Under the sea, the city of Aram.

The entire underwater city is shrouded in a transparent defensive barrier, and if you don't want to alarm the krakens in the city, you can only enter through the four gates.

But after the group reached their destination and dived to the bottom of the sea, Hai Lanzhu did not take Chen Gou and Kuian to the city gate, but sneaked in through a secret passage that led directly from outside the city to the city.

At the exit of the city, the secret passage is a remote spire, guarded by a female Naga Siren.

Although this Kraken is not a mermaid, he was once saved by Hai Lanzhu and vowed to repay him with his life.

After the riot broke out, he also took the initiative to ask to stay and help Hai Lanzhu garrison this secret stronghold, so as to retain a glimmer of hope for the future recapture of Yalan City.

"My lord, you have finally returned, have you found Her Royal Highness and are ready to counterattack?"

The Naga people have a snake tail, and the biggest difference between the Naga people and the mermaid people is the tail, and the head and hands also have some fish characteristics, and the overall appearance is definitely much worse than the fish people.

Naga, a female named Yili, was overjoyed by Hai Lanzhu's appearance, but when her eyes fell on Chen Gou and Kui'an, she immediately showed obvious disgust and wariness.

Because they had drunk the mermaid's tears in advance, they also became male mermaids, and temporarily gained the ability to breathe underwater.

After the riot, Erie also hated the male merfolk.

"Erie, you can't be rude, this is my current master, Your Excellency the Silver Knight of the Holy Covenant Holy See!" Hai Lanzhu said as she gave her envoy a look.

"Master?"

"Still human?"

The female Naga was directly blinded, and there was a strong suspicion in her eyes with Hai Lanzhu, obviously very puzzled by all this, and it was difficult to accept.

How can a young human being be supported by Hai Lanzhu and the mermaid, and even regarded as the master?

Hai Lanzhu explained with a smile: "It's a long story, you'll know later, in short, the master is worthy of our allegiance." ”

A moment later, Chen Gou and Kuian were led directly from the hole in the center of the room to the second floor of the building.

When they were still on Flower Island, the two of them were already familiar with the mermaid's way of acting, so although they were still a little rusty at this time, it would not have much impact.

This was their dwelling place while they were in the city of Syria.

From the balcony on the second floor, you can overlook a large area with an unusually wide view.

This underwater city is not located directly on the ocean floor, but on the top of a flat and huge mountain peak.

Most of the seabed is never as flat as one might think, but rather undulating, with terrain such as hills, mountains, and even large fissures.

And the bottom of the sea area of Xingluo Broken Island is a large area of huge mountains crisscrossing it!

Those that are high enough to protrude out of the sea become islands, which is why there are so many scattered islands in this area.

Although the undersea mountain peak where Yalan City is located is still at the bottom of the sea, it is only more than 300 meters away from the sea.

At this time, Chen Gou stood on the balcony and looked down, only to see that on both sides of the wide street, there were Western-style spire buildings.

The same is true for the krakens who walk on the streets, either wearing armor or vest, or simply wearing a hide around their waists.

It was not far from what Chen Gou expected, but after something strange came into view, it immediately aroused his curiosity.

It was a lantern floating in the air, framed by some kind of unknown rattan, burning with purple flames, emitting a ghostly light, shining on the body not only did not feel the slightest warmth, but was extremely cold.

What's even more terrifying is that the outside of the lantern is not covered with oiled paper, but scales.

More precisely, it should be the skin of a mermaid!

"Mermaid skin lanterns?"

Chen Gou was stunned on the spot, this oriental-style lantern seemed extremely out of place compared to the surrounding environment.

The weirdest thing is that the flames in these lanterns are still burning, even though they are in the sea.

Candle pupils!

Chen Gou's eyes flickered with candlelight, and he peeked towards the lantern, this lantern was absolutely weird!

This level of mana use is not strictly speaking a skill, so it does not relieve him of his mermaid state.

【Mermaid Skin Lantern: Evil Weapon】

【Origin: Canglan】

[Synopsis: An evil being peeled off the skin of a mermaid to make a lantern, and used an evil spell to trap its soul in this lantern and cannot be freed.] 】

[Skill 1: Lighting Surveillance - The evil being who made this artifact will be able to see the surrounding areas illuminated by the lantern's light from a distance through the lantern. 】

[Skill 2: Lamp Soul Shock - By burning the mermaid soul imprisoned in the lantern, it emits a spiritual shock wave, directly causing mental damage based on its basic intelligence during his lifetime. 】

After seeing the lantern's information, Chen Gou hurriedly retreated from the balcony to the room.

The existence of the skill "Light Monitoring" makes these lanterns monitors.

