When the whole world was advising Wen Shi to go to bed, his casual expression suddenly became serious. In an instant, his whole body tensed up and he looked alertly somewhere in front of him.
Is it an illusion?
He seemed to have just heard the sound of a leopard.
The strange thing is that this sound was not heard from the ears, but more like an explosion from deep within the mind.
The teachers' dormitory was still quite a distance away, and the growl of Yaerlin's spirit form couldn't have reached them from such a distance. However, due to their summoning relationship, Yaerlin and Wen Shijian always had a tenuous spiritual connection, and Wen Shijian could occasionally sense the spirit form's movements.
Jian Qingrong: "It could be the noise that erupted during a battle."
Wen Shi nodded.
The already humid air on campus is now so dense that inhaling it into the nasal cavity will cause breathing obstruction.
The temperature around him dropped rapidly. Even though he was not at the scene, he could imagine how fierce the battle on the other side was.
Wen Shi: "Brother said that the exhibition hall was handed over to him, so this is what he meant."
Forcing the Mermaid King to awaken early, if the Mermaid King chooses to devour Teacher Ruan to enhance his strength, they can close the net early. NPC, Yaerlin's assistance does not constitute the suspicion of excessively relying on the power of others to pass the level.
"Things should go more smoothly than expected."
There are some hidden boosters available.
For example, although the fat man dreams of his death so that he can inherit the inheritance, the mermaid camp needs to complete the goal of getting rid of the principal, and the overall direction is consistent with theirs.
Wen Shi prayed to the moon: "I hope Teacher Ruan can do better."
At least for now, quickly devour the Mermaid King.
Because of doubts about the quality of the game, Wen Shi relaxed for a moment, and suddenly tried to call up the game in his mind again.
"Assuming that Mr. Ruan succeeds in devouring it, you won't classify Mr. Ruan as the new Mermaid King?"
After a while, when Wen Shidu gave up waiting for a response, a cold voice sounded: "Player 460872."
"Um?"
"Games don't nest dolls."
"...oh."
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While Wen Shi and Youxi were criticizing each other's character, other people were evacuating the faculty dormitory.
The college teacher who had been obsessed with finding real mermaid flesh to eat for half his life felt an endless chill the moment three mermaids appeared at the same time.
I want to die, I want to die, I want to die.
With the same thought replaying in his head, one of them stumbled downstairs: "Principal, go find the principal!"
The principal is their reassurance.
However, these people don't know that the principal is not trustworthy.
The principal is a typical smiling tiger with a cold and untrustworthy character.
Among the school's senior management, apart from Lily, who would stop at nothing to eat human flesh and occasionally had a fleeting affair with him, only Teacher Qi, whose family had taught at Mingzhu Academy for generations, commanded some degree of trust. The principal treated everyone else equally, secretly wary of them. Recently, due to the "night attack" on Teacher Ruan, the principal had been reluctantly willing to give him some tasks.
This vigilance is effective. A few years ago, the principal successfully captured a real mermaid in private and used the mermaid meat to further win over the top leaders.
Unfortunately, he was too stingy. Consuming a large amount of fully cooked mermaid meat can effectively enhance physical strength. If the principal was more generous, he could have formulated emergency countermeasures. Even without him, the faculty and staff could have barely coped with the mermaids for a while.
Someone looked back while running and was surprised to find that these mermaids were not rushing towards them first, but two were besieging one.
He couldn't help but slow down his pace and rubbed his eyes, only to find that among the two mermaids, one of them had almost only its head left, and the rest of its body was made entirely of condensed water mist.
In mid-air, the two fighting sides did not have the kind of life-and-death hatred. One had a blank expression, and the other was in complete disbelief.
"Why did you betray me?" During the fight, the mermaid who was previously injured by Wen Shi's sword skills asked angrily.
He was seriously injured and was no match for Teacher Ruan. After a few strikes, many more cuts appeared on his body.
At the moment of close attack, Teacher Ruan finally replied coldly: "I was never the first to betray."
In fact, the mermaid had already made a rough guess since seeing Teacher Ruan covered in blood. The loyal nature of it made it try hard to persuade him to put the overall situation first when it felt a little sad. Everything was for the purpose of welcoming the king's return.
Fortunately, Wen Shi was not present, otherwise he would definitely be surprised by the thinking of true believers. Compared with the Usa Empire and the mermaids, they suddenly had the brilliance of humanity.
The mighty leopard stood not too far away, and whenever the mermaid king wanted to save the situation, it would use its mental power to interfere.
The power of the spiritual body alone cannot defeat the Mermaid King, but the Leopard is more flexible and has a first-class ability to create trouble and block positions.
Mermaids' attack methods have always been cruel and direct. Teacher Ruan accurately seized the time period when the Mermaid King was disturbed and attacked his former companion severely, severely injuring the bloodstained tail scales of the mermaid, and countless sharp hairs were stuck in his flesh and blood, causing it to be turbulent.
