Chapter 612: The Mermaid Sings
Chapter 612: The Mermaid Sings
The dragon prince, who was escaping by performing the Dragon Swimming Skill, had the keen five senses to detect the impending danger the moment the sword ball was shot out. His body shape kept changing, and he made several high-speed turns in succession. Even though he tried his best to change his shape, he was still unable to avoid it.
Just as the colorful light was about to hit him, he turned around and swung his arms to block, but it also missed.
The trajectory of the sword ball seemed to be irregular, and there was no trace of the broken line, so it was impossible to predict the landing point.
At the moment before being stabbed by the sword, the Dragon Prince was forced to use his innate defensive power. His skin turned into pieces of dragon scales, and he tried to withstand the attack with the scales.
The scales of a true dragon in the Mahayana realm are one of the strongest natural armor materials. The scales growing on the dragon's body have a defensive power that is no less than that of dragon scale armor. It stands to reason that a flying sword of a mere Nascent Soul cultivator would hardly cause even a scratch even if it hits the dragon scales.
The sword ball went around to a certain position on the back of the dragon prince's neck, and found a scale of slightly different color among the tens of thousands of scales on his body, and hit it accurately without deviation.
The dragon prince was stabbed in the back of the neck. His whole body froze, like a snake that was hit in the vital spot. He let out a sharp dragon roar and fell straight to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut. He rolled on the ground several times before stopping.
"My reverse scale, you actually broke it!"
Covering the back of his neck where dragon blood was flowing, the dragon prince was both angry and frightened, his voice changed tone: "The dragon's reverse scale, whoever touches it will die! I will never let you go!"
The mermaid policewoman chased after her on the waves, and the mermaid sword ball flew back to her by itself, slowly flying around her like a satellite.
The surrounding sword balls emitted a dazzling glow, making the pretty policewoman above the waves look like a goddess of the sea.
Facing Longzi who was threatening her angrily, the corners of her mouth slightly curled up, revealing a very subtle sneer.
"The reason why the dragon race is furious when the reverse scale is touched is because the fatal spot is just below the reverse scale. If it is hit, it will kill you."
Her voice was indifferent, stating a simple fact: "Your reverse scale has been broken. If you are hit by the sword again, your life will be in danger. This is my last warning. If you try to escape or resist and attack the police again, I have the right to shoot you."
As she spoke, she pointed to the police badge on her chest, which had a small camera on it. "The body camera has recorded my law enforcement process. Shooting you to death is legal and in compliance with law enforcement procedures. At most, you will be on administrative leave for a week. I advise you to say less threatening words that can be used as evidence against the police. Keep silent, stop resisting, and accept arrest."
At this point, her tone showed a rare hint of impatience: "I have been very restrained. If you still don't understand the situation, you really can't blame me."
"Gulu..."
An expression of fear appeared on the handsome face of the Dragon Prince. He swallowed a mouthful of ambergris to moisten his dry throat. The dragon brain gradually cooled down, and his sanity slowly returned.
"Don't, don't use your sword again, you must not touch the reverse scale..."
His voice was trembling: "You can't kill me. I surrender, right? If you kill me again, it will be against the law? I accept that... yes, arrest!"
The merman policewoman flashed a trace of regret, then gave the dragon prince a kind smile and said, "Of course, I am a professionally trained law enforcer. I am forced to use violence only to stop crime."
At this point, the riot ended. The policewoman stepped forward cautiously, took out a lock magic weapon, and slapped it on the dragon prince. The lock seemed to come alive, wrapped around the dragon's body and locked the dragon's spine.
The spiritual energy of the dragon clan locked by the locks dropped sharply, and they fell directly from the Mahayana realm to the Foundation Establishment realm. Their hands and feet were weak and they couldn't use any strength at all.
"Dragon Lock?" The prince couldn't help but blurt out: "How could you just take out such a rare magic weapon? Obviously only the Heavenly Court knows how to make the Dragon Lock!"
