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The body's powerful regenerative abilities began to work on the wound, and in no time the pierced wound was healed.

Gu Ran shook his head; it was indeed quite dangerous just now.

However, such a minor fatal wound is no longer of any use to him now.

Ariel's mother gritted her teeth and said, "I refuse to believe that the attack just now had no effect on you whatsoever! This time, I'll pierce you with a thousand arrows, and see if you're still alright!?"

The water puppets attacked Gu Ran again, and this time, unlike before, many water puppets appeared that looked exactly like the little sea snail, as if they were certain that Gu Ran would hesitate when faced with these water puppets.

The moment these water puppets transformed into little sea snails, Gu Ran did hesitate for a moment. This was because the other party was the little sea snail's mother, who knew her daughter intimately. Even though he knew these water puppets were fake, he couldn't help but be momentarily dazed because they were so perfect in appearance and voice.

However, after taking precautions, these water puppets could no longer harm him, and Gu Ran sensed their "weakness" and began to eliminate them.

As the water puppets disappeared one by one, Ariel's mother looked shocked.

How could this be?

Shouldn't it be foolproof?

It's incredible that someone could actually defeat so many water puppets formed from deep water.

With a sigh, Gu Ran appeared before Ariel's mother as if by teleportation after destroying the water puppets. He could easily snap her neck with a simple reach.

"You win, kill me now!" Ariel's mother said calmly.

She had originally planned to kill Gu Ran and then immediately break the seal on the ruins to release the deep water and flood a portion of the lowlands of the continent.

"No, I won't kill you," Gu Ran said.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing Gu Ran say he wouldn't kill her, Ariel's mother's expression changed, and she glared at Gu Ran with resentment:

"If you don't kill me, I will definitely slander you to Ariel, making her see you as an enemy forever, a fight to the death!"

Suddenly, she laughed again: "Is it because I am Ariel's mother that you dare not kill me? Hahaha, I see, I see. Then you make your own choice."

Once Ariel's mother understood this, she was overjoyed.

Because no matter what, she has achieved her goal: Ariel will surely become the queen who leads the mermaid race to revival.

Gu Ran remained silent.

He did have a reason for not killing her. After all, she was still the little conch's mother. Although the little conch was still Ariel now, what if one day she regained that soul quality and became the little conch again?

How much pain would she feel facing the lover who killed her mother?

Therefore, Gu Ran was unwilling to have the blood of the little conch's mother on his hands, because he didn't want the little conch to be harmed.

"Do as you please, slander me however you want, but from now on you can live out the rest of your life here," Gu Ran said calmly.

Ariel's mother's expression changed. Wasn't he afraid? Why was he so calm?

It must be a forced calm, yes, it must be a forced calm!

Regardless of what Ariel's mother thought, Gu Ran left her and headed towards the core of the ruins.

Just now, he had already located the core of this ruin.

However, to Gu Ran's surprise, he saw another triangular crystal cone in the center of the ruins.

Gu Ran stared blankly at the triangular crystal cone that was both familiar and unfamiliar, and fell silent for a moment.

Why is there another triangular crystal pyramid here?

Gu Ran didn't take the triangular crystal cone from the Merfolk's legacy ruins because it was such a large object and difficult to carry. However, he unexpectedly found a similar technological artifact in another ruin, which served the same purpose.

Gu Ran bit her finger open and dripped a few drops of blood onto the triangular crystal cone.

"Upon inspection, you possess the highest level of privileges. All privileges are now being transferred!"

An electronic mechanical voice sounded, but this voice was slightly different from the one in the Merfolk's heritage ruins.

Could the triangular crystal pyramid be related to the merfolk?

Is it ancient technology of the mermaid race?

Gu Ran couldn't help but think.

With the highest level of access, Gu Ran quickly used the ruins' automatic repair function to renovate the entire ruins. Then, based on his familiarity with the ruins, Gu Ran also helped to strengthen their stability.

Gu Ran pretended not to hear Ariel's mother's insults and threats.

As for the mermaids who came with Ariel's mother, Gu Ran let them go back.

Someone has to go back and let them know they're safe, right?

Upon learning that her mother had been suppressed in the ruins by Gu Ran, Ariel went mad and searched for him desperately.

However, Gu Ran avoided seeing her, making it impossible for her to find him.

Helpless, Ariel had no choice but to work even harder in seclusion to strengthen herself so that she would have enough power to break through the ruins and rescue her mother.

