upon hearing this, the nerves of all the team members present instantly tightened to the extreme. Everyone's heart was pounding in their chest, filled with excitement and a sense of nervousness.

Deep down, many people were also a little scared. After all, it was a level 300 Magic Beast. If anything unexpected happened, they could all die here today.

"Rocket, aim at target, prepare to attack."

His Hei Mi eyes were fixed on the distant Fairy Fish, and he gave a deep command.

That's right, he had no intention of getting close to the Fairy Fish.

How terrifying is the speed of a level 300 high-level Magic Beast?

If they approach rashly, and its location is locked onto, they might be in deep trouble.

To be on the safe side, the Hei Mi had long ago devised a tactic of long-range harassment to lure the enemy away.

The team's current position was the optimal ambush point that he had repeatedly calculated and precisely determined.

This distance was just within the maximum effective range of the Rocket, allowing for a precise hit on the target while also providing ample reaction time and retreat space, enabling them to escape successfully before the Fairy Fish could counterattack. Every detail was calculated perfectly, making it a flawless operation.

Therefore, the Hei Mi Plan involves a remote attack to lure the Fairy Fish away.

Upon receiving Hei Mi's order, the two white players in the team did not hesitate at all. They bent down, shouldered the Rocket, adjusted the scopes, and steadily aimed the muzzle at the Fairy Fish's graceful figure.

The next second, two blazing flames suddenly erupted!

"Boom--!"

Two deafening roars rang out almost simultaneously, the violent explosions shattering the tranquility of the mountains and forests.

Two cannonballs, carrying immense impact force, ripped through the sky, trailing blinding flames, hurtling straight toward the distant Fairy Fish with a piercing, sharp sound.

On the Blue Stone, the Fairy Fish had already noticed these uninvited guests.

The Fairy Fish belongs to the water element and was originally a very gentle Magic Beast. However, after her transformation failed and her appearance was ruined, her personality changed drastically.

Although she usually maintains a calm demeanor, she immediately becomes angry if someone makes a disapproving face at her appearance.

Recently, a steady stream of human players have been trespassing into her waters to provoke her, and the little patience the Fairy Fish has left is almost completely worn away.

She originally thought that by teaching these people who harassed her a lesson, no one would dare to harass her again.

But she didn't expect that even more humans would come looking for her.

This infuriated the Fairy Fish.

She is a Neutral Magic Beast, but that doesn't mean she won't kill.

They were invited to the transition zone and signed an agreement that they would receive a substantial reward after a certain period of time if they did not attack human players.

However, the agreement did not state that players could not be killed; it only stated that if a player was killed, these high-level Magic Beast could not remain in the transition area.

The Fairy Fish was determined to hold out until the agreed-upon time, then use the reward to apologize to the Seven-Colored Deer.

That incident back then was indeed an accident; she truly didn't know why the Water Wood Jade Heart was at the bottom of the pool.

However, the Seven-Colored Deer, having lost a great deal of power, came to hate her completely and refused to listen to her explanations for so many years. The Fairy Fish, who initially tried to explain humbly, eventually became annoyed as well.

Despite being friends and partners for so many years, Seven-Colored Deer didn't believe her at all.

Is she that kind of bad fish?

As a result, the relationship between the two beasts became even more tense, to the point that they were practically mortal enemies.

But this doesn't mean the Fairy Fish hates the Seven-Colored Deer. In fact, she still wants to reconcile with the Seven-Colored Deer, after all, the Seven-Colored Deer was really good to her back then.

Her only chance was the agreement she made with that human.

If she completes the task, the human will give her a treasure.

The Fairy Fish felt that if she gave the treasure to the Seven-Colored Deer and the two cleared up their misunderstanding, there was still a chance for them to reconcile.

So when Xiao Fan came to bother her before, although she chased after him fiercely, she didn't actually try to kill him.

Otherwise, given Xiao Fan's level at the time, she could have killed him with a single skill.

These humans too, although she tormented them every day, she still didn't violate the agreement or kill these players.

I originally planned to teach them a lesson for a few more days before throwing them out of the Monster Region.

But before she could act, another group of humans came to provoke her.

"Wasn't my method cruel enough?"

The Fairy Fish fell into doubt.

If it weren't for the reward she would receive after killing a player and the need to leave the Magic Beast Transition Zone, she would have killed someone long ago.

