"What shall we do?" a female sea emperor mermaid whispered to her companion.

"What else can I do? Only by following her is safe......"

"That's right, let's keep up......"

One after another, there were mermaids with their guards, far behind the butt of the reefback turtle, and in the end, only Fei Gao's face was pale, staring at the backs of Li Huan and Hannah for a while, gritting his teeth, and finally chasing after him. Compared with face, life is more important.

Soon, the reefback turtle brought Li Huan and Hannah safely to the shore. Li Huan is obviously not ready to release this powerful pet, take it back into the pet space, and prepare to slowly domesticate it in the future.

On the shores of the island, there is a golden sand beach with warm reflections everywhere. Deep inside the island is an endless forest, and between the beach and the forest line, there is a stone statue of a mermaid about three meters high, which is entwined with vines and looks very old.

"Land! It's still down-to-earth and down-to-earth!" Li Huan looked around and said with a happy face.

"Trialists, you've finally arrived!"

Just when the two of them were feeling happy, a nice voice suddenly came from the front.

"Who!?" Li Huan immediately took out his mace and said vigilantly.

"The idol...... It was the idol that spoke. Hannah pointed to the vine-strewn idol of the god, the mermaid very sensitive to sound.

Li Huan was stunned for a moment, and took Hannah to slowly approach the idol, he put the mace across his chest, as long as the idol was a little wrong, Li Huan was ready to beat it directly into lime. However, when the two approached, Li Huan realized that this was not a stone statue...... It's a ...... The lower half of the body is petrified, and the upper half of the body is turned into a stone mermaid!

The half-petrified merfolk let out a smile.

She didn't know how many years she had been here, and there was even thick moss growing in the petrified place. Where the upper body is not petrified, a thick layer of gray shell has formed. Even the long golden-like hair had lost its color. Although her whole person is dirty, it still can't hide her once extremely beautiful appearance.

"Hello, Trialist. The merfolk spoke, her voice ethereal and sweet.

"Hello, may I ask ...... you," Hannah politely replied.

The half-petrified merfolk said, "I am your examiner, and when everyone is ready, I will announce your trial tasks." ”

Then isn't it meaningless for us to be the first to run up? Li Huan's expression was slightly disappointed, but he thought about it, if everyone lined up one by one, wouldn't this mermaid who was petrified for unknown reasons have to say a dozen times?

Li Huan no longer paid attention to the mermaid examiner, but thought about another question, this end island is full of weirdness, and the dignified sea royal clan trial will be arranged on land, which is very uncommon sense.

Li Huan asked in a low voice, "Hannah, under what circumstances will the mermaid be petrified?"

"I don't know...... It's also the first time I've heard of it. But...... This examiner's face seems to be very familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere. Hannah said.

"If you think about it, it might help us. Li Huan encouraged.

"I can't remember, the history of the Sea Tribes is too long, and there are many records without words, only some incomplete pictures and statues......"

After a few more minutes, the mermaids behind Li Huan's ass finally came ashore one after another.

After going ashore, everyone brought the injured mermaid guards ashore, Li Huan roughly counted, in their encounter with the chasing waves, the mermaid guards were reduced by one-fifth, and counting the seriously injured, the number even soared to one-third.

In other words, before the trial began, a third of the personnel had already been reduced.

After they went ashore and treated the wounded, several merfolk who had participated in the trial came to Hannah's side and summoned up the courage to whisper, "Hannah...... I'm sorry. We shouldn't have done that to you before. ”

They all knew that if it weren't for Hannah and his human friend, they would most likely have died before they landed on the island.

Hannah looked at Li Huan and said, "You should thank him, he is the one who really saved you." If Li Huan doesn't make a move, I can't do anything. ”

"Thank you...... Thank you!" several delicate-looking female mermaids stood together and thanked Li Huan nervously, and even used honorifics in their language.

The appearance of Li Huan riding a reefback turtle to open up a highway in the sea just now shocked them too much. Since childhood, these Sea Emperor mermaids have lived under the protection of their parents, and they have heard how stupid and weak human beings are, so they will have such an opinion of Li Huan in the temple. Only now did they realize how many fallacies they had heard since they were children—at least for the statement that "all human beings are weak and despicable."

"Well, a gesture. You are all of the same race, isn't it good for everyone to unite and pass the trial?" was stared at by several beautiful mermaids with adoring eyes, Li Huan said a little embarrassed, he is such a person, he will treat the enemy as cold as winter, and dealing with this situation is a little overwhelming.

"Understood!" a couple of sea emperor merfolk nodded.

After dealing with the injuries of the mermaid guards, everyone finally gathered again and came to the petrified mermaid.

