Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1169 - 120: The Alliance of Broken Teams, Unfamiliar Strangers
Xu Shu immediately grabbed the mermaid’s head and with two pounding blows, detached her two white, glistening calves.
Thud!
The mermaid who was boastful and unrivaled a moment ago, instantly knelt.
"What? Human, do you know that I already am—" She widened her eyes, seemingly not yet comprehending the situation, and amidst her angry outcry, tried to muster strength to resist.
However, before she could strike, Xu Shu had already removed her two arms and tossed them into the sewer.
Then, with another slap on the head, the mermaid fell like a crashing bird, her neck firmly pressed to the ground, head buried into the bricks, her skull cracked open, blood flying everywhere!
In just a moment, the powerful third-tier mermaid was reduced to a cripple under Xu Shu’s assault.
As a "Half-step Primordial Spirit", she certainly didn’t die, hurriedly summoning her detached hands and feet to fly back, while also spurting out a mass of small octopus-like "Mang Worms" from her gills, darting towards Xu Shu to self-protect and attack.
However, Xu Shu grabbed them and crushed these hands and feet into finer powder.
As for those "Mang Worms", which could even gnaw through steel, they ignited as soon as they approached Xu Shu, turning into sizzling grilled squid, twisting on the ground. Although not dead, they instantly lost their attacking power.
——This is the fury of Xu Shu’s "Heart of Killing Flare", which, coupled with the "Yin God·Anger", was more smoothly unleashed!
"Ahhh!" The mermaid screamed loudly, and the scorched little octopuses quickly flew back into her gills.
This caused the muscles on both sides of her fish cheeks to pulsate continuously, eventually forming three visible characters, ready to emerge.
Xu Shu squinted to look, noticing that the three characters were "成" (success), "人" (human), and "穴" (cave). (Note 1)
They were sharply written, as if carved by a knife, exhibiting great determination and grand spirit, although rather ugly.
For instance, the character "人" (human) had a very short left stroke and a very long right stroke, almost resembling a simplified version.
"..."
Is the Buddhist Sect really recycling these characters?
Is this... is this appropriate?
Xu Shu’s expression slightly solidified on the spot, never expecting such three characters.
Truth be told, these appeared stranger and more ridiculous than the previous "八" (eight) or "尺" (foot) characters!
It’s utterly absurd!
This brief hesitation didn’t cause Xu Shu any trouble, as he swung his elbow to interrupt the charge and forcefully shattered the entire fish head.
Then, almost like a lumberjack, he used his hands like axes, chopping and slicing until the mermaid was reduced to a tofu-like mess, completely formless.
They scattered all over the ground, two eyeballs blinking, staring blankly at Xu Shu while the flesh continued to squirm, tending to merge and revive!
"Difficult, seems like exorcism is necessary."
The third-tier mermaid indeed remained as indestructible as ever; thus, seeking help from the "boatman" was the only option.
So Xu Shu bundled up the bagged mermaid and, with her in tow, leapt onto the wall.
Thump, thump, thump!
With each leap, Xu Shu inserted his hands into the concrete wall as pivot points, continuously cycling upwards, heading for the top floor.
Dealing with Wu Jie took quite some time, wonder what’s going on up there.
They, being six against one Shinkai Haoye, shouldn’t have faltered, right?
Better have Ning Zhaoxuan intervene, hope there won’t be any bloody mishap!
As he pondered this, the mermaid gradually formed a complete head.
She suddenly seemed to realize something, opening her mouth to Xu Shu.
Xu Shu expected her to continue saying absurd things like "I am third-tier, I will dominate all enemies in the world".
Yet unexpectedly, after forming her body, perhaps sensing the approaching aura of that third-tier "Soul Capturer", her first words were tearfully cried: "I was wrong, brother, I was wrong, really wrong! Please don’t kill me, I beg you, brother!"
"???"
Xu Shu was stunned. The mermaid’s abrupt shift nearly made him lose his grip on the third floor’s ceiling and slip down.
"Looks like you didn’t realize your mistake, you realized you’re about to die, didn’t you?"
"I promise I won’t be arrogant again, brother, I beg you, spare me. Breaking through to this level wasn’t easy, really boohoo~" The chubby fish head cried sobbingly.
With the upper floor growing nearer, her cries became increasingly sorrowful, leading a trail of tears.
As the saying goes, a day of marriage is worth a hundred days of gratitude; Xu Shu isn’t heartless.
Although he certainly wanted to claim the three characters "成" (success), "人" (human), and "穴" (cave) from this third-tier "Half-step Primordial Spirit", it wasn’t necessary to do so now.
Moreover, since they hadn’t yet left the ruins, the "Mang Worms" on her body were still useful.
If it were the previous second-tier mermaid, incapable of communication and acting purely on instinct, Xu Shu wouldn’t hesitate.
But after her promotion to the third tier, her intelligence clearly soared, nearly mirroring ordinary people.
Well, not completely ordinary, more akin to the mental state of a Huang Mao-esque delinquent with lower intelligence... nearly ordinary, but slightly brainless, roughly speaking.
With such a development, it was naturally negotiable.
After a brief thought, Xu Shu rolled his eyes and first asked: "Didn’t you strike first?" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Upon hearing this, the mermaid continued crying: "I was wrong, shouldn’t have attacked you, boohoo. I’ll never dare again."
"But isn’t that your instinct?"
"No, I can overcome it, really! If you spare me, I can do anything! You can continue using this place, I know that you outsiders need our small fish within us to deal with the locals." The mermaid hurriedly showcased the three characters, expressing her sincerity.