Gu Ran watched with satisfaction from not far away from the merfolk.

During this time, sea monsters and ferocious beasts still gathered to try and steal the Heart of the Ocean Necklace. Gu Ran continued to stop them, killing them in waves of blood and filling them with fear.

This was twisted and framed by Ariel's mother, who harbored extreme resentment towards Gu Ran. Whenever Ariel went to the ruins to accompany her mother, all she received was hatred towards Gu Ran.

“It’s broken…” Gu Ran stared blankly at the conch necklace on her hand.

Seemingly because its energy was depleted, or perhaps because it was no longer usable, the conch necklace that the little conch had given him broke into several pieces.

"Now that the conch necklace has shattered, I can no longer move freely in the ocean. The little conch has also broken through its limitations and is now able to support the mermaid race..."

Looking at the shimmering sea, Gu Ran murmured to himself, "It seems I should go. It's been three years. I wonder how Qingqing is doing, whether Leng Feng has properly guided her, and whether I really died when Leng Feng buried me there."

There were so many questions he needed to ask Leng Feng to get to the bottom of things.

On this day, the sea was filled with ever-changing winds and clouds, with surging waves that seemed to reach the sky.

Queen Ariel of the Mermaid Clan has finally entered the ranks of top powerhouses, becoming an existence comparable to human martial arts masters and S-class superhumans. Moreover, she is confident that she can defeat any martial arts master or S-class superhuman in the ocean.

"Gu Ran, this time I will definitely kill you!" As soon as she broke through, Ariel couldn't wait to find Gu Ran, wanting to avenge the deep hatred between the merfolk and the sea people.

She searched around but couldn't find Gu Ran. Instead, she found a broken conch necklace on a flat rock.

"Strange, why do I feel a little sad?" Ariel frowned slightly, waved her hand, and used the waves to clear away the broken conch necklace, as if she were cleaning up unsightly trash.

......

Outside the light screen.

Ariel was deeply shocked when she saw Gu Ran's conch necklace shattered. She finally understood what it was and what the broken conch necklace represented!

He protected the mermaid clan for her for three whole years!

During those three years, he endured the mermaids' ingratitude and her cold indifference. He was so lonely, so helpless...

"No! I hate it! Why can't I remember anything!"

Ariel screamed uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face. Even someone as shrewd and determined as her could not contain the turbulent emotions surging within her.

She had to save Gu Ran!

She wants to find what she cherished most from back then!

She wanted to make up for what she and the merfolk had owed Gu Ran!

"Your Majesty, calm down! You must consider the sea people!" Danier exclaimed in alarm when she saw that Ariel's condition was very strange.

"Calm down? Consider it? Consider it my ass!"

"He sacrificed so much for me, he sacrificed so much for the merfolk. If it weren't for him, how could the merfolk be what they are today?!"

"I'm going to rescue him today! Anyone who gets in my way will die!"

Ariel shouted, her eyes filled with madness.

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The mermaid subordinates that Ariel brought were shocked. Was this still their wise and unfathomable Empress?

How could he lose his composure like that for that human?

Although they had witnessed everything Gu Ran and Her Majesty the Empress had gone through, as outsiders, they still found it difficult to understand the psychological state of the person involved—their Empress.

Ariel gritted her teeth, unable to control the tears welling up in her eyes.

She understood everything. The so-called deep hatred between the merfolk and Gu Ran was the result of her mother and grandmother's planning.

The grandmother committed suicide so that he could successfully inherit the family business, and also framed him to sever their love. The mother was imprisoned because she wanted to kill him and wanted to flood the land...

He could have killed his mother, but he spared her because of her, instead suppressing her in the ruins and allowing her to slander him relentlessly.

As for the fact that the name "Yudora" can no longer be proclaimed within the clan, it must have been something her mother did before she was suppressed in the Sea Eye Ruins. The entire mermaid clan is united and willing to do anything so that she can become Queen Ariel and be revived.

As for Gu Ran's massacre of the sea creatures, that's utter nonsense. It was all to protect the mermaids at the time, and also to protect her, who was weak at the time.

She originally thought she could control her emotions and wait for the best opportunity to rescue him.

But at this moment, it felt as if a flame was burning inside her, a flame that made her heart burn with intense passion.

This emotional impulse was far more intense than anyone could have predicted, even by herself.

That's a quality that comes from the very essence of her soul!

It was as if Gu Ran's desolate figure, dim eyes, and shattered conch necklace on the screen were the key to touching the essence of his soul!