Even the gentlest and most benevolent water-type Magic Beast still harbor a savage, predatory nature deep within their bloodlines, which she has simply suppressed for a long time.

Two cannonballs, carrying intense heat and impact, hurtled through the air from behind, accompanied by a piercing whistling sound. The Fairy Fish lowered her eyelashes, a chilling sneer curling at the corner of her lips.

Her long, slender fishtail swayed gently, lightly touching the shimmering water. Two glistening, translucent water droplets leaped from the lake's surface, calmly heading towards the incoming cannonballs.

The water droplets looked light and harmless, but when the cannonballs collided with them, an astonishing scene suddenly unfolded: the powerful cannonballs vanished into thin air, without even a trace of the aftershocks reaching the Fairy Fish.

"How so!"

The group of Hei Mi, who were watching from afar, witnessed this scene firsthand. Their pupils suddenly contracted to their maximum size, and their hearts were filled with turbulent emotions.

Although they knew in their hearts that two cannonballs could not possibly harm a high-level Magic Beast, they never expected that their all-out attack would not even get close to a single piece of the beast's clothing.

The two drops of water that were casually splashed from the fish's tail were easily neutralized. This sight was so unbelievable that it completely overturned everyone's understanding of the combat power of Magic Beast.

Is this the terrifying power of high-level Magic Beast?

"Can they really kill such Magic Beast?"

A profound sense of powerlessness and fear arose in everyone's hearts.

"Roll."

A pleasant voice rang out, but its tone was tinged with anger.

"If you don't get out of here, everyone will die."

The Fairy Fish issued its final warning.

As her voice rang out, a powerful aura belonging to a high-level Magic Beast pressed down on the players, and the players in the Hei Mi instantly felt difficulty breathing.

A sense of fear arose spontaneously.

At this point, some players finally couldn't hold back and wanted to back out.

In the team chat channel.

"Maybe we should give up. This high-level Magic Beast is too terrifying. I feel like we're no match for it at all."

"Yes, we'd better hurry up and leave. This Magic Beast said it would kill us if we didn't leave soon."

"Do you think... is it possible that Zhou He of the Dragon Nation wasn't lying to us, and that this was indeed a conspiracy by the Seven-Colored Deer? Zhou He is a decent person; I don't think he would resort to such underhanded tactics."

After witnessing the power of high-level Magic Beast, many players began to feel fear, and some even remembered Zhou He's words and spoke up for him.

Hei Mi was initially hesitant; no matter how important the first kill of a level 300 Magic Beast was, it wasn't as important as his own life.

But upon hearing others mention Zhou He's name, he instantly flew into a rage.

If what Zhou He said is true, then what about his previous actions?

The United Rescue Team was so certain that Zhou He's words were part of a conspiracy against them. If they were to admit it now, wouldn't they be contradicting themselves?

No, that won't do.

Furthermore, they had already attacked the Fairy Fish, but the Fairy Fish only warned them and didn't kill them. What does this mean?

This proves that the Seven-Colored Deer was right; the Fairy Fish would never intentionally harm people.

With this in mind, Hei Mi regained her confidence.

"Don't panic, everyone. The Fairy Fish is powerful now because she still has her Life Crystal. As long as we lure her away and the other team destroys her Life Crystal, she will lose her power, and then we can easily kill her."

Hei Mi still chose to believe the promises Seven-Colored Deer made to him.

But the White Nation Youth felt a little hesitant.

The Fairy Fish's move just now truly surprised him.

What kind of method was that? No, the opponent didn't even use their hands; they easily neutralized their attack by casually flicking their tail.

Can they even beat this thing?

He is of noble birth; he cannot perish here.

Perhaps they should leave before the Fairy Fish gets completely angry.

"We've reached the final step. Would leaving now just give those cunning scoundrels from the Dragon Nation a reason to laugh at us? The Fairy Fish are so angry, yet they haven't killed us. The Seven-Colored Deer was right."

Seeing that the white youth remained silent, the Hei Mi immediately began to explain.

Upon hearing this, everyone realized that what he said seemed to make sense.

"But we've already attacked, what if the Fairy Fish doesn't chase us?"

One of the players spoke up.

"Attack again, increase the firepower, provoke him, and then run away immediately."