The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 239 Sea Storm
The sea creatures, being natives living in these waters, are indeed well-versed in the changes of the sea weather.

Those dark clouds that seemed so far away covered the entire sky above them in just half an hour.

As air pressure changes, the sea becomes rough and the winds are high.

Whenever Shi Ruoan brought her out of the water, they would be swept away by the surging waves.

The two of them were like a leaf on the sea, finding it difficult to maintain their balance.

Ling Chengen held the water-repelling bead under his tongue and patted Shi Ruoan's body: "Let's go underwater, we don't need to swim upstream every now and then."

"You need to breathe."

Ling Chengen blinked and whispered, "Actually... I don't need to breathe."

"If I can't hold on, I'll let you know."

Shi Ruoan glanced at her for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, if you need to surface for air, just pat my shoulder."

"No problem, I won't risk my life."

A wave crashed over her, stinging her face. She frowned, looking at the distant, trailing lightning, and said worriedly, "The wind feels stronger; it'll definitely rain within half an hour."

It would take them at least half a beast's time to reach the cave that Shi Ruoan had mentioned.

Shi Ruoan nodded: "Hold your breath, we're about to dive."

Just as Ling Chengen took a deep breath, Shi Ruoan suddenly sank into the water.

The two had just sunk more than ten meters underwater when they saw a group of sea fish suddenly swimming towards them.

Shi Ruoan's expression remained unchanged. He reached behind her with his left hand and pressed down on her lower back: "A sea beast is coming, and it's quite fast. We need to speed up."

Ling Chengen nodded, tightening his arms around Shi Ruoan's chest, causing Shi Ruoan to lean back slightly. A slightly helpless expression appeared on his face: "You didn't have to tighten it so much..."

"Come on."

Ling Chengen mouthed something to him, signaling him to hurry up and leave.

She didn't want to be in a life-or-death race against a giant sea monster.

Shi Ruoan led her into the school of fish, with a huge dark shadow following closely behind.

Ling Chengen sensed it with his mental power and looked somewhat nervous. He then used his special ability to connect with Shi Ruoan's mental domain: "It's a Megalodon, and it's very fast."

I'd only ever seen this thing in movies before; I never imagined I'd actually encounter it in person.

The Megalodon in the movie is already ferocious, but the Megalodon in the animal world is even more terrifying than the one in the movie.

This thing even had bits of flesh clinging to its teeth, and its dark skin was covered with many white scars. Its eyes looked ordinary, but its dorsal and pectoral fins were enormous, and exceptionally hard and sharp.

Shi Ruoan knew that her special ability could replace her eyes, so she had no doubts about her reminder.

He knew the dangers of the Megalodon better than Ling Chengen. He swam with her to the front of the school of fish, then used the Megalodon to chase the fish and found a place with a relatively dense reef. He then turned directly into the vicinity of the reef island.

Because the seabed is riddled with numerous reefs tens of meters deep, the currents here are extremely complex, and even Shi Ruoan has to be careful in dealing with them.

However, it is precisely because of the presence of the reef that the Megalodon does not venture into this area.

It took Shi Ruoan some time, and she made several confirmations along the way that Ling Chengen was not lacking oxygen underwater, before she finally swam out of the maze-like reef island and into the quiet and secluded shallow sea algae forest.

This algae forest was mainly composed of amber algae. Ling Chengen was curious, so he perched on Shi Ruoan's shoulder and couldn't help but turn his head to examine it. Shi Ruoan swam forward as she spoke, "This algae forest was planted by the sea otter tribe. They collected amber algae seeds from Amber Bay and gradually built it up to its current size from scratch." Ling Chengen was a little curious: "Land beastmen hunt sea otters. Don't you sea otter tribe members hate them because of this?"

Shi Ruoan pondered for a moment before saying, "The sea otters among the sea creatures are actually fundamentally different from the ordinary sea otters they hunt. The sea otter tribe living in the far north is mainly composed of white otters, whose fur is mostly white or silver-gray, while the ordinary sea otters that land and breed on the far north coast are mainly gray sea otters."

"Therefore, the land-dwelling orcs near the far north generally do not attack the white otter."

"But because white otters resemble ordinary sea otters in their animal form, they definitely don't like this kind of hunting, so you should have felt that when you were walking around the market."

"The sea creatures willing to go ashore to trade in the sea market are mainly merfolk, giant octopus clan, sea serpent clan, and other sea creatures with larger animal forms."

"And the walrus clan, the sea lion clan, the sea otter clan, and the seal clan..."

"Actually, they are rarely seen in the sea market. The probability of them appearing in the sea market is not high. They mostly deal with the Shanna people and are unwilling to come into contact with the land beastmen of the far north."

"But in fact, these sea creatures are much better in temperament than those that come ashore. They are more gentle and harmless, and they live their lives in an orderly manner, and they will not easily step out of the areas where they usually live."

"The sea otter tribe isn't very aggressive and retains their habit of living in the algae forest, which is safer for them..."

“The White Otter tribe used to live in Amber Bay, but as the mirage gradually took shape, Amber Bay became unsafe, and they had to relocate their tribe’s territory. In the end, they planted an amber algae forest here and made it their main place of life.”

Ling Chengen looked around; the visibility was too poor, so she could only rely on her mental abilities. However, even as she unleashed her mental powers, she couldn't sense any white otters nearby...

“Every year from August to February of the following year, the white otters will leave this algae forest and go to another territory.”

"The algae forest is not only where they live, but also where they forage. If they lived here all the time, there would definitely not be enough food, so the white otter tribe migrates at fixed times."

As Shi Ruo'an passed through the roots of the algae forest, she grabbed a sea urchin clinging to a rock on the seabed and broke it open with her beast claws, severing the sharp spines on its shell before handing it to Ling Cheng'en.

"You can try it. This sea urchin tastes very good and can only be found in the amber algae forest."

"This type of sea urchin is also a favorite of the white otter tribe, and most merfolk also love to eat it."

Ling Chengen hooked his arm around his shoulder with one hand, and with the other hand, he held the sea urchin close to his mouth and took a small sip.

“It tastes really good.”

Shi Ruoan threw away the empty shell and continued forward with her, grabbing some snacks for her as she went.

Because of the interaction, although Ling Chengen felt a bit cold this time, he no longer felt sleepy, and his body seemed to cool down much more slowly.

When the two swam to their destination, a torrential downpour had already begun at sea.

Rain at sea feels completely different from rain on land.

The rain on land hits the skin as if its edges have been smoothed out, leaving a dull, light impact.

But the rain at sea is angular, cold, and dense, like a dense barrage of steel needles.

The moment their heads emerged from the sea, the cold wind and rain made their scalps tingle.

Ling Chengen gasped, shrank back, and covered half his face with Shi Ruoan's long hair, whispering, "Hurry up and get to the cave, I'm freezing to death."

Shi Ruoan immediately swam towards the reef area, and couldn't help but chuckle, "You still have the strength to speak, and your voice is so strong. It seems you're in pretty good shape this time."

Ling Chengen bumped his forehead against the back of his head and grinned, "Hurry up, your hand is stiff!"

"If you keep dawdling, I'll lock your neck in a lock—"