Nask dragged his mangled body, swimming desperately toward the deep sea.
Although he was amputated below the waist and had no tail, which slightly hindered his swimming, he still had two pairs of strong, powerful arms to stroke the water alternately.
Behind him, Kunpeng and its four lackeys were in hot pursuit.
The Bone Kuns, though they usually looked dull and not very bright, were products of the Lord of the Undead's combat pet creation, and their very bones were filled with ferocity.
Once triggered, they would hunt their prey to the death.
At this moment, Nask was that chosen, unlucky prey.
The heavily injured Nask was not moving fast, and without their thick scales and bone armor, the speed of the Bone Kuns actually increased.
They covered the distance of a few kilometers in the blink of an eye.
Sensing the killing intent behind him, Nask quickly crushed a black sphere.
Instantly, a large amount of ink spread through the sea, obscuring Nask's figure.
However, the Bone Kuns were not disturbed by the ink. In the murky seawater, they precisely locked onto Nask's position and slammed their tails, charging toward him.
Seeing that the ink was ineffective, Nask could only activate a teleportation spell again, transporting himself two kilometers away.
"Damn it, how did they find me in the deep ink? This teleportation necklace only has one charge left. I have to find a way."
Nask cursed under his breath, not forgetting to swing his arms desperately to swim deeper.
Suddenly, he caught sight of the bone shards still remaining on his arms and had a realization.
'Could these scales have a tracking function?'
At that thought, Nask gritted his teeth and quickly pulled out all the remaining bone shards from his body.
As the irregular bone shards were forcibly removed, they brought out a fair amount of flesh.
To make matters worse, the intense pain struck again, making Nask lose control of himself once more as he let out a miserable wail.
Without any time to catch his breath, the Bone Kuns arrived before him again.
Nask repeated his old trick and crushed another black sphere.
This time, without the bone shards for positioning, the Bone Kuns indeed could not lock onto Nask's location.
Just as Nask was secretly rejoicing, Kunpeng opened its massive mouth and let out a powerful suction. The ink that had just spread was all sucked into the bellies of the Bone Kuns. The ocean was purified, and Nask's figure was exposed.
The light of teleportation flashed, and Nask arrived two kilometers away once more.
This was already the final teleportation. Once the Bone Kuns caught up again, he would have to fight for his life.
"Ah~~ Ah~~~"
Just as Nask was falling into despair, a melodious song reached his ears. It was the song of the merfolk.
Unlike the naga, the merfolk were the most loyal believers of the Sea God, and in the world of the merfolk, they had almost no natural enemies.
The merfolk could freely develop their art and culture.
Singing and dancing were regarded by the merfolk as tributes to the god. No matter the time, they had dedicated priests to perform.
As for the naga, they had fought their way to the status of world rulers. Blood and war were their keywords.
Not long ago, when the naga and merfolk were at war, Nask had almost lost control and laughed on the battlefield when faced with the merfolk priests singing loudly.
But at this moment, hearing this merfolk song, Nask was genuinely happy from the bottom of his heart.
The desire to survive squeezed the power out of his body, and he instantly exploded with amazing speed, swimming toward the direction where the merfolk song was coming from.
"Merfolk, stop the sea beasts behind me!"
Nask's voice interrupted the advance of the merfolk unit.
The merfolk all looked toward Nask.
"It's the naga commander."
"He's so badly injured, only his upper body is left."
"Great! O Sea God, have you heard the prayers of your believers and sent down divine punishment!"
"All of you, shut up!"
The leading merfolk general shouted to stop the merfolk's discussion.
As a naga commander, Nask had slaughtered a large number of merfolk during the war between the two races.
Even though the kings of both sides had now formed an alliance, for the ordinary merfolk below, hatred was hatred.
Seeing Nask's miserable state now, they naturally felt heartfelt joy.
"Casters, use Azure Wave, direction due east, target those strange sea beasts."
The merfolk general issued an order, commanding the casters in the unit.
"Wait!"
The merfolk priestess who had been singing loudly earlier raised her hands, releasing a soul ripple that interrupted the casters' spell.
"Priestess Valira, now is not the time for personal grudges. I know you hate Nask, and I do too. But this is an order, the Queen's order!"
