Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 11 White-browed Crab
The eternal world is full of mysteries and unknowns. Everyone is just starting out, and the gap between lords is not big.

Most people stay in their own territories to farm and develop, and only after they have trained enough soldiers will they consider conquering monster groups.

There are only so many people under our control. What if they die during the battle?
It’s better to develop steadily for a while before considering fighting!

However, some people who have powerful races at the beginning will choose to give up the development time and directly fight to support the war, plunder resources, and strengthen themselves.

During the system protection period, all monster groups will stay put and will not easily provoke new tribes.

But if anyone dares to get close to them, sorry, they won't miss out on this delicious meal.

It’s okay on land, most monsters are in hidden places such as mountains, forests, etc.

As long as you are careful not to enter, you can still avoid most dangers.

But this is the bottom of the lake, an underwater world with rugged rocks, corals everywhere, and seaweed and seaweed covering most of the lake bottom.

Under any big rock, there may be an unknown monster hiding, lurking in wait for its prey.

In this harsh underwater environment, you must be careful with every step, try to swim in the water, and don't get too close to the bottom of the lake.

If you are not careful, you may accidentally enter and be attacked by monsters.

Before, when Meng Zheng was on patrol, he basically stayed away from the bottom of the lake, for fear of being attacked by an unknown water monster.

But this is not possible for the Canghai tribe.

Although transporting supplies in water is easier than on land, it is still more convenient to travel long distances underwater as you can rest at any time.

Therefore, cleaning up the underwater creatures of the Canghai tribe is something Meng Zheng needs to focus on in the future.

Cangyue has the strength of Yellow Rank 7, so it is easy for him to deal with those monsters at the bottom of the lake, which are generally Yellow Rank 3 or 4.

However, it is quite difficult to destroy them all. The underwater creatures swim too fast. Although the mermaids swim very fast, they are not the best.

As long as these monsters scatter, it is inevitable that a few of them will run away. If they intrude into our territory, it will be troublesome.

So tomorrow, Meng Zheng decided to take Cangyue and five patrolling sea yakshas to deal with some monsters that run slowly and have poor mobility, to ensure that they can win in one battle and wipe them all out.

While collecting food, he also familiarized himself with the skills and methods of underwater combat, and learned about Cangyue's personal strength to facilitate future arrangements.

The night at the bottom of the lake was extremely dark. There were no luminous creatures to provide illumination around the territory where Meng Zheng was located. As for the light from the moon in the sky, it was too dim in the world at the bottom of the lake, which was a hundred meters deep!
Although mermaids have night vision, the range they can see is very small, so that night, the Canghai tribe did not continue to work. Except for two male mermaids on duty, most of the mermaids went into the shack to rest.

Meng Zheng did not rest after entering the shack. Instead, he practiced the Mermaid Emperor's Sea Control Sutra beside the East China Sea spring, slowly increasing the spiritual power in his body and improving his cultivation as quickly as possible.

Around Meng Zheng, Cangyue, Cangjing and Cangmu were also practicing, silently refining spiritual energy and improving their cultivation.

Nothing happened all night.

As the sky grew cooler, the dark bottom of Tianyu Lake began to brighten.

Meng Zheng woke up from his cultivation state and clearly felt that his cultivation had increased a lot and he was getting closer and closer to a breakthrough.

When they swam out of the shack, they found that there were already quite a few mermaids who, under Cangmu's command, were constantly carrying various materials and starting to prepare to build a new shack.

Cangyue and Cangjing had already gotten up and were waiting in front of Meng Zheng's shack.

Seeing Meng Zheng coming out, he saluted him and greeted him, "Chief, good morning!"

"Good morning, why are you up so early?" I looked up at the sky above the lake. It was just getting brighter and the sun had not yet shone down. It was probably only six or seven o'clock.

"Chief, the tribesmen are very excited, so many of them have already gotten up before dawn." Cangyue replied with a smile, and then asked: "Chief, are you hungry? I'll ask Xiao Jingzi to catch you a white spirit fish!"

"No, I'm not hungry!" Speaking of eating, it is the only thing that makes Meng Zheng feel uncomfortable since he came here.

