Jona Velli looked at these Sirens and did not detect the scent of lies.
"I can allow you to seek the help of the Fishmen, but remember, my patience is limited.
I only permit one Siren to go and report. If they haven't returned within ten minutes, I will kill one Siren, and then another every thirty seconds.
As for tricks, hehe..."
Jona Velli's gaze was icy, her vision chilling.
The Sirens under her gaze felt a coldness permeating their entire bodies.
"Plot all you want; any schemes and conspiracies are as fragile as clay chickens and pottery dogs in the face of absolute power."
"I... we understand..."
Boom!
With a mere thought from Jona Velli, an ice crystal Dragon claw instantly smashed a large hole in the frozen sea surface.
"Scram!"
"Yes..."
One Siren leaped into the sea.
Watching the splashing waves, the other Sirens all showed expressions of envy.
Jona Velli closed her eyes.
Just eight minutes later, there was movement in this sea area.
Jona Velli slowly opened her heterochromatic eyes and looked downward.
Beneath the ice layer, faintly visible were churning whirlpools, from which many human-bodied, fish-tailed Sea Folk surged upward.
Jona Velli slightly curled her lips.
"You came quite quickly, but for guiding the way, you certainly don't need this many mermaids."
Her heterochromatic pupils were utterly cold. The other Sirens clearly sensed this too, all showing terrified expressions and kowtowing to beg for mercy.
"True Dragon..."
But before they could finish speaking, they were already crushed into pulp by ice crystal arms.
Over twenty Sirens perished instantly, without exception.
"Mere small fry, daring to play tricks before me. Hehe, truly deserving of death."
As soon as Jona Velli finished speaking, the sea surface was breached.
Whirlpools churned, ice shattered.
"Three Legendaries? Hehehe, no matter how many small fry, it's useless."
A pair of charcoal-white dragon wings grew from Jona Velli's back as she flew in mid-air, gazing down like an emperor at the mermaids continuously emerging from the whirlpools.
The auras of three types of rule power—Tidal Rule, Water Rule, and Storm Rule—were terrifyingly immense.
The originally clear, sunny sky turned gloomy as a result, giving a feeling of dark clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to crush it.
The air also became more humid, the smell of the sea stronger.
At this moment, rows of green-tailed and blue-tailed Fishmen, holding iron tridents, were neatly arranged on the sea surface, their expressions solemn.
That wasn't all. Silver-tailed Mermaids lined up in front of the green-tailed Fishmen; they were powerful guards.
Then, a female Golden-tailed Fishman slowly swam out from the center of the whirlpool, followed by two strong, handsome silver-tailed Fishmen.
Golden-tailed Mermaids are few in number, powerful in strength, and are the Royal Family of the Merfolk Clan.
Silver-tailed Fishmen are moderate in number, of average strength, varying from strong to weak, usually serving as the Royal Family's personal guards and core combatants.
Green-tailed and blue-tailed Fishmen are the most numerous, generally weaker in strength, typically civilians or soldiers.
Among the mermaid crowd, there was also an ugly Sea Demon—the Siren that had just escaped.
That Siren, seeing Jona Velli examining them, trembled in fear and hid behind the mermaid guards.
Jona Velli looked down at the Golden-tailed Fishman below and grinned.
"Hehehe, Royal Family? Interesting."
The Golden-tailed Fishman below raised her head to look at Jona Velli, her expression grave.
Her golden hair danced in the wind, her light blue eyes like gemstones, with a trident mark on her forehead and a pearl necklace around her snow-white swan neck.
"Dragon! I am the Third Princess of the Merfolk Clan, Haizewei Oseros. You have trespassed into our tribe's waters and slaughtered our Sea Folk without cause.
If you cannot give us a reasonable explanation..."
As Haizewei spoke, she clenched her right hand toward the void. Tidal power surged wildly, crashing into her hand.
A light blue staff slowly took shape.
But suddenly, the speed of Tidal Rule condensation slowed a thousandfold. The Tidal Staff, which should have taken only a second to summon, now struggled to form.
This bizarre scene left Haizewei at a loss. She didn't know that Jona Velli could activate basic time abilities with just a thought.
This was merely one ability of [Lag]—slowing the flow of time for rule movement.
Sensing something amiss, the two silver-tailed Fishmen reacted first, glaring angrily at Jona Velli.
"You're the one behind this!"
"Eye of the Storm!"
"Torrential Rain Shot!"
Storm Rule and Water Rule raged wildly on their silver tridents.
They pointed fiercely in Jona Velli's direction, and powerful force gushed forth.
A storm eye appeared on the tridents, and violent storm force blew toward Jona Velli.
Water Rule lurked within the storm.
Their attack even caused the tide to recede. All the surrounding mermaids, except Haizewei, were blown away.
Facing the oncoming Forbidden Spell-level Attack, Jona Velli remained unmoved. The next second, she raised her hands.
"Ice Crystal Scatter Shot!"
A radius of over a hundred meters, an ice-blue magic circle rapidly expanded, revealing terrifying Ice Element Rule.
The moment the aura of this Ice Element Rule was released, everyone on the scene was stunned because the aura of this Ice Element Rule was clearly off.
Or rather... is this even Ice Element Rule?
Jona Velli grinned, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes.
The silver-tailed Fishmen opposite were also battle-experienced. While launching their attack, they added a protective shield for themselves.
Just as the two attacks were about to hit, Jona Velli's magic circle had fully formed.
Ice-blue radiance suddenly bloomed, and countless small ice crystals shot out in an instant.
They were like flood Dragons, their dense numbers tearing through these two Forbidden Spell-level Attacks.
Bang bang bang—
In an instant, all the green-tailed Fishmen on the scene were shot into bloody mist.
The two silver-tailed Fishmen's protective shields were also shattered, leaving them severely wounded.
As for the Golden-tailed Fishman? She was completely dumbfounded on the spot.
One strike! Just one strike to instantly kill hundreds of mermaid guards and two Legendary powerhouses!
In fact, Jona Velli had deliberately held back. Otherwise, if she had used her full strength, none of these Fishmen would have survived.
Haizewei trembled all over, her body covered in the blood and organs of her mermaid kin.
But the two Silver-tailed Mermaids still struggled to shield her, staring intently at Jona Velli.
"This is not the look you should be giving me, small fry."
Jona Velli looked down from above, disdainful of the three.
"Daring to harbor wicked thoughts before me, showing off? Hehe..."
"How dare you..."
A silver-tailed guard nearby was about to speak when Jona Velli's eyes emitted an ice-blue light. The next second, the speaking Silver Tail Fish-person turned into an ice crystal sculpture.
Jona Velli slightly clenched her right hand, raised it to her face, and lightly parted her small lips.
"Bang!"
As she spoke, her slightly clenched right hand opened.
Bang!
The silver-tailed guard, turned into an ice sculpture, exploded into ice mist, sinking into the sea.
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