I'm not just human!

First of all, this dried murloc might have been killed by some extraordinary monarch in the Serpent's Mouth or Inch Zone of the World Serpent, dried, and then sold in the City of Gold Pounds.

Luckily, I was smart enough to have the Nature Bee smell the scent of the Ironblood Conqueror "Paul" beforehand, so that it would remember it; otherwise, it would have been really hard to find it.

But why does this fish-man carry the aura of "Speed" at super-high speed?

He couldn't figure out the mystery for the time being because there were too few clues.

However, at least we now have a direction.

"If we encounter any merman monsters, we should secretly follow them; maybe we can find the location of the overclocked, high-speed 'Speedy'..."

As Xia Fazheng was thinking this, he saw Veronica, the leader of the Ten Thousand Poisons, sway her tall and fiery body and swim to the rock wall on the left.

He was about to ask Veronica if she had discovered something when he saw her picking up plump, white maggots with the iron pliers as if she were picking peanuts in a field. A flash of light appeared at the end of the pliers, indicating that she was putting them into her black bag.

Xia Fa felt a chill run down his spine and couldn't help but ask:

What are you doing?

The Poison Patriarch Veronica turned around and smiled charmingly:

“My parasitic wasps need to lay their eggs in the larvae of other insects in order to hatch new parasitic wasps. I think these maggots are of good quality, so I’m collecting them.”

When Xia Fa first heard about the purpose of the Poisonous Chieftain's visit, he knew that she definitely had more than just the Holy Poison Bee under her command; she just liked to take the Holy Poison Bee on patrols.

So he nodded, indicating that he understood, and waited patiently.

Before long, Veronica had collected all the maggots on the entire rock face. For some reason, looking at the clean, black rock face, Xia Fa inexplicably felt refreshed.

"Alright, let's continue our deep dive."

Veronica had just arrived at the five-inch zone and had already made quite a few gains. Her mood improved significantly, and her tone became much more lively.

Xia Fa nodded slightly, just about to continue diving down along the rift-like underwater terrain.

But at that moment, Veronica, the Patriarch of Ten Thousand Poisons, seemed to remember something and reminded him:

"Oh right, I forgot to tell you before, once you reach the Five Inch Zone, even Outer Gods can only activate various secret contract abilities or other means through these iron pincers. Don't activate your secret contract abilities directly like you did in the Snake Mouth Zone!"

Xia Fa asked, puzzled:

"why is that?"

Veronica shook her head:

"I don't know, but the intelligence I gathered on my way here specifically emphasized this point, and said it was proposed by the Celestial Venerable Suo Chu Wu Kong Jian."

Xia Fa nodded thoughtfully:

"Okay, I understand."

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, so he immediately gave it a try. He figured he was just taking a risk in the five-inch zone, and if things didn't work out, he could always surface and escape.

Outside his armor, a gingerbread man, only the size of an atom, was quietly condensed. This was the secret ability of the "Fairy Tale World," the "Gingerbread Man Beam," which could turn anything hit by the beam into gingerbread.

Whether the transformation is complete or temporary depends on the strength and status of the target.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the gingerbread man appeared, he began to inexplicably melt away, and he couldn't even use the gingerbread beam!

In just a fraction of a second, the gingerbread man completely melted away.

This dissolving power did not originate from the highly corrosive black water, but rather seemed to be a strange power inherent in the [World Serpent] itself.

Xia Fa refused to believe in superstition and directly conjured a gingerbread man the size of a palm. This time, however, it dissolved even faster, practically dissolving as it was being conjured.

His curiosity was piqued, so he raised the iron tongs and aimed them at the dense swarm of sea cockroaches crawling on the rock wall next to him, and activated the gingerbread man beam again.

This time, the situation was finally different. A gingerbread man materialized between the ends of the iron pincers. He opened his mouth and spat out a spiral of white light from his mouth and eyes, which struck the rock wall and spread out in a circular wave.

