"You're a fiend to begin with. How could I fall under your spell? Besides, what I want is his true heart!"
Xing Yun gritted her teeth and struck her own chest hard, gaining a sliver of clarity.
"Mu Bai, wake up!"
Xing Yun shouted urgently, but Mu Bai still did not wake. In an instant, countless merfolk slowly approached through the surrounding space, without a scrap of clothing to cover themselves.
"You wretched fish, don't get so cocky! At worst, I'll die together with him!"
Xing Yun raised a sharp Soul Sword across her throat, already drawing thin traces of blood.
"Little girl, have you ever seen the sea? Why abandon its boundless vastness for a man?"
The long-haired man slowly advanced on Xing Yun. A voice seemed to come from the void, and the tentacle constricting her waist silently extended before her eyes, its pink hue about to engulf her.
"Ha ha, you're wrong. I am a daughter of the starry sky. How could I fall in love with your patch of sea?"
As Xing Yun spoke, she gave a bleak smile and drew the Soul Sword across her throat. Blood sprayed onto the pink tentacle and Mu Bai.
"Mu Bai, Brother Mu Bai, if you won't wake up, then come with Xing Yun!"
Xing Yun coughed blood and smiled miserably. A jet of blood spurted out as she slumped onto Mu Bai.
"What a rare woman. To retain such self-respect and awareness within my Spring-Bathing Realm-even I admire you!" The pink aura in the space dispersed, and a strange look appeared in the long-haired man's uncanny eyes. "Forget it. You disturbed me unintentionally, so why should I make things difficult for you? Take care of yourselves!"
The white-robed young man gently waved his folding fan. Mu Bai and