Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 607: Sand Crossbow Water Sword
When Pei Ye realized this, he looked at the black Chi. The black Chi said nothing and retracted the large amount of Chi fire that was spreading out. The darkness surrounded him again, leaving only two fluorescent lights floating in front of him.

The inability to absorb Xuan Qi meant that the two could not get supplies from the surrounding environment. The only things they could use were the true Qi in Pei Ye's body and the spiritual Qi in Hei Chi's body. After the consumption in the previous battle, these two were not so abundant.

The darkness around me seemed to become much heavier.

Pei Ye managed to regulate his blood and qi, tried to hold the sword, and waved it in the water. The scales of the dragon behind him disappeared, the claws retracted, and it transformed back into a small cat. In this world where the spirit does not flow with breathing, maintaining such a divine posture is also a great consumption.

"Choose a direction?" Pei Ye raised his hand, held it in his arms, and became very vigilant again.

"Let's go north." The black cat poked its head out. "The only information we have is that, relative to the South Pond, the Mingyue Palace is indeed in the north."

"Which way is north?"

"I remembered before entering the water that if this place is consistent with the outside world, then that is due north." The black cat raised its paw and pointed, "Let's go, be very careful... We still don't know where this place is."

"Ah."

Pei Ye walked northward with his sword dragging, surrounded by three Chihuo, two farther away and one closer, used for lighting and surveillance.

On the bottom of such a lake, he still chose to walk in human form, all for the convenience of drawing his sword. He walked north for twenty-three steps, a distance of five feet, which was exactly the distance that the Chihuo had spread when it just landed. He paused when he took the twenty-fourth step, and only then did he catch a glimpse of the small schools of fish illuminated by the Chihuo for the first time.

There were only a dozen of them, each only the size of a fingernail, and Pei Ye had never seen such fish before. Their fins were thin and slender, like wings, and their tiny bodies were covered with beautiful, shiny scales, which, when reflected by the Chihuo, seemed to be glittering.

There are absolutely no such creatures in the outside world.

The little fish were the most alert and all of them ran away when the light shone on them, disappearing into the darkness with a faint light on their bodies.

"Kitten," Pei Ye lowered his head and laughed softly, "There are fireflies in the water, too."

The black cat's green eyes were another faint color in the darkness. It tilted its head to look and hummed softly.

Then Pei Ye took the twenty-fifth step, and the hairs on his body suddenly stood up!
The green pupil in his arms suddenly twisted, and the bright red rushed towards the bottom of the water. At the same time, Pei Ye twisted his body with his sword horizontally, just in time to be hit by a heavy and hard impact. For an instant, Pei Ye's arms felt painful and numb, and his whole body staggered backward in the water.

However, what hit the sword was not a weapon, nor was it the sound of metal, but a bunch of sharp sand, which gathered like a hidden arrow, hit the jade tiger and then scattered. Pei Ye avoided most of it, but there was still some flying sand that penetrated his clothes and hit his skin, making him feel a sharp pain suddenly.

After all, he had experience in fighting in water, so he steadied himself immediately, and with a flick of his finger, a [Sword Washing Water] was sent back in the direction it came from, nailing a deep hole in the bottom of the lake.

Dust was flying everywhere, but when he looked closely, he didn't see any enemy at all.

The surging red fire almost emptied the surrounding water in an instant, and the bottom of the lake was as bright as day. Only a half-human-sized eerie agitation could be seen in the sand. It avoided the sword water shot out by Pei Ye, and disappeared into the darkness the next moment.

Pei Ye swung his arm and shot the sword into the place, and the jade tiger was buried deep in the handle. However, he was still a step too slow, and the thing had already sunk deep into the sand.

Pei Ye raised his hand to order Yu Hu to fly back, and immediately sat cross-legged on the ground without saying a word, pursed his lips and peeled off the clothes in front of his chest.

Looking down, I saw bright red holes in the places where the sand and gravel had made injuries. The tendons and skin were twitching slightly, and the blood flowing out was mixed with an oily green color.

"What a strong poison." Pei Ye frowned and muttered, already feeling a little dizzy between his eyebrows.

