My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

Around the shattered palace ruins, the seawater was stained pale red with the blood of the mermaid soldiers, and the surging waves carried the broken stones and continued to crash.

The ten Golden Dragon Warriors had already formed a spearhead battle formation, standing firmly in front of Lin Mo.

Golden armor reflected the glow of the deep sea, and a longsword drawn shattered the incoming magical sonic waves, firmly blocking the surging tidal wave of mermaid soldiers from the outside.

Mermaid soldiers brandished glowing tridents, unleashing a barrage of deep-sea magic and sonic attacks.

"Kill them!"

"Slay the invaders! Protect the Mermaid Kingdom!"

"These wretched land creatures!"

……

The roars echoed across the seabed, but before the Golden Dragon Warrior at the peak of level 89, these attacks were like ants trying to shake a tree.

Dragons possess unparalleled physical strength and magic resistance far exceeding that of ordinary races.

Amidst the crisscrossing sword shadows, mermaid soldiers were constantly being knocked away and severely injured. The defensive line was as solid as a rock, and no one could get even half a step closer to Lin Mo.

As for Lin Mo, he bent down, reached out and pushed aside the broken pillars and rubble pressing down on the siren, and gently helped the mermaid girl up.

Her pale blue fishtail shimmered with a soft pearly light, and her long, seaweed-like hair fell loosely and messily.

Her pretty face was covered in dust and tear stains, and she wrapped her thin seashell-patterned clothes tightly around her.

"Is it you?"

The first thing the Sirens saw when they were rescued was Yin Xue.

There was no hatred or anger in his eyes, only a hint of complexity.

Yin Xue squatted down in front of her, his blood-red eyes fixed on the Sirens, his tone filled with urgent astonishment.

"What's wrong with you? Everyone said you were crazy back then, and I really thought it was me who drove you insane by stealing the Eye of the Ocean!"

The siren and Yin Xue looked at each other, then the siren sighed and said:

"I've never been crazy."

Her gentle voice pierced through the sounds of battle, each word clearly reaching Lin Mo and Yin Xue's ears.

The two were instantly stunned.

Yin Xue grabbed her shoulders: "What exactly happened?"

The siren lowered her eyes to look at her slender fingertips and slowly revealed the truth that had been buried for many years.

"I was heartbroken when you stole the Eye of the Ocean and left. It was something my father gave me when I was a child, and I've always carried it with me."

She looked up at Yin Xue, her gaze complex, devoid of sharp accusation, only a faint sense of melancholy.

"But I didn't go mad, and I quickly recovered and wanted to gather the elders of the tribe to restore order to the Mermaid Kingdom. But at this moment, my father suddenly made trouble and directly announced that he would succeed me as the Mermaid King. Using my mental instability and inability to govern the tribe as an excuse, he imprisoned me in a dark room in the palace."

Yin Xue's eyes widened.

Mianmian slowly opened her mouth.

Even Lin Mo showed a subtle expression.

The Siren continued, "He is a demigod and my biological father. The soldiers and elders of the tribe do not know the truth and dare not rebel."

"Although the gods have long established rules that demigods cannot directly rule over mortal races, he used my 'madness' as a fig leaf to forcibly control everything in the Mermaid Kingdom."

"For so many years, I have been locked up deep inside a dark and sunless palace. He controlled all the outside information. Everyone thought I had really gone mad."

Upon hearing this, both Lin Mo and Yin Xue's pupils shrank sharply, their hearts filled with shock.

Yin Xue's eyes widened, her little hands clenched tightly, her face filled with disbelief: "So I've been carrying the blame for all these years? I never imagined it was this old man who was behind it all!"

What was initially thought to be the king's twisted grief over the loss of his daughter turned out to be a blatant power grab farce.

The so-called queen's madness was nothing more than a fig leaf to cover up Tarshuk's usurpation of power.

Zhou Yue's voice, tinged with surprise, came through the black sword.

"For the sake of power, he did not hesitate to imprison his own daughter and fabricate lies. This mermaid king is far more ruthless than we imagined."

Lin Mo frowned slightly, grasping the core point of doubt, and spoke in an icy tone.

"Now that he has firmly established control of the Mermaid Kingdom, why does he hate Yin Xue and even send spies to assassinate me?"

If the mermaid king's goal was power, then there was no reason for him to send someone to assassinate Yin Xue.

The siren shook its head blankly, its eyes full of confusion:

"I was placed under house arrest in a side hall, completely isolated from the outside world. I could only look at the fish swimming in the sea through the cracks in the window every day. I had no idea what he was thinking. All I knew was that his personality had changed drastically over the years. He spent his days comprehending the laws and became increasingly hostile to the land races. As for why he was targeting you, I really had no idea."

Hearing these words, Lin Mo and Yin Xue exchanged a glance.

"Could that old man have tricked us? Did he deliberately lure us here?"

Yin Xue analyzed.

Lin Mo frowned, just as he was about to say something.

A terrifying demigod-like pressure suddenly descended from above the deep sea.

It was like a mountain pressing down, causing the entire seabed to freeze.

The merman soldiers who had been fighting instantly stopped, knelt down, and bowed their heads in awe.

"The King! The King has arrived!"

"Tear these invaders apart!"

"May the King be mighty! Long live the King!"

……

Amidst cheers, a figure clad in gilded deep-sea armor rode the waves.

The armor was inlaid with dazzling deep-sea pearls and surrounded by a faint, sacred blue light.

Holding a three-zhang-long trident of the sea god, it was none other than the mermaid king, Tashuk.

He was a middle-aged man with a dignified face and golden eyes filled with rage.

However, he deliberately put on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, looking down at Lin Mo and Yin Xue with a stern expression.

The sound, aided by divine power, spread throughout the entire mermaid kingdom.

"Lin Mo! You have barged into my Mermaid Kingdom without permission, destroyed palaces, and slaughtered my people. You are cruel and tyrannical!"

"Yin Xue! You stole my clan's sacred artifact back then, driving my daughter insane, and now you dare to come back again!"

Only then did everyone realize the intruder's identity.

"So it was the two of them!"

"One is a demon king of the mortal realm, the other a former demon king; they've colluded to wreak havoc on the continent!"

"His Majesty the King, acting on behalf of Heaven, has slain these two accomplices of the Demon King, restoring peace to this sea!"

"We beg Your Majesty to intervene!"

……

Tashuk stood on the moral high ground, as if he had a legitimate reason to take action.

His words were forceful and clear, portraying himself as a righteous guardian protecting his people.

He never mentioned his despicable act of seizing power and imprisoning his daughter.

The merfolk army also surged in from all sides of the deep sea, numbering over five figures.

"Your Majesty, hand over these mermaid scraps to us!"

A Jin roared, and the ten Golden Dragon Warriors immediately tightened their formation, their bodies radiating golden light as they protected Lin Mo and the other two in the center.

Be ready to fight the surging army of mermaids at any time.

The Sirens lay to the side, urging, "You...you'd better run away quickly. My father now has a legitimate reason to act. He is a demigod, and you are no match for him."

Yin Xue smiled and touched her cheek: "Guess why we're here?"

Lin Mo slowly raised his hand, gripped the hilt of the black sword at his waist, and tightened his knuckles slightly.

bass--

The black sword was drawn in response.

The dark blade gleamed with a cold light on the seabed.

The soul power on the sword surged wildly, emanating a chilling killing intent.

He looked up and stared directly at Tashuk in mid-air.

"Perfect timing, I've come here to kill you too."