Chapter 332 - 324: Their Target Is the Children

Chapter 332: Chapter 324: Their Target Is the Children

Meanwhile.

The Undersea Palace was in utter chaos.

Huang Ziyue, Bai Chaosi, and the others suppressed their worry and heartache for Shen Yue, following her instructions to begin organizing the evacuation of the Sea Clan people.

The Mermaid King and Queen were also personally overseeing the situation, issuing royal decrees.

But how could the Sea Clan people, who had inhabited this sea area for generations, be willing to easily leave the home they depended on for survival?

"Your Majesty, we won’t leave! This is our home. If we leave, where can we go?"

"That’s right! This is just alarmist talk. The Black Sea reviving? A divine oracle? That’s all just legend!"

"Exactly! The Black Sea is so far from us. How could it possibly affect this place? We’re not leaving!"

"This is our sea area, our territory! How can we let some four-legged Beast Clan from the land tell us what to do?"

Rumors and suspicion spread throughout the royal family and the Sea Clan population.

The leaders of some sea area tribes even brought their people to vent their dissatisfaction!

People from every tribe gathered in the Royal Palace square, their fishtails slapping the water. The crowd was furious, and no one was willing to evacuate.

An old Merfolk gripped his children’s and grandchildren’s hands, his eyes full of defiance.

"It must be a rumor! Stop trying to scare us! We won’t be driven away!"

Young Sea Clan warriors gripped their weapons, vowing to fight the Black Sea crisis to the end. An air of stubbornness filled the entire square.

"This sea area is our home! We will die in battle before we run away..."

The Mermaid King looked at his agitated people, his brow furrowed deeply. His voice was grave and stern:

"This is no rumor! And do not misunderstand the Emperor’s Master and the others. On the contrary, they are risking their lives to fight for a chance of survival for us."

"The Black Sea is about to spread. If you don’t leave, you are walking to your death!"

Seeing this, Mu Silin stepped forward, his deep voice carrying an unquestionable firmness.

He said placatingly, "Although we are from the Land Beast Clan, we are all Beast World People. The Sea Clan is in trouble; how could we stand by and not help?"

"Right now, we have already found a safe sea area in the Deep Sea for a temporary evacuation. Once the Black Sea crisis is resolved, you will surely return to your homes."

"Evacuation is the only way to protect your wives, children, and elders. If you don’t leave, once the Black Sea spreads to your living waters, it will be too late!"

As he spoke, Bai Chaosi, Ye Siqi, and Gu Fangqi dispersed into the crowd.

They maintained order while earnestly trying to persuade the people, appealing to both reason and emotion.

Yun Lie Ting’s heart was full of guilt for Shen Yue. At this moment, he gave his all to inform the crowd of the dangers of the Black Sea and the Devouring God Flower.

Looking at these naive yet stubborn Sea Clan people, he wished he could bear all of this for Shen Yue.

But when Mu Silin finished speaking, the people below looked on with astonishment and disbelief.

"The Land Beast Clan would be this kind?"

"Yeah, they used to steal food from our Sea Clan. They’re going to be this kind-hearted now?"

"But is this thing about the Black Sea even real? A few days ago, I heard someone from the mussel Clan say that a few of their people went out on a sea hunt, accidentally got too close to the Black Sea, and never came back!"

"Haven’t we heard plenty of stories about the Black Sea ’eating’ people over the years? Who knows if they’re true or not? But what if they are?"

"How is that possible? Isn’t the Black Sea just a legend?"

The Mermaid King looked at his people, who refused to leave and remained skeptical. His turquoise eyes filled with deep sorrow as he raised his voice:

"The matter of the Black Sea is real. It has never been a rumor, but something genuinely happening right beside us."

As soon as he said this, the crowd was instantly shocked and panicked.

The Mermaid King had said it himself...

"I, your King, swear on the name of the Sea Clan Royal Family that I will protect every one of my people! When the crisis is over, I will bring you all back! From this moment on, evacuate in an orderly fashion! There must be no delay!"

The Mermaid Queen’s eyes were also rimmed with red. She persuaded them with a gentle voice:

"Our children still need to grow up in peace. We cannot gamble with our lives. General Mu and the lords from the land have come here to help us. Please, listen to us. Evacuation is the only way out."

...

「For two whole days.」

Huang Ziyue’s group of six worked without rest, persuading and coordinating with the Mermaid King and Queen.

