After speaking, Jia Lan took Shen Tang and gracefully leaped into the river.
The rushing, icy river water surged over them instantly. Shen Tang was so nervous, she instinctively wrapped her arms tightly around Jia Lan's waist, pressing her head against his chest, fearful of inadvertently slipping off.
Jia Lan's body stiffened momentarily, then he wrapped his arm around her waist and swam downstream along the rapid currents.
Even in human form, the Mermaid was incredibly fast in the water, far beyond what an ordinary Beastman could achieve.
In just half an hour, they had covered nearly a hundred kilometers.
Shen Tang, being terrified of water, couldn't muster the courage to open her eyes, clinging desperately to Jia Lan instead.
Who knew how much time had passed.
Shen Tang began to hear the sound of waves, the cries of seabirds, and caught the scent of the sea breeze.
The young man's voice, mellifluous and pleasing, seemed even clearer through the ocean's embrace,
