who?
Tian Shenyue?
Many of the cultivators below the arena who heard Tian Shenyue speak were stunned.
They stared blankly at the figure above the arena, trying to decipher it with their eyes, but they couldn't see any resemblance between her and the Tian Shenyue in their memories.
That slender waist, so delicate it could be encircled in one hand; that fair skin; and that tall, graceful figure...
"... Isn't the Tian Shenyue a ball?"
Someone murmured something, and it won the approval of many.
Yes! The Tian Shenyue has been active on the front lines for some time now. She is clearly a snow-white sphere, and wherever she goes, she can crush weaker Alien Race into minced meat. She is extremely large, terrifying, and powerful...
What does this have to do with the woman in front of me?
However, Wu Liang, who was watching from below the arena, looked at the woman's long silver hair that cascaded down to her ankles like moonlight, and her icy blue eyes. Hearing the whispers around him, he suddenly realized what was going on.
"This is... the bloodline of Merfolk?"
Yunyi tilted her head, somewhat curious. "Is she a legendary High Antiquity Merfolk? But why did I hear the people next to me say that she should be... a ball?"
Several disciples from the Sword Pavilion gathered around. Seeing their eager eyes, Wu Liang paused slightly before patiently explaining.
" In High Antiquity Merfolk were indeed round like balls and weighed over a thousand pounds. This was due to their bloodline, but even more so to their Divine Ability."
"I don't have a deep relationship with the Sea Clan, but I do know that Merfolk are skilled at writing pearls under the moon. This prodigy of the imperial clan on the arena must be Merfolk hybrid who has reverted to his ancestral bloodline."
After all, the true High Antiquity Merfolk have already disappeared.
They were once hailed as a race favored by the gods, holding a lofty status in High Antiquity times. Cultivation was as easy as drinking water; as long as they bathed in moonlight, they would gain increased strength.
The transformation begins in childhood. The power of the moonlight will gradually wrap around their bodies, eventually enveloping them and transforming them into a sphere resembling the moon. Only when they have fully absorbed the power of the moonlight will it be a true transformation and the beginning of their adulthood.
As a mixed-race individual, although Tian Shenyue does not have an infancy or adulthood, she still has to go through a process of transformation.
Now, she has transformed.
The imperial Tian Household naturally did not hesitate to publicize their imperial daughter to other cultivators. As Wu Liang said, the Tian Shenyue was indeed Merfolk hybrid who had returned to her ancestral bloodline. Before long, the cultivators below the arena knew this and all realized it.
Especially after learning that the Tian Shenyue was in her current state, having completed her transformation, the crowd looked at the woman on the arena who resembled the moon, hovering in mid-air like a moon goddess, and the fiery passion in their eyes could not be hidden!
Even though she's of mixed race, she's still incredibly gifted.
Even though it's broad daylight, the moonlight still shines on her.
Strands of moonlight flowed down her jade-white skin and onto the arena. The moonlight, which was supposed to be intangible, seemed to have a physical form at this moment, corroding and piercing the arena like water, creating small holes!
She didn't even use any Spiritual Power!
Witnessing the moonlight piercing the arena as easily as slicing tofu, the Profound Domain cultivators suddenly gained confidence.
Even though they knew very well that the His Highness Thirty-Four was not to be underestimated, they still couldn't help but look forward to it.
Perhaps, the Tian Shenyue can win?
After all, she is a prodigy second only to the Holy Son Linyuan, and now she has undergone a transformation. Shouldn't she have a chance of winning?
Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, the moonlight on the arena grew stronger, bathing the ground in a moon-white hue.
On the arena, the His Highness Thirty-Four looked at the Tian Shenyue opposite him, who possessed divine powers, but showed no shock or surprise.
His eyes were fixed on Tian Shenyue's figure, his pupils narrowed to pinpoints, and his excitement was palpable.
Those eyes were filled with greed, as if he had tasted the sweetness and wanted more, and he chuckled as he uttered a sentence that sounded somewhat incomprehensible to others.
" Tian Shenyue? So it's you... I wonder, between you and her, who tastes better?"
Tian Shenyue clenched her fist suddenly, her icy eyes filled with nothing but chilling killing intent, pain, and hatred.
She was born late, but the other prodigies of the Tian Household were born much earlier, including her younger sister, Tian Shenyi.
The imperial Tian Household, bearing the blood of Merfolk, is the most renowned among this generation.
But Yi'er and she have atavistic blood.
Can...
Before she left the pass, the Tian Shenyi died on the front lines, and his body was never found.
She couldn't even find a single piece of Yi'er's clothing, but just now, she saw Yi'er's pinky ring on the His Highness Thirty-Four's finger...
She made it herself; Tian Shenyue would never mistake it.
Her gaze was so obvious that, following her line of sight, the His Highness Thirty-Four's eyes fell on his hand, and when he saw the pinky ring, his smile became even more delighted.
He raised his hand, making no attempt to conceal the ring on his pinky finger.
"I have always respected delicious food, so I specially took something from that woman as a souvenir. It seems that this thing has special meaning to you?"
"If you defeat me, it's not that I can't return it to you, but..."
Amidst the His Highness Thirty-Four's cold laughter, the sound of waves like the tide engulfed the entire arena and also obscured the gentle moonlight.
As the raging waves crashed against him, the single horn on the His Highness Thirty-Four's forehead swelled up, and a dark blue Divine Mark coiled around it. His figure appeared and disappeared, sometimes near, sometimes far, only his voice, as if speaking close to the ear of the Tian Shenyue, was filled with greed and gloomy killing intent.
"Your talent is decent, but your luck is terrible; you've run into me, Your Highness!"
"I possess the bloodline of the Kunpeng and the God Clan. Do you not know that since ancient times, the Kunpeng has fed on Merfolk?"
"Get down here right now!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he unleashed his Divine Ability power. The surging waves behind the His Highness Thirty-Four instantly rose high, crashing towards the bright moon hanging in the sky. It was as if ferocious beasts were rising in the sea, and all sorts of strange phenomena and illusions repeatedly impacted the moon, recklessly and fiercely!
This round is a battle of Divine Ability!
The bright moon hangs high, the tides rise and fall, and beneath the deep sea, the illusion of Kunpeng rises from the ground, opening its blood-red maw toward the high-hanging moon. At the same time, the His Highness Thirty-Four rides the waves, leaps up, and strikes the moon with a single blow!
In an instant, the moonlight shattered!
The Tian Shenyue's protective moonlight was shattered by his palm strike, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He crashed into the Kunpeng's mouth, but in an instant, he was swallowed up by that giant maw, and the entire arena was submerged in the beast's mouth.
" Shenyue!!" The Tian Household patriarch exclaimed in shock and anger, standing up abruptly from his wheelchair.
Fortunately, the next second, a figure was thrown out of the tide and crashed heavily to the ground. His silver hair was dry, his face was withered, and he was barely clinging to life.
The head of the Tian Household was overcome with grief. He placed his hand on Tian Shenyue's wrist, but immediately withdrew it as if he had been burned.
His eyes were filled with disbelief and unbearable grief, all because of the Merfolk blood within the Tian Shenyue...
It has been eliminated!
It was as if it had been completely swallowed up.
Although she is still breathing, she is no different from a disabled person.
But she was still conscious, leaning against the Tian Household patriarch's chest, her hands trembling as she took something out of her bosom, a relieved smile on her face, and spoke softly in a weak voice.
" Yi'er's ring, I... got it back."
The crimson stain lying in her palm was none other than the pinky ring.