Chapter 23 - Sneak Attack!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Sharbao was shocked. His eyes could not hide his surprise.

He never expected that Lei Luo would choose to stop at this time and rest for the night before setting off. Furthermore, he wanted to wait until noon, when the sun was at its peak.

With such caution, the chances of the Merman Race winning were close to zero.

Since this Poison Dragon could restrain him in terms of movement, how could it not have thought of the difference in strength and numbers? It definitely had other hidden methods.

After all, they hadn’t come into contact with the Poison Dragon for more than a thousand years. Who knew what hidden talents it had yet to reveal?

“It would appear that I was correct. How could we possibly win?”

After mocking himself in his heart, Sharbao explained the patrol team system and the number of people of the Merman Race to Lei Luo one by one. He even talked about the location of the tribe leader’s house and priest’s house, as well as the resting area of the merman warriors. He was just short of explaining the daily routine of every merman.

After learning what he wanted to know, Lei Luo knocked Sharbao unconscious and found a comfortable place to rest.

Danger was silently approaching the Merman Race.

However, the Merman Race knew nothing about this.

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In the house of the Merman Race’s tribe leader, surging magic power was reverberating intensely and constantly attacking the body of the tribe leader.

Under his feet, a hexagram array emitted a sparkling blue light.

The magic array not only increased the power of the tribe leader, but also hid the fluctuation of magic power without leaking anything.

As the magic power attacked the magic array, the magic array could no longer conceal the fluctuations and was about to break.

The merman priest had been refining magic staves and preparing magic arrays for the past few days to deal with the Poison Dragon. Even if it was a baby dragon, he didn’t underestimate it at all. Instead, he exhibited the vigor needed to deal with a Level-5 sea beast and made ample preparations.

According to his judgment, the young Poison Dragon should either be at Level-1, or had not reached Level-1. After all, the dragon race’s growth period was very long.

Compared to a Level-5 sea beast, the priest was treating the Poison Dragon with great importance.

When he sensed that the magical waves from the tribe leader indicated that the tribe leader was about to become a Level-5 warrior, the merman priest flashed a smile.

He slowly walked out of the room. Then, with a wave of his hand, he restored the array and covered the fluctuations.

At the moment, he could not let the clansmen know that the tribe leader was trying to break through to become a Level-5 warrior. After all, it would not be good if he attracted the attention of humans.

With a Level-5 warrior holding the line, wouldn’t it be easy to capture a Poison Dragon that had been born for a few years?

As soon as this thought appeared, the merman priest vaguely felt that something was wrong. The mermen warriors he sent out to search for the Poison Dragon Island didn’t seem to have sent any news back.

He had been thinking about refining staves for the tribe leader, but he had neglected those mermen. However, it was a little late now. The results would be the same even if he checked on them tomorrow.

It had only been a few years since the Poison Dragon was born. It wouldn’t go to other places to live. Furthermore, there were still a few days before the promised half-month deadline to send back the news. There wouldn’t be any problems.

After consoling himself, the merman priest returned to his room to rest.

The next morning, the merman priest first went to the tribe leader’s room to take a look and strengthen the magic array. Then, he contacted Shardin and Sharbao.

The communication method was mainly through the strengthened staves that the priest had given Shardin and Sharbao. However, the two staves had already been corroded badly when they were thrown into the poisonous breath after encountering Lei Luo. Naturally, there was no feedback.

“There’s no reply. I’ll contact them again at noon. I hope nothing has happened.” The merman priest suppressed his uneasiness.

At this moment, one of the two mermen that he was concerned about was leading the Poison Dragon that they wanted to deal with into the sea area. They were approaching the territory of the Merman Race.

Lei Luo had been paying attention to the weather as he moved forward. Occasionally, he would float to the surface of the sea to feel the temperature before deciding to move forward.

When they were three kilometers away from the base of the Merman Race, the temperature was at its highest.

