Chapter 2428: Team fight Kill the healer first

As the master of the Underworld, Zu An theoretically possessed the authority to command infernal officials like the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Guardians and the Shackled Generals. Yet, for some unknown reason, he found himself unable to contact any of them.

Had the Underworld's authority gone awry, or was there something wrong with these individuals themselves?

The Mermaid Queen said in a deep voice, "You two wait here for a moment. I'm going to lend them a hand."

As they were not members of the sea race, the current situation held no direct relevance for them.

However, as a fellow member of the sea race, she watched the defenders fight with suicidal bravery. Seeing the army above showing signs of struggling, she could not simply stand by.

As for the usual rule against approaching the forbidden area, given the current dire circumstances, she assumed no one would enforce it.

The moment she finished speaking, a blue current of water swirled around her as she approached the battlefield.

The Lyre of the Deep Sea appeared in her arms, and this time, she decided to play the strings herself.

Melodious tunes scattered across the battlefield. Various notes, shimmering with a faint blue glow, landed on the sea warriors. Instantly, their exhaustion vanished, their bodies almost fully recovered, and their strength and speed significantly surpassed their usual levels.

"It's the Mermaid Queen!"

"Fight for the Queen!"

The army, previously on the verge of chaos and collapse, saw the beautiful figure in the sky and instantly became re-energized. They roared and charged forward, slaughtering their enemies, and their crumbling formation miraculously stabilized.

The Four Dragon Kings nodded towards the Mermaid Queen, then once again led their top experts into battle against the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Guardians.

Witnessing the tide of battle turn with the Mermaid Queen's appearance, Zu An could not help but sigh, "I think I understand why your Holy Maiden has led you to so many victories."

Princess Peacock smiled faintly, "It's still a bit different. The Mermaid Queen has such immense popularity due to her beauty and everyday kindness. Our Holy Maiden, on the other hand, is more about..."

Mid-sentence, she suddenly understood, "Actually, yes, in the end, it's all the same."

As long as it unites the army's morale and brings everyone together, the methods ultimately lead to the same result.

"Those monsters are incredibly powerful," Princess Peacock suddenly exclaimed again.

She noticed that both the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Guardians and the Shackled Generals possessed immense strength and extraordinarily high regenerative abilities.

More crucially, various spells, while causing some damage, were far less effective than anticipated against them.

It was as if they had extremely high resistance to magic.

They seemed like born warriors.

However, with the Mermaid Queen's assistance, the morale of the sea warriors surged, and more and more sea experts arrived as reinforcements, gradually tipping the scales in their favor.

The Four Dragon Kings noticed the monsters' high magic resistance, so they transformed into colossal dragons, hundreds of meters long. They plunged into the monster hordes, wreaking havoc and sending the creatures tumbling in all directions.

Dragons were also renowned for their formidable physical strength!

Although the monsters had bulging muscles and formidable physiques, they were utterly dwarfed by dragons hundreds of meters long. Many were quickly torn to shreds by these colossal beasts.

No matter how strong their regenerative abilities were, once dismembered into multiple pieces, they could no longer recover.

"Majestic Dragon Kings!"

"Welcome back, Dragon Kings!"

Seeing their fierce prowess, the sea warriors on the battlefield erupted in thunderous cheers.

Princess Peacock let out a sigh of relief. "It seems victory is within reach for the sea race today."

Zu An, however, gazed into the depths of the gorge with a solemn expression. "Not necessarily!"

The moment he spoke, a series of low roars echoed from deep within the gorge: "Who dares harm my kin!"

A massive hand suddenly rose from the gorge, snatching the nearest North Sea Dragon King.

The dragon, hundreds of meters long, was incredibly vast, yet it was seized by that immense hand as easily as a python caught by a human.

The North Sea Dragon King let out a wail, twisting his body frantically, but he could not break free.

The other three Sea Dragon Kings, united by shared fate, immediately launched a coordinated attack, unleashing all their lifelong techniques. Only then did they manage to rescue the North Sea Dragon King.

However, the North Sea Dragon King bore a distinct grayish-white handprint, identical in color to the aura of death.

The North Sea Dragon King soon lost the ability to sustain his enormous form, reverting to his human shape. His spirit became unusually listless; he could not even speak and hastily began cultivating to resist the encroaching death aura.

The other three Sea Dragon Kings were alarmed and quickly cast spells upon him. Even the Mermaid Queen promptly used healing magic.

If the North Sea Dragon King were also to be corrupted by the death aura and transformed into a monster, the blow to the sea race's morale would be catastrophic.

Fortunately, the North Sea Dragon King's cultivation was powerful, and with the help of others, he successfully contained the spread of the death aura. However, he would not be able to expel it completely in the short term and likely could not continue fighting.

At that moment, gasps of alarm swept across the field. Everyone turned to look and finally understood why the sea warriors' voices were filled with such terror.

A Minotaur-like monster, as massive as a mountain, emerged from the gorge.

It resembled the previous Ox-Headed monsters but was immeasurably larger.

The earlier Ox-Headed monsters were robust, but compared to this new one, they seemed like ants.

Its gaze, like lightning, swept across the field. Upon seeing the corpses of its kin, white steam visibly puffed from its enormous nostrils, and its eyes turned crimson. Wielding a gigantic mountain-cleaving axe, it brought it down directly towards the sea army.

It clearly perceived that the key figure on the field was likely the mermaid; with her assistance, the entire sea army's combat strength had increased by at least thirty percent.

When facing an enemy, eliminate the healer first!

A massive aura of oppression instantly enveloped the entire sea area. Those with weaker cultivation levels were paralyzed with fear on the spot, while others struggled to breathe, a chill running from their feet to their heads.

The opponent's axe descended with simple, unadorned force, yet the surging white line it created seemed to rend heaven and earth. No one doubted that if this axe connected, the entire underwater mountain range would be sliced in two, let alone the Mermaid Queen's flesh and blood body.

Many strong individuals among the sea race felt their hearts leap into their throats upon seeing this. They unleashed their lifelong ultimate techniques, barraging the massive axe in an attempt to save their dream goddess.

However, those attacks were as futile as ants trying to shake a tree before that world-destroying axe.

The Mermaid Queen tried to evade, but she found her entire essence locked, making escape impossible.

Powerless, her fingers blurred across the Lyre of the Deep Sea, and scores composed of musical notes transformed into visible ribbons of melody, coiling around the giant axe in an attempt to counter force with softness.

However, there's a limit to countering force with softness, especially when the disparity in strength is too vast. How could softness prevail against such overwhelming might?

The giant axe was only slightly delayed for a moment before it shattered the ribbons of melody and cleaved directly towards the Mermaid Queen.