There were fourteen merfolk who managed to reach the end of the island, all of them staring at the petrified merfolk in fear. Truth be told, the horror of the first test scared them, and God knows what kind of danger they would face next.

Li Huan and Hannah stood at the front, and the rest of the people kept a very delicate distance from them, as if Hannah and Li Huan were at the forefront. Fei Gao was the only one standing at the end, and the expression on his face couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry.

"Brave young people, welcome to the end of the island, this is the test you must go through to adulthood, and if you are ready, I will begin to announce the content of the trial. "Petrified mermaid road.

Hannah nodded earnestly: "That's what we're here for, please." ”

"Before you know the content of the trial, I want to emphasize that whether you succeed or fail in the end, you must keep all the secrets of the end island, and the leaker will be banished from the Sea Clan forever. I need each of you to swear in the name of the Sea Clan before the content of the trial will be announced. The petrified mermaid said solemnly.

It's all come to this point, and the mermaids who have participated in the trial have no choice, and they swear seriously one by one. After everyone swore an oath, the petrified mermaid looked at Li Huan again: "Human, you are not a sea clan, but you also have to keep this secret, if you leak the secret of the trial, this mermaid lady who brought you here will bear the punishment on your behalf, understand?"

"You don't have to say anything to me, I'm not the kind of person who shouts everywhere, I know that I'm willing to keep it a secret. Li Huan nodded.

Next, the petrified mermaid announced the task of the trial, and Li Huan thought that he could hear some shocking secrets, but after listening to it, he couldn't help but compare the content of their trial.

It turns out that the so-called adult trial of the merfolk is actually a training with humans as imaginary enemies - land warfare.

The content of the trial can be said to be very simple, everyone can act alone or in any group, and after three sunrises and sunsets, hunt 2,000 low-level crystals or twenty intermediate crystals, or one high-level crystal. After three sunrises and sunsets, the participants will gather on the beach on time, and those who count enough will pass the trial.

"There are now more and more humans sailing on the sea, they are very advanced in navigation, and they are constantly testing our borders along the coast, even invoking the 'territorial sea treaty' to build military bases on small islands near the coast...... This trial exists to familiarize you with the way humans fight. We have powerful aquatic monsters fighting at sea, and once we land on land, we will have to face attacks from humans and their monster companions...... Therefore, the Sea Emperor Court requires every adult mermaid to understand the way humans fight. After the petrified mermaid finished speaking, she focused on Li Huan.

She added: "Don't forget you swore an oath. ”

All the mermaids who participated in the trial subconsciously looked at Li Huan and Hannah.

Li Huan pursed his lips: "Sister Shi, I thought it was some kind of earth-shattering secret, but it was just an imaginary enemy training, wasn't it? ”

"What an imaginary enemy, we love peace, and the trials against you humans are only to make our young people more aware of your fighting methods, but once this kind of trial is spread, it is easy to misunderstand. ”

After speaking, she looked at him as if she didn't believe Li Huan: "Don't forget your oath!"

"Don't worry, I'm not that bored. Li Huan felt that the Sea Imperial Family was really making too much of a fuss.

Mankind, in every regime and every country, even if they are rated as the world's model of pacifism, will have more or less several potential imaginary enemies in their internal training, and military training against their own imaginary enemies is simply a serious reason. Moreover, the training of the imaginary enemy is targeted, and there are some powerful countries on the earth that do not do imaginary enemy training at all, but directly carry out military exercises and acts, breaking apart and crumpling their own strength and putting it in front of everyone - if you are not afraid of death, you will come and get me.

Of course, Li Huan can't argue with the petrified mermaid here, and people say that if it is secrecy, it will be kept secret.

After getting Li Huan's promise again, the petrified mermaid said, "Okay, let's get ready to go." One more thing, I want to remind you that the end of the island is divided into three parts, the outer part is the demon beasts that produce low-level and medium-level crystals, and the inside is a very dangerous demon beast...... Also, do not go near the Central Exclusion Zone, where there is more horror than you can imagine. ”

After listening to the trial task, Li Huan couldn't help frowning, according to the task announced by the petrified mermaid, the mermaid who participated in the trial, even if he couldn't complete the trial, would definitely not have such a large casualty rate, unless......

"Sister Stone, I still have a question. Li Huan raised his hand.

The petrified mermaid seemed to feel the novelty of this title, and finally showed a half-smile: "Human, what else do you have a problem?"

"I've heard that the casualty rate of this trial is very high, but now it seems that everyone can choose the area that suits them to hunt, and it doesn't look that dangerous. If my guess is correct, the condition for completing the trial is to only count the 'number of crystals' and not the source, right?" Li Huan hit the nail on the head, "So, if I snatch the crystals from others, will it also be counted as my own results?"