This king suddenly issued such an order.
All the Merman present were stunned.
A male merman, about the same height as the Third Princess, stepped forward and said in shock.
"Father... you cannot! Our merman ancestral teachings forbid us from using any force against sea creatures..."
"Silence, do you dare to defy the sacred decree of the Merman God?"
The king suddenly interrupted him.
"This..."
The male merman was immediately speechless.
"Don't play acting in front of me... I used this trick ten thousand years ago!
As long as I'm alive, you'll never succeed!"
The king's small body flickered and appeared before the male merman.
His entire body was just about the size of the male merman's head.
"Do you know why you're the only male among my children? I didn't want you to follow my old path...
Yet, you disappoint me greatly... Hmph!
Not just the Megalodon clan, but eleven other sea races as well. As long as the Merman God's chosen one speaks,
They will all be eliminated... which is also in accordance with the divine will!"
After saying this, the king drifted outwards!
Chu Tian watched this scene and heard these words, and was a bit dumbfounded.
What was going on? Did it just turn into a palace intrigue?
However, the king's attitude had suddenly changed drastically.
It should be because he had already recognized his identity.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said it was the Merman God's sacred decree just now!
In the palace, everyone followed the king, except for that man.
The Third Princess also drifted to Chu Tian's side.
"Don't guess wildly, my father has long been unhappy with me forming alliances, but it was because of the ancestral teachings..." the Third Princess whispered to Chu Tian.
She didn't continue her sentence.
But Chu Tian already understood.
This old monster who had lived for 10,000 years.
Was actually using him as a smokescreen.
However, no matter what, Chu Tian was determined to deal with the Megalodon clan.
In fact, Chu Tian really wanted to just charge in, as it would be more convenient.
Gathering troops and then encircling them was too troublesome.
...
While the Merman were busy.
Far from Whale Fall City, in the deep sea.
More and more sea creatures arrived in a mighty procession.
"Father... I've earned merit this time, haven't I? I've finally found a reason for you to attack Whale Fall City!"
A merman, over a meter tall, wore a smug expression.
If Chu Tian were here, he would recognize this guy as one of the twelve mermen he had slapped on the mouth when he entered the city earlier.
Beside him was a monster with the lower body of a fish, the upper body of a human, and the head of a Megalodon.
"Not bad, not bad... but what about that human you mentioned?"
The muscular shark-headed monster inquired.
"It's the one I heard about from that idiot prince, the one mentioned on the Merman Sacred Bone.
However... they've brought several humans over during this time, and none of them were the real deal. I doubt this one will be either.
Oh, and the two women you fancied a few days ago... heh heh, did you manage to get them?"
As he reached the end, the guy had a lewd expression and winked at the shark-headed monster.
"Get them? Hell no, I haven't fully transformed yet... but it's almost time, and then, heh heh!"
The shark-headed monster flicked its fish tail.
Clearly, its lower body had not yet transformed into human form.
It probably didn't possess... certain... abilities yet.
"Congratulations, Father, you're about to advance! Our Megalodon clan unifying the sea races is just around the corner!"
The merman runt said with a serious and respectful expression.
This Megalodon, along with many of its tribesmen and soldiers, was marching towards Whale Fall City.
Along the way, they gathered many other sea races.
Each group was personally led by its clan chief.
After meeting up with the Megalodon clan, they chatted and laughed, looking as if victory was already in their grasp.
"Report... bad news!" Suddenly, a tiny shrimp ran towards the front of this vast sea race army.
"What's the matter, rushing like this?"
"Bad news, bad news, our vanguard troops have all been eaten!"
This shrimp didn't waste any words, trembling with fear.
It quickly recounted what it had seen.
"Eaten?" The few leaders were stunned.
They didn't understand what "eaten" meant.
"Yes, a strange fish rushed out of Whale Fall City and ate our entire vanguard in one bite.
Perhaps because I'm small, it didn't notice me. I hid behind a rock, and only ran after it returned to the city..."
This little shrimp was less than a meter tall.
Relatively speaking, it was indeed much smaller.
"What?" The sea race leaders were instantly enraged upon hearing this.
"Speed up... the Mermen have raised strange fish? And attacked our sea races... have they forgotten their ancestral teachings?"
The fully muscled shark monster's muscles bulged even more.
For so many years, the Mermen only appeared at specific times.
And this seabed... they, the sea races, were the long-standing inhabitants.
Every time the Merman tribe revived,
It was their opportunity to reap the spoils.
The beautiful women of the Merman tribe were always coveted by them.
And merman females could conceive children with any creature.
During each revival, the Merman tribe would also intermarry with some large sea races.
But the only condition was that the children born must reside in Whale Fall City.
According to the degree of bloodline purity, they would be classified by rank,
And be responsible for guarding Whale Fall City.
Merman females who married out must also return to their tribe before Whale Fall City was sealed.
Of course... no one would force them if they didn't return.
But when the Great Merman Pearl on Whale Fall City extinguished,
Any merman who did not return would turn to stone.
They would also not be resurrected during the next revival.
Only by returning to Whale Fall City, and during the next revival, the Merman tribe would also be resurrected.
Despite this, many merman females still chose to guard their loved ones.
Even in this deep sea, where the man they were with did not cherish them.
Over time, the sea races in this deep sea began to think of the Merman tribe as weak and easy to bully.
In fact, there was no other way, as the merman tribe had more females than males.
They also practiced monogamy, and once a merman fell in love, it was until death.
To ensure the merman population within Whale Fall City,
This was the tradition of the Merman tribe.
Merman males, on the other hand, were the opposite. They had to mate with pure-blooded female mermen from their own tribe.
Any violation of this would result in them being expelled from Whale Fall City and never taken back in.
This meant that when the Merman Pearl extinguished, they would surely die.
The sea races near Whale Fall City, twelve tribes united, a vast army, rushed towards the only entrance to Whale Fall City.
Inside Whale Fall City, the atmosphere was also heated.
This time, it was estimated to be the first time in ten thousand years that the Merman tribe had assembled such a massive army.
Chu Tian watched all of this.
It was exceptionally magnificent.