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Chapter 331 The Inhuman Race [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

The spearhead wasn't some magical weapon; it was simply made from a piece of hard, bluestone.

To be precise, it should be hand-polished, which means polishing a stone to make it smoother and sharper.

Moreover, a short twig was tied to the back of the spearhead with something like fish tendon to serve as the shaft. This kind of thing... is probably something only a human could do.

Judging from the polishing marks on the tip of the spear and the fish tendons that hadn't rotted, this thing was definitely not old.

Anyway, it's not something from hundreds or thousands of years ago, but rather something that has been left over from the last few years.

"Could there really be other people in this terrifying underwater world?"

"Could it be someone who, like me, fell into the Fallen Immortal Abyss?"

Ji Yuan looked around and saw only the dark seabed, without a trace of light. Apart from the occasional sea monster swimming by, there was no sign of any other living creature.

Ji Yuan immediately released his divine sense.

Divine sense is driven by the power of the soul. Ji Yuan's divine sense is powerful because his soul is powerful, so he can use his divine sense in this Fallen Immortal Valley.

His divine sense spread out in all directions.

Soon, Ji Yuan found a similar spear tip in another location.

In addition, they found several round pebbles that looked like... bullets.

people.

There must be living people nearby.

They knew they couldn't use spiritual power, so they chose to use this most traditional method to kill the sea beast. After all, just as humans can't use spiritual power, sea beasts can't either.

Even though Ji Yuan used all his divine sense, he couldn't find any trace of the other living people.

"Am I mistaken?"

"No, it's impossible for it to appear out of thin air. There must be other traces nearby."

Ji Yuan carefully searched with his divine sense, and sure enough, he soon found many similar traces in the southeast. There were even some fresh scratch marks on a pile of rocks.

It looks like it was left over from a few months ago.

"At my speed, I have definitely reached the area of ​​the Abyss Continent by now."

"Judging from the last sea chart, if we continue forward, we will reach the territory of the fourth-tier sea beasts. If we can find any living people here... we can gather information and see what the situation is ahead."

"There's no need to worry about danger. With my current physical cultivation strength and the Soul Devouring Armor I'm wearing, I'll be fine as long as I don't encounter a physical cultivator at the Golden Body Profound Bone Realm."

"But as far as I know, there are no body cultivators on the Canglu Continent, and it's almost the same on the Jiyuan Continent."

While Ji Yuan was pondering, he slightly changed direction and flew towards the southeast.

The traces he had previously discovered were located thirty miles to the southeast. At his current speed, even if he was very careful, he would arrive in just over ten breaths.

He stood on the pile of rocks, surveying the traces around him.

"It's not one person, it must be a group. They're trying to kill that two-clawed fish-like sea beast I encountered last time, but... wasn't that a first-tier sea beast?"

"If even killing a first-tier sea beast is this troublesome, then those people aren't very strong."

"But these people seem to be quite cautious. The battlefield is so chaotic, yet they haven't left any footprints or anything."

"..."

While Ji Yuan was pondering, he released his divine sense again, and this time he focused on checking the southeast direction.

Sure enough, once they arrived at this place and released their divine sense, they could see many more traces.

Almost every few miles, you can see traces of battle.

You can even see many traces left by the water blades.

This means that these people also know how to guide the water blades to attack the sea beasts, or perhaps the sea beasts summoned the water blades themselves before they died... But why haven't we found them yet?

Ji Yuan continued flying southeast.

Moreover, every so often he would stop and release his divine sense to investigate in detail.

About an hour passed, and Ji Yuan, who was on his way, suddenly stopped.

There's some noise ahead!

He quickly released his divine sense and swept it away, and the scene in the sea valley ahead immediately appeared in his mind.

"That is..."

Beneath the Soul-Devouring Armor, Ji Yuan subconsciously opened his mouth.

What kind of scene was that?

It was a group of "people" fighting a black and white striped sea fish.

Sea monsters should be a specialty of the Abyss Continent, and Ji Yuan has never seen one.

