Su Jiu certainly had not done it on purpose. The instant she sensed the whirlpool forming, she tried to get away, but it appeared too quickly and dragged her in just as fast. Even with her cultivation at Nascent Soul Realm Great Perfection, she could not escape the whirlpool in the face of such an overwhelming disparity in strength.
After Chu Luohen and Qi Song entered the whirlpool as well, it vanished instantly, as though nothing had ever happened.
Only some of the prisoners and Queen Jiao Zhu remained, staring blankly at the spot where the whirlpool had appeared.
Had those three not disappeared, they would almost have thought they had experienced a dream.
A long while later, Jiao Zhu suddenly burst out laughing. Ignoring her injuries, she staggered to her feet, pointed toward the place where Su Jiu and the others had vanished, and declared harshly, "This is what happens when you oppose me!"
The queen still sat cross-legged on the ground, bound by the Spirit-Locking Chain. By now, she had grown utterly calm. Gone was her earlier hoarse desperation; she had regained the composure befitting her position.
Yet her eyes had long since become a pool of stagnant water, without the slightest ripple.
"From this day onward, our merfolk will be nothing more than Prison Wardens. There will no longer be any royal family. Are you satisfied with this outcome?"
Jiao Zhu froze on the spot. "Why? I am still the princess of the Merfolk Tribe! No, I will soon become its ruler. Hurry up and use your essence blood to release me from the contract!"
The queen curled her lips, a trace of mockery flickering through her eyes. "Without the scepter, who do you think will obey your commands?"
Moreover, the queen did not believe this matter