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A Zhi entered the water and suddenly felt his spirit shake.

The summer water was cool and gentle, and she liked it, but couldn't touch it now. Because the secret imprint had formed a thin film around her body, it changed shape with her movements, and there was a thin air between them. Yes, she was not merman. She needed air in order to live. But like everyone else, this little bit of air was enough for her to stay in the water for a couple of hours.

"Miss A Zhi, follow me." A merman swam forward.

Behind Xi Yuan and his followers were a few merman s. As quietly as they could, they followed.

In fact, there were very few merman's residences in the Bi Mansion. Such a large mansion was mainly made up of human residences. There were people guarding every major underwater road, so they didn't need too many guards. When they suddenly moved, these merman were inevitably a little nervous.

Continuously diving and continuously advancing, they soon entered the East Stream Branch of the Golden River. Although it was called a tributary, it was the main channel from the Gold Sale River to the Bi Mansion. For the safety of the Bi Mansion, there would always be guards stationed here. At this time, A Zhi saw the "Cloud Bei House" from afar.

This was the temporary residence of the merman's guards. Like most of the buildings here in medusae, it looked like a huge scallop. The white arc-shaped structure stood out in the dark river.

"Miss A Zhi, don't go over." Xi Yuan whispered. He saw that A Zhi wanted to continue moving forward and try to pull her away, but he was blown away by a gentle force. Only then did he remember that this young lady was not merman, she was only here because of the Secret Seal Pool technique, he had no way of truly touching her. Fortunately, A Zhi still turned his head to look at him. He continued to say: "Miss Shui Yang is currently in our room, but outside the house is being guarded by enemies. Xi Bai and I finally escaped with much difficulty to report."

"Let's go save her." The girl said this simple sentence and wanted to continue forward. Xi Yuan hurriedly rushed forward two feet, and stopped in front of her.

"No!" There's no point in us going now. " Xi Yuan anxiously looked around, "I wonder when Nan He's reinforcements will arrive."

A Zhi turned his head left and right as if he was thinking. However, in her blurry mind, she could not come up with any conclusion to the current situation. The only clear thought in her mind was that she must save the woman.

A Zhi did not just charge forward, but her attitude made Xi Yuan tremble with fear. Of course he knew this girl's identity. He never would have thought that when he went back to report this, he would bring along such a muddle-headed and not necessarily obedient master.

"Miss A Zhi, let's hide in the aquatic plants over there and sneak over, then we can act when the time comes, okay?" Xi Yuan thought about it and replied softly. A Zhi did not oppose his decision. Instead, he withdrew his own movement and calmly followed behind him. This made him feel relieved.

While they were stealthily making their way through the forest, the people surrounding Bei Hu's mansion suddenly began to take action. Clearly, they also knew that reinforcements would arrive very soon, and time couldn't be delayed any longer.

Xi Yuan and his group did not dare to move again, and stopped amidst the aquatic plants. Xi Yuan looked through the water grasses and finally counted the number of invaders – ten. He and Xi Bai ran out, so there were still seven people in their room. Originally, there was not much of a disparity between their strengths. If not for the fact that there was a woman in the room who had to be protected …

Xi Yuan was still thinking about how to proceed when the three pursuers had already reached the top of the house.

The construction of the medusae was different from on land. In regards to the Cloud Bei House, other than the horizontal entrance, there was another machine in the house that would open up the entire structure. This was a characteristic of the shallow water, so that when the tide rose, the space would be opened up by the rapid flow of water, making it easy for people to enter and leave. As a result, a few of the group separated to block off the direction of the summit.

Xi Yuan instructed the people from the Bi Mansion in a low voice: "You guys go to the backs of the people from above.

But the variables came faster than they thought. Without waiting for Bi Mansion to arrive, the Cloud Bei Hu's body bloomed like a flower, the pure white skin opening completely. Following the spreading stream of water, everyone inside the house charged out!

They broke through in different directions. However, every direction was guarded by the pursuers. If he could wait until the outside aid was in place, then the situation would become internal and external pincer attack would be different. But now, it could only be said that their cooperation was not smooth, which made Xi Yuan want to sigh. He could only blurt out, "Attack!"

A Zhi rushed up before he could even give out the order. Wherever she passed, the river surged in both directions, as if it had been split open by a sharp arrow. A Zhi felt a wave of happiness. She had only been able to control a few water droplets with her usual secret arts. She had even been able to see the water vapor in the air, which wasn't enough to satisfy her. At this moment, the secret technique from the Star Sealer came into contact with the unending river water. Compared to when he was on the shore, it was several times more powerful. The waves howled towards their target.

