Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

As she spoke, she looked at Mela again: "If you don't want to see your temple destroyed before your own eyes, then don't worry about such trivial matters as a few projection spaces. As the owner of the ancestral bloodline, can't you sense that something unusual is happening in the Sea God Temple?"

Meera was stunned.

She could indeed sense that something was amiss with the Temple of Poseidon, so she called in so many reinforcements from the sea tribe. Those outside were all - in the beginning, they were not here to deal with Elsa, but to check out any unusual movements in the Temple of Poseidon.

"Yes, Poseidon Temple..."

She lowered her head, but suddenly started crying again, which Elsa and Adele couldn't understand.

"But, Randall...I did this for Randall..."

Mela no longer has much affection for the sea people. She is willing to risk her life to protect the sea people and the temple, but it is actually just because she thinks Randall will do the same. All this should belong to Randall.

Adele retracted her mind reading ability, and Elsa sighed.

"She's a pretty good girl. She grew up in that kind of experience, but she's so naive that she's a little silly."

No, it should be said that these mermen seem to be a bit stubborn - the previous Kadcalus and other merman warriors also had similar symptoms. Perhaps, the mermen who have been isolated from the land for a long time may have degenerated in some aspects of their mentality.

Elsa decided to ignore her and went straight to the depths of the temple under Adele's guidance. As she went deeper, the projection space of the temple collapsed inch by inch.

She didn't have time to comfort Mela here slowly, she had to find Tricia and Becky as soon as possible.

Mela looked at Elsa's back with tears in her eyes, biting her lips hard but trying not to cry out. She sniffed and finally chose to follow her, but she was trying hard to hold back her tears all the way, but she was still stubborn.

Finally, it was time for Elsa and Tricia to meet.

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540. Adele's Sharp Comments (4K2)

"I'm quite surprised that you can speak human language."

Tricia couldn't help but look at Meera and said, her lips didn't move, but the sound was reproduced through magic.

Sea creatures rarely want to communicate with the outside world, and mermaids like Mela who actively learn human language are rare.

Mela swung her tail awkwardly. She was feeling very down, but facing this seemingly powerful woman, she still responded subconsciously: "I was originally planning to leave here, so I learned a few languages ​​​​of other races..."

"You are different from your people."

Tricia pursed her lips and smiled, but Mela obviously didn't understand what she meant.

Tricia didn't explain either. She exchanged information with Elsa and occasionally asked Mela a few questions. Soon, the whole picture of the matter emerged after they confirmed each other's information.

"Sure enough, this matter is not that simple."

Tricia said as she thought about it.

"I can't guess who the woman who captured Meera is, but if you're talking about powerful male illusionists, they're rare. Besides the old guys I know, I'm afraid the Silver Demons of the Demon Clan fit the description best."

"Silver Demon Clan?"

Elsa frowned slightly, but Mela, who was listening at the side, had no idea what was going on and just looked at Elsa and Tricia blankly.

"The reason they're helping the vampires is so they can get a heart here without directly confronting you, Elsa. There's no doubt they're concerned about your power, but I also think they're testing you. Otherwise, they wouldn't have to make all these arrangements at this time. It's too coincidental."

Tricia said to Aisha, and pointed to the empty throne hall behind her.

"I think they might still be waiting for the final show—the one that's still devouring and growing wantonly within the projection space, attempting to seize the temple's authority and restore its physical form. I think once it completely consumes the projection space, the next step will be here. I'm afraid a battle will await us then. I suggest we make some preparations here."

As she spoke, Tricia seemed to look at Mela unintentionally, then looked away.

Mela understood what Tricia didn't say directly - even if their sea people really stopped Elsa, the projection space of the Temple of Poseidon would still be destroyed, or even worse. After all, at least Elsa was not an enemy, but it was hard to say about the "thing" that was now in the projection space.

"It's okay. I haven't moved around in a while." Elsa remained calm. She thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Tricia, do you know what that heart is?"

"I'm sorry, with my limited knowledge, I don't know either." Shallow, this is naturally a self-deprecating statement. Elsa knows that if even Tricia doesn't know, then this thing is indeed mysterious enough.

Tricia continued, "But I have a strong feeling that its existence is closely related to this temple, or even to the God of the Sea himself."

Tricia still remembered that the flesh and blood shaped by the heart had the faint outline of a mermaid. No one would believe her if she said it had nothing to do with the sea people.

Furthermore, it could devour the power of the Sea God's authority. Even if only a single masterless will existed within the Sea God's Temple at this moment, didn't that prove something? Furthermore, the Temple was not only indifferent, but even went so far as to prevent Tricia from intervening. It was as if... it didn't want Tricia to intervene.

