Tomb Raider: Call Me Dragon Vein Cleaner

Chapter 221 Under the Jianmu Tree

Yang Xueli and the other girls came outside and began to examine the merman's corpse.

"With a human body and a fish tail, and sharp claws, he looks more like a wild beast than a human!"

This was also the first time Chen Wenjin had ever seen a merman who had recently died.

She had seen the mummified corpses of merfolk before, which had been used as lamps.

"Master, if possible, don't waste those merman corpses."

We're still relying on lamp oil for lighting in our basement storage room!

Huo Ling discovered that the lamp oil made by the merfolk was very useful; it was smokeless and odorless.

Moreover, it consumes very little. If electric lights weren't becoming more common now, she would love to use mermaid oil for lighting in her entire home.

Cheng Feng only realized this after Huo Ling reminded him.

He immediately nodded in agreement.

After resting in the space for a while, Cheng Feng regrouped and set off again.

When Cheng Feng returned to Guixu, he found that the debris in the water had faded considerably, and a large number of sharks were swimming around the surface.

The remains and entrails of those merfolk became their feast.

"I went through all that trouble to kill so many merfolk, and in the end, it all benefited you all."

Helpless, Cheng Feng could only collect the merman corpses on the shore; these would be enough for several hundred years.

Cheng Feng then jumped back into the water and began searching for the Mermaid's hiding place.

This time, Cheng Feng set his sights on the area beneath the Jianmu tree.

If the merfolk are indeed slaves of the Hentian tribe, then the Mermaid Granny would naturally not escape the clutches of the Hentian tribe either.

Therefore, the area near this Jianmu tree is the most suitable place to house the Mermaid.

After passing through a large group of sharks, Cheng Feng arrived at the bottom of the Jianmu tree in the sea.

This is yet another amazing sight.

A round coral column, tens of meters thick, stood in the bottomless abyss.

There is a platform above the coral column, and the seawater around the platform is constantly rotating.

Inside, you can see a space without seawater.

Curious, Cheng Feng swam toward the platform, glancing down as he passed the abyss.

Even with his eyesight, he couldn't see anything.

After passing through the abyss, Cheng Feng arrived outside the platform.

He tentatively reached his hand into the vortex surrounding the platform.

Finding that there was no pulling force as expected, Cheng Feng did not hesitate to pass through the vortex.

After getting back to solid ground, Cheng Feng began to examine the items on the platform.

"The Hentian Tribe is extraordinary. No wonder they were able to establish a tribe in the Ruins of Return and enslave the Black-Scaled Merfolk."

After examining it carefully, Cheng Feng sighed inwardly.

He also had a guess that the dragons might have been specially raised by the Hentian Department to guard the gate.

This tribe must have been an extremely powerful force at the time.

There are twelve statues on this platform, each with a different posture.

Some held spears, while others held bronze swords.

Moreover, they are all oriented towards the platform center.

In the center, there is a square platform measuring two meters on each side.

Cheng Feng arrived at the platform, where a large compass was inscribed with the Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, Five Elements, and Eight Trigrams.

"The Eight Trigrams of the Earlier Heaven require the correct trigrams to unlock the mechanism."

This compass has three layers, inside and out.

Each layer is rotatable and is engraved with symbols representing the Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, celestial phenomena, the Five Elements, and the Eight Trigrams.

Each of these three layers of hexagrams has its own interpretation, and the mechanism can only be opened if each layer corresponds to a specific hexagram.

In addition, at the very core of the hexagram, there are seven holes arranged in the pattern of the Big Dipper.

Judging from the size of the pit, Cheng Feng believed it needed to be filled with pearls.

It is the Moon Essence Pearl produced by an old clam absorbing the essence of the moon.

"It's a pity that we didn't collect ordinary pearls back then because we thought it was too much trouble. Oh well, let's deal with the black-scaled merfolk and the mermaid grandmother first before we make any further plans."

