When they discovered the ship was about to crash into the cliff, it was too late to turn; on the sea, there is no concept of braking, so they could only watch helplessly as the bow collided with the cliff.

At the last moment, Lin Tao exerted all his strength, using his Spiritual Power to push back against the sightseeing boat, preventing it from being completely wrecked under the cliff.

Looking at the damaged bow, Lin Tao seemed helpless; he was so focused on what Lu Yu had said that he forgot to watch the path.

Originally, he intended to circle around the cliff back to the port, but before he could, he crashed into the cliff head-on.

Standing at the bow, Lin Tao looked around and said to Lu Yu, "I'll go down and check the situation. If there's no leakage, we should be able to sail back to the port."

With that, he jumped into the water. Lu Yu walked to the front, looked up at the cliff; the top of the cliff was a protruding rock. If Lu Yu was not mistaken, this might be the cliff behind the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

Retracting his gaze, Lu Yu noticed a reflection inside the cliff, just as he wanted to check carefully, he heard Lin Tao's voice.

"Sea tribe!"

Bang! The hull shook and retreated, revealing Lin Tao in the water below and a crack under the cliff. He manipulated his Spiritual Power to unleash martial arts attacks on the crack, trying to open it wide enough to get inside.

He saw a member of the sea tribe hiding inside the rock crevice. Though she was well concealed, Lin Tao inadvertently discovered her.

Under Lin Tao's attack, the crack quickly expanded. The sea tribe hiding inside had nowhere to escape, as Lin Tao blocked the exit, her face showing despair.

Three days ago, the sea tribe team that saved her from the clutches of the humans was wiped out by a strong human in the Core Formation Realm when they were about to escape. In the desperate delay of a few comrades, she barely managed to escape beyond the strong human's sensory range.

At the last moment of fleeing, the female sea tribe member instructed her not to return to shallow waters but to find a place near Yunhai City to hide until reinforcements from the deep sea arrived.

She saw that there were few humans under this cliff behind the Divine Weapon Pavilion, which rarely saw people, so she hid here, hoping to wait for her rescuers from her tribe.

But unexpectedly, after hiding for three days and three nights, instead of waiting for her rescuers, she was discovered by humans.

The little mermaid, Hai Wei, looked despairingly at the ever-expanding crack in front of her and could only curl deeper into the crevice.

The crack that concealed her was opened, sunlight shot straight from the sea surface into the depths of the crevice, shining on Hai Wei. The sunlight she once yearned for was now unbearably glaring.

If she hadn't secretly surfaced to bask in the sun, she wouldn't have been spotted by humans, nor caught by a human strongman, nor cornered like this by humans.

Hai Wei looked at the outside sunlight with a blank stare, wondering why her brothers and sisters were so strong while she was so weak?

If she were strong enough, she wouldn't be dying here!

"A human body with a fish tail, a descendant of a high-level sea tribe." Lin Tao's eyes showed excitement, high-level sea tribes were existences he couldn't resist, capable of causing storms.

Ten years ago, a high-level sea tribe caused a storm, sending his parents to a watery grave. Ten years later, killing the descendant of the high-level sea tribe could count as revenge for his parents!

Upon seeing the little mermaid, a vengeful thought involuntarily crossed his mind.

When on the boat, after Lu Yu's persuasion, he thought he should lie low, work hard on his cultivation, and then seek revenge against the powerful sea tribe that caused the storm.

But now he had a new idea. Perhaps he couldn't measure up to the storm-causing sea tribe, but he could still kill their descendant for vengeance.

You made me lose my parents, now I will make you lose your offspring, letting you feel the pain of losing a loved one.

Lin Tao reached out his right hand to the hiding little mermaid in the crevice, using Spiritual Power to manipulate the seawater towards the crevice, squeezing it to crush the little mermaid into a blurred mass of blood and flesh.

Hai Wei sensed the changing seawater around her, felt the power within, and her small face showed a look of despair.

If only I hadn't secretly run out!

Whoosh! A yellow binding dragon rope wrapped around Hai Wei, binding her and pulling her out of the crevice. The turbulent seawater burst open the crevice behind her, slightly widening the crack, causing the peripheral rocks to crumble and fall.

Hai Wei felt a flash before her eyes and found herself on the boat, a yellow rope wrapped around her in many loops, keeping her suspended in the air.

Turning her head, seeing Lu Yu, she felt a sense of familiarity as if she had seen him somewhere before.

When Lin Tao attacked the crevice, Lu Yu already saw the little mermaid hiding inside. He originally didn't want to intervene, since he had saved her once before because she looked like Xiaowei.

He didn't want to get involved in trouble again, to avoid further complications.

But seeing the look of despair on that little face, Lu Yu thought of when Xiaowei was kidnapped by the black wolf, probably feeling the same as she stood on the cliff.

He didn't save Xiaowei in time back then, but this time he had the ability, and couldn't resist saving the little mermaid.

Poof~ Lin Tao leaped onto the bow, with three or four meters of water splashing behind him. Seeing the little mermaid tied up next to Lu Yu, Lin Tao's face looked a bit unhappy.

"Lu Yu, why did you save her?" Lin Tao asked stiffly.

Lu Yu looked at Lin Tao without speaking. He didn't know why he acted either; perhaps it was due to the guilt over Xiaowei, unwilling to see the identical little mermaid suffer harm.

After a moment, Lu Yu finally spoke, "Did you forget what I told you before?"

"Slaughtering the weak will only make you lose your drive to improve, you'll never become a strongman. If you think killing weak sea tribes counts as revenge for your parents, then go ahead and do it!"

Lu Yu controlled the binding dragon rope to bring the little mermaid in front of Lin Tao, her mouth sealed by the rope, preventing her from speaking.

Hai Wei, thinking she was safe, plummeted from heaven to hell in an instant.

Lin Tao looked at the little mermaid brought before him, Spiritual Power surging throughout his body, ready to crush the frail life any moment.

Lu Yu watched him quietly, the other end of the binding dragon rope entwined around his wrist, hidden in his sleeve.

Lin Tao's aura fluctuated, but eventually calmed down as he turned and jumped back into the sea.

"I'll patch up the leak."

Lu Yu smiled, retracting the binding dragon rope, pulling the little mermaid to him.

Seeing her vacant, dazed eyes, Lu Yu wanted to say something but didn't know what, scratching the back of his head, leading her to the rail at the stern and putting her into the water.

"You should go, get as far from where humans live as possible." Seeing the little mermaid enter the water, Lu Yu said.

Retrieving the binding dragon rope, he suddenly felt the other end being grabbed. Lu Yu looked down at the little mermaid in the sea, finding her holding the end of the rope.

Hai Wei gripped the binding dragon rope, looking up at Lu Yu.

Lu Yu met her blue eyes for a long moment…

With Lin Tao's repairs, the ship could barely move, as he steered, occasionally glancing back at Lu Yu and asked, "Do you plan to take her back to the Divine Weapon Pavilion?"

"Yes." Lu Yu replied, glancing at Hai Wei clutching his clothes beside him, he tugged on her black robe, covering her tail.

For some unknown reason, Hai Wei didn't want to return to the sea, she seemed to want to stay by his side instead.

"Why are you following me?"

"You're the only one without ill intent."

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