And not only this one, but almost the sky over the entire city of Aram has been covered with this kind of lantern, which is comparable to the "eye of the sky".

Chen Gou's face sank, the appearance of this situation meant that the so-called evil existence had secretly mastered Aran City, and it was just for the three kraken forces to stand on the bright side.

Otherwise, how could these strange lanterns float over the entire city of Aram?

There was a soft footstep behind him, it was Hai Lanzhu, Chen Gou looked at those strange lanterns through the window, and asked, "Did you have these lanterns before you left Yalan City?"

Hai Lanzhu also looked out the window, and said in a low voice: "I've seen it a few times, but it was only after something strange happened that this kind of lantern appeared, and it was aggressive, so as long as you see us at that time, you will find a way to destroy it, and it is impossible to let so many of them float in the air together." ”

Chen Gou nodded, and suddenly changed his words: "Have you heard about the hiding place of that evil ghost?"

"No, Aran City is in chaos right now, and Erie has rarely been out during this time. Hai Lanzhu shook her head.

"That's the problem. ”

Chen Gou frowned, if it weren't for those human skin lanterns above his head, he could have found it slowly with his candle pupils.

However, now that he is being monitored around the clock, he is still wandering around the city of Aran all day, and I am afraid that he will be targeted in a day or two.

"You go down first, and feel free to tell me if you think of any useful information. ”

After Hai Lanzhu left, Chen Gou touched his chin and pondered.

The clearest memory in his mind related to human skin lanterns is a Hong Kong movie called "Human Skin Lantern".

The protagonist of the movie, Ah Hui, was a lawyer in his previous life and worked for the underworld hero Su Xiong.

Ah Hui fell in love with Su Xiong's mistress Hongling Huixian's younger sister Xiao Furong, Su Xiong was vicious and evil, Ah Hui wanted to expose Su Xiong's evil deeds, but Su Xiong found out, and was finally killed, and Furong also committed suicide in order not to be insulted by Su Xiong.

Su Xiong learned the Maoshan Taoist technique, and in a fit of anger, he cursed Ah Hui to make him unlucky for the tenth life, and even skinned the hibiscus and made it into a human skin lantern, and his soul was also imprisoned in the lantern, and he could not be reborn forever......

The later plot has nothing to do with Chen Gou, because it is not he who has crossed over to the abyss world, but the demons of the abyss world.

If it was really Su Xiong who was behind the scenes, Chen Gou was not very worried about his strength.

Because of his evil arts, it may be very powerful to deal with ordinary people, but it is not so easy to deal with the awakened.

Moreover, from the fact that he did not directly occupy Aram City, but indirectly achieved his goal by inducing riots, it can be inferred that his absolute strength is still at a relatively low level.

If you can do it with your hands and feet, who wants to use time-consuming and laborious intrigues?

At this time, Kui'an, who had been standing by the side and doing nothing, suddenly asked, "Ah Gou, are you worried about how to find the hiding place of the evil ghost?"

"Yes, we only have one chance, and if we startle the snake, we won't have any chance. ”

"I have a way. ”

"Do you have a way?" Chen Gou looked over in astonishment.

"Hmm. ”

Quian nodded and smiled, "My natural skill is the mountain soul - one of the abilities is that as long as I stand on the mountain, I can merge my mind with the mountain and get some mountain feelings." ”

Chen Gou smiled when he heard this, and said, "So, can you directly determine the situation of everyone in Aran City?"

The city of Aram was built on a mountain under the sea, and if Quian could turn into a mountain spirit, he would naturally know everything on the top of the mountain.

As a result, Kuian touched his head with his big thick hand, and smiled embarrassedly: "No, my level is too low, and I can't do it to the extent you said, but I can sense the aura of the law in each area...... Where the evil ghost stays, there must be a lot of yin qi. ”

Chen Gou's eyes lit up, although it was not so precise, but it could also achieve the goal.

If it was really Su Xiong, a sorcerer, who was hiding behind him, even if he wasn't a ghost, the yin and aura generated by constantly making human skin lanterns would be enough to make his hiding place the most eerie place in the entire Aran City.

"I'll try it now. ”

As he spoke, Quian went straight downstairs, his innate ability could only be activated if he was in direct contact with the mountain.

At this time, Chen Gou was already thinking about how to approach and kill Su Xiong, and what kind of gains he could have.

Reasoning Su Xiong's evil arts, although cruel, are still quite useful.

For example, this human skin lantern is no better for detectives, whether it is Flower Island or he is in the abyss world, it can be used.

Of course, if he wasn't an enemy, he would definitely not be able to skin people, and the bottom line of being a man still has to be there, but he doesn't have so many worries about skinning demons......