At that moment, in the Mermaid Kingdom, inside a magnificent and extravagantly luxurious Royal Palace,
A garden in the Royal Palace was crowded with Mermaid Princesses and princes. Seated in the middle was none other than the Mermaid King.
It wore ordinary casual clothes and sat in a chair, looking kind and gentle, much like any elderly man. With its head of white hair and full beard, it was the sort of person who would be hard to pick out in a crowd.
But no one present dared to underestimate the old man. This was the great sea king who had ruled the Endless Sea for a thousand years. Its hands were stained with blood; it had slaughtered countless races to establish the Mermaid Kingdom's glory, leaving a legacy that would shake the past and awe the present.
Though it seemed low-key now, the moment it lost its temper, the entire Endless Sea would tremble, and countless Sea Demons would be wiped out.
Every sea-clan war over the past thousand years had been personally started by the Mermaid King.
"Father, something's happened to little sister! She was snatched right in front of us by a shameless human, and her life is in danger!" one of the Mermaid Princes said anxiously, looking at its father.
"Exactly! Little sister is so pure and innocent. Now she's fallen into that shameless human's hands—who knows what might happen to her?"
"Father, send troops to Giant Island at once! Wipe out those humans and kill Xia Ping of the Human Race as a warning to the others!"
"That's right! Just give the word, Father, and I'll gladly lead the charge!"
The princes and princesses all gritted their teeth. Among them, Yu Qiqi was the youngest, and she was adored by everyone—a true apple of their