Chapter 1313: One Must Not Be Too Honest

Just as the Octopus Clan youth was staring at the Mermaid Princess, his eyes unable to look away.

Among the Sea Giant Clan.

A youth over three zhang tall was also stunned by the Mermaid Princess's beauty upon seeing her.

His gaze lingered on Lianyin for quite a while before he came back to his senses.

He turned his head to look at the Octopus Clan youth and said in a muffled voice, "Anyou, the reward I promised the Sea Giant Clan can be reduced by thirty percent; I want this Mermaid Princess."

Hearing the Sea Giant Clan youth's words, Anyou frowned, then smiled, "Brother Liehai, I am afraid that is somewhat inappropriate."

Upon hearing this, the Sea Giant Clan youth's brows immediately furrowed tightly.

Seeing this, the Octopus Clan youth shook his head, "Brother Liehai, do not misunderstand; it is not that I, Anyou, do not want to agree, but that I cannot."

"This Mermaid Princess is someone specifically named by our Octopus Clan's Thirteenth Ancestor; I have no authority to give her to you."

Upon hearing this, the Sea Giant Clan youth's expression became somewhat unpleasant.

Seeing this, Anyou secretly frowned.

Although the overall strength of the Mermaid Clan's team was far inferior to the Octopus Clan's.

It was rumored, however, that the Mermaid Princess and the Mermaid Prince possessed extremely formidable strength.

Especially the Mermaid Princess, whose combat power had long since been verified by the Thirteenth Ancestor.

Even though the Mermaid Princess currently did not have those three dragon-horses by her side, like a tiger without its teeth.

But no matter what method she used.

Since she could fight against the Great Vehicle Stage Thirteenth Ancestor and even injure him, it proved her capability.

Wanting to defeat her would be anything but simple.

Added to that was the Mermaid Prince.

Once a battle broke out, these two would absolutely become variables.

This was also the reason why, despite knowing the Octopus Clan held a massive advantage in numbers, he still chose to spend a huge price to invite a portion of the Sea Giant Clan's experts to join forces.

He had some friendship with Liehai and knew Liehai's character very well.

This Liehai was a pervert.

The number of talented female cultivators from small clans that had been toyed to death by him was countless.

On this matter, since he had already set his mind on it, it was difficult to change.

If he continued to refuse, the other party would likely go back on their word directly and refuse to continue cooperating with the Octopus Clan.

Once that happened.

Dealing with the Mermaid Clan would be difficult.

Thinking of this.

His heart stirred.

He looked at Liehai with a face full of smiles, "Brother Liehai, do not be impatient. Although I do not have the authority to give the Mermaid Princess to you, if we can capture her, letting you guard her for a few days is still possible."

"As long as Brother Liehai controls yourself and doesn't end up killing her."

"Otherwise, I will have a hard time answering to the Thirteenth Ancestor."

As he spoke, his heart was aching faintly.

Originally, his plan was to guard the Mermaid Princess himself for a period of time after capturing her.

But after seeing Liehai's attitude, he had to change his mind.

This meant.

The time he could spend alone with the Mermaid Princess would be shortened.

Such a peerless beauty—even missing out on a single day of contact was a sin!

How could he not feel regret in his heart?

On the other side.

After hearing Anyou's words, Liehai's expression softened.

A satisfied smile spread across his face.

"Good, it is settled then."

"You are courting death!"

The two did not hide their exchange in the slightest, and their voices were clearly transmitted to the ears of every Mermaid Clan cultivator.

The Mermaid Clan cultivators had always regarded Lianyin as the purest and most inviolable goddess.

Now.

Their goddess was being verbally humiliated by enemies in public, and they were instantly enraged.

Among them.

The most furious was none other than Mingchen.

He was the Mermaid Prince.

He was the Mermaid Princess's theoretical future Dao Companion.

For Anyou and Liehai to humiliate his future Dao Companion like this clearly meant they did not put him in their eyes at all.

At this moment, the flames of rage in his heart almost burst through his chest.

His eyes turned red.

"A bunch of scoundrels!"

"Fellow clansmen, follow me and charge out!"

As soon as the words fell, he charged straight toward Anyou.

At the same time.

A crowd of Mermaid Clan cultivators also rushed out one after another.

"Brother Qiang, stay by my side."

Lianyin sent a voice transmission to Wang Jianqiang, then dispersed a wisp of power to envelop him, and rushed out with him.

"Rumor has it that the Mermaid Prince has extraordinary talent. Today, let me test whether you, this prince of the Mermaid Clan, are stronger, or if I, the Divine Son of the Octopus Clan, am a cut above."

Facing the aggressive Mingchen, Anyou's pair of pupils instantly turned pitch black.

Rolling black mist swirled out from his body.

The sky-filling black mist was like a giant ferocious beast, swallowing Mingchen in one gulp.

The next moment.

Both of them disappeared into the black mist.

"Ten Thousand Tentacle Demon Domain!"

Seeing this familiar scene, Lianyin frowned.

This Anyou, a mere Integration Stage cultivator, had actually mastered the Ten Thousand Tentacle Demon Domain.

Even if it was only initially mastered, at the Integration Stage, it was quite astonishing!

Whoosh~

Just at this moment, a sound of something piercing through the air suddenly arrived.

Lianyin frowned, instantly snapped back to her senses, and looked in the direction the sound came from.

Immediately after, her vision suddenly darkened.

A tall figure had already blocked her path.

The person who arrived was none other than the leading youth of the Sea Giant Clan named Liehai.

After approaching, Liehai did not rush to attack, but stared at Lianyin with a face full of greed.

"Little beauty, surrender obediently."

"I, Lie Kong, have always been one to cherish the fair sex. If we fight later and I accidentally break your arms or legs, that would be rather unfortunate."

Lianyin frowned.

She flicked her finger, and a bolt of Spiritual Power flew out.

Ding~

Liehai took a step back and raised his hand to look; a shallow wound had appeared on the back of his hand.

The wound was very shallow, having only broken the skin, but Liehai's expression could not help but become grave.

He had seemingly used no methods before, merely blocking with a casual punch.

But for the Sea Giant Clan, a powerful physique was one of their strongest methods.

This Mermaid Princess had broken his physical defense with just a casual strike; her true strength must be incomparably astonishing.

Just as Liehai felt shocked by Lianyin's strength.

Wang Jianqiang could not help but frown.

"Yin'er, such a good opportunity just now, why didn't you attack with full force?"

He said via a serious-toned voice transmission.

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's voice transmission, Lianyin was startled, "In such a short time, it is difficult to gather all my power."

"Short time? From the moment this Liehai appeared until you attacked, such a long time, and it wasn't enough for you to gather your full strength?"

"Weren't you listening to this guy talk before?"

Hearing this, Wang Jianqiang shook his head.

"Can't you secretly gather power while listening to him talk? If you had started gathering power while he was spouting that nonsense, that strike just now wouldn't have been as simple as just breaking a layer of skin."

"Combat is about life and death, not a friendly spar; you cannot be too honest."

Hearing this, Lianyin suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

Her combat experience was actually already very strong.

It was just that in her mindset, combat had always been a head-on confrontation, winning through righteous means.

The concept Wang Jianqiang instilled in her, although a bit underhanded.

But it seemed, very practical.

Compared to that.

Her previous understanding of combat did indeed seem a bit too rigid.