Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 339 The Tragedy of the Demon Soul Great White Shark

The blue-haired girl knew she couldn't stop the Demon Emperor, and she also knew how powerful the Demon Emperor was after obtaining the divine artifact. She couldn't bear to see the tragic end of the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, so she didn't chase after them.

She couldn't help but think sadly, who could stop her mother from making even bigger mistakes until it was irreversible?

Meanwhile, the red kite, located at the bottom of the icy sea, looked up into the distance and murmured, "Has the battle been decided?"

The fusion between Ji Lin and the mermaid princess Li Ya is progressing smoothly, and they have already begun to modify the left leg bone.

In another sea area not far from the icy sea, a slender figure was swimming happily in the water.

"Humans seem so interesting. When I cultivate for 100,000 years, I must go and see the human world. I wonder if Ji Lin will still be around then. I really want to go to the human world with him! I just don't know if Mom will allow it. Never mind, even if Mom doesn't allow it, I'm still going. I'll just treat it as a trip."

Thinking of this, Princess Bai Xiuxiu of the Demon Soul Great White Shark was overjoyed. At least this time she had made a human friend, and he wasn't as bad as her mother had said.

"It's time to go back, or Mom will get angry." With a twitch of her tail, Princess Bai Xiuxiu of the Demon Soul Great White Shark gently swayed her body, identified the direction home, and swam at high speed.

Bai Xiuxiu swam happily toward the headquarters of the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan. She didn't notice that many sea spirit beasts were fleeing in the opposite direction from her, as if there were some ferocious beasts behind her.

After an unknown amount of time, when Bai Xiuxiu entered the territory of her Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, she noticed some changes in her surroundings.

The once clear sea suddenly became somewhat murky, and a purplish-black color with an unpleasant aura spread across it.

At the same time, a voice suddenly appeared in her mind.

"Go quickly, go quickly. Don't come back, my daughter, never come back. We have lost. The sea goddess has abandoned us. She is too terrifying, too powerful. Never come back! Our race is finished."

The intermittent sound echoed in Bai Xiuxiu's mind.

Princess Bai Xiuxiu of the Demon Soul Great White Shark was shocked and froze. That voice belonged to her mother!

"Mom, Mom, what's wrong? What's wrong?" she cried out in her mind. She and her mother shared a very subtle connection, able to communicate through their minds even from a great distance. But at this moment, that connection had suddenly been severed. A strong sense of unease instantly spread throughout her body.

Something happened to Mom. Something must have happened to Mom.

Bai Xiuxiu was extremely anxious. She hurriedly swam at high speed towards the center of the Demon Soul Great White Shark's territory, ignoring the murky purplish-black seawater around her. That was also the direction from which her mother's voice had come.

She didn't know how long she swam, but finally, she sensed her mother's presence, though it was only a very faint one.

Moreover, this aura filled her with an ominous premonition.

The purplish-black color gradually faded in the sea, and Princess Bai Xiuxiu of the Demon Soul Great White Shark was suddenly stunned by the scene before her.

Right there in this vast ocean, she saw countless wrecks. The corpses of various sea spirit beasts were slowly sinking or rising. The entire sea was filled with the stench of blood, yet also with a deathly stillness, devoid of any sign of life.

Then she saw some familiar figures; weren't they her people?

"No, no, no, it can't be, it can't be!" she screamed in her heart in panic, frantically calling out for her mother, "Mommy, Mommy, where are you! Mommy, don't scare me. Where are you?"

She was so anxious at this moment. She had grown up with her mother, who was the queen of the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan. Their clan was thriving, and only the Demon Orca was their enemy.

Even the demonic orca couldn't do all of this.

The scene before her filled Bai Xiuxiu with terror. She dared not think about it, but the innate superior wisdom of royalty told her that something was wrong. Everything was in dire straits.

More and more remains of the Demon Soul Great White Shark appeared in her field of vision. None of their bodies were intact; she could only identify them from details. Many of them were her companions, her friends, and even her blood relatives.

Finally, an incredibly familiar aura entered her senses. She swam towards it almost frantically. What she saw was a deep blue bead emitting a faint glow.

"Mom!" Bai Xiuxiu cried out in anguish, swimming desperately towards the bead.

Only Great White Sharks that have cultivated for 100,000 years will produce such shark pearls upon their death. These are the most important possessions of the Great White Shark clan, and their heirlooms. Moreover, only royalty can produce them.

The aura emanating from this bead was so familiar to her; there was only one explanation: it belonged to her mother! This was her mother's shark bead. In other words, her mother was dead, and hadn't even left behind a body.