They hadn’t even taken a sip of water. Their eyes were bloodshot, and their voices were so hoarse they could barely speak.

Finally, the Sea Clan people were convinced. Afraid of death, they tearfully packed their belongings, supported their elders, and carried their young, embarking on the path of evacuation.

The long evacuation procession snaked through the undersea passages.

The sound of water displaced by swinging fishtails, the cries of children, and the sighs of the elderly intertwined, filling the air with the sorrow of parting.

Huang Ziyue’s group of six stood guard at the head and tail of the procession, constantly vigilant for any movement in their surroundings, terrified of the slightest mishap.

But, as fate would have it, their worst fears were realized.

As the procession reached an undersea canyon, the surrounding water suddenly turned cold and sinister.

Countless figures clad in black darted out from behind the reefs, their bodies emanating a terrifying spiritual power. It was a power that Huang Ziyue and the others knew all too well...

It was the same black-clothed people who had caused trouble time and again!

"Kill them! Leave no one alive!"

The leading black-clothed man ordered harshly.

Innumerable terrifying attacks swept toward the Sea Clan procession, instantly shattering their evacuation formation.

"Protect the people! Guard the children!"

Ye Lüqi’s eyes were splitting with rage as he immediately channeled his power and charged forward.

Bai Chaosi, Mu Silin, and the others also attacked swiftly, tangling with the black-clothed people in a fierce struggle.

But the black-clothed people were numerous, and every one of them was at the same level of spiritual power as the ones they had faced before...

Moreover, they were ruthless, specifically targeting the old, the weak, women, and children. The scene instantly descended into chaos.

In the midst of the chaos, several black shadows took advantage of an opening and lunged straight for the children.

The children, already pale with fright from the surprise attack, had no time to react.

They were snatched up by the black-clothed people, who then fled in different directions.

"Liu Bao!!"

Bai Chaosi was horrified and immediately tried to break away to give chase, but was hopelessly entangled by a black-clothed person.

Huang Ziyue cut down the enemy before him, watching the figures of the children as they were scattered and carried away.

The color instantly drained from his face.

Mu Silin watched as Er Bao was taken.

’No! Their target is the children.’

His heart felt as if it had been viciously squeezed.

He struck out with a palm, no longer caring about the Sea Clan people around him, and shot off in the direction the black-clothed person had disappeared.

At that moment, a chill ran through Ye Siqi, Gu Fangqi, and Yun Lie Ting’s bodies.

Ignoring their own fights, they immediately chased after the black-clothed people in the directions they had fled.

Night enveloped the Deep Sea. The black-clothed people’s tracks were mysterious and hard to follow. The men chased with all their might, but in the end, they still lost the trail.

Huang Ziyue stood in the cold seawater, his body radiating a terrifying, malevolent aura. His knuckles were white from clenching his fists, and his dark red eyes burned with a towering rage...

The black-clothed people had taken the children...

The six men stood by his side, all of them trembling.

In that moment, they felt as if their world had completely collapsed...

「Meanwhile, in the depths of the Black Sea.」

For two days, Shen Yue had been mechanically repeating the same actions.

Her fingertips touched one Devouring God Flower after another, completely unaware of the shocking events at the Royal Palace or the disappearance of the children...

She was utterly lost in an endless sea of death-memories, with no way back.

Her once clear and bright eyes were now just numb and hollow.

She had completely forgotten her reason for entering the Black Sea, forgotten that she was looking for Lan Cangyue, forgotten her mission to protect the Sea Clan and the children, and even forgotten her own name.

At this moment, she was nothing more than a machine controlled by the memories of death.

Her only movement was to mechanically raise her hand, moving between the floating corpses around her...

A green fluorescent light flared at her fingertips again and again, only to quickly dim. The despair, pain, and wails of countless creatures before their deaths poured ceaselessly into her Divine Sense, strangely intertwining with her Vitality Power.

Her steps were unsteady as she moved aimlessly through the sea of corpses. The pale golden Vitality Light Shield around her flickered, and her ears were filled with the shrieks of remnant souls and the cries of the dead...

Fragmented, tragic scenes flashed endlessly before her eyes. She felt no emotion, had no thoughts, merely repeating the motions of touching, absorbing, and sinking deeper.

She allowed her will to be devoured, bit by bit, by the boundless darkness, completely lost in this Purgatory of death.