All we know is that it is very large, but its attack power is not strong.

At most, it has stronger defense, but against Ji Yuan... it's just a matter of one punch.

It's just a first-tier sea beast, equivalent to a Qi Refining cultivator, while Ji Yuan's current physical cultivation strength is equivalent to a Core Formation cultivator.

But none of that matters.

The important thing is that group of people.

What kind of people were they?

Mermaid.

The upper body is human, and the lower body is fish.

It's that simple.

They were either carrying the short guns that Ji Yuan had seen before, or slingshots, constantly attacking the sea monsters in front of them.

"@#￥%&"

"*#@!"

"..."

The mermaids made strange noises and kept spitting out bubbles every time they spoke.

Breathing... Where their ears used to be, they've been replaced with gills.

That's why they can survive on the seabed.

As for cultivation level...

No.

They possessed extremely strong physiques; judging from the short spears they threw, Ji Yuan was at least at the late stage of Qi Refining.

It can breathe underwater, doesn't cultivate, and relies solely on its physical strength; no wonder it can survive in this Fallen Immortal Valley.

Ji Yuan understood instantly.

Given this, should we still maintain contact with them?

After some hesitation, Ji Yuan decided to give it a try. Of course, a large part of the reason was that this was the first time he had ever seen this kind of alien race.

If we exclude the large number of demon races, then the mermaid race is the first other race that Ji Yuan has encountered.

If that's the case, how can we not give it a try?

Ji Yuan landed in the sea and stood on a boulder. He stomped his foot lightly, kicking off a piece of rock, and then kicked it out with a vengeance.

The rock instantly transformed into the most powerful weapon in this sea area. Like a cannonball, the rock pierced through the seawater and immediately pierced the sea monster's head.

So, it's about killing demons.

There's not much fancy stuff involved; all you need to do is pick up a pebble.

The rubble pierced through the sea monster, then shattered another rock in the distance before dissipating.

The group of mermaids, who had been squealing and yelling, suddenly fell silent. A one-eyed mermaid who had almost been bitten to death by the sea beast crawled out using both his hands and his tail.

Before he could speak, he noticed that the other merfolk were all looking in the direction behind him.

He flicked his tail and floated up, looking in the direction behind him.

In the darkness, a shadow that resembled them gradually solidified from its blurry appearance.

The group of mermaids were silent for a moment, then they all pointed at the figure in front of them and started yelling.

There was a younger-looking man who was extremely fearless, and he circled around Ji Yuan.

They were sizing up Ji Yuan, and Ji Yuan was also sizing them up with his divine sense.

These mermaids are all male.

Oh no.

They should be described as male.

In terms of physique, these adult male mermaids are much stronger than normal people, especially in their upper bodies.

That's how it looks...

It has a human mouth, fish eyes, gills on its temples, and even greenish-blue scales on the corners of its eyes and forehead.

All I can say is that her appearance doesn't meet the aesthetic standards of Ji Yuan, a respectable human.

There's not much to say about their strength; they don't even have a single Foundation Establishment cultivator.

There were six in total, only one of them was injured with one eye, the rest were all intact.

The strongest merman, wielding the longest spear, stepped forward three feet and excitedly exclaimed:

@~/：#

Ji Yuan: "..."

He pointed to the mermaid's mouth, shook his head, and then said aloud:

"I don't understand your language."

The mermaid was completely confused by Ji Yuan's words, but the excitement in his eyes gradually faded away.

But then another mermaid wielding a spear stepped forward and chattered a few words beside him. The first mermaid seemed to have thought of something, and his furrowed brows relaxed again. He then chattered excitedly at Ji Yuan.

But soon he remembered that Ji Yuan couldn't understand him.

He thought for a moment, then turned around and pointed behind him, then pointed to his own mouth, and then to Ji Yuan's head.

...Does this mean that there are mermaids in their tribe who can speak human language?!

Ji Yuan was immediately overjoyed.

If we can communicate, then there's always a chance!

He pointed to himself, then to the direction of the mermaid.

