This is an extremely charming voice, even charming to the point of being somewhat affected.
Especially when she claims to be the ’Mermaid Princess’, she pronounces it with such a twist that it gives everyone goosebumps.
"No Mermaid Princess has eyes that can be spread so far apart," Adanis snorted.
"You!"
Adanis: "If you want to come out, then stop talking nonsense and act quickly!"
The clownfish claiming to be the Mermaid Princess said in a somewhat displeased yet still alluring voice: "I’ve already made my move long ago, they won’t be able to run."
When the clownfish finished speaking, the crowd had already run several hundred meters, surpassing their previous progress.
At this time, they once again saw a fork in the road.
And this fork was a divergence between up and down. The upward path was blocked, while the downward path was unobstructed.
The fork itself looked fine, and it was normal for the upward path to collapse. After all, going upwards means getting closer to the surface, and when Naraku City fell, the area nearest to the surface would naturally be the first impacted.
So, the unobstructed downward path raised no objections among the group.
However, Angel was very clear that there was no fork here at all! Or rather, there was originally just an upward slope, and suddenly there appeared a downward fork, which was absolutely abnormal.
When he woke in the Nightmare Realm, he was almost just an alley’s distance away from the Qingkong Poetry Room.
At that time, Angel could look up and see an opening, and outside it was Naraku City’s surface.
In other words, the Qingkong Poetry Room was originally very close to Naraku City’s surface.
This downward road was undoubtedly problematic.
Thinking of this, Angel quickly called for a stop. Under puzzled looks from the group, Angel swiftly explained: "There’s no downward path to the Qingkong Poetry Room, it’s very close to the surface!"
To add authenticity, Angel brought up the Wise Sovereign as a backer.
In this emergency, they didn’t care whether the Wise Sovereign had actually said something similar; they trusted only Angel!
"If that’s the case, then let’s work on opening the upward road," Dox said while winding up his arms, and the muscles on his arms began to swell rapidly.
In no time, Dox’s arms had swelled to a degree reminiscent of giant arms.
Dox didn’t hesitate and swiftly jumped, fiercely smashing towards the collapsed rocks of the upward path.
At first, Angel didn’t stop Dox, but just as Dox reached mid-air, rapidly smashing towards the rocks, Angel’s eyes suddenly widened.
Because he saw the "energy node" of the upward path was still a decayed Magical Energy Array, still a deserted energy node, still forming an energy-crystal accumulation!
Using the crystal as an "eye," Angel saw those surrounding cracks forming a familiar pattern.
Seductive tail, rounded head, and "crystal eye."
It was exactly like the strange pattern in the previous fork! Or rather, it was the other half of that pattern!
Only when the two halves combined, would the full truth of the pattern be unveiled!
"Not good! Stop him!"
Angel shouted out, speaking this to Earl Mi. Because with his speed, he couldn’t catch up with Dox’s frenzied strike, even if he did catch up, the formidable attack power on the bloodline side couldn’t be simply resisted by Angel.
So, he could only send Earl Mi to block Dox.
However, Earl Mi didn’t become a "meat shield," as someone was faster than Earl Mi!
A huge earth wall appeared out of thin air before Dox, and Dox’s frenzied strike directly slammed into the wall.
The earthen wall showed numerous cracks, then after a second, collapsed with a rustle, turning into dust.
Though the wall fell, it successfully stalled Dox’s attack.
The one who cast the wall was undoubtedly... Vay.
Of course, Vay alone couldn’t have stopped it, but since the Black Earl was currently residing on Vay, the Black Earl’s power combined with Vay’s casting was indeed successful in halting Dox’s attack.
Dox landed on the ground, looked over quizzically: "What’s going on?"
The others also looked towards Angel at this time, including the Black Earl. Although the Black Earl, using Vay’s hands, had stopped Dox, it was because he trusted Angel’s judgment, not because he had noticed anything unusual.
Angel didn’t hide anything, directly pointing out the crystal’s location, and the others traced the center around the crystal, observing the surrounding cracks, and with a little imagination regarding the pattern, they understood the reason immediately.
As the group looked towards the crystal’s position, the previously echoing charming voice line reverberated through their ears again.
"Eh? Discovered already? That’s really impressive."
As her words fell, the group saw the collapsed stones on the upward road slowly dissipate, revealing a huge mirror before them.
And in the mirror appeared a "Mermaid."
Calling it a mermaid might be giving it too much credit; it resembled more Angel once saw in the Purification Garden’s seabed, depicted in the Rugara Tribe murals, the ancestors, the Ru Tribe.
The Rugara Tribe, frog-skin monsters, inherently repulsive. Their ancestors, the Ru Tribe, while slightly better-looking than the frog-skin monsters, were also a grotesque combination of human face and fish body. Completely different from the mermaid’s elegant combination of a human upper body and fish tail.
If the Ru Tribe’s human face wasn’t ugly, the overall appearance was just chilling; if the face was slightly ugly, it was not just chilling but also a little gross.
And the "Mermaid" appearing in the mirror, though only showing a side view, that is, half its body; you could already see some style of the Ru Tribe.
The face, however, seemed to be that of a beauty, so it looked merely chilling.
Yet, when it began to speak, with that seductive and alluring tone matched with its chilling appearance, it truly was a bit nauseating.