Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 178 Mermaid War
Lin Xiao also began to understand why the Great Elder chose him among so many highly skilled people in the Holy Spirit Church.

In the deep sea where there are countless sea soul beasts, the mermaid clan is able to settle here and take good care of those children whose cultivation has only reached hundreds or thousands of years. This is not only due to the Sea Princess's six hundred thousand years of cultivation.

The barrier just now alone is not something that ordinary people can withstand.

The feeling when passing through that barrier was very similar to the dream he had by the ice sea. What the Great Elder saw in him was probably the performance of him being able to get rid of that dream.

As expected of the mermaid clan who are good at spiritual things, there must be other arrangements inside the palace.

Lin Xiao glanced around and saw that his appearance did not attract the attention of other mermaids. He secretly became alert and walked towards the palace cautiously.

At this moment, above the surface of the ice sea, the ice layer several meters thick shattered in an instant under the huge water pressure, and the ice chips that were washed into the air slowly fell down, like a light snow.

Before the ice chips dispersed, a blue color rose from under the sea, as if to connect the sky and the sea.

The Great Elder stood on the sea, letting the water from the icy sea wash over his body, his eyes fixed on the bottom of the sea.

"I haven't been back for so many years, and you're still unwilling to show yourself?" The Great Elder's voice echoed far away along the sea. "Or do you want to offer me to your new master?"

"No, you misunderstood. You and I are both people of the Sea God. This is just a matter between you and me." The voice of the Sea Princess came from beneath the sea.

Huge waves arose on the sea surface, and as the sea water continued to fall, a figure gradually became clear.

It was a figure about three meters long, with the upper body of a human female and the lower body being a huge fish tail. It held a silver spear in its hand, wore a crown on its head, and had long aqua-blue hair fluttering in the air.

"Hmph, don't compare me to you who betrayed the Soul Beast Clan. I'm different from you. I will never recognize a human as my master."

Princess Sea sighed softly upon hearing this. "Thirty thousand years ago, the Demon Whale King was defeated by the Sea God, and he no longer had the possibility of becoming a god. Now it has been ten thousand years since the Demon Whale King's death. Do you still want to work for him?"

The Great Elder's eyes flickered slightly, and after a pause, he spoke in a deep voice, "If those soul beasts had not betrayed us and willingly allowed themselves to be controlled by humans, how could the Demon Whale King have been defeated?"

"Have you truly forgotten how the Demon Whale King treated us?" The Sea Princess's voice was no longer calm. "He never considered the sea soul beasts his subjects, only food. If he had become the Sea God, how would you and I be here today?"

"What about now?" The Great Elder suddenly raised his arm and pointed at the endless sea in the distance. "The killing continues beneath the deep sea, and weak soul beasts are still the food of powerful soul beasts."

"Sea soul beasts have always been like this, and will always remain so. This is the law beneath the sea. You, on the other hand, have simply found a human master who bullies you."

"What's even more ridiculous is that you keep claiming to revere him as a god. If he truly is the god of the sea, the god of us sea soul beasts, why do we still have to endure the pain of the heavenly tribulation?"

The Great Elder's voice grew increasingly agitated. "Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. You are not thinking of the gods of our sea soul beasts, but of the gods of humans."

"Back then, during the War of the Sea Gods, you betrayed the Demon Whale King and sent humans to become gods, but you didn't even get a moment of peace in return. Instead, you were restricted by him and didn't even dare to approach the coast." The sky had become covered with dark clouds at some point, and as the Grand Elder's voice resounded over the sea, a series of low rumbles of thunder came from the clouds.

Princess Hai raised her head slightly and glanced. As a soul beast, she was instinctively afraid of this kind of divine power. Looking at the lightning flashing through the clouds, for some reason she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Looking at the Great Elder again, the Sea Princess's eyes gradually turned cold. "Thirty thousand years ago, the sea was in such chaos. If it weren't for the Sea God, you and I would still be fighting to the death."

"Although there are still sea soul beasts chasing and killing people today, that's only because of their survival instinct, not because of killing for its own sake. How can you and I enjoy a peaceful place if it's not because of the protection of the Sea God?"

"Yes." The Great Elder chuckled. "Under the protection of the Sea God, you can enjoy your current life as the Mermaid King in peace, but I can still smell the blood of those sea soul beasts beneath the sea. Is this the protection of the Sea God you mentioned?"

"you--"

"No point in saying more!" the Great Elder growled, interrupting the Sea Princess. "Whether it's the conflict between you and me, or the unfinished battle between the Sea Gods, today, I'm here solely to slay the traitor."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Great Elder's body shape changed rapidly. His legs stretched out together, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a fish tail that was exactly the same as the Sea Princess's.

The scales on the body are denser, and the forearms and waist are completely covered with fish scales. The skin from the fingertips to the forearms has turned completely blue. From a distance, it seems to merge with the surrounding sea water.

With a low roar, the other mermaids that appeared around the Sea Princess suddenly swayed left and right, their eyes becoming blurred.

The Great Elder is also a mermaid. Although she has a strong death attribute, her spirit is also not weak.

The Sea Princess looked around, her eyes turned cold, and she waved the silver spear in her hand. Countless sea water around her condensed into water arrows and shot towards the Great Elder at a rapid speed.

However, the sea surface is also a place that the Great Elder is good at. With a light tap of the fish tail, large waves splashed up to form a layer of water curtain, completely blocking those water arrows.

Before the sea water receded, a light blue arm came through the water curtain, with a cold light on its fingertips, bringing with it a breath of deathly silence.

A flash of lightning in the sky suddenly illuminated the sea surface, followed by a loud bang. Under the cover of thunder, the figure of the Great Elder had rushed to the side of the Sea Princess, and the palm with deathly intent was only a few inches away from the Sea Princess's neck.

However, in this kind of duel between masters, even a short distance can be a chasm. He raised the silver spear in his hand, blocking the palm of the great elder in front of him. The next moment, a light blue ripple spread out with the Sea Princess as the center.

Layers of waves exploded with this halo, causing a storm on the sea and blowing the Great Elder away.

"Your cultivation is inferior to mine, so you'd better admit defeat." The Sea Princess re-grasped her spear. "After all, you and I are of the same race. I won't kill you. All you need is for you to stay and repent."

"Repent?" The Great Elder steadied himself, his tone tinged with disdain. "You mean to ask me to figure out how to be a good human pet like you?"

(End of this chapter)