While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

The East Sea Dragon was probably starving. Upon seeing four highly skilled water-type humans, its serpentine crest trembled with excitement, causing the seawater to ripple. Dense water ripples swept across its face, and a powerful sense of oppression swept over them.

Shui Lan and Shui Yi looked at the giant beast above their heads, then turned to look at Yang Ding, wanting him to retreat quickly.

Zhou Ruoxi also tugged at his arm.

Yang Ding patted her small, beautiful hand to reassure her not to panic.

He was actually quite nervous, his eyes constantly darting around.

The East Sea dragon seemed to have some reservations as well. Its fiery red eyes glanced around, and after finding no movement, it arched its body and opened its blood-red maw, preparing to dive down.

Shui Lan and Shui Yi threw out two ice spears, using their S-level water-based abilities, hoping to kill the dragon as quickly as possible.

With just a sharp hiss, the dragon sent the ice spears back in a counterattack.

A water-type S-rank is already quite high, making him one of the best among the warriors of the North, but he was utterly ineffective against this overlord of the East Sea.

Those with the same superpower have absolutely no chance of winning if they are of a lower level.

Shui Lan and Shui Yi exhausted all their mental energy but still couldn't catch the ice spear that was coming back. They thought they were going to die, but Yang Ding created two spatial rifts and sent the ice spear back, shooting it towards the dragon's left eye.

The dragon was caught off guard and instinctively closed its left eye, using its eyelid to deflect the ice spear.

A scream of "Aow!"

The pain was extremely intense because the force had come from itself.

After being hurt, the dragon did not immediately attack again, but looked at Yang Ding in surprise.

A bad memory flooded back, and it quickly turned its head to observe its surroundings. Could the powerful enemy that terrified it be nearby?

After confirming that it had not seen any trace of the merfolk, it became excited again, baring its fangs, wriggling its body, and aiming at Yang Ding.

If it can absorb this kid's spatial abilities, then it will never have to fear the mermaid chieftain again.

The two Yao Guang Guards gripped their ice shields tightly and glanced back at Yang Ding one last time.

"run!"

There was no sound in the water, but you could tell from their lip movements that these were the words they were shouting.

Yang Ding was also panicking. If he ran away now, the two Yao Guang guards blocking his way would surely die.

The East Sea Dragon launched another attack, but this time it did not use water-based abilities; instead, it prepared to attack directly with its body.

Its massive body charged forward like an arrow.

Yang Ding calmly responded, pointing out three void gates in succession to intercept, but the old man was exceptionally agile and powerful, easily dodging them.

Each rapid twist brings a surging undercurrent, and a suffocating feeling rushes towards you.

Zhou Ruoxi pulled Yang Ding behind her to protect him, and used her SS-level water-based ability to summon a giant ice dragon with the Azure Dragon Technique, which crashed into the Flood Dragon Beast.

The dragon beast was not afraid at all, and directly used the dragon horn on its head to clash head-on with the ice dragon, smashing it to pieces.

Yang Ding knew that this battle was pointless, and the mermaid beast still hadn't appeared, so he had no choice but to prepare to sacrifice two Yao Guang Guards to buy himself and Zhou Ruoxi time to escape.

A blue ice wall descended vertically from above, blocking the four people's path.

The East Sea dragon was too fast and too powerful, crashing face-to-face into it and being bounced back.

Its massive body crashed into several buildings before finally coming to a stop.

A mermaid with long golden hair suddenly appeared, its huge ten-meter-long body swaying in front of the ice wall. It was the same one that had come into contact with Yang Ding twice.

She didn't swim here; she teleported here.

Then came the second one with red hair, the third with orange hair, the fourth with green hair, the fifth with blue hair...

Nine ten-meter-long mermaid-like beasts lined up in a row, confronting the East Sea Dragon.

The East Sea Dragon was both frightened and angry, and roared at the nine mermaids in resentment.

The golden-haired mermaid also clenched its fists, bared its fangs, and roared at the dragon.

This is a demonstration and test where both sides are evenly matched and neither wants to suffer a mutual defeat.

This is clearly not the first time the mermaid beast has ruined its plans.

The East China Sea Dragon did not give up. Instead, it slowly swam among the buildings, approaching step by step, trying to find an opportunity to attack.

The dragon stopped its approach only when the last white-haired mermaid swam up from the seabed, its fiery red eyes revealing immense fear.

The mermaid beast extended a meter-long finger and pointed behind the East Sea Dragon. At the same time, the other nine mermaid beasts exerted their power, creating a powerful vortex that rushed towards the dragon and forcibly drove it away.

The ice wall melted into the seawater. The white-haired mermaid glanced back at Yang Ding and swam silently towards the seabed.

The other merfolk followed and swam away, but the golden-haired merfolk looked at Yang Ding with its clear blue eyes and beckoned to him.

Yang Ding even felt that she was laughing.

As everyone knows, beasts don't laugh.

He quickly took Zhou Ruoxi's hand and, along with two Yaoguang Guards, followed after them.

The other nine mermaids swam extremely fast, but the golden-haired mermaid was more friendly. She would swim for a while and then slow down to see if Yang Ding had caught up.

This time, the mermaid beast did not use spatial teleportation, but instead swam by force.

First, they swam in the sea for more than an hour, seeing all sorts of high-level alien beasts along the way. No one dared to come up and attack them; they all obediently made way.

It is clear that these merfolk are the true rulers of the sea.

The reason why the pirates of the five great empires dared to hunt fish and beasts was simply because they believed that these creatures would not kill humans.

Then the golden-haired mermaid led Yang Ding to swim to the surface of the sea. At this point, Yang Ding had no idea where he was.

The sky was cloudless, and the water was calm and still.

On the dark blue sky, countless stars twinkled like a pair of eyes, sparkling brightly.

Zhou Ruoxi swept her wet long hair back and wiped the water droplets off her eyelashes, looking even more beautiful than a mermaid.

"Honey, where are they taking us?"

"After all, it's our first time communicating, so there'll probably be a process of getting to know each other better."

"That's true, we don't understand the thoughts of alien races either."

Yang Ding opened his personal space and released Ye Rou and Mu Lan.

Ye Rou lay on Yang Ding's back, while Mu Lan flew close to the sea surface, stepping on the leaves she had brought.

"Honey, you'll have a big surprise when you get home tonight."

"Tonight was all frights, no surprises whatsoever."

Ye Rou chuckled and didn't offer any further explanation.

The white-haired mermaid beast swimming slowly ahead seemed to hear her voice, turned around to look at her, and actually spoke in human language.

"You must be Miss Ye Er."

Holy crap, this scene terrified everyone present.

The mermaid beast can actually speak human language?

To date, apart from parasites that utilize human brains, there has never been anything on Earth that can speak human language.