After deciding to put the matter aside for the time being, Cheng Feng turned and left the platform.

Once outside, the sea once again enveloped Cheng Feng.

Cheng Feng followed the stone pillar and began searching downwards into the abyss, suspecting that the Mermaid Granny was nearby.

After swimming downstream for several dozen meters, Cheng Feng's gaze sharpened.

Beside a cliff, a dozen enormous chains, thicker than a person's waist, extended out.

Cheng Feng immediately began searching along the chains.

Soon, at the end of the chains, Cheng Feng discovered a huge cave.

This opening is located on one side of the coral reef, and is over 100 meters high and several tens of meters wide.

From the middle wind, he sensed a huge living creature.

The ability to hear the sound of waves is especially useful underwater, allowing one to sense the situation even from a distance.

"Got you."

The Fish Intestine Sword is not so useful when dealing with large monsters.

For giant monsters that are tens of meters tall, the Fish Intestine Sword is only slightly better than a toothpick.

Cheng Feng arrived at the cave entrance like a nimble fish, where he could already see the interior clearly.

Cheng Feng then took in the form of the Mermaid.

This mermaid is tens of meters long, and it has a face full of wrinkles.

Like an old woman.

Its body is black, but covered with huge white suction cups.

A pair of huge, dark gray eyes, bulging outward like air sacs, were now covered by a thin membrane.

Dozens of tentacles spread outwards from its body.

The tentacles are also covered with suckers, but are much shorter than those of octopuses and squids.

But its thickness far exceeds that of octopuses.

Moreover, its tentacles are covered with the same black scales as those of the Black Scale Merman.

"I really can't imagine how those people from the Hateful Heaven Division managed to deal with this guy back then."

Cheng Feng was filled with mixed emotions.

Because this mermaid was tightly bound by huge chains, it was clear that she had been imprisoned by the Hentian tribe.

However, this also made things easier for Cheng Feng; dealing with a trapped mermaid was better than being free to move around.

With the target of the cleanup mission in sight, Cheng Feng immediately swam into the huge cave.

As Cheng Feng approached, the Mermaid sensed the presence of the Jade-Winged Golden-Scaled Mermaid, and the membrane in front of her eyes opened.

The enormous figure began to move.

The surrounding seawater was stirred up by its movement.

But this force was nothing to Cheng Feng. After getting close to the Mermaid, Cheng Feng used all his strength to swing a palm across the seawater.

The Water Demon's Six Arts, the River-Turning Hand, unleashed an even stronger and more concentrated force, heavily striking the Mermaid's bulging eyes.

In an instant, the Mermaid's eye shattered.

The excruciating pain caused the Mermaid to open her massive, tooth-filled mouth and roar silently in the water.

Its body struggled continuously, causing the chains to pull and causing rubble to fall around it.

Cheng Feng did not take advantage of her illness to kill her, because he was still hoping that the Mermaid would call her offspring to help him out.

But Cheng Feng remained unmoved, while the Mermaid, whose eye had been blinded, could not stand it.

At this moment, several of its thick tentacles stretched out and clung tightly to the surrounding rocks.

As it dragged its body toward Cheng Feng, all the other tentacles lashed out viciously at Cheng Feng, who was not far away.

"The message should have been delivered by now!"

Cheng Feng turned around to dodge an attack from a tentacle, then looked outside with his back to the Mermaid.

At the same time, he shifted his body to avoid the attacks of several other tentacles.

Trying to hit Cheng Feng with the water flow generated by the movement of his tentacles is a complete pipe dream.

To put it bluntly, Cheng Feng could tell what kind of poop the mermaid was going to take just by lifting its butt.

After playing a hide-and-seek game with the Mermaid for a while, the figures of black-scaled mermaids finally began to appear outside the cave.

Clearly, when the queen ant is attacked, even though these ordinary ants are afraid, they will instinctively rush to protect her.