The black cat immediately raised its paw and pressed on it. Strands of brilliant blue fire penetrated into the body, drawing out the poisonous sand that had entered the body. Then the fire turned into scarlet, tracing the path that had entered the body and burning away the toxins one by one.

Pei Ye pursed his lips and held on, pain gathered in his brows. After a while, the fire line was withdrawn, and he exhaled heavily and said in a hoarse voice: "...What is that?"

"Not sure." The black cat shook his head and looked into the darkness around him. "It's still staring at us."

"It's not afraid of you."

"Ah."

Pei Ye stood up with the help of his sword. The danger of this realm revealed itself to him at this moment - it was easy to imagine that this cunning evil creature had sensed them when the black dragon flew down, and after avoiding the sweep of the dragon's fire, it had been hiding in the dark and watching, silently lying in wait where they passed.

It was at this time that Pei Ye realized that even though it seemed to him that everything around him was completely dark, the creatures living in this realm had their own keen perceptions. When he hadn't seen anything, he might have already been in the sight of others.

However, he did not release his true Qi or more Chihuo to explore the way. Instead, he restrained his breath more cautiously and even extinguished the three Chihuo that were surrounding his body.

Burying himself in darkness, the young man opened his mind, but his outward actions were still slow and sluggish.

They walked in such silence for more than a moment, and Pei Ye never relaxed his tense body. Occasionally, he heard a slight rustling sound coming from the darkness not far away, and he knew that the thing was still biting them.

However, before this thing made a move, the black cat suddenly paused and whispered, "Something else is coming."

Pei Ye stood still and poured his true energy into the sword. The next moment, he indeed felt the message from the water.

Just above and behind them, an extremely swift stream of water was approaching rapidly, and the pushed water was already surging towards him. He slowly took a step and hid behind a rock, trying to hold his breath... However, with just such a slight movement, the stream of water suddenly stopped.

Then the gaze suddenly fell on him. Pei Ye looked up and saw two dark yellow pupils in the distant darkness looking straight at him.

The next moment, a sharp and chilling force suddenly broke through the water. Pei Ye had never seen such a fast speed in the water - even Chen Renzhong two months ago could not compare to it.

It only passed by him, and with a flash of icy coldness, it left a deep gash in Pei Ye's side.

Like a ghost in the water.

The opponent was too agile, or Pei Ye was too slow in the water. He had already prepared the quail head, but the sword in his hand did not seize the opportunity at that moment. The feeling of powerlessness in the fight in the water that day came again.

Only, this time the black cat was on his shoulder.

Compared to Chen Renzhong's meticulous thinking, this shadow in the water seemed to be full of direct animality. Without any temptation or game, after showing its extreme speed and flexibility just now, it made an incredible sharp-angle turn not far away and flew towards him again at the same speed.

"Draw out the sword."

Before Pei Ye could sense any movement, the black cat had already spoken at a certain opportunity.

Without any hesitation, he thrust out the sword that had been in his hand. A strange chill first approached his body, followed by the fishy smell of water. At the same time, a bright sword light burst out from the dark water. It was [Drawing the Sunlight and Illuminating the Feather].

With perfect timing and the difference in speed created by the movement of the sword, the sword suddenly pierced into the opponent's body. The blade first made an impact, then there was a feeling of cutting tough leather, and then it broke into the flesh and blood with great force, and the smell of blood immediately spread.

The sharp scream that pierced through his ears almost hit Pei Ye's head. At the same time, another sharp blade-like thing cut into his shoulder. The thing hit his body, and the cold and heavy scales stuck to his body.

They engaged in close combat, and the weapon growing on the body took advantage first, with its sharp claws deeply embedded in the boy's right shoulder... but the next moment the red fire condensed like a jade spear and pierced through its throat in an instant.

It was also in this light that Pei Ye could clearly see the enemy he was facing.

Human facial features, hard scales covering the face, nothing that could be called skin, coarse and messy hair like a ball of seaweed, an expression that was more animal than human, a pair of dark yellow eyes that were cold and manic.

These eyes could probably see everything in the dark water. A layer of transparent eye membrane covered the outside, keeping out the rippling water dust.

Further down, there are also human arms, chest and abdomen, but they are also covered with hard large scales. There are fins on the elbows and between the fingers, and the sharp claws are like daggers.

