Who said this card is outrageous?

The wave-riding merman had already noticed the battle, and now, seeing the tidal spirit approaching, it immediately felt a sense of impending doom. It roared, and its surrounding merman minions instantly gathered, forming a wall of flesh in front of it.

Unfortunately, this meant nothing to the Tidal Spirit. It once again vanished in a blur, its trident sweeping across with a whistling sound, swiftly and cleanly eliminating it.

The underlings knelt down once again.

The Tidal Spirit's growing excitement at the plan's success made it prepare to press its advantage. However, just as it launched its attack on its third unfortunate target, a burly figure blocked its path.

"when--"

The sound of metal clashing against stone echoed across the shore, and the Tidal Sea Spirit's usually invincible attack was abruptly blocked. The giant bone fishman who withstood the attack remained motionless thanks to his massive body.

Of course, it wasn't unscathed either. The trident shattered the bony outer armor at the point of contact, and upon touching the flesh, a trickle of dark green blood seeped out.

It lowered its head, looking at the second-tier merman who was not even as tall as its thigh with some surprise, and made a low "gurgling" sound in its throat.

How could a mere second-tier creature hurt me?

Chapter 30 The Fish-Man Catastrophe (Please read and comment!)

A flash of anger crossed the giant merman's eyes. It raised its fist, which was covered with thick bone plates, ready to teach this arrogant fellow a lesson.

Just then, a deep and authoritative voice came from not far away.

"Guluga—"

The giant merman stopped moving.

Tidal Spirit looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was the Tidecaller who had been standing at a distance watching. The latter's eyes were fixed on Tidal Spirit, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

"Gulu ga, jili gua la, ka ka."

The giant merman remained silent for a moment, then withdrew its fist. It gave the Tidal Spirit one last look, let out a low groan as a threat, and turned to walk back.

As for the few second-tier merfolk who were killed, the weak die and that's that; it doesn't matter.

Tidal Sea Spirit secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's a card made from murloc materials, and its body flows with murloc blood, so it can understand the words of the Tidecaller Murloc: the reason these murlocs have come ashore in such large numbers is not a spontaneous act, but rather they are obeying the orders of a stronger being. The two Tier 3 murlocs in front of them are merely subordinates of some "superior".

They are stationed here, awaiting further instructions.

Tidal Sea Spirit realized that she had obtained very important information.

But now is not the time to be happy.

Although the Tidecaller Murloc did not pursue the matter of indiscriminately killing its own kind, it made it clear that they were not allowed to attack other Murlocs, but should stay in their current territory and with their subordinates, and behave themselves.

The Tidal Sea Spirit nodded reluctantly, letting out a "gurgle" as if to agree.

Seeing this, the Tidecaller said nothing more and turned back to his position.

The murloc army, which had just become somewhat agitated, returned to calm.

……

The rest of the time was a bit boring.

The Tidal Sea Spirit stayed in its territory, looking left and right, with nothing to do. Its first-tier minions all stared at it expectantly, waiting for their leader to give orders, but what orders did it have to give?

After thinking about it, it decided to go and see what was going on in the sea.

Yu Renjia's task was not just to infiltrate, but also to find out the details of these fishmen. They had already gathered enough information about the situation on land, but what remained unknown about the sea.

Tidal Spirit gave an order to his underlings, then plunged into the sea.

After swimming around underwater for a while, it discovered that the number of murlocs in the nearshore area was not large, scattered far less than on the shore. Moreover, they were mostly first-tier grunts.

This is rather strange, as the majority of the group is on the shore, while there are hardly any fishmen in the sea.

As the Tidal Sea Spirit swam, it pondered and unknowingly swam quite far. It also tried to dive into deeper waters, only to find that there were even fewer fishmen there, almost deserted.

Apart from the occasional fish swimming by, there was nothing else.

It surfaced and glanced toward the shore, wondering what those fish-men were waiting for.

However, if he couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it. He decided to leave the brain-taxing tasks to his masters. Tidal Spirit dove back into the water, grabbed a few large fish, and swam ashore on the Trident.

Of course, as an alchemical summon, it doesn't need to eat to replenish its energy, so most of its prey only took a couple of symbolic bites before casually tossing them to the ground.

The surrounding merfolk were stunned for a moment, then pounced on it like madmen. They usually couldn't even get enough to eat, let alone such a big and fat fish.

Several fish were torn to pieces in the blink of an eye, leaving only some bones in the end.

The Tidal Sea Spirit was speechless at the fishmen's starving appearance, but seeing its little brothers staring at it expectantly, it had no choice but to jump back into the sea and catch more fish.

Taking this opportunity, the Tidal Sea Spirit explored a wider area of ​​the sea. It swam several kilometers outward along the coastline, even diving to depths of nearly a hundred meters in the deepest parts, but still found nothing unusual, let alone any trace of the "superior" mentioned by the two Tier 3 fish.

The sky gradually darkened.

As the last rays of the setting sun faded from the sea, night fell. Without the sunlight, the fish-people began to regain their energy, no longer as lazy and inactive as they had been during the day.

Their eyes glowed with an eerie green light in the darkness, and the entire camp became noisy.

The Tidal Spirit felt it was time to go back, so it jumped into the sea again under the cover of night.

The fishermen around were already used to it; this new big shot had gone into the sea many times today, always to catch fish, so there was nothing strange about it.

Only the Tidal Sea Spirit's underlings would eagerly watch the sea, hoping their leader would bring back food.

But this time, the Tidal Sea Spirit wasn't going to catch fish. Instead, it circled around in the water to make sure no fishmen were following it before turning back to shore and rushing towards the location where Yu Renjia and the others were hiding.

……

Let's go back to a little after noon. The two students who went to deliver the message have returned, bringing with them a city guard officer.