The seriously injured mermaid stared at him intently and said weakly: "Then let the king devour me, and you two work together to deal with the people from the academy."
All the tendons in the mermaid's tail were severed. Teacher Ruan shook his head: "Not enough."
It is too weak, and swallowing it won't have much effect.
Not far away, the leopard's amber eyes were filled with mockery. It had long understood that betrayal required a reason to be more thorough.
Under normal circumstances, when Mr. Ruan saw his seriously injured companions, he would choose to understand the Mermaid King's decision to devour him. Now he has been able to abandon his mermaid nature and stand in the victim's position with peace of mind. Even Yarlin's previous fabrication that the principal could sense the Mermaid King's followers through their hearts was used as an excuse.
Even if the king falls, he can still lead the mermaid clan to prosperity.
Ignoring his companions who were no longer able to float in the air, Teacher Ruan looked at the Mermaid King.
The Mermaid King had a gloomy look on his face. After the previous few rounds, he probably had some understanding of the Leopard's auxiliary role of controlling the field but not leaving the field.
After a moment's stalemate, its expression became calm and peaceful, and a layer of light ice-blue scales appeared on its pale face, as thin as a cicada's wing, covering it and looking no different from skin at first glance.
As its mouth opened and closed, a mournful wailing sounded.
The most rare and unique talent of the Mermaid King is that he can sing as long as he has a tongue. After the zombies obtained the heart, they also inherited this ability to make living creatures feel weak all over.
Real singing is far more powerful than the [sound of nature].
The notes flowed around in a contradictory state of slowness and speed. The exhausted faculty and staff stopped unconsciously, having the illusion of a broken heart.
Teacher Ruan was unable to suppress the other party through singing, and gradually thought of the dark years when the sea water was polluted. Even though the leopard had a strong ability to resist interference, it was dazed for a moment.
The opportunity for the Mermaid King has finally arrived.
It rushed towards Teacher Ruan at an unprecedented speed. After the spirit body came to its senses, it also caught up at an amazing speed.
The distance between the two sides was very close, but the Mermaid King was not anxious. He had previously estimated the leopard's maximum speed, and in the end there would be about a three-second time difference.
These three seconds are enough for it to completely root all the hairs in the heart of its hand and absorb them.
——What a waste.
The Mermaid King thought with hatred.
If it had not encountered this strange leopard that suddenly appeared, it would have slowly decomposed all the flesh and blood in the form of a silkworm pupa.
Now we have to settle for the second best option. This method of only absorbing the heart will greatly reduce the final swallowing effect.
The hair first made smooth contact with the body and embedded itself into the flesh. The severe pain brought Teacher Ruan back to his senses and he quickly retreated.
The most ineffective method of resistance was only enough to last for a blink of an eye. Teacher Ruan could clearly feel that the tip of his hair had touched his heart. At the moment when the scythe of death was about to be swung towards him completely, for some reason, the Mermaid King's attention was suddenly distracted for a moment.
When he was about to do something, he was kicked several meters away by Xukong.
This time it was Yarlin himself who appeared, and he was also an expert tightrope walker.
The power of the spiritual body is weaker than the original body. The spiritual body is doing the work throughout the process, which means that the younger brother has less power to borrow.
Unfortunately, plans cannot keep up with changes, and in the end I still have to give him a kick.
The kick came without warning, and while the Mermaid King was stunned, Teacher Ruan's throat moved slightly, not for singing, but an ice cone spit out from his mouth and shot towards the Mermaid King rapidly.
Not long ago, Wen Shi had his heart pierced by this thing. The moment the Mermaid King dodged sideways, he was blocked for a moment by an invisible mental barrier.
In less than a breath, the icicle pierced its mouth.
Teacher Ruan did not rush to approach the Mermaid King, but looked at Yarlin, wondering why he helped.
This was the first time Mr. Ruan had seen Yaerlin's face clearly. When the leopard appeared, judging by the sound, he had thought they were the same person, but it turned out they were not. He had seen this face before in class, but when he thought about it carefully, he only remembered the student with black-framed glasses.
Yarlin interrupted his thoughts rudely: "Just think of this as a bad game. If I really want to kill you, you will all die."
Neither Mr. Ruan nor the Mermaid King questioned this statement.
In fact, they should question it.
Yaerlin's power, like Xie Tangyan's, was weakened by the game in the dungeon. He could only barely fight against the Mermaid King in a head-on battle with the help of his spirit body.
Several consecutive times of absolute suppression left Teacher Ruan with the impression that Yaerlin was strong and fierce. In fact, due to the sensitive environment of the dormitory building and the fear that the mermaid's identity would be exposed, he never fought back with all his strength.
The Mermaid King simply made a wrong estimate of the fighting power because he saw the leopard running towards Yarlin when he appeared.
There were so many strange things happening today that the principal hadn't arrived yet. Teacher Ruan smiled bitterly. It seemed as if everything was pushing him to devour Wang.
