Chapter 170: The Verge
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At this moment, the gate of the palace was pushed open, and a small soldier-like person, with a panicked expression, was hurrying in.
"What's going on in such a panic?" The little soldier suddenly burst in without knocking on the door, and the mermaid queen looked a little angry, but she didn't scold, looking at the little soldier's demeanor, she thought that something serious had happened.
"Oh no! Oh no! Your Majesty!" the little soldier ran all the way forward, panting all the way, and gasped for several long breaths before he said, "Sea Ghost King...... Sea Ghost King!He, he!He's coming!" The little soldier stammered in fright when he talked about the Sea Ghost King.
Hearing the three words of the Sea Ghost King, the expressions of everyone in the palace changed.
"What are you talking about?
The little soldier nodded desperately, "It's true, the spies in front came to report, this time the Sea Ghost King came and brought a troop, I'm just afraid of ...... I'm afraid I'm about to attack the mermaid sea!"
"How so!?" the Mermaid Queen frowned, as if thoughtful, he didn't have a reason to do this, could it be that he had already learned that we were going to get rid of him!?
Thinking of this, the mermaid queen's brows furrowed even deeper.
Not too many clansmen know about this matter, and even if they do, most of them are high-level officials, and they will never betray the mermaid clan. And the partners Phantom Light Faction, what good is it for them to betray the news!?
So......
The mermaid queen looked at Ye Shuo, if it was him, if it was for the moon jellyfish, then was this reason sufficient!
While the mermaid queen was thinking, there was another commotion at the entrance of the palace.
"Your Majesty!" A group of people broke into the gate of the palace, looking at their dress, it seemed that they were all soldiers, and they also looked very flustered, talking nonsense, but the meaning was almost the same, that is, the Sea Ghost King's troops were about to arrive in the mermaid sea.
Among the soldiers, there was a voice that said, "Your Majesty, let's run!"
This sentence was echoed by other soldiers, and people kept saying, "Your Majesty, let's run away!
Finally, all the soldiers said in unison: "Your Majesty, let's run!
Then they stepped forward together and said, "I'll wait to protect Her Majesty's retreat!"
Looking at the words and deeds of these soldiers, the mermaid queen had mixed feelings in her heart.
There is also a kind of bitter pain that spreads from the bottom of my heart.
Once, the Sea Ghost King also led an army to attack the mermaids.
At that time, the soldiers around her shouted: "Never compromise!
At that time, the soldiers and the mermaid queen fought hard and fought a bloody way for the mermaid clan to survive. Even though the losses were heavy, they were not exterminated.
However, most of the soldiers who fought with him to kill the enemy died in the war.
Now these ...... What are these now? The Mermaid Queen sighed, and she sometimes remembered those eventful years.
But the current mermaid clan is in a safe corner, and they have to get by, and they have long lost their bloody nature.
Sad......
Is the homeland that the soldiers defended with their blood about now going to be so self-defeating?
"Everyone, please listen to me. The mermaid queen said, "Run, where can we flee to?
When she said this, her tone was calm, as if she was talking about an extremely ordinary thing, but there was a deep sadness and unwillingness in these words, how many people could understand it?
"How many of you are like this, are you still worthy of being a member of the human clan?!" Suddenly, a girl's voice of reprimand sounded.
It turned out to be Princess Mo'er.
"Generals please ask yourself, if we want to escape, can we really escape!?"
"If you don't run away, do you want to die here?" replied several soldiers.
But there were also some soldiers who showed a hint of shame. It's just that they didn't answer Princess Mo'er's question, but were silent and avoided answering.
"That's fine. That's fine. The Mermaid Queen waved her hand, "Forget it, if you really don't want to go to defend against the Sea Ghost King, then I won't force it, those who want to leave can go!"
If you want to stay, go with this king to fight against the Sea Ghost King......" said the mermaid queen, looking around at the soldiers around her.
None of them left, but none of them expressed their will.
It was Ye Shuo who spoke first, "Queen, since this is the case, I am willing to stand with the Sea Ghost King." ā
"Oh?" the Mermaid Queen was a little surprised and a little suspicious, if his statement was really in collusion with the Turtle King...... Forget it, now is not the time to doubt people, the mermaid queen said: "Well, there is work." ā
She turned to look at the Phantom Sect again.