Mermaids basically eat fish, crabs and other aquatic animals raw, and sometimes they also eat some edible water plants, kelp, etc.

But for Meng Zheng, eating raw food was a very difficult thing to bear. As a human, he simply couldn't do such a thing as eating raw meat and drinking blood. Even if he transformed into a mermaid, he would not have such an appetite.

Fortunately, although his cultivation level is not high now, he can still absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the water to replenish his body's consumption at any time.

Even if you don't eat anything, you won't feel tired or hungry.

"If you are ready, then let's get ready to set off!" Today I will lead Cang Jing and others to garrison in Hailing Bamboo Forest. I had already told Cang Yue and the others yesterday.

Now Meng Zheng wants to open up this road first to avoid problems in transporting supplies in the future.

With the two powerful fighters Cang Jing and Cang Yue around, there is no need to worry about safety along the way.

Cang Jing had already selected four candidates who were ready to follow Meng Zheng at any time. Now, seeing Meng Zheng's instructions, he was ready to leave and waved his hand to call the four people over.

"Everyone is here, let's go!" Meng Zheng led a group of people and swam towards the direction of Hailingzhu.

20 miles away from the territory, there is a rocky forest where a group of white-browed crabs live. Each one is one meter in size, with two white protrusions on its two long vertical eyes, which look like eyebrows.

This is the first target today. This group of crabs has no intelligence and acts entirely on instinct. There is no possibility of taming them. Meng Zheng has already included them in the list of people to be eliminated.

【White-browed Crab】

[Level]: Yellow Level 1

[Skills]: Pincer attack, spit bubbles
As Meng Zheng and his companions approached the rocky forest, white-browed crabs rushed out from the cracks in the rocks, waving their two large claws and blowing bubbles to show off their power to Meng Zheng and his companions.

Although crabs can swim, they prefer to crawl at the bottom of the lake most of the time. Although they can swim, their swimming speed is far inferior to that of mermaids, so Meng Zheng is not too worried.

With the strength of Cangyue and the other person, they can kill these guys just by moving around with normal attacks.

"Cangyue, I leave them to you!" Meng Zheng stopped dozens of meters away from the white-browed crab and said to Cangyue.

"Leave it to me! Chief, I can handle them by myself, hehe!" Cangyue swung her beautiful silver tail and swam towards the white-browed crabs gracefully.

Before they got close, Cangyue began to sing softly. Her beautiful voice made people feel relaxed and happy, and they felt that it was the best music in the world.

The restless white-browed crabs, which had just been waving their big claws excitedly, gradually stopped moving, lay quietly in the mud and sand, and immersed themselves in listening to the beautiful singing.

"Dear children, obey my call and kill my enemies!" Cangyue stopped ten meters away from the white-browed crabs and said with a smile to the white-browed crabs who were already immersed in the singing.

As the sound fell, nearly half of the white-browed crabs suddenly jumped up, swung their big claws and smashed directly at the tribesmen next to them.

They strike without mercy, each swing shattering a piece of the shell, each swipe of their pincers ripping off a crab leg.

In an instant, no less than twenty white-browed crabs died.

The sudden attack by the tribesmen woke up the white-browed crabs who were still immersed in the singing.

Those crabs that did not die immediately also raised their big claws and attacked their fellow crabs who attacked them.

The battle became intense as soon as it began. All the white-browed crabs attacked desperately, killing any creature that dared to touch them.

The lake sand was flying, and from time to time a few shells or crab legs would float away into the distance with the surge of the lake water.

It attracted a large number of small fish and shrimps, and the scene was extremely lively.
Meng Zheng and his companions watched from a distance, looking at the beautiful silver-tailed mermaid, who sang softly and waved her hands, directing the white-browed crabs to attack each other.

Without any effort, most of the crab colony was wiped out by the singing.

This move is Cangyue's second skill [Ocean Spell]. From the moment the song is sung, there is a chance of hypnotizing the enemy and using it for one's own benefit.

If hypnosis fails, a curse will be cast on the enemy, reducing their defense, weakening their attacks, and decreasing their physical strength, thus continuously weakening the enemy's combat effectiveness.

If you use it to the extreme and continue to attack, there is a high probability that the enemy's blood will boil and they will die.

(End of this chapter)