These thousands upon thousands of sea cockroaches were instantly and permanently turned into gingerbread, and they all fell to the ground.

Just then, countless fish monsters rushed out from the dense aquatic plants, frantically snatching up the gingerbread and eating with great relish.

"This……"

Xia Fa was dumbfounded, not because of the food-grabbing situation, but because he couldn't understand why he could use the Iron Pincers to perform the Secret Contract ability, but the Secret Contract ability would be dissolved when used directly.

At the same time, he once again realized that Suochuwu Kongjian was no ordinary Celestial Venerable; he could be called a master of mysticism in the extraordinary world!

One can imagine that when the [World Serpent] was first designated as a mysterious forbidden zone, the extraordinary individuals who ventured in must have encountered similar situations where their secret abilities would be dissolved, leading to attacks from various aquatic monsters and heavy losses.

Then, Suochuwu Kongjian creatively invented iron tongs made of pig iron mixed with shadow gold, which directly withstood this melting force. I really don't know how he came up with it...

What are you doing?

Seeing the sea cockroach that had turned into gingerbread, this time it was the Poison Chieftain's turn to be surprised.

"It's nothing, I just really hate cockroaches, haha."

Xia Fa chuckled and gave a vague answer, since he couldn't very well tell Veronica that he was experimenting on whether her claims were true or false.

"I didn't expect you to hate cockroaches. Hmm, I'll remember that. Don't worry, when we live together, I definitely won't let a single cockroach in the house—"

The Poisonous Patriarch Veronica was halfway through her joking remark when she suddenly flapped her wings and charged straight at the school of fish frantically devouring gingerbread.

The fish were startled and scattered, but Veronica's iron pincers had already reached out and accurately caught one of the mandarin fish.

Not only her, but Xia Fa also swam over, her iron pincers extending rapidly, like hundreds of spears thrusting out in an instant. When she stopped, the tip of the pincers had already pierced through a dozen or so lionfish.

The two exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly.

From the bodies of these dozen or so lionfish, which appeared to be covered in colorful bony spurs, pure white, light-seeking silver crystals, some the size of soybeans and others the size of mung beans, began to fall out.

As for the pufferfish that Veronica caught, after she cut it open, she found a piece of emerald metal about the size of half a soybean.

This emerald metal was extremely magical. As soon as it was taken out of the fish-shaped raincoat, the phantom images of flowers and plants appeared around it, as if a miniature garden or a small world full of plants had been formed in an instant.

It radiates a soft yet vibrant light, scattered like stars, noble and sacred, and countless bacteria and microorganisms immediately begin to multiply wildly in the water.

Veronica immediately and carefully put away the half-soybean-sized "Fengrang Enze Mizinc," fearing that its efficacy would begin to dissipate.

Xia Fa was quite satisfied as he put about ten bean-sized pure white light-chasing silver crystals into the black bag he had just used, feeling even more that coming to the mysterious forbidden zone was the right decision.

Looking at it this way, this place is simply a treasure trove! A treasure trove that has never been developed!

He wasn't greedy; he just wanted to get a pure white, light-seeking silver crystal the size of a watermelon. If he could get it and consume it, his Silver Throne's various secret abilities would increase by at least several times!

This is the most advanced development ever!

Xia Fa guessed that before he became a god, when he lacked holy metal, the reason why the Paradox Clown didn't recommend him to come to this place was probably because he was afraid that he wasn't strong enough and might encounter all sorts of dangers.

In particular, since sacred metal can only be obtained in a place like the Five Inch Zone, where peak-level monsters can appear at any time, it's even less likely that [Paradox Joker] would recommend him to come.

When he became a god, he didn't lack sacred metals at the beginning, so although Lord Paradox Joker mentioned the nine mysterious forbidden zones, he overlooked this point.

As for now? Now that I'm moving towards becoming an Outer God, it goes without saying that I need to absorb as much sacred metal as possible to facilitate the condensation of an Outer God body!