"The Queen? Heh, I am a priestess of the Sea God. I only recognize a queen blessed by the Sea God!"
Valira hissed, and vast magical energy gathered in her hands. A chain of flowing water shot toward Nask.
The merfolk general didn't expect Valira to actually attack directly. Before he could stop her, the blue chain had already bound Nask's hands.
"Merfolk, what do you think you're doing!"
Nask struggled frantically. Even in his heavily injured state, his immense strength easily broke the chain.
"Valira, if you continue to act so recklessly, don't blame me for taking you down first!"
The merfolk general could no longer care about Priestess Valira's status. If he let her continue to cause trouble, even if he could endure the Queen's wrath, he wouldn't be able to endure the wrath of the naga.
"I'm acting recklessly? Hahaha, you young merfolk have already forgotten the glory of the Sea God."
Valira ignored the merfolk general's threat. Instead, she silently ignited her soul and her faith, gaining a temporary boost in magic power.
The massive magic power instantly suppressed Nask, and the chain that had been broken bound him once again.
"Valira, are you crazy!"
The merfolk general didn't understand why this priestess had suddenly burned her soul. What kind of hatred existed between her and Nask?
Could it be that her family was killed by Nask? But that wasn't right either; priests dedicated their lives to the Sea God and had no descendants.
"O Sea God! Your loyal believer, Valira, offers her meager strength to you, hoping you will forgive those lost merfolk and bestow your grace once more!"
Valira walked slowly toward Nask step by step. The pain of burning her soul made it very difficult for her to control her body.
"Merfolk! The Tyrant will surely slaughter you all!"
Nask's eyes were half-filled with anger and half-filled with fear.
He felt Kunpeng's aura rapidly approaching, while the chain on his body held him firmly, making it impossible for him to move.
Valira paid no attention to Nask's powerless rage. Instead, she knelt down on her own toward Kunpeng.
Pressing her hands to her chest, she used her last bit of strength to chant the merfolk's enlightenment song, the Ode to the Sea God.
"Ah~~ Ah~~ Ah~"
As Valira's song rang out, the blue light on Kunpeng's body bloomed again, flickering and pulsing along with the rhythm of the song.
"The Sea God! That is the aura of the Sea God!"
The priests among the merfolk were the first to react. They took the lead in kneeling on the ground and joined in the chanting of the Ode to the Sea God.
Seeing this, the other merfolk followed suit.
"The Sea God?"
Although the merfolk general had doubts, as Kunpeng's appearance didn't look anything like the statues or murals of the Sea God in the Sea God's temple, Valira was so convinced that he didn't know what to do.
Ultimately, he put away his weapon and joined the chanting.
And the bound Nask had also given up his struggle at this point.
"Hahaha, a god. I never expected that I, Nask, would die at the hands of a god."
He was at peace.
He didn't suspect the merfolk were lying. After all, the phenomenon on Kunpeng's body couldn't be faked.
To die at the hands of a god, in the eyes of a brave warrior, was not a life wasted.
"Hahaha, hahaha!"
With his thoughts clear, Nask lay there and burst into laughter.
But before he could laugh much more, he was sucked into Kunpeng's mouth. Without even chewing, Kunpeng swallowed him whole.
This annoying thing was disturbing its listening to the song.
Kunpeng didn't understand music theory or art, but the merfolk's song could drive the energy flow within its body, bringing a sense of refreshment.
After a while.
The song ended, and the merfolk dispersed.
Valira collapsed on the ground, her breath gone.
Kunpeng looked at Valira's corpse. It felt that the song this creature sang was quite pleasant and had helped it digest much of the energy it had consumed.
Thus, it opened its massive mouth to collect the fragments of Valira's soul that were drifting through the sea and used the newly digested faith energy to reshape them.
A shining soul returned to the world. The transformation by divine power had allowed it to be reborn.
Holy spirit—that was what the myriad worlds generally called such people.
"O Sea God! Thank you for your grace. Your loyal servant will use everything to serve you!"
......
On the shore, Chen Xu, who was eating barbecue, suddenly felt something extra in his soul connection.
Looking closely, beneath Kunpeng's soul, there was actually an additional soul link. And this type of link was the connection between a god and a holy spirit.
"What's the situation? How did Kunpeng get a holy spirit while I was just eating barbecue?"
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