"I'm just here to get rid of the Sea Ghost King on the orders of my master, so of course it's our duty. Situ Yucheng said, and the Jiang sisters also nodded.
"Mother, I'll go with you!" Princess Mo'er's eyes were full of determination at this time.
"Then I'm going too!" was Yan Xuemeng who was the last to speak, and the mermaid queen looked at her suspiciously.
According to Ye Shuo's previous explanation, Yan Xuemeng was just a girl who was rescued by him from the hands of the four protectors, and Ye Shuo did not reveal the connection between her and Yan Xueying, one of the four protectors.
Shouldn't such a girl be afraid of the Sea Ghost King, and why did she take the initiative to participate in the war?
"Isn't it a mess for you to go!" It was Jiang Biying who spoke, she had always been straightforward, "I finally escaped from the hands of the four protectors, and now I have to send them to death, the Sea Ghost King is much more powerful than the four protectors, and when the time comes, we will be arrested again, and we will not have the energy to save you." ā
"That ......" Faced with such a question, Yan Xuemeng was a little nervous, she pulled her hair, "My combat power is indeed not high, but I have learned the art of healing, if anyone is injured, I can immediately step forward to help him heal." To deal with the Sea Ghost King, I also want to do my part. ā
"Healing technique?" Situ Yucheng raised his eyebrows, "Well, thank you Miss Yan." He just agreed.
The mermaid queen didn't object much, but said: "It's okay, one more person has more strength." It's just that on the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, and we may also be too busy to take care of ourselves, Miss Yan, please be more careful. ā
Ye Shuo was a little worried, but Yan Xuemeng signaled to him with his eyes that everything was fine with him.
And the generals who said they were going to run away before seemed to be encouraged, and perhaps because of the guilt in their hearts, none of them fled, and they decided to follow the mermaid queen to fight.
After a short discussion, a plan of action was decided.
The Mermaid Queen, Ye Shuo, and Situ Yucheng went to the sea first to find out the situation. The girls remained in the rear, waiting with the soldiers for the orders that followed.
Several important generals went to inform the ministries to first settle all the civilians, and then the army lined up at the bottom of the sea.
Time was pressing, and everyone hurriedly took action.
Soon, Ye Shuo and the others came to the sea together with the mermaid queen.
On the sea, there were no strong winds or showers, and it was surprisingly calm.
It's just that...... The sea level in front of the mermaid queen has risen by at least nearly a hundred meters, like a wall of water, towering into the clouds, rising to the sky, and the water wall is also extremely wide, extending in an arc on both sides, enveloping most of the mermaid sea area.
Suddenly, a small crack opened in the wall of water, and then the small gap gradually opened, like a curtain being opened.
The curtains opened wider and wider, about three or four stories high.
Only then did Ye Shuo see the internal structure in the clear water wall.
Inside the wall of water is a very empty world. As the water curtain was opened, it could be seen that there were strangely shaped lamp-holding ghosts standing on both sides, and the faint blue light illuminated the whole area weirdly and grotesquely.
"My old friend, I finally see you again. ā
A dull sound like thunder came from within the wall of water, but it was not loud but could echo in people's ears for a long time.
This voice was infused with extremely strong spiritual power. So much so that when the voice came, the sea water on the mermaid queen's side trembled strongly
This is a demonstration of the Sea Ghost King.
At this time, the mermaid queen had tied her long hair high, wore a silver armor, held a long sword, and was heroic.
Her eyes were full of the pride and dignity of being an emperor. For the provocation of the Sea Ghost King, she did not show a trace of displeasure, her face did not change, and she never answered a word of the Sea Ghost King.
"Old friend, being too arrogant will only lead to death. And I am the messenger who will put you on the path of death. ā
The lantern-wielding imp began to move towards the edges of both sides of the water wall, and gradually, a large number of men and horses could be seen in the middle of the water wall, they were lined up in a phalanx, all wearing battle armor and holding weapons, waiting for the battle.
