"What happened to you? Who hit me?"
"Damn, why does my whole body hurt?"
"Who hit me, was it you? Why so brutal? Gouging out my eyes?"
"And you're choking me."
The students behind them were all murmuring.
The mercenaries were also clutching their wounds. Captain Zhao looked at Song Lin, remembering that he seemed to be the one who had hit him just now.
"What are you looking at me for? You hit me too, and it hurt quite a bit. Have you wanted to do this for a long time?"
Song Lin covered his mouth, stammering.
"What's the point of you saying it? I've indeed wanted to hit you for a long time."
Captain Zhao admitted it without hesitation.
Zhou Lin looked at these mermen, then at the electronic page, and requested a recommendation.
The bodies of these mermen were already dead. Their ability to move was due to their merman souls.
Their souls were different from humans. Even their souls were not to be underestimated.
Even as phantoms, they could control their bodies.
But could these mermen afford to have all their bodies destroyed?
On the electronic page, there was also a large box with a transparent top.
"Soul Blender."
Zhou Lin looked at the item above and studied it carefully.
This was a vessel that could absorb souls, blend them together, and finally turn them into a muddy substance.
Zhou Lin's eyes lit up at the mention of this.
"Charge..."
The leading merman saw Zhou Lin and waved his hand. The mermen behind him swayed their half-tails and charged towards everyone.
Captain Zhao saw this and waved his hand, ordering everyone to prepare for battle. Their firearms were unusable in water for the time being.
"Hold on, buy me some time."
After saying that, Zhou Lin took a few steps back and took out the Soul Blender. To open this Soul Blender, one item was needed.
That was one's own blood, which required time to activate.
Captain Zhao, Zuo Lin, and the others protected the archaeological team behind them. The mercenaries took out their combat knives.
These mermen were very fast. Only phantoms were seen darting back and forth.
But there was danger behind these phantoms.
Captain Zhao looked at the phantom and quickly whispered with his dagger.
Clang—
The merman's trident collided with the mercenary's weapon.
Captain Zhao's eyes sharpened. He slightly turned his combat knife, picked up another dagger, and thrust it forcefully into the merman.
But the merman just sneered, completely unfazed.
He allowed Captain Zhao to stab him with the dagger.
Captain Zhao felt a numbness in his hand from the impact of the dagger.
He looked at the merman in surprise.
The merman, seeing Captain Zhao's shocked expression, curled his lips and flicked his half-tail.
"Pfft..."
Captain Zhao took a solid hit and spat blood from his mouth.
Song Lin, seeing the situation, forcefully stabbed with his dagger.
The merman, seeing this, raised his hand and flung Song Lin aside.
But this was not an isolated incident.
The other mercenaries on the side were in the same situation, only able to dodge or passively take hits.
In the livestream.
"Holy crap, what is this? What's going on? Why can't the knives penetrate?"
"Is that the same? Their bodies are fake, they're already dead, what's the point of stabbing them?"
"But this won't do, are we just going to be beaten passively?"
"This won't do, we're flesh and blood, getting hit really hurts."
"Oh no, I can't watch anymore, big shot, save us!"
...
At this moment, Zhou Lin was watching the Soul Blender. There was a red stripe on it, and when this stripe reached a certain point, it would activate.
But for now...
Zhou Lin looked at the people around him and the mermen. His heart sank, and he finally took out his megaphone.
"How am I supposed to get by!!"
Zhou Lin's voice reappeared. Everyone instinctively covered their ears.
The mercenaries and students on the side were all covering their ears.
No one could forget this voice.
Zhou Lin was good at everything, except for this singing... it was truly unbearable.
Zhou Lin looked at the Soul Blender beside him...
Ding...
"Everyone, step back."
Zhou Lin suddenly shouted at the mercenaries.
Hearing this, the mercenaries knew Zhou Lin was unleashing his ultimate move and quickly retreated.
The mermen, seeing this, felt a bad premonition.
"Aren't you humans going too far? To rip my children out of my womb, are you even human?"
"You will never know what it feels like to have a child taken from your body, you will never know."
The eyes of these female mermen were filled with hatred.
"Your queen trapped your merman souls here, so you should seek revenge for your grievances. What does that have to do with me?"
Zhou Lin was still holding a box. If it weren't for the mercenaries' excellent skills, they would have been killed by now.
"You are all birds of a feather, all scoundrels."
The mermen, seeing the situation, bared their teeth, feeling a surge of displeasure.
With a flash of movement, they were about to charge towards Zhou Lin.
Zhou Lin placed the box on the ground.
Then, he chanted something, and the blender inside the box began to operate.
And wisps of wind began to grow larger.
The bodies of these mermen were gradually approaching the box.
Their faces were filled with terror.
At this moment, round figures began to appear within their bodies and rise from them.
"This is... the merman soul?"
Huo Qi looked at them in surprise. These merman souls were complete, with fair skin and beautiful tails. These tails were very lustrous, and the scales on them were light blue.
At first glance, they were very striking.
It was only the eyes of these merman souls that marred this beauty.
"This must be their original appearance, right? It's a pity they were tortured like this."
Professor Xuan Xu couldn't help but feel regretful upon seeing the situation.
Huo Qi also felt regretful.
In the livestream.
"Oh my, is this what a merman looks like? So handsome, what a beautiful tail."
"It's a shame, this guy is gone just like that."
"I'm going to record this quickly, how many more times will I get to see this?"
"Me too, me too."
...
In the tomb.
Zhou Lin watched as the merman souls were being sucked into the box one after another, scrambling to get in.
Buzz buzz buzz...
As the merman souls were involuntarily drawn towards the box, they realized the large blades inside.