As she spoke, Tricia glanced at Meera.

"Perhaps you sea people will need to find the answer."

Meera wanted to say something, but finally kept silent.

She is feeling very confused right now.

Clan, Poseidon Temple, Sea People—her upbringing left her with no sense of belonging to any of these. If it weren't for her close friend Randall, she would have left long ago, and now, she feels lost once again.

In the end, she just nodded: "I will convey your meaning truthfully."

Elsa looked at Mela and ignored her. She continued to ask Tricia, "What will happen to the thing inside if I crush the space here?"

"They will most likely be swallowed up by the turbulent flow of space and buried in the endless void."

Tricia thought about it and answered seriously.

The power of that heart comes from the temple, but the power of the heart itself is very limited. If Elsa destroys the temple and blocks its power, it will undoubtedly be killed if it falls into the turbulence of space.

"Of course, there's also a small possibility—that it was fortunately transported back to this world by the chaotic turbulence of space, appearing in some hidden corner, surviving despite being covered in wounds."

"I see. Let's just wait here for it to come out."

After hearing this, Elsa simply swam to the front of the throne hall, slowly landed on the ground, stood still, stretched her arms and legs, and looked like she was going to do something big.

"Tricia, what do you think the purpose of that heart is?"

"I don't know. It's not yet able to communicate, or it's unwilling to communicate."

"Well, I'll ask it first, hoping it's a fellow who can communicate."

Elsa's meaning was very simple. If the heart only wanted to be resurrected and had no intention of bringing disaster, then Elsa would let it go. That was an internal affair of the sea clan, and Elsa would not interfere unless the sea clan took the initiative to request it. Then, depending on the situation, she could intervene to varying degrees. Elsa was a holy nun designated by the church, and Tricia was a sage. Their identities qualified them.

On the contrary, if the heart has evil intentions, if its existence will bring disaster, then Elsa will ignore everything else and take action directly. Even if the other party is the reincarnation of the sea god, he has to pass Elsa's test.

"can."

Tricia unconditionally supports Aisha's decision.

"I'll go check out the situation!"

Adele jumped out of the black sword and dived into the space rift.

"I'll set up the formation."

Tricia began to set up one complex magic circle after another outside the throne hall away from Elsa. She had no doubt about Elsa's strength, but that didn't mean she would underestimate any opponent.

"Then... Gulu... I... will stay... Gulu... here..."

As soon as Becky opened her mouth, bubbles came out of her mouth - this was not the projection space of the temple, but the real deep sea. She could neither use magic to make sounds in the water like Tricia, nor use the vibrations of her throat muscles like Elsa, so she became half-mute.

Fortunately, she is a vampire, otherwise she would suffocate to death here.

Only Mela was floating by the side, flapping her tail. This was clearly the holy land of the sea creatures, but as the only sea creature present, she didn't know what to do.

If it was Randall...

She couldn't help but think of her best friend, but immediately shook her head to get rid of the thought. She felt more and more irritated. She turned her head, thought for a while, and finally faced the direction of the deserted temple entrance, opened her mouth slightly, and the sides of her jaw bulged slightly, and ripples spread out in circles.

Becky didn't hear anything, but both Aisha and Tricia noticed her actions.

"Legend has it that mermaids are natural-born singers of the sea, gifted with voices capable of singing about everything in the world. More often than not, they use their unique vocalizations to create a special sound that can communicate with other mermaids across thousands of meters."

Tricia explained to Aisha.

"She's probably telling the others outside what's happening here. The sea creatures outside may not know you've broken into the temple grounds and still think they can't enter, but they'll find out sooner or later. When that happens, things will definitely get lively here—they absolutely won't tolerate fighting here. Similarly, they desperately hope to enter their holy land like a mermaid of noble blood like Mela. No sea creature can resist such a temptation."

At this moment, Adele's figure suddenly emerged from nothingness.

"That guy is coming out!"

She shouted excitedly, and jumped behind Elsa as if she was about to see a good show, leaving Elsa in front with only her head sticking out, her big, blinking eyes staring straight at the throne in the center of the hall.

"Here we go!"

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Tate knew it was too late to regret now.

Ever since Tricia took Becky away, the heart became increasingly frantic, and before long it completely broke through the seal left by Tricia. Then, it devoured the seawater in each space in an even more exaggerated way than before. The huge suction force continuously devoured the seawater in the space, and the speed at which the seawater poured out was so fast that a huge vortex was formed. As the seawater containing power was pumped into the heart, huge energy gathered inside it, and the flesh and bones grew rapidly. At this time, it could be seen that it was a strong male mermaid.

