The Xuan Shui snake clan was killing members of the Jin Yu fish clan indiscriminately, but just as they were halfway through, they suddenly sensed something was amiss.

How do the cultivators of these merfolk races raise their cultivation levels?

This increase is not an individual mermaid cultivator's cultivation level suddenly improving, but the collective cultivation level of all mermaid cultivators increasing!

The counterattack happened silently.

Indigo blood mingled with the darkest of hues, staining the entire merfolk habitat.

On the high platform, ethereal energy was thick in the air, interwoven with dark purple light. The intense aura of the ice phoenix filled every corner.

The frigid air that once permeated the mermaid's territory was replaced by a bone-chilling presence. Frost silently blanketed the ground and various coral fragments.

After Lin Qi signed a contract with the merfolk clan, the cultivation levels of the Grand Elder and Second Elder surged.

The Great Elder directly broke through from the late stage of Golden Immortal to the Great Luo Golden Immortal!

The aura of a Great Luo Golden Immortal permeated the mermaid tribe's territory, and the outcome of this slaughter had been decided.

In the Xuan Tian realm, there is an unwritten rule.

Below the Great Luo Golden Immortal, all are ants.

Only those who have attained the level of Great Luo Jinxian are worthy of being called a strong one.

There is a vast difference between Jinxian and Daluo Jinxian.

Dai Jun, who had been cornered, sensed the aura of the merfolk and instantly understood what Lin Qi must have done. He dashed towards Lin Qi's location at lightning speed.

Seeing Lin Qi on the high platform, Dai Jun roared hoarsely, "Sui Yuan, save me!"

Lin Qi, who was slowly pouring fairy qi into the Phoenix God Pearl, slowly opened her eyes. Her gaze fell softly on what was below.

A chill ran down Dai Jun's spine when she looked at him.

At the moment Lin Qi's gaze fell on him, an invisible pressure bore down on Dai Jun.

Lin Qi's eyes held a cold indifference, like that of a superior looking down on ants from above, with absolute pressure.

At that moment, Dai Jun's heart trembled. Fear and the thought of submission unexpectedly arose within her.

But it only lasted for a moment.

She approached the high platform and shouted, "Sui Yuan, lend me your strength!"

Lin Qi seemed to slowly return to her senses, her hands pinching the incantations calmly and steadily.

With a surge of celestial energy, ethereal wings unfurled behind him. They moved silently, stirring the air as an unseen blade materialized from his back.

The blade was a deep azure, adorned with phoenix patterns, emanating an air of majesty. It was razor-sharp and chillingly cold.

As Lin Qi's fingertips fell, her eyes drooped slightly. The sapphire long sword, like a phantom, vanished from sight in the blink of an eye.

A streak of light, like a meteor, slid across the sky.

A blanket of frost covered the four sides, while ice peaks stretched endlessly. Transparent ice crystals and a chilling air instantly filled the entire mermaid territory.

The two people chasing after the lord were eroded by the frost, their bodies covered in ice.

In the next instant, a cold light flashed.

The ice shattered instantly, leaving a gaping hole in the ground and nothing but debris behind.

Lin Qi retracted her celestial energy slowly, her brows and eyes regaining their usual calmness, the chilling aura dissipating.

To your astonishment, you stood rooted to the spot.

By chance, with a single move, he killed two Perfect Golden Immortals.

Meeting Dai Jun's unbelievable gaze, Lin Qi calmly said, "This is not my own achievement, but I am now enjoying the power of the entire mermaid clan offering me their strength. I borrowed the power of the mermaid cultivators."

But the feeling of having power is truly addictive.

At the front, the Great Elder personally killed the leader of the Xuan Shui Snake tribe along with Yunrong. He then led all the other mermaid cultivators to completely wipe out the Xuan Shui Snake clan before hurriedly leading his people to arrive under the Round Platform.

Seeing the prominent features of the Bing Huang Clan's Lin Qi above, Wei Yuan hesitated for a moment, then knelt down with his sword and bowed, "Elder of the Human Fish Clan, Wei Yuan, greets your Lordship."

The merfolk following her knelt one after another.

Only Elder Two's expression was complex, his eyes narrowed as he stared intently at Lin Qi on the platform.

The Grand Elder caught sight of him and immediately glared, "Weishi, what are you doing? Quickly bow to the Lord."

Elder Two indignantly said: “Those who take advantage of others' misfortunes, what qualifications do they have to be worshipped by me?!”

After finishing, he turned his head away from Lin Qi, showing his displeasure.

Lin Qi's face remained composed: "First, the contract with the merfolk was Tingshi who asked me to agree to it."

"Second, if it weren't for me, this group who takes advantage of others' misfortune, your merfolk race would have been extinct long ago. How could you possibly still be alive and shouting in front of me?!"

After signing the contract with the mermaid clan, Lin Qi vaguely sensed something was amiss.

She held dominance over the merfolk, being their master.

The merfolk cannot influence her, but she can decide the life or death of any single merperson.

This is how the Elder Two looked displeased, saying that Lin Qi took advantage of others' weakness.

The moment she stepped onto the platform, the lives of every fish in the entire merfolk clan were under Lin Qi's control.

Since she held the power of life and death over the merfolk, Lin Qi wasn't planning on being too polite to this Second Elder.

Hearing Lin Qi's words, Elder Two's face flushed red, obviously holding back his anger, his face full of displeasure.

He dared not scold Lin Qi, so he glared at Ting Xi and snarled, “Ting Xi, what on earth is going on?! You're putting the lives of our entire merfolk race in the hands of one person. This is utterly outrageous!”

Ting Xi had changed from his usual meek and humble self, his expression calm and composed. "Elder Two," he said, "this is the only way to save the mermaid clan. I know you harbor a deep hatred for the Ice Phoenix Clan because they abandoned our clan, but the entanglement between the merfolk and the Ice Phoenix Clan spans hundreds of thousands of years. It's not something that can be severed with just words."

"If the mermaid clan were to be led by my Ice Phoenix clan, even if we managed to survive today, our clan would still face extinction."

Ting Xi's voice was soft and not very forceful, but what she said, no one could refute.

Lin Qi listened and chuckled softly: "Although the contract is set, I'm not someone who likes to force others. If your merfolk race isn't willing, then let's dissolve the contract."

When Lin Qi finished speaking, the faces of all the fish tribe cultivators present instantly turned extremely ugly.

Even Elder Second himself, his face darkened like he had heard something terrible and dreadful.

Lin Qi originally just said it casually.

She thought that since the Ice Phoenix clan could break the contract before, she could just break it again.

But to the merfolk, what Lin Qi said was like slapping them across the face.

They were abandoned by the Phoenix clan once, and now they are being abandoned a second time... Throughout the years in the Northern Territory, I doubt any other clan has been abandoned twice by the Phoenix leader.

Even if some merfolk cultivators refuse to accept and even hate the Binghuang clan, they still cannot accept this fact.

Or perhaps it is precisely because of this fact that it is unbearable.

Lin Qi looked at them and said, "Why don't you discuss a countermeasure first, and then tell me what to do?"

I wouldn't have lingered here any longer, nor would I have entangled myself further with the merfolk.

The Elder stepped forward immediately, his voice firm: "My Lord, there's no need to discuss this. My merfolk clan is willing to follow you, generation after generation, never betraying you!"

After the words of the Elder, other members of the merfolk also bowed and swore oaths.

This time, even Elder Two had to follow.

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