Sea World of Beasts: The Sinful Mermaid - She's a Heartthrob

Chapter 73: Another advancement?

A flash of white light suddenly appeared in the black world, and Chao Sheng opened her eyes uncomfortably.

A huge burst of bluish-white light erupted from the left, and the surrounding seawater swirled like a whirlpool. Bai Ni's painful moans could be faintly heard.

"Bai Ni! Bai Ni!"

Chao Sheng called out anxiously, but Bai Ni seemed to be completely isolated from them, unable to hear the sounds outside, and naturally unable to respond to Chao Sheng.

"What's wrong with him?!" Chao Sheng looked at Yin Xu for help, her face full of anxiety. "Yin Xu, do you know what's wrong with him?"

Yin Xu stared intently at the enormous white light, her eyes deep and unfathomable, and said with a hint of uncertainty, "He... might be about to advance to the next level."

"Advanced?" Chao Sheng said incredulously, "How could it be so fast? Wasn't he only advanced to the sixth rank?"

"How come you're advancing to the next level so quickly?"

Chao Sheng's concern clouded her judgment, while Yin Xu, as a male beastman with special abilities, saw things more clearly from an outsider's perspective. "Perhaps..."

"He's been sleeping so much these days not because he needs to recover from the poisoning."

"And they are accumulating strength to advance to the next level."

“But…” Chao Sheng looked worriedly in Bai Ni’s direction. Was it because of the cattail grass? Did it have such a big impact on Bai Ni?
"But won't advancing so quickly have any negative impact on Bai Ni?"

The bluish-green light swirled with the seawater, becoming increasingly dazzling.

Chao Sheng blinked uncomfortably, her heart filled with growing worry.

"I'm not too sure either, I've never reached the seventh rank."

Yin Xu's words were tinged with melancholy, but he still had a general idea.

It should be related to the cattail grass. Perhaps before this, Bai Ni was already close to advancing to the next level.

After the cattail grass forcibly raised Bai Ni's special ability to the sixth level, there was still some energy left that had not been used up, so it accumulated in Bai Ni's body, waiting for the next level up.

After a long time, the bluish-white light grew smaller and fainter, as if it were about to return to Bai Ni's body.

"what!"

Chao Sheng suddenly let out a soft moan, and Yin Xu asked worriedly, "Sheng Sheng, what's wrong?"

Chao Sheng raised her fingertips, and a wisp of bluish-white wind stirred the seawater in front of her. Her dark purple eyes stared blankly, "Bai Ni... has really advanced."

She felt it.

Her wind-based superpowers also increased by half a level.

"Wow!"

"Sheng Sheng, I've advanced!"

The blinding light completely disappeared, and Bai Ni successfully advanced to the seventh rank.

His handsome, pale face was filled with joy as he eagerly stepped forward and hugged Chao Sheng tightly: "Sheng Sheng, I've advanced!"

"I'm a seventh-tier orc now!"

"Haha, that's great!" Chao Sheng smiled at Bai Ni, a hint of worry in her eyes. "Bai Ni, are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

Bai Ni obediently felt it for a moment, then pulled up the corners of his mouth, revealing his playful tiger teeth, and grinned widely, "No!"

"I feel full of energy now, and I'm not as sleepy as before."

Chao Sheng silently extended a wisp of witch power, circulating it through Bai Ni's body. After confirming that there were no problems, she revealed a genuine smile, "That's good."

"Let's go eat grilled fish today, it's been so long since we've had fish."

"Whatever you want to eat, as much as you want, I'll give it to you!"

"Really?"

……

Yinxu sat quietly on the shore, seemingly unusually silent today.

His gaze was clouded as he looked at the boundless ocean before him. Unconsciously, he stretched out his fingertip, and a green vine sprouted. The vine burrowed into the cold seawater, growing wildly in the ocean, as if exploring its own limits.

The fish and shrimp swimming beneath the sea surface watched in horror as this strange, thin vine continued to grow forward, and they quickly swam away.

A sea monster-man who happened to pass by exclaimed, "Sea God! The vines have mutated!"

"Run! There's a monster!"

Chao Sheng felt like a fire starter, cleaning all the fish and arranging them on the icy stone floor.

A bright yellow fire blazed up, and the fish crackled and popped as it burned, releasing a mouthwatering aroma.

The heat made Chao Sheng's face flush red. She stared motionlessly at the pile of fish in front of her. Once one side was almost cooked, she would use her supernatural ability to flip them over.

Bai Ni sat down beside her with his legs bent, like a well-behaved child, looking expectantly at the fragrant grilled fish. "Sheng Sheng, how much longer until it's ready?"

"I really want to eat it!"

"It doesn't need to be fully cooked, I think it's ready to eat now."

Sheng Sheng said that the fish is cooked when it becomes neither slippery nor sticky and its texture completely changes.

Bai Ni stretched his neck, rubbed his flat stomach, swallowed his saliva, looked left and right, and thought about which one to eat first.
Chao Sheng paused for a moment, and then a hint of agreement flashed in his eyes.

Yes, it's an orca, which naturally eats raw food.

He can eat it even if it's not fully cooked.

Thinking of this, Chao Sheng decisively stopped the fire. The blazing flames instantly disappeared from the icy stone ground, leaving behind rows of grilled fish that were about 70% cooked.

"Wow!"

Bai Ni couldn't wait to grab the fish he had his eye on earlier, the biggest and fattest one. "Sheng Sheng, you... Ouch!"

The fish, fresh from the fire, scalded Bai Ni's long, slender fingers, turning them bright red instantly. He looked at Chao Sheng with a pitiful expression, wincing in pain, "Sheng Sheng, it hurts!"

Chao Sheng: "..."

"Come with me!"

Chao Sheng placed Bai Ni's even redder fingers into the cold seawater, and a wisp of purple witch power quietly emerged, enveloping the fingers that had turned completely red.

"Huh?! I think I don't feel any pain anymore."

Bai Ni curiously swam in the seawater and indeed the pain was gone.

Then he tried to take his finger out, and hey?! It didn't hurt at all.

"Sheng Sheng!" He excitedly hugged Chao Sheng, rubbing his big black head against her sensitive neck, and pouting uncontrollably, "You're so amazing!"

"Alright, let's go eat the fish."

Chao Sheng gently pushed Bai Ni away, a hint of helplessness flashing in her eyes.

After all that fuss, the grilled fish cooled down quickly on the ice and stones.

However, Bai Ni didn't care and wolfed down his food, squinting his round black eyes in enjoyment.

Chao Sheng gathered up the grilled fish and walked towards Yin Xu.

"Give."

Her fair hands were covered in greasy grease as several large grilled fish were handed to her.

The vine growing from Yinxu's fingertips paused, and taking advantage of Chaosheng's inattention, she quickly snapped it off and threw it into the sea.

"I'm not hungry yet."

"Huh?" Chao Sheng blinked in confusion, seemingly unable to believe what she had just heard. "But you haven't eaten anything all day, have you?"

"Besides, you caught all these fish, which took a lot of energy. How could you not be hungry?"

"I..." Yinxu couldn't describe how she felt. She lowered her head sullenly, not daring to look at Chaosheng. "I ate while hunting, so I'm not hungry."

(End of this chapter)