"The longer the night, the more dreams you have." Yaerlin glanced at the Merman King, whose mouth was bleeding madly, and said jokingly, "Just like this idiot, he just killed the fish and then killed it. Why would he bother with that?"
If it weren't for that half-second distraction, Yaerlin might not have been able to prevent Teacher Ruan from being pierced through the heart.
Being used as a negative example, the Mermaid King subconsciously looked in one direction.
Yarlin glanced over and saw a huge mirror on the windowsill in the direction of the dormitory that the mermaid king was facing.
The mirror kept showing: [6666…]
Yaerlin: "…"
The general was away from home, but he did not forget the king's orders. The purpose of Song Yan's trip was to make Teacher Ruan retaliate against the Mermaid King.
So when the Mermaid King was about to kill Teacher Ruan, he tried his best to delay the process.
The game store has props that can enlarge or shrink items, and their total weight remains unchanged after use. Song Yan now meets the criteria for being classified as non-living. He then purchased a levitation state within three meters of the ground and floated to the window.
If the game were to select a list of its top ten most popular customers, Song Yan would definitely be on the list. He would be the only one who had bought the worthless second-hand goods piled up in the corners.
The [Philosophical Mirror], which came with an irresistible buff, successfully disturbed the Mermaid King's will and made him take a second look.
Just one more look!
The tongue and heart are always the mermaid's weaknesses.
The mermaid king, of which only his head was left, began to weaken after his mouth was pierced. Teacher Ruan walked up to the mermaid king who was once unattainable, and without leaving any room for him, he began to devour him cruelly.
"Wang," Teacher Ruan closed his eyes and said softly, "Goodbye forever."
He was never able to fully face the fact that he had devoured his master. He slightly tilted his head to the side, trying to separate himself from this cruel scene. When he opened his eyes again, the mirror in the distance was inexplicably reflecting light.
[6666...]
Yaer Linchong snapped his fingers at his spirit body, and the leopard took advantage of several footholds in the dark and easily climbed up to Teacher Ruan's room and took away the mirror that kept shouting "six".
"well done."
Although Song Yan didn't say a word, at this moment Yaerlin felt that the world was quiet.
He looked at the mirror, and for the first time, he realized its peculiarities. The mirror's forced interference far exceeded Yarlin's initial assessment, especially when it forced the screen to refresh, creating a kind of mental pollution effect.
At this point, Mr. Ruan clearly understood that he had been completely tricked. He uttered two words in a slightly gloomy tone: "Aaron."
It was ridiculous that he was toyed with by a small grasshopper that could be crushed to death with bare hands.
Not only did the other party get the identity of class representative by cheating at the dinner party, but after he left the library, rumors about King Asa spread, and even the gift of the mirror was a conspiracy.
Aaron, Asa... He faintly sensed a connection between these two names, and the unprecedented anger made Teacher Ruan unconsciously increase the speed of swallowing.
The anger brought a new round of severe pain. The mermaid king, who had lost his tongue, found it extremely difficult to curse. Only vague sounds could be heard, and soon even the faint and shrill screams were hidden between his hair.
"Watching a show, having bad taste, or having ulterior motives? It doesn't matter at all," Teacher Ruan said, unable to conceal the anger in her misty blue eyes. "But first, I have to personally finish off one of the students in the academy."
The matter of devouring the other parts of the Mermaid King's body could be put aside for the time being. He had to kill that damned liar first. Before that, Teacher Ruan didn't want to be disturbed and pushed to do other things.
"Is the person you want to end called Aaron?"
Yaerlin and Wen Shi had basically no interaction in daily life. At most, they sat next to each other once during class. Apart from their teammates, no one else knew about their relationship.
Teacher Ruan just thought that the two words he had read out subconsciously before allowed the other party to get the answer.
The Merman King across from him was left with only half his head. After absorbing the abundant blood and energy, his skin became smoother than ever, and the previous wounds healed rapidly. Aside from a third of his blood-stained hair embedded in his skull, his once lake-blue hair had transitioned to a more translucent icy blue, remaining incredibly lustrous.
After just a few breaths, Mr. Ruan's hyoid bone began to evolve. Temporarily unable to speak, he looked at Yarlin and accepted the answer.
Thinking that Aaron might have created an Asa right under his nose, Teacher Ruan felt a chill running down his spine.
"I'm afraid that won't work."
With murderous eyes, Yaerlin smiled and repeated his answer, saying earnestly and provocatively, "I, Yaerlin, am Aaron's brother."
Aaron, Asa, and Arlim.
They are a family.
…
"A-choo."
Wen Shi was walking on the street at night when he suddenly sneezed. He wrapped his clothes tighter and attributed it to the drop in temperature on campus.
"I wonder what the situation is like over there? What is my brother doing?"
It was a good thing that Ji Yuanzhi didn't directly participate in the battle. Even if Yarlin used a knife to kill someone, he would inevitably be involved in the fight. It was very difficult to force such a strong person to play auxiliary.
The next moment, Yugi's cold voice came uninvited—
"He's nesting dolls."