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

Chapter 431 The Changes Under the Sea
Even if it's not an ordinary mermaid's tear, it's been by Lin Xiao's side for so long without any movement, so this sudden change must be due to some influence.

Once Lin Xiao entered the icy sea, he quickly learned the reason for this change.

That's because the owner of the Mermaid's Tears was nearby at that moment.

Liya's appearance was different from before. Her face still retained the beautiful features of the mermaid race, but many of the scales on her tail had fallen off, and a few strands of pale golden blood were constantly seeping out from under the broken scales.

He carefully concealed himself among a pile of rocks, his eyes slightly closed, as if he had fallen asleep from exhaustion.

"this--"

Lin Xiao paused slightly.

Liya is a 100,000-year-old soul beast and the daughter of the mermaid clan's patriarch, Princess Hai. For her to appear here in this form...

The Sea Princess is a soul beast with 600,000 years of cultivation. On the continent, only the top three ferocious beasts can overpower her, and she has few rivals in the ocean.

Moreover, Liya has already taken the Heart of the Ocean back, so there are even fewer soul beasts capable of defeating the Sea Princess.

Or perhaps Lia was attacked and seriously injured before she even returned to the merfolk's territory?
For some reason, Lin Xiao suddenly thought of that "great terror" that happened at the bottom of the sea.

After a moment's thought, Lin Xiao gently parted the seawater and slowly swam forward.

Liya, who seemed to be asleep, suddenly felt something, her eyelids twitched slightly, and she immediately opened her eyes and became alert.

"Who?"

Liya's mental energy fluctuations had already spread, and after noticing the abnormality, she quickly turned her head to look.

But when he saw Lin Xiao appear underwater, he suddenly stopped.

The scene before her reminded her of when Lin Xiao entered the Mermaid Clan's palace. At that time, Lin Xiao was just like this, and she even mistook him for a soul beast.

"How did you end up here?" As soon as she spoke, Liya withdrew her mental energy, and her tone softened again.

“My sect is in the North, not far from here. But you…” Lin Xiao looked Liya up and down, “What are you doing here, and why are you so badly injured?”

"I..." Liya paused for a moment because of her injuries, "The place where we live has been attacked."

Attacking the mermaid race?
Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. If the other party had only attacked Liya, it wouldn't be surprising.

But just as he initially guessed, there really were things in this ocean that he didn't know about, things that dared to attack the entire mermaid race and even invade their territory.

“My mother fought against her opponent but was defeated. After returning to the palace, she immediately arranged for us to escape. I helped my mother and sister evacuate other members of the clan. Even when I left, I was still affected.”

Liya didn't go into too much detail, but in just a few words, Lin Xiao had already sensed how terrifying she was.

According to Liya, the opponent's attack was so powerful that even the aftershocks of the attack injured Liya, a 100,000-year-old soul beast, so badly... With such power, the Sea Princess's side would probably be difficult to deal with as well.

That would truly be considered "terrifying".

Pulling himself back to reality, Lin Xiao glanced at Liya, who was still bleeding profusely in front of him. He raised his right hand, and a flash of emerald green light disappeared from his fingertips.

"Do you know where that soul beast that attacked you came from, and why it attacked you?"

"I don't know." Liya suddenly felt much lighter, and when she heard Lin Xiao's question, she subconsciously shook her head.

"It was like it suddenly appeared near us. The clansmen who had gone out earlier did not notice the changes in their surroundings and were suddenly attacked." "On my way to escape, I also encountered many other soul beasts fleeing in all directions like me, as well as many sea soul beasts that died before they could escape."

"Were there many dead sea spirit beasts?"

Liya didn't know why Lin Xiao asked that, but she still answered truthfully, "Yes, a lot of them. Wherever that sea spirit beast passed, basically no sea spirit beast could survive."

Lin Xiao was slightly puzzled upon hearing this.

There are gods in this world, especially the "sea god" who pays close attention to the world.

In this vast ocean, all the sea spirit beasts are considered subjects of that god. To prevent humans from hunting sea spirit beasts for their spirit rings, he even ordered all sea spirit beasts to stay away from the coast.

Now that a soul beast has caused such great destruction, how can that deity remain indifferent?

Is it because this is merely a battle between sea spirit beasts, insufficient to attract the attention of the gods?
No, that deity clearly interfered with the soul beasts in the sea before becoming a god. In the eyes of the sea god, even soul beasts are not allowed to cause such great destruction.

Is it because he is mindful of the limitations imposed by the God Realm and unwilling to intervene in matters concerning the Douluo Continent?

No, you're overthinking it.

Lin Xiao shook his head violently, quickly banishing the thought from his mind.

Unable to find a solution immediately, Lin Xiao sighed softly and temporarily suppressed her thoughts.

"Where are you going now?" Lin Xiao suddenly asked, glancing at Liya again.

"I...I don't know." Liya shook her head blankly.

The situation was urgent, and Princess Hai only instructed Liya to disperse her people so they could all flee. She wandered aimlessly to this place, and if she hadn't met Lin Xiao, she would probably still be weak and wouldn't have had time to think about these things.

Moreover, having left the mermaid clan, she truly didn't know where to go. The shadow left by that terrifying aura made her feel that there was no safe place under this sea.

"Since there's nowhere else to go, why not stay at the Tongming Sect for now? You've been there for a while, so it's not unfamiliar to you. Besides, even if that sea spirit beast is quite powerful, its strength will be greatly reduced once it comes to land, and it won't come looking for you for a while."

"You..." Liya looked at Lin Xiao and opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but hesitated for a moment and then didn't say anything. In the end, she just nodded slightly and said, "Thank you."

Lin Xiao shook her head and didn't say anything.

In fact, just by looking into Liya's eyes, he could guess what Liya was about to say.

Although she escaped, the Sea Princess stayed behind to deal with the soul beast, so how could Liya not have any worries?

But she also knew that given the shallow relationship between her and Lin Xiao, it was impossible for Lin Xiao to help her deal with that sea spirit beast with extremely high cultivation.

However, Lin Xiao's thoughts were exactly the opposite of hers.

"Teacher, do you think these merfolk, who are skilled in mental power, could sense the aura of your fragmented divine consciousness in this vast ocean?"

"You want to help these merfolk fight that soul beast?"

"No." Lin Xiao shook his head. "I won't make a decision until I've witnessed the strength of that soul beast with my own eyes."

(End of this chapter)