368: Chapter 368 I've Guaranteed

"Someone has broken in."

The burly man's actions were immediately noticed by the other Merfolk.

A group of Merfolk subsequently charged toward the burly man.

"I don't have time to play with you lot."

The burly man said coldly.

They were just a bunch of small fry who hadn't even reached the Other Shore Realm; he had no time to waste playing with them.

In an instant, the overwhelming pressure of a first-stage Other Shore Realm powerhouse radiated outward.

The Merfolk were clearly unable to withstand the pressure of a True Monarch of the Other Shore and were pinned directly to the seabed.

"True Monarch!"

A Bitter Sea Realm Merfolk spat out these two words with an extremely grim expression.

"Damn it."

Lan Ji's expression also turned quite ugly.

They had anticipated that someone might raid this place, especially given the two previous incidents.

But they hadn't expected the enemy to dispatch two powerhouses of the True Monarch level.

Clearly, they had somewhat underestimated the methods and determination of those lurking in the shadows.

"Oh, two of them."

Lin Ming looked up at the surface.

He casually took a third sea abyss flower into his hand.

He had also sensed the appearance of the two True Monarchs of the Other Shore, both of whom were from the Sea Race.

Their arrival had actually made it easier for Lin Ming to collect the sea abyss flowers.

However, there were very few mature sea abyss flowers left here; only two remained uncollected.

Most of them had likely already been harvested by the Merfolk.

"We can't have that."

Lin Ming seemed to have sensed something.

He reached out and pressed a finger against the rock wall.

The burly man clenched a fist and slammed it directly into the ground.

He wanted to settle things once and for all by destroying all these Merfolk and the sea abyss flowers together.

However, the expected scene did not occur.

When the punch landed, there wasn't the slightest reaction. Forget destroying the area; not even a single crack appeared.

"What's going on?"

Now it was the burly man's turn to be bewildered.

His strike was actually unable to destroy this place.

But the burly man quickly launched another offensive.

Seawater swirled around his fist, enveloping it in a rotating vortex.

Then, the punch struck the ground once more.

*Thud...*

Accompanied by a slight sound of impact.

With his fist as the center, the surrounding ground split, and a few cracks spread out.

However, these cracks only extended for a few miles at most, failing to achieve the scene he had envisioned.

What exactly was happening?

Why was this area able to withstand his attacks?

Was there something special about this terrain?

Or was someone interfering?

"Little Shark, destroying the environment at will isn't very good behavior."

Lin Ming's voice rang out at that moment.

He flew up from the rift, landed, and appeared within the sight of the Sea Race members.

"Who are you?"

The burly man's expression changed drastically as he asked in a heavy voice.

Little Shark?

The opponent had exposed his true form with a single phrase, which was completely unexpected.

Just who was this person?

The only certainty was that he wasn't from the Merfolk Clan; according to the accurate intelligence they had received, this person shouldn't exist here.

However, Lin Ming ignored the burly man for the moment. He walked up to Lan Ji and looked down at him as he knelt on the ground.

Suddenly, Lan Ji felt a wave of relief as the pressure weighing down on him vanished.

This allowed Lan Ji to stand up immediately and look at Lin Ming cautiously.

But the moment their eyes met, Lan Ji's mind instantly succumbed, falling under Lin Ming's control.

"Hand over the sea abyss flowers."

Lin Ming said.

Upon hearing this, Lan Ji pulled out wooden boxes one by one from his storage space.

Inside these wooden boxes were the sea abyss flowers.

There were eighteen wooden boxes in total, containing eighteen sea abyss flowers, which, added to the five in his own hands,

Made twenty-three sea abyss flowers.

That was enough for his needs.

Lin Ming accepted these eighteen sea abyss flowers with a smile.

Meanwhile, the burly man watched Lin Ming with a wary expression.

He couldn't see through Lin Ming.

Furthermore, the one who had stopped him earlier was likely the person before him.

This made the burly man realize that Lin Ming's strength was extraordinary.

The opponent was also here for the sea abyss flowers.

This made the burly man consider retreating.

He wasn't a fool; he wouldn't rashly attack someone of unknown strength.

"I'll protect the people here."

After putting away the sea abyss flowers, Lin Ming turned to the burly man and spoke.

Since these Merfolk had painstakingly collected the sea abyss flowers for him, he couldn't just stand by and watch them die.

He had to save their lives, one way or another.

Consider it payment for the sea abyss flowers.

"Are you sure you want to oppose us?"

The burly man said in a low voice.

"Oh, 'us'? And what power might this 'us' be? Tell me about it."

Lin Ming asked with a smile.

Naturally, the burly man would not reveal his identity.

But at that moment, he had already made a decision.

He retreated backward and quickly disappeared from Lin Ming's sight.

"He certainly runs fast."

Lin Ming nodded slightly.

He quite approved of this shark's speed.

At the same time,

Above the sea surface,

The Black-robed Man and Lan Sui were in a standoff.

The seawater was diverted,

And scattered droplets covered the area.

Lan Sui looked at the Black-robed Man expressionlessly; after their brief exchange just now, he still hadn't managed to probe the other's background.

"Alright, the game is over."

The Black-robed Man suddenly spoke.

He reached out, and a speck of light appeared in his hand.

As the speck of light dissipated, an invisible wave spread out.

The droplets filling the air exploded, and the resulting mist formed a prison, sealing Lan Sui inside.

The Black-robed Man's figure then vanished from the spot.

A moment later, Lan Sui broke through the prison and rushed out.

"Not good."

He looked around, and after finding no sign of the man, he realized he had been tricked.

He dove straight into the deep sea.

Soon, he returned to the original location.

Finding the other members of the Merfolk Clan unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Lan Ji, with a serious expression, recounted everything that had happened to Lan Sui.

Two Other Shore level powerhouses, their diametrically opposed goals, and how one of them had saved their lives.

Lan Ji's words made Lan Sui realize that he most likely had been tricked.

It was the person who took the sea abyss flowers who had disrupted the other's plot.

Or perhaps that burly man was acting alone, while the Black-robed Man and Lin Ming were together.

There was still too little useful information for them.

"Little Shark?"

Lan Sui caught onto this detail.

Lin Ming had called the burly man 'Little Shark,' and the man hadn't refuted it.

This seemed to remind Lan Sui of something, and he immediately fell into deep thought.

"Let's go."

After a short while, Lan Sui spoke to the Merfolk.

Since the mature sea abyss flowers had all been snatched away, there was no point in them staying here.

Besides, he had to report what had just happened to the Clan Chief.

Some things were already beyond his ability to handle.