The group had barely finished turning the Sea Region upside down before the Merfolk came looking for them. The commotion Qian Wanyu had caused earlier had already drawn their attention. Now, as the group descended into deeper waters, Merfolk converged from every direction and cut them off completely.
Jian Tongyao remained in dragon form. At the sight of the people with fish tails, she excitedly raised her enormous head, her dragon eyes shining as she watched them.
Qian Wanyu sat cross-legged on her back. Throughout the journey, she had been teaching Jian Tongyao how to stabilize the spiritual power within her, rather than abruptly turning into a dragon one moment and reverting to human form the next. "Have your Merfolk king come see me."
The Merfolk carried knives, forks, spears, and all manner of strange weapons. Their equipment was so mismatched that they looked less like a proper patrol than a hastily assembled mob. Several backed away in fright upon seeing Jian Tongyao's dragon form. They completely ignored Qian Wanyu's words and whispered among themselves, seemingly assessing the group's fighting strength.
Xiu Qi traveled on a leaf without getting a single drop of water on himself, his hands clasped behind his back. The Merfolk kept glancing his way. "They won't listen to you."
Qian Wanyu frowned slightly and released her five-element spiritual power. The pressure of a Spirit Venerable instantly descended over the Merfolk. Even Jian Tongyao sank several centimeters beneath its weight and nearly lost her beast form.
She even condensed her five-element spiritual power into a six-colored spiritual arrow and fired it into the center of the Sea Region with the Reincarnation Bow. With a boom, the arrow exploded. Tremors spread across twenty li around the point of impact, and wave after wave surged toward them with an