"Mommy, Mommy, Mommy..." she screamed frantically, crying. She twisted and turned her body desperately, causing the surrounding seawater to surge and change.

However, none of this could be changed; neither her mother nor any of her people remained alive.

How could this be? How could this be? They were perfectly fine when I left. Even the most powerful demonic orca race in the ocean couldn't completely suppress them; the battle was evenly matched. How could they all die so suddenly? They're all dead! All of my people are dead!

What happened? Mom, Mom, you're not dead, are you?

Bai Xiuxiu was completely devastated; the sea seemed to have turned into her tears.

She poured her spiritual energy into the shark pearl, sensing the changes within it.

A scene then appeared in her mind.

She saw a woman wielding a purple scythe chasing after her mother and her people. She also saw her mother use the divine power left behind by the sea god to fight the woman. Furthermore, she saw the woman transform into a colossal creature nearly a thousand meters long, and her people were slaughtered and devoured.

She saw the colossal creature transform into a purplish-black light, shattering the meager divine power left behind by the sea god. She saw her mother being torn apart by the purplish-black light. She saw her clansmen rushing towards the colossal creature one after another, only to be torn apart by the purplish-black light, leaving not even a complete corpse behind.

The final scene shows her mother being torn apart by the purplish-black demonic scythe, her body being devoured by the enormous creature. She also sees her mother using the power of the sea god in a desperate fight, severely injuring the enormous creature and leaving a large blue hole through its nearly thousand-meter-long body. The severely injured creature has no time to clean up the battlefield, hastily devouring most of the flesh and blood before hastily leaving the territory of the Demon Soul Great White Shark.

Blue-gold light flowed across the pierced blue wound, and it seemed to be expanding. This was the reason why the enormous creature left in such a hurry, and also the reason why her mother, Shark Pearl, was not taken away.

Bai Xiuxiu, who had received the remaining memories from her mother's shark pearl, stood frozen in place.

She already knows who killed her mother and her people.

"The Deep Sea Demon Whale, it's it!? It's back! It killed my people. It killed my... Mother!"

"ah--"

The mournful cries echoed through the sea, lingering for a long time.

Ji Lin slowly opened his eyes, five red spirit rings swirling around him. If others saw this, they would be incredibly shocked.

Ji Lin stood up, stretched, and the sense of urgency in his heart dissipated by more than half. With six soul bones with ice attributes, he could confidently add a seventh soul ring to the Heavenly Fire Judgment.

Taking advantage of the fact that we are currently deep in the icy sea, where the temperature is extremely low, we can suppress the power of the Heavenly Judgment to some extent.

Ji Lin walked out of the room made of white coral. Chi Yuan, the Sea Princess, and the Mermaid Princess Li Jing were all waiting outside the door. When they saw Ji Lin come out, they were all delighted. Since Ji Lin came out safely, it meant that the fusion had been successful.

The next moment, the figure of the little mermaid princess Liya appeared beside Ji Lin. She looked at the sea princess and the eldest mermaid princess Lijing and said happily, "Mother, sister, we succeeded. I am now Ji Lin's holy mark, and at the same time, I have preserved my complete consciousness and origin."

The sea princess smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's good that you succeed. You must do your best to help Ji Lin. If you can become gods, that would be wonderful."

"Yes, I will, Mother." Liya nodded firmly.

Ji Lin smiled and said, "Senior Sea Princess, I want to find a secluded and quiet place at the bottom of this icy sea. I want to add a seventh soul ring to my first martial soul, which may cause a lot of commotion."

Although the Sea Princess was a little confused about what she meant by "making a lot of noise," she still led Ji Lin to a deep-sea trench far away from the Sea Princess's palace complex.

"Is this alright?" the sea princess asked.

Ji Lin looked around and nodded in satisfaction. The temperature here was even lower than in the Sea Princess's palace, and there were no sea spirit beasts for several kilometers around.

"This is fine. Please move away from here, Senior Sea Princess. I might lose control of my power later."

Princess Hai wanted to say that even if Ji Lin, a Soul Saint, couldn't control his power, he couldn't hurt her. However, Ji Lin's future was at stake, and Princess Hai, who had lived for so many years, was also a perceptive person. Although she didn't take it seriously, she still followed Ji Lin's advice and stayed away from him.

She was naive and lacked vigilance towards humans because she had little contact with them. Otherwise, as the head of her clan, she wouldn't have been so easily deceived by the evil spirit master in the original story, and even lost her youngest daughter in the process.

(End of this chapter)