Then there is the feeling of scales attached to Pei Ye - a long, thick tail, enough to provide sufficient power for the body to move in the water.

If Xiye was the first merman Pei Ye had seen, then the appearance of the one in front of him greatly lacked the "human" part, but he was undoubtedly still a strange creature under the name of this legend.

Shark.

Adult mermaid.

On that day, Chen Renzhong seemed to have transformed into this direction, and now his original body appeared in front of him in a real way.

The Red Lotus Fire in his throat did not kill him instantly, the dagger claw still cut deeply into Pei Ye's flesh and bones, and the other claw roared and reached towards his throat.

Pei Ye was just hesitating whether to keep the victim alive to falsify the imperial edict, when the black cat beside him said coldly, "Kill it immediately."

So Pei Ye no longer hesitated, and Yu Hu cut off the sharp claws with one stroke. Pei Ye twisted its forearm that was clasping his shoulders with his backhand. This time he did not lose in a simple wrestling match. He pressed down the opponent's big tail that was coming up horizontally, and cut off its entire head with the sword blade.

A large amount of blood mist suddenly dispersed in the water.

A single one of them had already left deep scars on the Master who was leading the Immortal Hunter. This species was extremely powerful in the water.

"Leave now, it's catching up with us." The black cat repeated calmly, "We all left blood when we entered the water, and these things have a very sensitive sense of smell in the water - if I'm not mistaken, these are the 'mermaid servants' mentioned in the note."

Pei Ye immediately understood - if one comes forward, there will naturally be more.

"Also, Yu Sicheng is coming down." Black Cat used Chihuo to help him seal the new wound.

Pei Ye shifted his gaze to look at it.

"When we fought, I left a trace of Chi Fire on him." Black Cat said, "Just now, this Chi Fire appeared in my perception. There are still two hours before the mermaid pearl powder loses its effect. We can't expose our whereabouts now, let's go."

"Okay." Pei Ye replied, and made a swimming forward motion, but he swung his arms violently backwards, and then put his fingers together and pointed, and the jade tiger drew a very sharp angle to cut through a piece of lake sand.

However, the hidden, peeping shape beneath it disappeared first, stirring up only a cloud of dust.

"Never mind about it," said the black cat.

Pei Ye pointed his finger at Yuhu and returned. With a "hmm" sound, he went north swiftly like a swimming fish.

Behind him, the pile of sand in the dark watched him leave before slowly approaching the remains of the mermaid, stretched out an ugly, dark green claw, and dragged the mermaid's head and body into the sand.

After a while, the sound of bones being crushed could be heard from the bottom of the lake.

……

"Are you okay?"

"I can still hold the sword." Pei Ye whispered, "How far is Yu Sicheng from us?"

"There is still a thousand feet to go."

"Do you think these mermaids are under their control?" Pei Ye murmured to himself.

"Since you call me a servant, I guess it must be so."

"After we intercepted 'Nan Jin Feng', I thought about it with Xie Chuan Tang," Pei Ye pursed his pale lips. The residual toxins and continuous injuries still made him visibly weaker. "Why does the Prince of Yan's Mansion have to transport smuggled mermaids to Shenjing? In a place like Shenjing, every extra step you take means you pass through another spy. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to unload them outside the city, or even on a deserted beach hundreds of miles away?"

"So at that time we thought that these mermaids - at least some of them - were to be used in Shenjing. However, until Li Du's downfall, no trace of mermaids was found in Huanlou." Pei Ye said, "Now it seems that they were actually used here. So, kitten, these mermaids were captured by them, so why can they control them?"

"..."

"You said, is this a mental method?"

"Ninety percent."

"Hmm." Pei Ye swam silently, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he used his Qi to press the injury on his shoulder again, lowered his head and said, "Kitty, those two just now really had bad breath."

Black Cat was silent for a while: "Yu Sicheng is coming in our direction."

"You are a natural divine being, how could your body be dirty?" Pei Ye sighed softly, "I said your mouth stinks just to tease you, if your life hangs by a thread in a moment, you should swallow me up."

"Bite you to death."

(End of this chapter)