After knocking Sharbao out as usual, Lei Luo quietly approached the territory of the Merman Race and floated to the surface of the sea, preparing to observe everything first.

The Merman Race was indeed as Sharbao had said. Their territory was built under an island. The interior of the island had been hollowed out, leaving only a few stone pillars supporting the island. There was also a cave entrance on the island. It was just the right size for the merman to enter and exit. Clearly, it was the entrance they had left for themselves.

At the edge of the island, there was a dock that was specially built. It was maintained by a magic array and was obviously for the human merchants to go ashore.

According to the size of the dock and the wear and tear on the dock, human merchants did not come frequently. Furthermore, they only came in medium-sized ships.

There were no mermen patrolling the area on the island, but there were mermen warriors patrolling in the sea. However, it was still manageable.

Lei Luo caught a few ordinary small fish and threw them towards the edge of the island from a distance. They happened to trigger the protective array. The patrolling mermen simply looked up and left without even checking.

The leader of the patrolling mermen even cursed and continued to patrol the area.

“So this is the Merman Race. I thought that they were very powerful, but it seems like I wasted my time last night. Looks like tonight’s a good time for a sneak attack.” Lei Luo’s eyes flashed, and he sneered as he backed away.

If they did not want to patrol during the day, they would definitely be more relaxed at night. After all, who would be willing to do boring work when they were full of energy?

Furthermore, Lei Luo’s poisonous breath was more obvious during the day. Meanwhile, it could spread more at night.

After Lei Luo scouted around, he quietly moved to the back of the island and did not attract any attention.

As usual, the other members of the Merman Race did what they were supposed to do. Only the tribe leader of the Merman Race was trying his best to break through to become a Level-5 warrior. Meanwhile, the merman priest was contacting Shardin and Sharbao, who had been sent out to gather information.

However, their communication magic staves had been destroyed, so there was naturally no response.

“Could it be that Shardin and Sharbao were killed by the Poison Dragon? Or did they encounter an accident with some sea beasts? They have my staff. How could this be?”

“We can’t continue investigating like this. If this continues, our strength will gradually be exhausted.”

“When the tribe leader breaks through to become a Level-5 warrior, the entire race will head to that sea area to hunt the dragon down directly. I want to experience the might of the Poison Dragon!”

The merman priest had contacted them for a day, but there was no response. He immediately understood that something had happened to them.

However, he did not contact them again. Instead, he focused all his attention on the tribe leader of the Merman Race.

A top-tier power could suppress a race. No matter how many clansmen they lost, they could slowly recover through time.

Just like that, it was soon night time. The moon was hidden behind dark clouds, and the sea was completely dark. Only the sea breeze continued to blow.

The warriors from the Merman Race who patrolled in the day were just as Lei Luo had predicted. They relaxed at night and were not even willing to move. Instead, they hid in a corner to rest.

There was nothing they could do during the day. If the Lord Priest discovered that no one was patrolling, they would be punished.

However, who would keep an eye on them at night? Their clansmen wouldn’t report them to the priest either.

Under such circumstances, Lei Luo swaggered onto the island from the dock that the Merman Race had prepared for the human merchants. He went straight to the hole on the island and directly injected his poisonous breath into the hole.

He released six consecutive mouthfuls of his poisonous breath until his throat could no longer take it. Only then did he stop.

Without letting the poisonous breath circulate, Lei Luo poked his head through the hole and controlled the poisonous breath from a high place with a purpose.

On the left, there was an intense magical wave. It was concealed by a magic array, but it still did not escape his senses. Meanwhile, it was said that the residence of the merman priest was on the right. He could not let the merman priest off either. Thus, his poisonous breath spread out in all directions with these two places in the center.

Those who were able to get close to the leaders and important figures of the race were definitely elites of the race. No matter how bad they were, they also had special abilities.

The green poisonous breath, which was mixed with traces of dark red, flowed silently through the water..