In Saul’s view, it was third-rank wizard Stuart who disappeared, but in the eyes of other Tribunal wizards, it was the Black Flame Empire’s fourth-rank wizard Emperor Elo who had vanished.

The significance of these two was completely different!

So when the only wizard on the sea surface disappeared after the mermaid aberrant exploded, only Saul dared rush to the sea surface.

As soon as he passed through the defense formation in front of the Red Sea Trees, Saul smelled a faint bloody scent, but heavier was a light stench mixed with the salty smell of seawater. This text is hosted at NoveI-Fire.ɴet

The flesh and blood sludge from the mermaid aberrant’s explosion hadn’t finished falling, and the sea surface was continuously being hit with huge splashes.

Saul immediately deployed his Electric Light Shield, searching for Stuart’s mental power.

The explosion just now was beyond his expectations. Its power was so great that it was unimaginable such destruction could be created by mermaids who had been enslaved by the Tribunal for decades.

“Smack!”

A head-sized fragment happened to fall on Saul’s defensive shield, making a sound like shattering glass.

He looked up and was shocked to discover that his protective shield had developed a gap from the impact.

Although when Saul circulated his magical power, that gap was quickly repaired, it made Saul realize something.

“The pollution wasn’t destroyed by the explosion! It’s still in the flesh fragments, and there’s quite a lot.”

Another fragment fell on Saul’s protective shield. This piece was larger and nearly pierced through Saul’s defensive barrier.

Before Saul could react, Little Algae suddenly emerged from Saul’s nape and swallowed the fragment that was about to fall into the defensive shield.

Saul quickly checked Little Algae, “Don’t eat random things!”

But he discovered that Little Algae was not only fine, but even excited as if it had been supplemented with food.

Having tasted the benefits, Little Algae wanted to drill out of the protective shield to catch other chunks of flesh, but was grabbed by Saul.

At this time, Agu in the diary spoke up.

[Little Algae has already undergone transformation from the Black Sea Tree Source and experienced the black tide outbreak in the Storm Eye. These mermaid aberrant fragments not only cannot pollute it, but because of their rich death energy, have become nutrients for Little Algae.]

Herman: [So can Little Algae have a big feast?]

“No!” Saul disagreed, “This place is full of Tribunal informants. If they discover that Little Algae can devour large amounts of pollution without mutating and even become stronger, that would be troublesome.”

Beth: [Exactly. In that case, whether it’s Saul or Little Algae, they would both become their new experimental subjects.]

Herman: [Oh my, Little Algae, hide quickly!]

Although Little Algae’s intelligence wasn’t high, it was obedient. Seeing Saul’s prohibition, it whooshed back into Saul’s nape.

Wind Sprite: [Hmph, a bunch of cowards. If I had such ability, I’d simply gather a group of people, rebel against the Tribunal, and become the master of Nephret Continent myself!]

The others stopped talking.

If this were an ordinary person’s world, perhaps powerful resources could become tools for domination.

But this was the wizard world, where extremely powerful individuals could turn any resistance by the weak into a joke.

Saul currently had no intention of opposing the Tribunal. Even if he might in the future, it wasn’t with this little capital that he’d dare charge ahead recklessly.

He glanced behind him. Fortunately, because others were all shocked by Emperor Elo’s disappearance, no one had passed through the defense formation to follow Saul just now, so no one nearby noticed Little Algae’s actions.

Putting away Little Algae, Saul continued using his defensive shield to withstand the flesh and blood sludge falling from the sky. Fortunately, there weren’t many fragments in the sky now. Saul circulated his magical power and reached the place where Stuart had just disappeared.

He approached the sea surface, continuing to search for Stuart.

At this time, other wizards finally reacted. The mermaid aberrant had been killed by Emperor Elo, and they hurriedly caught up to search for the missing person together with Saul.

Soon there were many more people nearby.

Stuart’s figure was naturally not visible in the sky where they could see, but the situation in the sea wasn’t optimistic either.

The flesh and blood from the mermaid aberrant’s explosion had all fallen into the sea.

Large chunks kept sinking, stirring up the seawater, and because these flesh and blood fragments all contained black tide pollution, wizards didn’t dare use mental power extensively, fearing the pollution would enter their bodies through their mental power.

This made the search efficiency even slower.

Small pieces of flesh mixed with algae floated on the water surface, making the seawater look like a slaughterhouse pool. Combined with the bloody and foul smell, it was nauseating.

Although Saul was the first wizard to arrive here, he never entered below the water surface to search, only continuously scanning the vicinity with mental power.

Looking at the sea floating with numerous fragments, he always felt uneasy in his heart.

But the diary gave no warning, so obviously even if there were hidden crises, they couldn’t affect him.

“The explosion’s impact was strong, but not enough to tear Stuart apart. The most terrifying part was the pollution within. If facing such a powerful black tide without preparation all in an instant, even a third-rank wizard could be polluted.”

Saul didn’t go underwater because he feared what he might find wasn’t Stuart, but a mutated Stuart.

Just then, the defense formation by the seaside that had been emitting gentle light finally went out.

The defense formation stopping meant that the person maintaining it had left their original position.

“Looks like Frim can’t sit still either.” Saul felt relieved, “Frim is a fourth-rank wizard. Elo and Stuart’s disguise shouldn’t be able to fool him. But his coming shows he still values Stuart quite highly. Perhaps he’ll even enter the seabed to search.”

Just as Saul relaxed, an anomaly suddenly occurred on the seabed.

Several second-rank wizards emerged from the water surface with panic on their faces, continuously flying toward high altitude.

The next second, a giant ribbonfish over thirty meters long, completely rotted throughout its body, actually followed them out of the sea and bit the slowest flying wizard. Fresh chapters posted on novel fire.net

“Ahhhhh!!!”

The wizard screamed, and one leg disappeared into the ribbonfish’s mouth.

The ribbonfish ultimately couldn’t fly. After biting off a leg, it fell back into the sea surface, creating huge splashes.

Saul quickly flew away from the sea surface, rising directly to nearly a hundred meters above sea level.

Beside him were many other wizards with lingering fear.

Shocked discussions arose.

“How can there be black tide monsters in the Red Sea?!”

The giant rotting ribbonfish just now was exactly the type of black tide monster they had killed countless numbers of during the past four days.

But those monsters should have already left with the black tide’s retreat. How could there still be ones lurking on the Red Sea seabed?

Saul quickly approached one of the wizards who had just escaped, “Did you find anyone? What happened on the seabed?”

That wizard still had residual panic on his face, breathing heavily as he said: “No, but somehow dozens of black tide monster fish swam to the seabed. We didn’t discover them at first because our vision was blocked. Only when a first-rank wizard was suddenly bitten in half did we frantically run out.”

The Red Sea waters were now filled with black tide pollution flowing from the mermaid aberrant’s remains, with concentrations already exceeding safety warning lines.

These wizards simply couldn’t use magic to fight underwater. Those who could accelerate their escape were all strong individuals with relatively stable spiritual bodies who were little affected by pollution.

Hearing this wizard’s words, other wizards in the sky also gathered around.

“What? There are still black tide monsters on the seabed?”

“How did they come back?”

“There’s massive pollution in the seawater preventing us from detecting their presence. We can only lure them up to fight.”

“Oh no!” A wizard shouted loudly, attracting everyone’s attention, “The defense formation has been withdrawn!”

(End of Chapter)

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