"In the phalanx, there are about a thousand people, and those warriors themselves have no spiritual power fluctuations, on the contrary, they have signs of soul binding techniques, they should just be puppets. Ye Shuo let go of the soul detection, and his divine sense had already circled within the wall of water.
After getting these news, he spread the word to the mermaid queen and Situ Yucheng beside him.
"Puppet? That's not like his style. The Mermaid Queen wondered in her heart, "When the Sea Ghost King fought in the sea, he brought real swords and real guns. Those are all sea monsters with extremely strong combat effectiveness, and alien beast legions. ā
Why this time, there are only a thousand people with him, and they are all puppets. Is he cheating? Just as he didn't take the initiative to attack the merfolk in the first place, but gave the coordinates of the mermaid's sea area to the humans, so as to kill people with a knife?
"It's also strange that there seems to be an area in the wall of water that my soul power can't enter. If it is said that the defense is imposed, then it is reasonable......" Ye Shuo's gaze gradually sank, "But why does it give me the feeling that that area does not exist!?"
Ye Shuo paused again, "Could it be a space secret technique?"
The so-called space secret technique is to superimpose two kinds of spaces that are far apart from each other, so that the distance between the two places is no longer an obstacle.
If the Sea Ghost King has elite troops elsewhere, then he can come directly to this sea area without having to travel a long distance, but through the superposition of space, which is the mystery of space secret arts.
That makes sense. The Mermaid Queen nodded, "Looks like these are just bait, and he should have more troops to hide." But...... Is this so that we think that he only has these forces, so that he will attack rashly, and then fall into the scheme?"
While the mermaid queen was still hesitating, the army of thousands of puppets over there had already set off.
The puppet army rode on war horses, with great momentum, stepping on the rolling waves, shouting and rushing towards the mermaid queen.
The situation is already a battle!
Seeing this, the mermaid queen was not to be outdone, and gave an order, "Release the arrow!".
Immediately, tens of thousands of arrows rushed out of the sea, and the tens of millions of arrows were transparent, breaking through the sea with a splash of water, and piercing the sky with the power of lightning.
The dense arrows met the puppet army without showing weakness.
The army of puppets did not flinch, and even when they saw the arrows flying like dark clouds crushing the city, they still charged forward, and they did not even make a move to resist.
This time it was not only the mermaid queen, but even Ye Shuo also saw the strangeness.
Relying on the sturdy armor, the arrows did not directly break through them. The army of puppets continued to move forward, but the more they moved forward, the more damage they received from their arrows.
Some of the puppet warriors who rushed in front had already begun to be pierced by arrows in their battle armor, and there were long and narrow holes.
And black smoke slowly rose from that hole.
The black smoke is fleeting and easy to ignore.
But when more and more puppet armies begin to emit black smoke, the situation has to be noticed.
"There must be deception in this black smoke!" "The mermaid queen saw the clue, since she couldn't attack it, she could only defend it.
The mermaid queen pointed her long sword, and suddenly the sea water surged, and the sea water swept towards the puppet army, and the puppet army was suddenly swept away by the turbulent sea.
"So vulnerable? It seems that I overestimated them forward. A smile tugged at the corner of the mermaid queen's mouth, "In that case, then I will destroy you in one fell swoop!"
Then, under the control of the mermaid queen, the churning of the sea became more and more intense, and in an instant, a waterspout rose out of thin air on the sea!
It was the mermaid queen manipulating the sea, her eyes closed and her mouth full of words. Suddenly, as soon as he opened his eyes, the power of the waterspout suddenly increased, and the momentum seemed to be the power of the heavens and the earth, and the army of thousands of puppets was all swept into the splash.
The mermaid queen pointed again, and the waterspout roared and surged towards the wall of water.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!", was the sound of a waterspout crashing against a wall of water, mixed with the thud of a large army of puppets falling into the sea.
The puppet army was like dumplings, losing its combat effectiveness and falling into the sea one by one, completely losing the momentum of the previous galloping horses.
They were almost defeated, and the Mermaid Queen looked to have an all-round advantage.
But she wasn't happy in the slightest. The easier it was, the more uneasy she became, the Sea Ghost King was by no means such an easy opponent to deal with!
"Wait!" Ye Shuo suddenly shouted, "The ontology of those puppet armies ......!
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