Eternal life begins with saving my clan

Chapter 48  The Underworld Queen

When Su Yen remembered he had a system, a smile curled up on the corner of his lips, and he called his system.

"System, can you translate this ancient language?" He asked in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Indeed, I can.]

[Processing Fee: 200 Destiny Points] (AN: I've changed Gas Fee to Processing Fee.)

[Should I proceed with the deduction: Yes | No]

Just as Su Yen was communicating with the system, the ground beneath him trembled ominously.

With a thunderous roar, it cracked open suddenly.

From the gaping chasm, a colossal and powerful mermaid erupted, her majestic form emerging with an awe-inspiring presence.

Her sapphire-scaled tail whipped gracefully behind her, shimmering in the dim light of the underground cavern.

Her iridescent turquoise hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall, glistening as if woven from threads of liquid silk.

In her hands, she wielded a trident with an air of regal authority.

The trident's prongs gleamed with an otherworldly radiance, casting an eerie, azure glow across the cavern.

The mermaid's emerald eyes blazed with an intensity that could rival the sea itself.

As for Su Yen, he was sent flying by the aftershock from the sudden attack and hit the cave wall. But quickly, he got on his feet and looked at the mermaid with a deep frown on his face.

Looking at Su Yen, the mermaid's eyes blazed with powerful intensity, as if wanting to swallow him alive.

"How dare you soil the ancestral ground with your filthy self?" She shouted, and the cave pulsated with her voice.

"Previously, I wanted to study you and use you as my pet. But now, your death is irredeemable." She said majestically.

With a swift, fluid motion, she raised her trident high above her head, channeling the power of the depths into the weapon.

The very water in the cave seemed to respond to her call from the crack, swirling and surging around her as if paying homage to a queen of the seas.

"Die!"

Her hysterical voice reverberated through the cave, shaking it vehemently, while the powerful torrent of water attack rushed toward Su Yen at breathtaking speed.

As for Su Yen, he was lost in thought for a moment.

'So, the queen of this underwater world is a Foundation Building realm expert…' He mused with a knowing look before his expression turned solemn.

"One step, mortal walk." He mumbled.

Whoosh!

Just as he disappeared from his position with dazzling speed, leaving a gust of wind behind.

The powerful torrential water attack crashed into the cave wall.

Boom!

The cave shook with great intensity as if it was going to collapse, but only for it to stop abruptly.

As for the area where the water strike hit, it didn't have any scratch at all. It was the same as before.

Meanwhile, when the mermaid detected Su Yen avoided her attack, she was furious and widened her eyes, searching for him as she couldn't wait to destroy him to pieces.

"Starlight Blossom Slash – Second Form" Su Yen's voice came from behind her.

Instantly, scenes of blinding starlight filled the cave with deadly sharpness that sent shivers down the spine of the mermaid queen.

However, as a Foundation Building realm expert, she recovered quickly and sneered.

"Too weak…" She ridiculed and swung her trident in an arc.

Immediately, a wall of water appeared before her, shielding her from the attack.

"Illusory Tortoise Tears" She commanded from the water wall.

The trident in her hand danced strangely, and the body of water in the cave formed sharp small tears and flew toward Su Yen at stunning speed.

'Shit!'

Su Yen cried when he saw the thousands of sharp tears covering all his escape path.

However, he wasn't at the end of the rope yet, and he muttered.

"Two-step mortal walk."

Using the two-step mortal walk, Su Yen's speed rose to another level entirely.

Even though, the tortoise tears were extremely fast, compared to Su Yen's new speed.

They were slow.

Every step from Su Yen left tens of afterimages behind, trailing after him.

The two-step mortal had various variations that allowed him to control how he moves.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Su Yen danced back and forth amid the Illusory Tortoise Tears as if he was not under a deadly attack.

If any of the tears hit his body, he would be greatly injured, and yet, none came close to his body.

Just as Su Yen danced his way out of the tears' attack and prepared to attack.

A massive fishtail appeared above his head; he was astounded for a moment with a strange thought appearing in his mind.

'Fuck! She can use her tail to attack.'

With that thought, the massive tail slammed powerfully into his body, sending him flying.

Bang!

He crashed into the cave wall and puked out a mouthful of blood, his pristine white cloth dyed red.

"Human, prepare for your death." He heard the mermaid's condescending voice and clicked his tongue.

"Little fish, not yet." He responded and struggled to stand up before using his movement skill quickly.

Bang!

The mermaid's powerful tail struck his previous spot, sending shockwaves everywhere.

"How dare you call me a fish!" The mermaid shouted.

Surrounded

  by water, she stared coldly at Su Yen in the distance, with her chest rising and falling.

She gripped her trident tightly, with slight veins protruding from her head.

"It's time to end this end…" She said with gnashed teeth.

"Nightmare sea tide." She shouted and waved her weapon.

The bright blue seawater turned dark immediately and rose to the roof of the cave, creating a strong tide followed by a strong wind.

Whoosh!

The dark sea tide irrupted, rushing toward Su Yen with malevolent energy that seemed to corrupt the very air itself.

Meanwhile, Su Yen looked at the powerful nightmare sea tide without any expression on his face.

'It's time to use the big guns.' He thought and waved his hand.

Immediately, a bronze armor appeared in his hand, and he put it on quickly.

With the Bronze Metal on his body, Su Yen's aura rose to another level, and the surrounding air vibrated rigorously.

He took a step forward and leaned to the right and said slowly.

"Starlight Blossom Slash – Third Form."

At once, the eerie atmosphere was brightened up with the sudden appearance of three deadly starlights.

The sharp, three deadly starlights traveled at jaw-dropping speed toward the incoming nightmare tide with a powerful momentum that shocked the mermaid.

Whoosh!

The three starlight attacks cleaved the nightmare tide into three and continued on their path.

Seeing this, the mermaid widened her eyes, and her jaw dropped slightly.

'How can this happen?!' She exclaimed in her heart.

Even though she was shocked, she recovered quickly and tried to defend herself with her weapon.

Bang!

The three starlight powers slammed into her body, sending the trident flying, while two of the starlights dissected her body into cleanly equal parts.

Ah!

She cried in agony as she hurtled through the air, crashing into the wall with a blue mouth of blood gushing out of her mouth.

Her waist that connected to her tail was also severed, leaving innards and blood to gush out continuously.

As for the mermaid, she was still in shock from the defeat by a human weaker than her.

She opened her mouth to speak, only for blood to gush out. She looked at the incoming human with unwillingness, but everything around began to descend into darkness.

Arriving in front of the mermaid, Su Yen breathed a sigh of relief when he discovered she was finally dead.