Kong Xuan, who was eating melons in the distance, glanced at Wen Rui. The latter did not hide it and said, "I smuggled it down from above, so what? The Tiangongjian that I am in charge of is responsible for making this kind of thing. We can have as many as you want." Kong Xuan questioned, "You teach the sword method that specifically breaks the reverse scales, and you also provide the Dragon Lock, a treasure that is used to imprison the dragon clan... Aren't you targeting the dragon clan too much by doing this?"
"How could that be? I have never eaten dragon liver."
Wen Rui looked innocent: "This is a world full of people competing for the worst. Compared with the Heavenly Court that eats dragons and the Western religion that treats dragons like animals, I am just balancing the differences between the dragon race and other races and teaching them to be humble. I am already very kind."
"I counted all the powerful beings, but I am the only one who treats them as ordinary beings. They are respected and treated equally by me. What's wrong with that?"
Seeing Kong Xuan's face full of disbelief, Wen Rui patiently continued to explain, "That sword technique was not created specifically to restrain the dragon race. It was just passed on to the mermaids by chance through the hands of my Lishan Immortal Sect's Aunt Li Mo as a self-defense technique against dragons."
In addition to teaching the "Ethereal and Uncertain Water Drop Sword Technique" to He Lingyun, Wen Rui also taught it to Li Moshen. This sword technique, combined with the mermaid clan's innate magical power, the Mermaid Pearl Sword Pill, has an outstanding effect.
The mermaid pearl is a gem made from the tears of a mermaid. It is shaped like a water drop and is an extremely precious marine treasure.
In addition to having an extremely beautiful and colorful luster, this gem is also an excellent carrier of spiritual energy, especially with gold sword energy and water magic power, it has a super high affinity.
Li Moshen refined her own natal mermaid pearl into a sword pill, which she usually held in her mouth to nourish the sword embryo. After long-term tempering, the quality of the sword pill was comparable to that of an immortal-grade flying sword.
The mermaids were once glorious in the ocean.
In the ocean farther to the west, it is said that the mermaids, rather than the dragons, established a marine empire and became the masters of the ocean.
Their talent is second only to the dragon clan, but because of this, they have suffered oppression and enslavement by the Eastern Dragon Clan for countless centuries. The maids and servants in various dragon palaces have always been the mermaids.
If we were to ask which race in the world hates dragons the most, it would undoubtedly be the mermaids.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Supreme Council of the Demon Alliance deliberately recruited mermaids to serve as law enforcers in cities all over the world. There is no doubt that they are targeting the dragon clan, especially some little dragon cubs who cannot recognize the situation.
After all, before the dragon clan joined the Demon Alliance, they had been the royal family of the ocean for too many years. All aquatic creatures have a natural fear of dragons, which has led to many dragon descendants running rampant and ignoring the newly enacted laws of the Demon Alliance.
The frequent illegal cases involving dragon sons and grandsons in cities all over the world have caused increasing dissatisfaction among the top leaders of the Demon Alliance, and have seriously violated the principle of equality of all beings followed by the Demon Alliance.
Equality of all beings is the basic consensus on which the Demon Alliance was established.
Perhaps some beings are more equal, but they must never be blatantly unequal.
This requires technical adjustments to certain groups who believe they can be unequal, or in other words, they need to be cut down a bit.
Li Moshen was also one of the directors of the Demon Alliance Council. She seized this precious opportunity appropriately and proposed at the council meeting that the mermaids should serve as law enforcers in all the cities in the four seas. She tricked the dragon clan and won a chance for the mermaids to turn things around.
Although this proposal was strongly opposed by the Four Dragon Kings, at the hearing Li Moshen recounted the past oppression of the mermaids, clarified the differences between the mermaids and ordinary sea people, and made it clear that after the mermaids became law enforcers, they would never favor the dragon clan.
After a vote by the board of directors, it was passed with a large majority.
From then on, the mermaids sang and the dragons began to have natural enemies in the sea, so they had to keep a low profile and live like dragons.
(End of this chapter)