The latter nodded repeatedly.

Then he shouted a few words to the remaining four mermaids, and they obediently came to the side of the sea fish that Ji Yuan had killed.

The four of them stood at the four corners, and in unison let out a low shout. Immediately afterward, a faint bloody light appeared on their backs.

The four mermaids then carried the enormous sea fish as it continued swimming southeast.

Ji Yuan also keenly sensed the abnormality and scanned it with his divine sense.

Those four mermaids actually had... tattoos on their backs!

The four mermaids all have a... turtle tattooed on their backs.

Ok.

When Ji Yuan saw it clearly, he almost laughed, but out of respect for the other person, he didn't laugh out loud.

He also discovered that the turtle tattoo seemed to enhance the mermaid's abilities.

"So what kind of body cultivation technique is this? Something like a spell used by magic cultivators?"

A thought flashed through Ji Yuan's mind, and he used his divine sense to examine the back of the mermaid in front of him.

It turned out that he also had a tattoo on his back.

But the appearance is different. The four mermaids had turtles tattooed on their backs, but the person in front of us has a wolf tattooed on his back!

These tattoos are different, so the effects should also be different.

Ji Yuan discovered that the smallest remaining mermaid had a dog tattooed on its back.

...If it really is a physical cultivation technique, I wonder if I can learn it.

After getting the tattoo, I look like a hoodlum.

But what does it matter? Any means that can enhance strength are good means!

Ji Yuan thought about it and followed the mermaids, continuing to drift southeast.

However, the mermaids in front of him all used their tails to swing, but he alone had two legs, which looked very strange.

Not far away, Ji Yuan heard a low growl coming from the throat of the merman with the dog tattoo.

The remaining four mermaids carrying the fish corpses immediately dropped what they were carrying, then grabbed their short guns and became alert to their surroundings.

The werewolf in front of Ji Yuan chattered at him for a moment before swimming forward.

Looking forward to it.

However, Ji Yuan, relying on the power of his divine sense, had already seen through the situation before him.

Indeed, a crocodile-like sea beast swam towards them. As for its strength... the sea fish in front of them was probably at the late stage of Qi Refining, while the crocodile was probably at the peak of Qi Refining, and was even close to the threshold of the second stage.

If nothing unexpected happens, this mermaid team will likely only be waiting to die if they encounter this crocodile sea monster.

But Ji Yuan was that unexpected event!

The merman with the striped pattern at the front was so frightened by the sea beast that it took several feet to retreat.

The remaining mermaids also cried out in alarm.

Clearly, they all knew how terrifying the sea monster before them was.

There was no way he could just sit and wait to die. The tattooed werewolf tightened his grip on the spear, and the tattoo on his back immediately glowed with a bloody light. Just as he was thinking of making his move,

Suddenly, he discovered that a figure had appeared out of thin air in front of him.

A figure with two legs.

The person appeared right next to the head of this sea monster.

Then the tattooed werewolf witnessed a scene he would never forget: he saw the man raise his right hand, bring it down with a hammer, and instantly the sea beast that could have killed him... died.

His skull was easily pierced by that punch.

"%￥#@&"

"..."

The remaining mermaids all shouted out.

Ji Yuan washed his right hand clean in the seawater, then turned slightly to look at the leading werewolf mermaid.

The latter immediately understood and quickly bowed to Ji Yuan.

Then he stepped forward, grabbed the sea monster's tail, and continued swimming forward.

The remaining four mermaids picked up the fish carcasses and followed closely behind.

But when they looked at Ji Yuan again, their eyes were filled with both fear and admiration.

As always, Ji Yuan lagged behind, protecting them.

The journey went much more smoothly from then on, and they didn't encounter the same type of sea fish again until a day later.

As expected, it was Ji Yuan who made the move again.

But this time he was smarter; he prepared a stone beforehand and smashed his brain with it.

They had so much to carry that they couldn't take it all with them, so Ji Yuan had to carry it himself.