At that time, Tate was very surprised.

Since this monster that grew out of the heart could actually force back the powerful sage, doesn't that mean that as long as he follows this monster that looks like a mermaid, he might have hope of survival?

But soon, great despair enveloped him.

Because he saw that when the heart sucked up the entire projection space, a capable subordinate who had been following him was sucked out by the huge suction force, screaming miserably and trying desperately to crawl in the sea using his hands and feet, but it did not slow down the speed of the water flow at all. Then, with a puff, the waterspout finally tore off the prey's lower limbs, followed by the arms, torso, and head.

It was crushed into a bloody mist and swallowed by the heart.

One after another, Tate stared with wide eyes, watching his subordinates being torn and crushed by the waterspout one after another, his mind had already gone blank.

He turned around and tried to escape, but found that the space in front of him had collapsed and there was no way to retreat.

“Hehe…hehe…hahaha…hahahahaha!”

The sudden strange laughter made Tate freeze.

"I, I'm back... I'm back! I'm finally back! I... I'm finally back! Hahahahaha——"

There was ecstasy in the voice, but it turned into a bone-chilling chill that climbed up Tate's legs and spread to his back.

He turned around stiffly. On the throne, a naked male mermaid was ecstatically caressing his skin, which had not yet fully formed.

As if noticing Tate's gaze, he turned his head. Suddenly, a strong sense of oppression almost made Tate kneel down. Tate's eyes were bloodshot. He burst out all his strength but still couldn't resist. The man on the throne had almost no intact skin on his body, but he already had vaguely visible facial features. He looked at Tate with an expression full of curiosity and teasing.

"Oh, it seems you brought me here. You're a good tool, but unfortunately, your hands are too dirty."

It grabbed with its empty hand, and the surrounding sea water squeezed in instantly. Tate didn't even make any sound before the huge pressure crushed him into a bloody corpse.

The blood-stained clothes fell off the corpse, the sea water washed away the blood, and finally put them on the man on the throne.

"Tsk, what a rude outfit."

It felt a little disgusted, but did not take it off. At this moment, Tate's body suddenly turned into a cloud of blood mist and crashed straight into the void.

The man on the throne just glanced at it and ignored it. He looked around indifferently, and the corners of his mouth slowly opened into an arc that he couldn't suppress.

"What a familiar and wonderful feeling... Hehehe, hahaha! The Emperor has finally arrived again! My people, welcome your Emperor!"

It laughed wildly, and the space began to shake violently, and then collapsed inch by inch. The originally dim throne hall gradually became bright, and the projected space was shattering, and it was about to descend into the real space.

At this time, Tate turned into a blood mist and was running away at full speed. Tate knew very well that he would die if he stayed. His strength was completely not on the same level as that guy, so he could only take the risk and escape into the void - with his strength, entering the void was a life-threatening situation, but at least there was a glimmer of hope, wasn't it?

however.

"Let me see what's going on—Huh? What the hell is this?"

Just as Tate escaped into the void, a cute girl appeared in front of him, cutting through the void out of thin air. The way she tore the void with her hands frightened Tate. The girl had black eyes and black hair, and her beautiful pupils were a four-pointed star shaped like a cross. She blinked her big eyes at the blood mist that Tate turned into. Tate suddenly didn't dare to move, and felt hairy all over, and just maintained the blood mist state.

Are you kidding me? How come this place is so dangerous no matter who you meet?

Tate just hoped that the girl didn't know who he was and would let him go.

However, the girl just stared at the blood mist for a while, then raised her eyebrows slightly.

"It doesn't look like a good thing."

The girl muttered and casually slapped Tate. The seemingly light slap stirred the void, and before Tate could react, he completely disappeared.

Adele turned around nonchalantly and found the projection space. To her surprise, there should have been dozens of large-scale projection spaces here, but now there was only one last small and shabby space left. Moreover, the heart on the throne had disappeared, and now there was only a male mermaid wearing ill-fitting clothes.

"Such random facial features—such an ugly fish."

Adele gave a sharp assessment.

Moreover, the mermaid was sitting on the throne with an air of superiority.

That feeling... is like an actor whose job is to make people laugh, striking funny poses behind the curtain, waiting for the curtain to open and meet the audience.

"A weird ugly fish."

Adele continued her sharp comments.

"Speaking of which, where's the heart? Why is there only a fish—Wow! I completely understand. This must be the thing Tricia was talking about. It looks like... it's planning to come out!"

Adele screamed with excitement.