White light flashed, and the Snow Empress's figure appeared in the cabin. She reached out and took the fish scale.
After careful examination, she made her final confirmation, "That's right, this scale belongs to the Sea Princess Clan."
"Sea Princess..."
Ning Tian slightly furrowed her brows, falling into thought.
She seemed to have heard of this sea soul beast clan somewhere before.
"Sounds like mermaids."
Upon hearing this, Ning Tian suddenly realized, "So it's that clan where the females never age, the half-human, half-sea soul beast mermaid clan." Having spoken, her gaze turned toward Chen Junting with a meaningful look.
"Brother Junting certainly knows a lot."
Instantly, Chen Junting suddenly felt a chill down his spine, a sense of crisis he'd never experienced before shooting straight from his tailbone to the top of his head!
At the same moment, Gu Tianchen quickly raised his head to look at the sky, as if everything had nothing to do with him. As for this hatch... look, this hatch was truly a hatch!
Combined with Snow Empress's playful gaze that broke from her usual cold demeanor, the inexplicably nervous Chen Junting couldn't help but purse his lips, letting out a dry laugh, "Hehe—I read about this in ancient records about the Sea God from the past. It's said that their mermaid clan had close ties with Sea God Island in the past, and they would send a female to serve as a worshipper, known as the Sea Witch Douluo."
"Those words are not false."
After restraining her playful smile, Snow Empress slightly nodded.
"I am also acquainted with their clan. What Junting said is indeed true. They are known as the spirits of the sea. Their upper bodies resemble you humans, while their lower bodies are fish tails. The vast majority are female, and the clan is also matriarchal. Whether male or female, their appearances are all exceptionally beautiful. The name Sea Princess comes from their clan leader. The leader of the Sea Princess Clan is called the Sea Princess. And the Sea Princess is the ruler of this sea region."
"Perhaps precisely because they are extremely skilled in spiritual abilities among sea soul beasts, they encountered Yuhao and the others."
"So that's how it is."
At this moment, the feeling of being on pins and needles instantly disappeared from behind Chen Junting, and Ning Tian naturally wrapped her arm around his.
Seeing this, Chen Junting couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
However...
He suddenly remembered something, and thus asked, "Snow Empress, does the mermaid clan still have contact with Sea God Island?"
"You're asking whether they still serve as worshippers."
Snow Empress pondered briefly, then shook her head.
"You should know that Sea God Island ceased to exist when the Douluo Continent collided with the Sun-Moon Continent. And according to my knowledge, since several thousand years ago, the Sea Princess has no longer sent clan members outward."
"So that's how it is..."
Chen Junting nodded thoughtfully.
But at this time, Gu Tianchen had already withdrawn his gaze from the top of the cabin, and at some point had taken out the two identity tokens to fiddle with.
He suddenly said, "I wonder how they're doing?"
These words also aroused Ning Tian's concern. After all, from the identity tokens, they could only determine that they weren't dead.
Nothing more.
"There's no need to worry about that."
Snow Empress spoke to comfort them, seeming quite confident.
"Because the one I am acquainted with—that is, the Sea Princess of their clan—her cultivation was nearly equal to mine at my peak. If Yuhao and the others fled quickly, they should be able to receive her protection."
"You must know, the Sea Princess possesses extremely powerful spiritual power. If fighting in the great sea, even the Evil Eye Tyrant Emperor might not be able to steadily defeat her. And because of the Sea Princess's strength, as well as the Sea Princess Clan's expertise in spiritual abilities, they also have many vassal races. One could say their overall strength is quite formidable."
"While that's true, but..."
The great sea being the home ground of sea soul beasts, Chen Junting didn't deny that the Sea Princess possessed such strength. But one must know, cooperating with the Holy Spirit Church was also the Deep Sea Demon Whale Empress. Regarding this matter of evil soul masters massacring sea soul beasts on a large scale, he didn't believe she wasn't involved.
Moreover, the mermaid clan had good relations with the Sea God lineage—they were absolutely a thorn in the Deep Sea Demon Whale Empress's side, a nail in her flesh that she wished to destroy!
If that was the case, the danger level would greatly increase.
"We need to make a trip to their clan territory."
Chen Junting immediately made up his mind, and thus asked:
"Snow Empress, you should know where it is, right?"
Snow Empress slightly nodded, "Their clan has always lived in the depths of this Ice Sea. We need to continue forward. But rest assured, you won't be in too much danger. After all, with your current ability to not only summon Di Tian but also call down heavenly tribulation, no sea soul beast can do anything to you. When we're almost at the destination, I'll find a way to help you call out the Sea Princess."
"Alright!"
Chen Junting naturally had no objections and nodded in agreement.
Thus after this, the group headed toward the depths of the Ice Sea. In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed. When they surfaced again, they saw more and more massive icebergs on the sea surface. Looking further into the distance, it was even a vast expanse of white. In Snow Empress's words, the temperature here was already approaching the temperature of the core region of their Extreme North.
"We're almost there."
Hearing Snow Empress's words, Chen Junting's group of three decided to disembark. Thus after making cold protection preparations, they stepped onto a massive iceberg and stored away the boat.
However, the moment they set foot on it, they sensed something was wrong.
Chen Junting's gaze turned stern, directly locking onto a spot not far away.
On a massive iceberg, numerous cold gazes were being cast in their direction. The hostility filling those eyes clearly showed they didn't welcome these uninvited guests.
"They're Sea Demon Elephants."
Ning Tian slightly frowned, "Why are there so many?"
Looking out, there were several hundred. Their entirely black bodies, combined with their massive frames, gave the impression of rock formations. If not for the faint blue light emanating from their bodies and their two long, sharp white tusks, one might have mistaken them.
But what confused Ning Tian even more was that Sea Demon Elephants had relatively docile personalities. Given that they weren't emitting hostility and were still so far away, they shouldn't have such a reaction.
But the current situation...
"Something's not quite right."
With past experiences of being frequently hunted down, Gu Tianchen had a strong intuition about all this. These Sea Demon Elephants gave him the first impression of being prepared to attack them long ago.
And the facts were exactly as they anticipated.
The leading Sea Demon Elephant let out a roar toward the sky. Instantly, several hundred Sea Demon Elephants split into two groups, surrounding them from both sides.
Simultaneously, wuwuwu—
The Sea Demon Elephants in the rear took out large conch shells that appeared pale golden, blowing forcefully and emitting low sounds.
Such actions seemed to be notifying something.
"What are they doing?"
Gu Tianchen's voice was low, but his martial soul was already manifested. Accompanied by the cold light flashing in his eyes, killing intent seemed to permeate the air.
In the next second, he struck out fiercely!
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