Thinking this, and seeing that gingerbread could attract all kinds of fish monsters in the five-inch zone, Xia Fa immediately cast gingerbread man beams again and again, turning all kinds of insects on the surrounding rock walls into gingerbread.

However, this time he didn't let them fall, but instead put them into his bag, and then continued to dive with Veronica.

The further they went, the more open the underwater environment became, like a canyon. Along the way, Xia Fa caught a monster that looked like a mandarin fish several times, and each time he cut out a bean-sized piece of Fertile Soil Enze Zinc and gave it to Veronica.

Although Veronica didn't manage to get her hands on the lionfish-like monster, she accidentally killed an anglerfish covered in glowing white spots during her descent and managed to extract a Star Whisper Secret Titanium the size of half a lychee from it.

She seemed to be like a fanatical tomb raider, not signing any secret contracts, relying solely on her own extraordinary talent and the power of "rules," so she didn't need the Whispering Stars Secret Titanium and gave it directly to Xia Fa.

As for the Nature Bee, it was responsible for vigilance, always keeping its size small and perched on Xia Fa's shoulder, cautiously looking around to avoid unknown risks.

After diving for several minutes, at a pace that would have been enough for the two of them to run a lap around the planet Caligia, Shafa and Veronica finally felt a wide-open space before them, as if they had swum out of this underwater rift.

At the same time, the water changed from pure black to a black color with a hint of green.

It looks like the color of a stagnant pool filled with swill.

Moreover, the pure black water and the black water with green streaks are clearly distinct, as if they were artificially separated.

"Next should be the six-inch zone... I expect there will be monsters with Outer God rank appearing. Xiafa, just stay behind me, I'll handle everything."

Patriarch Veronica of the Poison Sect spoke cautiously, her tone becoming much more serious and earnest.

Xia Fa smiled, about to indicate that he could handle it, but just then, fish-man heads emerged from the black water with green threads.

These fish-men are extremely ugly. Their heads are not those of common sea fish, but those of deep-sea fish such as anglerfish, blobfish, and snapper. Just one look at them is enough to send chills down your spine.

But that's not the key point. The key point is that they all wielded spears or pitchforks, and their bodies were permeated with the aura of gods or other gods!

"Gurgle gurgle wa!"

One of the fish-man monsters suddenly shouted at the three of them in an extremely hostile tone.

Xia Fa naturally couldn't understand it, nor could the Poison Patriarch Veronica.

After a slight pause, the Nature Bee spoke:

"Master, they're saying... if we don't leave this place, they'll kill us without mercy!"

"Gri-ga-gi-ga-gi-ga! Gi-ga-ga!!"

Just then, the leading merman monster let out another strange cry, raising the spear in its hand, the tip of which condensed a dangerous, pulsating light.

"Master, they say they've already given us a chance, and since we won't leave, they're going to kill us now!"

The Nature Bee once again acted as translator, but its tone wasn't anxious; instead, it carried a hint of anger.

These fish-man monsters are so unreasonable! They'll start a massacre at the slightest provocation!

Fortunately, it knew its owner's strength and understood that there was no danger.

Suddenly, in the surrounding black water, pairs of fish-man eyes opened, radiating a terrifying, ferocious light.

Hundreds of merfolk, who were of divine rank, had quietly infiltrated their surroundings, preparing to launch an attack!

Xia Fa's eyes flickered at that moment, as he keenly sensed something.

At this moment, these fishmen were closer, and he could sense that their aura was similar to that of the Ironblood Conqueror "Paul".

Without a doubt, this must be from the overclocked, high-speed "Speed"!

Before they could think further, the fish-man monsters launched their attack, thrusting out spears or harpoons that aimed directly at their fully enclosed armor.

They were extremely vicious, knowing that as long as the armor was destroyed, the two would be in complete danger and would be at their mercy!

Chapter 419 Xia Fa's strength, comparable to a Celestial Venerable, is revealed! Even the Poison Patriarch Veronica is shocked!

"It seems that even though the merfolk have become Outer Gods, their intelligence is still quite low..."