Chapter 178: Mother in law is still too soft

"Y-you… Is that really you, Zhu Shenyi?"The first elder pointed her finger at the mesmerizing mermaid whose face looked exactly like Zhu Shenyi.

Suddenly, the first elder seemed to remember a topic often told by the first matriarch of the Zhu family.

When the members of the family were always praising her as the best spirit contractor, she always told them that she wasn't anything great and that what she had achieved was all a mere imitation.

The members of the family naturally didn't believe her words and thought that she was just being humble.

But seeing Zhu Shenyi, who had completely transformed into a mermaid, she seemed to understand the words of the first matriarch.

She didn't want to believe what she was seeing right now, and that's why she still spoke out.

The first elder belonged to Zhu Shenyi's mother's generation.

Not only was she unable to compete against Zhu Shenyi's mother for the position of the matriarch, she even lost to Zhu Shenyi.

'Hmm… Not bad.' Zhu Shenyi didn't pay attention to her words and nodded her head after feeling the increase in her strength.

However, she was stunned to see her appearance after looking at the reflection in the water floating around her.

Hair, eyes, hands, and legs…

'Wait a minute!' Thinking of her legs, she was shocked after she couldn't feel them.

'My legs! I can't feel them…' Her face darkened after realizing she had completely turned into a mermaid.

Although it was just temporary, she felt weird with her lower body being the same as a fish's.

Hearing the sounds of battle, she came out of her thoughts and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

Zhu Shenyi saw Cha Yuxin being surrounded by the dark guards, and they appeared to be using some kind of battle formation, trying to tire out their opponent.

She grabbed the urn floating around her and checked the inside of it.

'It's only a little, but I should be able to check out my abilities by testing them on the small fries.' Seeing the little bit of water at the bottom of the urn, Zhu Shenyi decided to test the waters with a simple attack, as this was the first time she had used spiritual manifestation.

"Tidal wave." As she called out, she tilted the urn, letting the water pour from the inside.

Unlike the attack name, her actions were rather slow.

She couldn't be blamed because Aquarius had always bragged that the true extent of her powers could only be seen when using spiritual manifestation. That's why she was careful, as she would rather not destroy the manor, which was built with special materials.

Soon enough, she learned that Aquarius wasn't lying to her.

The drops of water touched the floor, waves of water suddenly appeared out of nowhere and reached the battlefield in an instant.

The dark guards were engulfed by the wave and drowned in the water before they could let out a scream.

Surprisingly, the wave avoided Cha Yuxin as if it understood Zhu Shenyi, and only targeted the enemies.

Looking at this scene, Zhu Shenyi was very satisfied with her prowess. If a few drops of water were this powerful, she couldn't imagine what would happen if she ever used her full power.

The elders who saw this scene all stopped fighting and fell to the ground with looks of despair on their faces.

Except for the first elder, who gave up fighting the moment she saw Zhu Shenyi, the rest were still fighting, but after seeing the scene just now, they couldn't even utter a word.

A single attack wiped out the guards they had cultivated over the years.

The first elder, who observed Zhu Shenyi's actions from the beginning, knew it wasn't an attack.

"What? Did you all give up already?"

Observing the unbelievable expressions on their faces, their bodies shaking in fear, Zhu Shenyi looked disappointed.

She thought they would at least put up a fight before going down, but she didn't expect them to give up so soon.

That attack she used just now wasn't even 30% of her power. Moreover, it was her first time using spiritual manifestation.

Zhu Shenyi had hoped to get used to this state while dealing with the elders, but she understood that she had underestimated her powers.

She became certain of it after looking at the power level.

[Name: Zhu Shenyi

Power: 8654]

Seeing her power level surpassing that of an AA-rank, she didn't know why she put up with these old hags for all these years.

But it wasn't without a reason that she hid her true abilities from the world, and it's not like she was able to wield such power right after awakening her talent.

Zhu Shenyi couldn't help but hesitate after seeing the looks on their faces as if they had seen a monster.

She resented them quite a bit for involving her daughters in their schemes and wanted them to die for it, but they were still her family members in the end.

If she had been a cold person, she would have already killed them as soon as they had the idea of using her daughters.

However, they had already crossed the line, and she knew if she didn't do it now, "he" would take care of them.

'In the end, I was able to make up my mind after seeing him.'

'I wonder what he is doing right now…' It had been more than ten days since he, Lin Yulan, and her daughters went to the dungeon.

Thinking of her daughters, Zhu Shenyi became determined.

In order for her daughters to grow up well, she needed to protect them from those who harbored ill intent towards them, and it was better for her to deal with the elders than having Yang Chen intervene and attract the attention of other forces.

"Sigh, I will make your deaths as painless as possible." She let out a sigh and got ready to use another attack.

"Matriarch, please forgive us just this once!"

"We committed a grave crime."

"Please… please show us mercy."

After hearing her words, the elders got out of their stances and began to beg for their lives. Sёarch* The nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The first elder remained silent as if she had already accepted her fate. She thought Zhu Suyin, Zhu Shenyi's mother, was a monster, but her daughter was something beyond her imagination.

She didn't know why she had been so blinded by greed that she failed to recognize the truth.

If only she had accepted her loss against Zhu Suyin, Zhu Shenyi's mother and dedicated her life to the betterment of the Zhu family, would she have been able to gain Zhu Shenyi's trust and learn about her true prowess?

However, it was all pointless now. No matter how much she regretted it, her mistakes couldn't be reversed.

"Soothing Stream." At that moment, Zhu Shenyi used a new attack, and the elders died after spending their last moments regretting their actions.

After the stream of water subsided, the bodies of the elders were nowhere to be seen.

Zhu Shenyi took a deep breath after finally dealing with them. She knew it wasn't over yet. From the information she obtained from her spies, the elders had already made a deal with the Lionheart Guild leader and the Ye clan leader.

Before Yang Chen and her daughters returns from the dungeon, she needs to deal with everything and make sure something like this never happens again.

"Secretary Cha, deal with the aftermath. We will pay a visit to the Lionheart Guild and the Ye clan tomorrow." While speaking, she deactivated the spiritual manifestation and returned to her original appearance.

Despite the shocking scenes she had witnessed, Cha Yuxin maintained her composure and immediately got to work.

Zhu Shenyi returned to her study and began to meditate. She had used quite a bit of spectral energy using spiritual manifestation. She needed to recover her spectral energy and think of a plan to deal with the Lionheart Guild leader and the Ye clan leader.

Meanwhile, in the space domain, Nyx had an amused smile on her face after witnessing the incident through the spectral mark she had placed on Zhu Shenyi.

"I thought she was special. I guess I am not omnipotent after all."

"But to think there would be such a powerful human…" Nyx couldn't help but become curious about Zhu Shenyi.

Not only was she able to handle twelve spirits effortlessly, but the spirits' attitude towards her was nothing like other humans.

"Well, she still can't compare to my husband."