Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 22: The Mermaid King’s Past
She handed over her third artifact to Qian Duobao, abandoning the chance to advance, because she found that once three artifacts were complete, she couldn’t trigger any more monster artifacts or quests.
That’s why she gave up that artifact, making space for new ones.
The new quality artifact would be on Fuer or that octopus.
She had a rough idea of what to do.
Josh touched her forehead.
It seemed that after the last time she surfaced from under the water, she no longer had a fever.
Her body felt refreshed as well, with the muscle pain from the high fever greatly alleviated.
She touched the Mermaid Heart in her pocket and finally relaxed, falling asleep.
The Mermaid Heart in her pocket continuously emitted an icy blue light, with faint streams of light flowing from Josh’s palm into her body.
In her haze, Josh seemed to hear the sound of the sea surging.
Also, there were sharp cries and shouts.
She slowly opened her eyes to see a wondrous underwater scene.
The surrounding seawater bubbled incessantly, as if boiling.
A short distance away, there was an undersea volcanic vent.
With a "boom," the vent erupted with blistering lava.
Many sea creatures frantically fled, yet tragedy was unavoidable.
Suddenly, a sprinkle of blue starlight gathered towards the vent.
Upon closer inspection, Josh realized it was a large group of mermaids, their tails bursting with powerful spiritual power, gleaming with deep blue light.
Leading them was none other than the golden-haired Mermaid King, the light from his tail blindingly bright.
From afar, the Mermaid King resembled a blue crescent moon, surrounded by countless little mermaids following him into battle.
The Mermaid King charged at the forefront, unleashing powerful spiritual power to plunge into the vent, blocking the lava.
The searing lava scalded his skin layer by layer, only to be swiftly healed by spiritual power.
The little mermaids sang ethereal songs, lined up steadfastly, rushing towards the vent with a deathlike resolve.
Each time a mermaid exploded its tail with spiritual power, a small black spot was quenched on the lava.
Yet, in the face of the enormous vent, the tiny black dots were but a drop in the ocean.
The little mermaids lined up and emerged, singing skyward, as if bidding farewell to friends and family, before hurling themselves into the vent without looking back.
Countless tiny black spots erupted slowly, bit by bit.
The blackness gradually merged into a vast shadow, slowly covering the vent.
The leading Mermaid King was already scorched beyond recognition, yet he still strained to enshroud the entire vent with spiritual power, preventing further lava overflow.
Josh watched with a terrified and awestruck heart; she had never seen such a terrifyingly tragic and magnificent scene.
A nearby mermaid, only eight or nine years old, was headed in that direction.
Josh hurriedly grabbed her: "You’re so young, don’t go there, run for your life!"
The little one gave her a strange look, eyes clear and powerful: "The King is still fighting, we won’t abandon the King."
The little mermaid broke free from her grasp, swimming resolutely towards the mermaid ranks.
An endless stream of mermaids rushed forward, while retreating sea creatures turned to see this scene, their speed of escape slowly decreasing.
"The King has blocked the vent!"
"We can’t abandon the King!"
"We must go back!"
"Yes! We must go back to help!"
Josh felt an inexplicable sting in her nose, opening her mouth to stop them, but their loyal and determined eyes left her speechless.
Suddenly, the seabed shook violently, accompanied by countless rising bubbles, the water temperature continued to rise.
The Mermaid King’s face and front were already burned to a bloody pulp, with drops of fresh blood falling onto the lava, forming a large expanse of black.
With the relentless onslaught of sea creatures, the submarine lava was finally suppressed, sinking into silence.
The pile of corpses beside the undersea vent stacked nearly several times higher than the vent, forcibly turning the volcano into a basin.
This battle left almost no survivors.
The bloodied Mermaid King slowly slipped downward, with only his tail still emitting a faint glow.
Josh watched in wide-eyed disbelief as he floated with the waves, the storm on the sea surface sweeping him to the shore.
Soon, the octopus appeared with Fuer, taking the Mermaid King back to the circus, building an aquarium to imprison him.
The octopus looked down at the Mermaid King sealed at the bottom of the tank, laughing triumphantly: "Look, is this the lofty Mermaid King? Now, you look like a dog, panting helplessly on the ground."