She was a female officer, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with short hair reaching her ears, striking features, and wearing a dark blue city guard uniform. Two short guns at her waist swayed gently with her steps.

"I am Zhu Yingqi, the captain of the third battalion of the city guard." The female officer walked up to Lei, her gaze sweeping over everyone present. "From now on, this area is under the control of the city guard. You can go back and rest."

Shao Minglei frowned: "Commander Zhu, we've been monitoring the movements of those fishmen, and we've already got information..."

“No matter what you’ve mastered,” Zhu Yingqi interrupted him, her tone leaving no room for argument, “Even though you’re still students, you must obey orders. That’s an order!”

Shao Minglei opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but Yu Renjia stepped forward from behind: "Commander Zhu, we have already sent a summoning card to infiltrate among the murlocs and are gathering intelligence."

Zhu Yingqi's gaze fell on Yu Renjia, her brows furrowing into a knot: "What did you say?"

Yu Renjia briefly explained the situation of the [Tidal Sea Spirit], and Zhu Yingqi's expression turned even more grim after listening.

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yingqi's anger was clearly off the charts, but she still tried to keep her voice down. "Do you even know how strong that Tidecaller's senses are? What if we're discovered and alert them? Who will take responsibility for that?"

“It won’t be discovered.” Yu Renjia was very confident. “My card is made of murloc material and exudes a pure murloc aura, no different from a real murloc. Moreover, it has its own consciousness, can judge danger, and won’t do anything unnecessary.”

Zhu Yingqi was clearly skeptical. She had seen many summoning cards, but few could give summoned creatures independent consciousness to perform such delicate tasks.

But she didn't argue further, only coldly saying, "Then just wait. However, I must remind you that summoning cards have a limited duration. Once their time is up, they'll automatically disappear, and you'll all be going back!"

Yu Renjia remained silent; the facts would speak for themselves.

Time passed by, second by second.

Zhu Yingqi thought that the merman summon would disappear after an hour at most due to the expiration of its duration.

But one hour, two hours... until nightfall five hours later, the card in Yu Renjia's hand remained activated, proving that the merman was still alive and well.

Zhu Yingqi's expression changed from initial doubt to confusion, and then from confusion to seriousness, as she began to re-examine this student named Yu Renjia.

The fact that he could maintain the summoning for so long meant either his mental strength far surpassed that of others of the same level, or that the card in his hand was truly extraordinary. Either way, it suggested that the group of students in front of him might not be fooling around.

"Who made your cards?" Zhu Yingqi asked.

Yu Renjia hesitated for a moment before giving a direct answer: "A friend."

Zhu Yingqi didn't ask any further questions, but she had already silently made a mental note of it.

After sunset, night fell.

The city guards remained on high alert in the darkness, and Zhu Yingqi's patience was wearing thin. She had been waiting there for most of the day, and if the merman didn't send back any more news, she would have to make a decision.

But at that moment, Yu Renjia suddenly spoke up: "It's back."

All eyes turned to him at the same time.

"They're on their way here, they should be here in a few minutes." Yu Renjia closed his eyes, seemingly sensing the location of the [Tidal Sea Spirit] through their mental link. "It said it brought back intelligence."

Zhu Yingqi's heart skipped a beat.

A few minutes later, a series of hurried footsteps came from behind the reef, and a blue merman about half a person's height rushed out of the darkness, soaking wet, with a trident swaying in its hand, looking extremely tired.

As an alchemical summon, the Tidal Spirit will not collapse from exhaustion, but judging from its panting appearance, it has certainly had a tough journey.

Seeing this, Yu Renjia quickly squatted down and used the techniques Lin Xiaoyi had just taught him to help the Tide Sea Spirit recover its condition, while also communicating the intelligence he had obtained from infiltrating the enemy territory.

A moment later, he opened his eyes and recounted everything that Tidal Sea Spirit had experienced with the fishmen.

“There is a ‘superior’ behind the murloc army.” Yu Renjia extracted a key piece of intelligence. “Those two third-tier murlocs are following the orders of this superior. They are stationed on the beach, waiting for further instructions.”

In the dog-eat-dog world of fishmen, only a fourth-tier fishman who has reached the intermediate level of transcendence can command two third-tier fishmen to obey him so obediently.

After receiving this answer, the students were fine, since they knew very well that there were many fourth-level superhumans in Binhai City, and the city lord and other top figures had even reached the fifth level.

Only Zhu Yingqi, an officer in the city guard, paled drastically, and then, under the students' watchful eyes, tremblingly uttered a few words—

Fishman Plague!

Chapter 31 Arrangement

Faced with everyone's questions, Zhu Yingqi did not answer. Instead, she turned and walked towards the city of Wei. However, after a few steps, she stopped and looked at the students: "You must retreat to Wei immediately. Tonight, the city guards will take over everything here."

Then she glanced at Yu Renjia and Tide Spirit, as if she had thought of something, and pointed at him, adding, "You and this fishman stay."

After saying all that, she hurriedly left, her steps quick as if she were in a rush.

The phrase "Fishman Plague" is a distant and terrifying memory for Binhai City. Even if one were to investigate, it would be difficult to find much information, let alone among the younger generation present.

The students looked at each other, and the atmosphere became somewhat heavy. In the end, they couldn't come up with any good ideas, and judging from Zhu Yingqi's expression, the matter was obviously very serious. They decided it was best to obey orders.

However, before leaving, the group gathered around to say goodbye to Yu Renjia.

Lin Xiaoyi was the first to speak. She walked up to Yu Renjia, hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask, "Yu Renjia, um... who made that card? Can you introduce me to them?"

Yu Renjia glanced at her: "You want to buy a card?"

"Yes." Lin Xiaoyi nodded, her expression unusually serious. "I am a Card Master."