But then he thought about all the second-tier sea beasts he had killed along the way... what a waste, what a waste.

Finally, the group of mermaids arrived at a huge underwater mountain range. Ji Yuan had already detected it with his divine sense; there was a crack in the stone wall in front of them.

The leading werewolf mermaid stopped and chattered away for a while, while the other five mermaids struggled to drag the corpses of the sea beasts and swam into the rock wall.

...A formation?

Or is it an illusion?

Upon seeing this, Ji Yuan immediately became interested.

It's unlikely to be an array formation, as the Fallen Immortal Gully doesn't allow the existence of spiritual energy at all.

The tattooed werewolf returned to Ji Yuan's side and then gestured for him to enter.

...These merfolk are not much different from humans in terms of manners, perhaps they really do have some inexplicable relationship with humans.

Ji Yuan nodded slightly and swam forward.

Finally arriving at the stone wall, the werewolf with the tattoos tried to come up and lead the way, but Ji Yuan had already stepped through the stone wall.

After taking that step, a bright and clear view suddenly appeared before me.

What Ji Yuan saw was a scene that resembled a dreamlike place.

Within this underwater mountain range lies a vast space, with glowing stones growing on the surrounding walls, illuminating the interior as if it were daytime. Numerous giant seashells also serve as decorations or dwellings.

Mermaids, both male and female, swam everywhere in the water.

The male mermaid was ugly, but the female mermaid was extremely beautiful.

Not only were their features exquisite, but they also all carried a deep abyss on their chests.

Hmm... the kind that embraces all rivers.

Unfortunately, they were all blocked by seashells.

Its skin was extremely fair, and under the light of the cave, it seemed to glow.

Upon seeing this mermaid, Ji Yuan couldn't help but think of Yun Qianzai.

Back in Linhai City, this second senior brother had highly recommended this mermaid.

Later, Ji Yuan couldn't win against him, so he had no choice but to reluctantly go with him to take a look.

It turns out that she was a mermaid, but she was just a female cultivator who practiced some kind of special technique.

"I never imagined that real mermaids would live here."

A large number of mermaids had gathered in the square ahead, but many more merfolk swam over from all directions, all looking at the corpses of the sea beasts.

I was very excited, as if I hadn't seen so many gains in a long time.

But gradually, some of the mermaids quieted down because they discovered that a strange person had appeared at the entrance!

A strange person who looks very different from them.

Some of the timid female mermaids had already started screaming, waking up the remaining mermaids who hadn't yet reacted.

As a result, all the mermaids present noticed Ji Yuan's presence, and their eyes became extremely wary.

But more than anything, it was curiosity.

After all... it was just like when Ji Yuan first met these people with fish tails.

It was also the first time they had ever seen a person with two legs.

Soon, the tattooed werewolf swam in from behind the door.

As soon as he came in, he shouted a few words, and soon, a smaller mermaid swam out from the pile of mermaids.

Ji Yuan saw it clearly; this mermaid was the same one with the tattooed dog from before.

He responded with a few words, and the previously tense werewolf-merman relaxed.

Ji Yuan had no doubts, because he had already used his divine sense to investigate everything clearly.

Behind these mermaids, a very old mermaid swam over, leaning on a cane, with four large young mermaids on either side of him.

Ji Yuan's divine sense also detected that the tattoos on the backs of these four mermaids were... crabs!

A crab that looks very majestic.

On the contrary, Ji Yuan couldn't see the old merman's back clearly because his skin was wrinkled.

As soon as the old merman arrived, the other mermen all stepped aside, bowing to him and shouting in a language that Ji Yuan couldn't understand.

But presumably, this old merman is the... patriarch of this merman clan?

Or a leader?

Ji Yuan gracefully stepped forward and approached the old merman, offering a slight fist and palm salute.

Immediately, he saw the old merman speak, intermittently uttering words in his familiar language.

"I...I never thought that I...I...in my lifetime, I would actually...actually see a human again."

"The last time my clan saw a human was when my... my... great-great-grandfather was back then."

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