A dry, grating cackle came from not far away. "Why not ask me that question?"
A figure with an enormous fish head approached them. Scales covered his entire body, even his hands and feet. He looked both terrifying and revolting.
The Merfolk King's expression changed drastically. "This is bad. He swallowed all the Spirit-Draining Stones."
Su Jiu recalled the multicolored Spirit-Draining Stones she had once "seen" with her Divine Sense, and her expression shifted slightly.
As the Merfolk drew closer, everyone felt the immense spiritual Qi radiating from his body, as though it had suddenly flooded into him overnight.
At least, when Su Jiu had first met him during the day, he had not been this powerful.
The fish-headed giant approached with his disgusting face and let out a shrill, grating cackle. "My guests, didn't you promise to attend my wedding? How could you abduct my bride and then take away my food? That is hardly how guests should behave."
The sound of his voice made Yun Huanling's hair stand on end. He had never heard a more hideous voice in his life.
The corners of Su Jiu's lips curved upward, her eyes full of careless indifference. "They were my companions to begin with. You wanted to harm them. Did you expect me to help a tyrant commit his atrocities?" At that, her gaze sharpened, fixing directly on the monster opposite her without a trace of fear on her face.
The monster with a fish's head and a Merfolk's body looked somewhat puzzled. "I only picked them up two days ago, and you didn't appear until two days later. How did they become your companions? You clearly came here to deliberately ruin my plans!"
Su Jiu was startled. That was impossible. She had personally seen all five of them swallowed