The male merman was much larger than the two mermaids that Xia Pingan had seen. He was nearly three meters tall and his body was covered in black scales. His lower body was not shaped like a fish tail, but like a human with two legs. There were also scales on his face and sharp teeth exposed. He looked abnormally ugly, ferocious, and irritable.
That male merman was placed in a huge metal cage and brought to the scene. The merman in the cage was abnormally manic. He roared from time to time and grabbed the metal cage with both hands. He kept shaking it, causing loud noises underwater.
This scene was thousands of meters under the sea outside Crouching Dragon Island. It was like a huge arena. The surrounding stands were filled with people. The entire arena was about 2 kilometers in length and width. A translucent array barrier covered the entire arena.
When Xia Pingan first came here, he didn't know that there was such a place in the Undying Sea. The summoners here liked to watch summoners and mermen having bloody fights underwater. There would be people betting outside the arena. Just like now, the real fight hadn't started yet, but the audience outside the arena had already gone crazy.
Apart from summoners, there were also many mermen watching outside the arena. Those mermen occupied one-third of the stands. There were both males and females.
Both parties used real gold, silver, pearls, treasures, and various other things to bet.
"This merman is a prisoner of the mermen. He's extremely vicious. He once killed several mermen guards in the mermen tribe and stole the mermen tribe's Ocean Dragon Pearl for cultivation. He's extremely strong. After being captured by the mermen tribe, he was sent here. He's already defeated two summoners who had fused with flood dragon blood soul crystals. This time, this merman will welcome his third summoner …"
The referee was a middle-aged man with a dark face and thin eyes. Floating in the water above the arena, he revealed his powerful cultivation base as a 7-Sun realm summoner without any scruples. The referee's voice reverberated through the surrounding sea area, "The rules of this duel are the same as before. Both parties are not allowed to use any spells. If anyone uses any spells, he or she will be killed on the spot. Both parties are only allowed to use weapons in the arena. According to the requirements of human summoners, this is a life-and-death duel. Only when one party dies will this duel be considered over!"
Xia Pingan knew that the words about not being able to use spells were meant for him. In fact, most summoning spells couldn't be used in such deep water. For example, the Storm Cavalry would be crushed by the huge water pressure and dissipate as soon as they were summoned. Fire-elemental spells and Circle Prison were also useless. Most summoning spells that could be used on land couldn't be used here. There weren't many spells that summoners could use here.
As for weapons, he had already seen them on the ground in the middle of the arena. There were shields, tridents, sabers, swords, spears, and more than a dozen types of weapons. Almost everything was there.
Perfected Lord Nether River was on the most conspicuous stand at the edge of the arena. He looked at Xia Pingan expressionlessly. His lips moved slightly, and a wisp of voice entered Xia Pingan's ears. "This is a test for you. Whether you live or die, it's up to you!"
Meng Ziqi and Ren Zhu were standing beside Perfected Lord Nether River. Those who didn't know would think that they were master and disciple.
The scene in front of him was familiar to Xia Pingan. It reminded him of the scene when he entered the Death Corner Arena on Earth. It seemed that the thrill-seeking hearts of both ordinary people and summoners were similar.
Xia Pingan took a deep breath and squinted at the weapons in the middle of the arena. His brain was already making rapid deductions …
The merman in the cage began to go berserk.
"The fight is about to begin. Three … two … one, open the cage …"
As soon as the word "cage" was uttered, the door of the metal cage that trapped the merman opened. The merman rushed to the middle of the arena like a lightning bolt in the water. Xia Pingan did the same. The moment the barrier in front of him disappeared, he rushed to the middle of the arena.
Seeing the speed of the merman, Xia Pingan's heart skipped a beat. After two days of training, he felt completely at ease in the water. He was like a fish in the water and a dragon in the clouds. He didn't expect that the merman's speed was not slower than his.
The target of the merman was a trident in the middle of the arena.
Xia Pingan's target was not that trident or any other weapon, but that merman.
The distance of more than 1000 meters underwater was covered in the blink of an eye for both parties. The spectators could only see the two white lines rapidly approaching the center of the arena and colliding with each other in the blink of an eye.
The merman stretched out his hand to grab the shaft of the trident in the middle of the arena. The moment the merman touched the trident, Xia Pingan also rushed to the front of the merman and stretched out his hand …
In this kind of battle, life and death was actually a split second, a decision and judgment made in a split second.
The merman thought that Xia Pingan wanted to grab the trident from him. Therefore, the moment his hand touched the trident, the merman revealed a grim smile towards Xia Pingan …
The merman who grabbed the trident didn't even think about it. The moment he grabbed the trident, he immediately pulled back his hand and prepared to pierce through Xia Pingan's body at close range.
However, the merman's judgment was wrong. Xia Pingan's outstretched hand was not to snatch the trident, it was just a feint. His goal was to make the merman misjudge and think that he wanted to snatch the trident from him.
The moment the merman grabbed the trident, Xia Pingan had already rushed to the front of the merman. The moment the merman turned his hand back, Xia Pingan's hand had almost reached the merman's neck. The merman fiercely stabbed out his trident. The sharp steel thorns of the trident carried a torrent as fast as lightning in the water and pierced through Xia Pingan's chest, tearing Xia Pingan's clothes. At the same time, Xia Pingan had already circled to the merman's side and stretched out his hands, tightly wrapping the merman's neck from behind like a guillotine …
"Boom …" With a huge momentum, Xia Pingan collided with the merman and slammed into the ground of the arena, shattering the hard, metal-like gravel on the ground and causing waves of water to explode.
Not to mention the onlookers, even the summoner who acted as the referee was dumbfounded.
When the waves of water subsided, everyone saw Xia Pingan lying on the ground of the arena. His hands were not holding any weapons, but they were tightly wrapped around the merman's neck. His legs were also wrapped around one of the merman's hands and body from behind.
The merman was completely unable to move. He could only roll and struggle on the ground. Even though he was holding the trident, it had lost its use in this situation and fell to the ground. The merman's hands were trying to pry Xia Pingan's hands away from his neck.
The power from Xia Pingan's hands made the merman feel despair and suffocation. The merman had never thought that a human summoner would have such terrifying power.
The physical strength brought about by Xia Pingan's terrifying soul power finally broke out completely at this moment.
The entire arena was silent. No one had thought that this battle would be like this. There were no dazzling fights, no fierce collisions, no blood-boiling scenes, and there was nothing to watch. There were only two people rolling on the ground like mud.
Such a fight was not aesthetic at all. Those who were not in the merman's position would not be able to understand the despair and pain of the merman at this moment!
After about seven to eight seconds of silence in the arena …
"Kacha …" A crisp sound that resounded throughout the seabed came from Xia Pingan's tightly wrapped arms, like steel being twisted and broken.
After this sound was heard, the merman who was struggling under Xia Pingan's decapitated head suddenly stopped moving. His ferocious face lost all its vitality at once, and he rolled his eyes like a dead fish.
Xia Pingan loosened his arms and stood up gently. The neck of the strong merman had been completely crushed by him. It was as soft as a noodle.
The merman fell on the ground of the arena, motionless.
"I won …" Xia Pingan glanced at the referee and said softly, "Announce the result!"
The referee in the air landed on the arena, squatted down, and checked the merman's corpse. Then, he announced the result of the duel loudly, "The human wins this duel …"
After a few seconds of silence, the arena was filled with loud cheers.
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