Shui Yang was being protected by the medusae Guards of the Eastern Flowing Mountain Range. The culprits' attention was always on Shui Yang, they did not expect such a violent wave to come from behind them. In a hurry, they retreated to the two sides. In an instant, it was Shui Yang and the others who faced the surging waves of the water.

She was injured and was supported by two other people, making it difficult for the three of them to move. However, as A Zhi's figure approached, the terrifying wave of water suddenly stopped in front of them.

"What a powerful Rippling Sword Technique!"

Around them, the guards and their pursuers had clashed. Seeing this scene, one of the pursuers cried out in alarm. It didn't matter that the torrential waves in front of him were only a few dozen feet away. More importantly, that person was able to make these huge and inertial waves stop whenever they wanted to. This wasn't surprising at all.

"Not a human, but a charm." As the leader, Hu Zhen replied quickly.

Charm was a race with a strong spiritual energy, so it specialized in secret arts. He could be considered to have explained why that person's secret technique was so superb. However, he was no less surprised than the others. Why would a charm appear here? The only thing that could be done was … But he did not have the time to think about it further, because Xi Yuan's short spear was already flying towards him.

The Bi Mansion Guards and the pursuers had formed several groups of battles. The rhythm of the battle in the water was much slower than on the ground. The heavy flow of the water restricted one's speed. However, this often meant that everyone was even more unwilling to let their attacks miss. In such a life-and-death battle, the danger was only increased.

Completely disregarding the surrounding battles, A Zhi swam to Shui Yang's side with all his might and extended his hand towards her.

She didn't know why she was doing this. Everything was a natural reaction.

The injured medusae woman looked familiar and distant in her eyes. She seemed to recall that this woman had accompanied her with love. This love had two completely different feelings, pity and respect, but there was no disagreement between them. At this moment, Shui Yang's dark red long hair fluttered in the water, even though she was surrounded by people, she still emitted the exact same light that she remembered.

Shui Yang raised his eyes. She was so weak and heavily injured that she couldn't see clearly. All she knew was that someone was trying to rescue her. When she clearly saw the young girl's face, she couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice and straighten her body.

The young girl in front of him frowned slightly as she looked at her. She seemed concerned but also confused. Her face was already different from what Shui Yang had seen back then. Only that pair of eyes did not change.

Shui Yang let out a sigh filled with mixed emotions, as he also extended his hand towards her. However, Shui Yang immediately realized that they could not shake hands. This was because the girl in front of him was not merman, but a beauty who lived in the water and was wrapped in a layer of film.

A pursuer broke through the defense on Shui Yang's left side and thrusted his halberd towards Shui Yang. This angered A Zhi, she waved her hand, and the ice arrow broke through the water and struck the spear, freezing it.

"The goal is the same!" Not far away, Hu Zhen shouted.

A few pursuers gave up on their opponents and no longer protected their backs. Instead, they quickly surrounded Shui Yang. After all, their priority was to kill this woman. One strike was enough, but he didn't need to worry about anything else. Otherwise, the situation would be even worse if he stayed in someone else's territory for a second longer.

A Zhi exclaimed, his voice was full of excitement, he turned and rushed towards the few people who were surrounding him.

Following the continuous flashes of light from A Zhi's fingers, extremely thin hidden weapons of ice blades shot towards the pursuers. Every single one of them was dripping with fresh blood. However, they did not stop their advance. Instead, they tried their best to avoid it, clenched their teeth, and narrowed the encirclement. It was a pity that the "hidden weapons" that A Zhi had released were inexhaustible, and very quickly, a large number of ice blades formed a semicircle shape, blocking all the attacks coming from all directions.

"Miss Shui Yang, let's go first!" At this time, Xi Yuan had already arrived beside Shui Yang. He looked at A Zhi with an excited expression. They all knew that this lady's secret arts were extraordinary, and they had never seen her before. As expected, her reputation was well-deserved. She was right to be here. If it weren't for her, rescue wouldn't have been so smooth.

Shui Yang knew that staying behind wouldn't help him much, so he obediently allowed Xi Yuan and the others to pull him away. There was an iron gate at the throat of the Bi Mansion that led to the river. Once it was down, it would be extremely difficult for these few people to break in.

