When the Saintess saw Li Xian in his merman form, she tilted her head. It seemed as if some emotions were showing through her empty eyes.
But in the end, she just quietly stood behind and let Chen Xi continue to attack.
After transforming into a merman, Li Xian's body became much stronger.
With the fishtail, he could move more nimbly in the water. After two rounds of the fight, he directly reached out and grabbed the Saintess's scepter.
Seeing this, Chen Xi went crazy and launched a fierce attack on Li Xian.
"You don't touch this scepter! This is the thing the Saintess gave me. How dare you touch it!!"
Li Xian was irritated by Chen Xi's crazy attack. He slapped Chen Xi hard on the chest. But Chen Xi tightly grabbed the scepter with both hands and refused to let go, taking the blow from Li Xian head - on.
Chen Xi spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, which quickly melted into the water.
"Chen Xi, if you keep this up, don't blame me for being merciless!"
Li Xian didn't want to hurt him either. But facing such a crazy Chen Xi, he had to fight back, or he would be the one who died.
Chen Xi raised his head with difficulty. Even though he was already injured, the fanaticism for the Saintess in his heart didn't fade at all. "No... No... I have to do well what the Saintess told me..."
Li Xian was frustrated. "The Saintess is already dead!!"
"No, she isn't!"
Seeing this, Li Xian flipped the scepter with a gloomy face. Chen Xi's hands were crossed and controlled. Li Xian grabbed Chen Xi's neck and forced him to face the Saintess.
"Do you see? Her eyes are dull, and her face is blank. Where does she look like a living person? Look clearly at what she really looks like!!"
Li Xian's roar made Chen Xi calm down. Chen Xi stared blankly at the Saintess not far away. The beautiful face of the Saintess in his eyes was quickly fading, turning into the appearance of a terrifying doll.
But he didn't want to believe it. He struggled desperately and shouted, "No, I don't believe this. It can't be true. How could the Saintess be dead!"
Li Xian used all his strength to hold Chen Xi tightly. Taking this opportunity, Shen Qing quickly swam in front of the Saintess.
She hadn't seen clearly from a distance before. Now that she got closer, she found that there was a black thing on the Saintess's neck. Centered on it, black thin lines were spreading like tree roots, and even her face was covered with these thin black lines.
Seeing Shen Qing about to attack her, the Saintess quickly stepped back and let out a shrill scream.
Seeing this, Chen Xi struggled desperately. His long tail whipped around and directly hit Li Xian in the face.
He used all his strength to snatch the scepter. In the chaos, Li Xian lost his grip, and the scepter was snatched away. Chen Xi waved it forcefully, and the water waves turned into fish with sharp teeth, biting towards Shen Qing.
At this time, Yu Xuzi appeared. He quickly dispersed those fish made of water and stepped forward to help Li Xian control Chen Xi.
"Master!"
"I've been observing around here just now. There are several magic formations set up nearby. Those magic formations will explode in two hours. By then, not only you and I but also the Merman Palace will cease to exist. Hurry up!"
Li Xian was shocked. It turned out that the appearance of the Saintess wasn't to deal with them but to delay time.
In this case, Li Xian didn't hold back anymore. He whispered the spell to control Chen Xi. Since Chen Xi was still his life - bound sword, even though he was reluctant, he had to turn into a sword.
The scepter was held in Yu Xuzi's hand. He carefully observed it.
Li Xian tried his best to control Chen Xi. After turning into a sword, the body of the sword trembled desperately. If Li Xian was a bit careless and lost his grip, Chen Xi might go crazy and attack them.
Shen Qing's eardrums were stung by the Saintess's shrill scream. She gritted her teeth and stuffed the seaweed she had just pulled out from the coral reef into the Saintess's mouth.
"Shut up!"
The Saintess's voice choked, and miraculously, she didn't make any more sound.
She seemed not to understand why Shen Qing did this and tilted her head.
Shen Qing even sensed her confusion from this action of the Saintess.
While controlling Chen Xi, Li Xian shouted to Shen Qing, "Shen Qing! Someone has tampered with this area. We only have two hours!"
Hearing this, Shen Qing immediately rushed forward to check the black lump on the Saintess's neck.
Taking a closer look, Shen Qing was greatly shocked.
That lump was actually a fat black worm. It kept wriggling, making Shen Qing grimace.
Shen Qing didn't dare to touch it rashly. Seeing the Saintess standing still, she thought for a while and shouted back to Yan Long, "Lord Yan Long, you guys go find the Heavenly Pillar first. We'll deal with the Saintess here!"
"Okay!"
Yan Long immediately swam out from the nearby coral reef and quickly passed by Shen Qing. He was followed by Bai Long and the others.
Bai Long nodded to Shen Qing, and the four of them swam through the door of the Merman Palace towards the top.
Shen Qing thought for a while and took out some talismans and magic treasures from her storage bag and handed them to Bai Long.
After all, they had no cultivation now. Relying only on brute force, they still needed something for self - defense if they encountered an accident.
Two hours... I wonder if we can solve all these things...
"The Saintess of the merman tribe, you're much more beautiful than I thought."
Shen Qing murmured to herself, but the Saintess laughed.
The strange expression on her face quickly faded. Even though there were only two black holes in her eyes, her face didn't look so numb.
Shen Qing thought for a while and quickly called Li Xian and Yu Xuzi over.
She said to Li Xian, "Chen Xi was made from eight scales of the Saintess. There's a wisp of the Saintess's soul power in his body. Maybe that wisp of soul power can wake up the Saintess."
"Master, what do you think?"
After Shen Qing told them her speculation, Yu Xuzi lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "The thing on the Saintess's neck is called a puppet worm. This is an important thing for refining puppet masters."
"I didn't expect they even stole the body of the Saintess of the merman tribe. But I see that the puppet worm hasn't completely merged into the Saintess's body. I think this method is worth a try."
Li Xian held down the constantly - trembling Chen Xi and frowned, asking, "If we want to take out the Saintess's soul power, then Chen Xi..."
He was still afraid that Chen Xi would be hurt.
Yu Xuzi's eyes swept over the scepter in his hand, and he immediately had an idea in his mind.
All the Saintess's power came from this scepter. The gem on top was said to be one of the nine - colored stones used by Nuwa to mend the sky.
Since it was the Saintess's magic treasure, it must have recognized its master. Using this scepter to wake up the Saintess's soul power shouldn't have any impact on Chen Xi.
After making up his mind, Yu Xuzi asked Li Xian to let go of Chen Xi.
As soon as Chen Xi regained his freedom, he transformed back into his merman form and went crazy attacking Li Xian and Shen Qing.
Yu Xuzi was simple and rough. He hit Chen Xi on the head with the scepter. Chen Xi's originally crazy expression became dull, and his eyes became much clearer.
But the scepter still showed no reaction. Yu Xuzi thought for a while and said, "It seems that we have to shed some blood."