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

Lin Xiao wasn't sure how long he'd been underwater, but he was simply drifting with the Great Elder. The darkness around him had long become normal, and even the immense pressure beneath the surface had gradually become accustomed to him.

Another mouthful of sea water was swallowed into the mouth, and then expelled from the body by the power of the larynx. The mouth had been washed so hard that it had lost sensation and could hardly feel the coldness of the sea water.

Turning her head slightly, she found that the Great Elder beside her had disappeared, and only her voice kept ringing in her ears.

"Keep going."

Lin Xiao swung his legs and rushed forward as if he had really turned into a sea fish. Just after he passed a dense school of fish again, a flash of light suddenly appeared in front of him.

This place is already deep in the ice sea, and the sunlight above the sea surface cannot reach here at all. Lin Xiao knows in his heart that the destination of this trip is probably ahead.

He became alert and with a thought, a translucent shadow separated from his body.

The "assassin" as a soul was not affected by the sea water at all. Under Lin Xiao's control, it slowly floated forward. Soon, a strange sight that was impossible to see on land appeared deep in the sea.

The first thing that catches your eye is the outline of the breathtakingly huge building complex.

Those are not built with earthly bricks and stones, but are constructed from various natural crystals, corals and giant giant clam shells.

The Sea Princess family did not master human soul guide technology and did not know what lighting soul guides were, but almost all the underwater buildings emitted a soft but bright light that could penetrate the deep sea.

In the center of the building complex, a tall palace is very conspicuous. At first glance, it seems to be wrapped in a huge coral. Upon closer inspection, it is dotted with luminous pearls of various colors, reflecting colorful light.

The Sea Princess's clan was good at mental power. Lin Xiao was not sure if they could sense the breath of the soul, so he did not let the assassin get too close. He just looked at the crystal-like gate of the palace from a distance.

Occasionally, a figure passed by outside the palace gate. It looked somewhat like a human, but was much taller than a human. Its lower body was not legs, but similar to that of a fish. It could swim a long distance by gently wagging its tail.

Lin Xiao swallowed a mouthful of sea water, feeling the air contained in it. The soul power in his body surged slightly, and his body sank a little deeper.

Then he raised his head slightly and looked up at the sea.

Although the Sea Princess's clan looks harmless, they have a high level of cultivation. Their clan leader even has 600,000 years of cultivation. If they rush in rashly, they will just be seeking death. Whether they can find an opportunity depends on the preparations of the Great Elder.

Above the surface of the ice sea, the extremely low temperature causes large areas of sea water to form a thick layer of ice. Standing in the air, you can see several icebergs floating slowly on the sea.

The cold wind blowing from the Far North lifted the Great Elder's cloak, revealing his skin with a few spots of light blue underneath the cloak.

"I am back."

The Great Elder sighed softly, and suddenly reached out to take off his cloak, revealing a pretty figure inside.

Beneath the cloak, the mysterious elder of the Holy Spirit Church was much younger than others imagined, even too young, looking like a girl who had just turned twenty years old.

There was no extra clothing under the cloak, and the skin all over his body was exposed in the sunlight, reflecting the luster of white jade. Only the wrists, legs, and ears still retained fish-like scales to cover the important parts.

The almost perfect face shape makes people unable to look away at first sight. Below the cheekbones and near the ears, several translucent fan-shaped gill slits are slightly open.

However, this inhuman feature did not destroy the harmony of her facial features, but instead gave her a strange charm.

A pair of eyes as blue as the deep sea stared at the calm sea surface, and the vertical pupils in the eyes, like those of a wild beast, suddenly tightened. The next moment, tremendous soul power surged out from the elder's body, and huge waves suddenly appeared on the sea surface.

Pointing downwards, the light blue at the elder's fingertips became deeper, and an invisible force passed through the surface of the sea towards the palace deep under the sea.

Lin Xiao looked at the building where the mermaids lived from afar. Suddenly, almost all the mermaids stopped moving at the same time. The next moment, hundreds of figures rushed out of the palace and leaped towards the sea.

Those mermaids were like the army in the palace, holding simple spears or various corals in their hands. In the middle of the long team, there was a touch of gold moving with them.

It was just that the distance was too far, and due to the obstruction of the sea water, Lin Xiao could not see the specific appearance of the golden color.

But there was no need to see clearly. As soon as the figure appeared, even Lin Xiao, who was far away, felt a slight dizziness. He could probably guess that it was the 600,000-year-old sea soul beast without seeing it clearly.

She is also the real "Sea Princess" among the mermaids.

Although he didn't know how the Great Elder did it, Lin Xiao still followed her previous instructions and slowly approached the building along the seabed.

Thousands of auras, strong or weak, emanated from those buildings. Some seemed to be just hundred-year or thousand-year-old soul beasts, which should still be children among the mermaid clan.

Just as he got closer, an elegant melody came from all directions, drilling into his ears and mind, as if thousands of voices were whispering in his ears.

Lin Xiao's figure stopped in place instantly, and his thoughts seemed to be carried away to a faraway place by the singing.

The coolness under his feet made Lin Xiao slowly open his eyes. He seemed to be standing on the sea again. The sea water gradually covered his chest, his mouth and nose, and kept drilling into his nostrils, bringing a burning pain.

The suffocating feeling made his vision darken, and the breath of death once again clearly appeared beside him.

No, didn’t I absorb the larynx of the mermaids? How could I still suffocate in the water?

Lin Xiao shook his head slightly, startled. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in the mermaid's building complex. Surrounded by tall coral walls, he could hear one or two conversations from afar from time to time.

Looking back, an invisible barrier completely covered this place. The ocean outside seemed to be completely separated from here into two worlds. It was not called the seabed, but more like coming to a village in another world.

Looking at the palace so close at hand that looked like the Crystal Palace in his memory, Lin Xiao suddenly remembered that the world he was in now possessed soul power, a strange power beyond the cognition of ordinary people.

Although it is still a planet, there are countless places on this planet that humans cannot set foot in, and it is completely different from the world in his memory.

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."

"During the Sea God War, you betrayed the Demon Whale King and helped humans 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 was covered with dark clouds at some point, and as the Great Elder's voice resounded over the sea, bursts of low thunder were heard 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?"

Chapter 179 Mermaid Princess

The waves were surging on the sea surface, but it was calm beneath the sea. Lin Xiao passed through a layer of water curtain, and suddenly a turbulent current came from under his feet, making his body feel lighter.

After a slight pause, Lin Xiao did not resist too much, but instead allowed this force to carry his body upwards.

Soon, his figure appeared on the top floor of the palace.

Stepping onto the floor made of unknown material again, Lin Xiao couldn't help but look back.

The effect of the turbulence just now is similar to that of an elevator on land, but this feeling is much more novel than an elevator, and it is also a feature unique to the seabed.

He quickly collected his thoughts, his mind moved slightly, and the information perceived by the assassin instantly flooded into his mind. Lin Xiao turned his body to the side, used his palm to push away the sea water around him, and continued to swim forward.

According to the Great Elder, the Heart of the Ocean is placed on the top floor of the palace, which is also the residence of the Sea Princess.

Now that the Sea Princess has been led away and her guards have been taken away, there is probably no one else here.

Across a colorful pearl curtain, a luminous jellyfish seemed to have sensed the change in water flow caused by Lin Xiao's arrival and swam quickly in another direction.

Lin Xiao didn't provoke it, but just looked around.

The semicircular dome is dotted with pearls, and some decorations that are obviously not naturally formed but handmade make a tinkling sound under the gentle flushing of the water.

"Who?"