Chase or not chase? Hu Zhen was in a dilemma. It was not impossible to forcefully break through the barrier of ice blades, but it was certain that he would suffer heavy losses. He hesitated for a moment but it was already a foregone conclusion — a large group of merman had appeared behind them and started attacking them.

"The reinforcements from the South River have arrived as well." Xi Yuan heaved a sigh of relief. He shouted loudly, "Miss A Zhi, come back! Leave the rest to them! "

However, A Zhi ignored him, as though he had not had enough fun with him. She was getting tighter and tighter towards the people under her ice fan.

"Retreat." Hu Zhen knew that his party had no other choice and made a decision.

The group that was chasing after Shui Yang previously left the battle and swam towards the surface of the dark river. As for the reinforcements from the Southern River, they were not sure if the other party had followed them up, and did not take the initiative to chase after them. Instead, they gathered towards Xi Yuan and the others.

Although A Zhi's mind was limited, but seeing the situation, he knew that he could not continue with this fun battle. He pouted his lips and kept his secret technique, then turned and swam back to his side.

No one wanted to be entangled, just when the two parties were about to walk their own paths, the merman leader suddenly thought of something, turned around and shouted: "Madam Qin! Is that you? "

No one knew who he was calling for. Only Shui Yang's face was pale white. But what made her feel at ease was that although A Zhi had turned his head to look, he did not do anything abnormal. Instead, he turned around and increased his speed as he swam towards her side.

However, the leader of the merman rushed forward a few feet, and a white object appeared out of nowhere in his hands. He shouted madly: "Look, Madam Fu, do you still remember this?"

A Zhi turned towards Hu Zhen again, and his gaze landed on the white object in Hu Zhen's hands. All of a sudden, her gaze shifted. It was as if she had lost her focus, and in a split-second, she was firmly grabbed by the white object. It was about three fingers wide and the length of a human palm. It was like a thin piece of white jade, glowing faintly in the green water.

A voice instantly exploded in A Zhi's mind, followed by a loud noise. The voices seemed to intertwine in another world in his mind, telling the past, but she could not hear anything clearly.

Don't worry about anything else. She had to get that piece of white jade, she had to! At this moment, the only thought in A Zhi's mind was this. This desire of hers was just like how she had wanted to come here and save Shui Yang. She rushed towards Hu Zhen.

"No, Miss A Zhi, you come back!" Shui Yang shouted in shock.

A Zhi could not hear anything, all he could see was the extremely white, thin piece of cloth. She was like a dying moth, and it was the only light. As for medusae, who was holding onto the white jade piece silently, he looked like a fisherman who had let out a bait and was waiting for a fish. He had an unfathomable smile on his face.

"Stop her!" In fact, even without Shui Yang's orders, Xi Yuan had already rushed towards A Zhi's direction, hoping to stop her before she reached the other party. Everyone could see that A Zhi had already lost his unstoppable momentum from a moment ago, and was now just a kid who was tempted. However, he was unable to keep up with A Zhi's speed.

Hu Zhen understood everything as he kept the white plate back into his pocket. Watching as the charming young girl approached, he pushed out his palm.

The noise in A Zhi's mind was getting louder and louder, sharper and sharper than before. As the white sliver disappeared from her line of sight, the cacophony reached the sharp top. It was like a string that grew tighter and tighter. When it reached its limit, it suddenly snapped. She floated down, and the membrane disappeared at the same time.

Xi Yuan saw it clearly. Rather than say that the merman struck A Zhi with her palm, it would be more accurate to say that he had only pushed her gently away. However, when he caught the charming girl from behind, she had already lost consciousness.

The assassins didn't delay any longer. As their leader rapidly ascended, he quickly disappeared into the distant water waves.

The girl in his arms had become the most difficult problem at the moment. Xi Yuan lowered his head, only to discover that his entire body seemed to be emitting white smoke. In the deep water, it was impossible to have smoke. He immediately understood that this was a large number of tiny bubbles that gathered together, just like wisps of scattered smoke.

He thought of a terrible thing. He carried A Zhi and retreated towards Shui Yang while shouting in panic, "Miss A Zhi has fainted! She's not a merman … "

"Don't panic!" Shui Yang obviously knew what he was afraid of. She came forward and used both hands to stroke A Zhi's head. After forming a finger sign, she quickly chanted an incantation.

The faint light emitted by Shui Yang's hand could not be seen clearly in the water. However, the mist on A Zhi's body no longer spread, and returned back to her body.

As for Shui Yang who was already weakened due to blood loss, he activated a high-grade secret art that he found difficult to control in a moment of desperation.