“They escaped really quickly! Hmph!” Mo Nian said angrily as she looked at the White Sharks fleeing.
Lei Xiu frowned as he watched White Shark leave. He had a bad premonition.
“It’s the White Shark Clan after all. It can’t be helped. They’re even faster than you mermaids!” Lei Xiu consoled from the side.
“Alright, clean up the battlefield as soon as possible. I still have something to tell you!” Lei Xiu said slowly.
“Yes, Island Master!”
The group of mermaids quickly finished cleaning up the battlefield. The scattered fences and the huge pits created by the battle were all cleaned up.
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“We have to rebuild the fences… This time, the fences have done a great job!” Lei Xiu muttered as he looked at the missing fences.
Hence, Lei Xiu opened the system and found the attributes panel of the Mermaid Island. He tapped on it a few times and a large gap was filled up by the fences immediately. It was obvious that the Lei Xiu had used accelerated time to complete the construction.
Constructing these fences wouldn’t cost much even if it accelerated time. For Lei Xiu, he had to ensure the absolute safety of Mermaid Island.
Initially, he had intended to upgrade the fences. However, upon seeing that the system required 70,000 gold coins for the upgrade, he gave up immediately.
The Mermaid Island and the Ocean Tree Ranch could generate quite a lot of gold coins now, and Lei Xiu could earn 20,000 gold coins every day. It would only take him four days to upgrade the fences.
However, Lei Xiu did not intend to upgrade the fences as it was too expensive. Moreover, the fences at this level could still be resisted. It could be seen from how the fences could withstand the attacks of more than ten White Sharks.
“Island Master! The battlefield is ready!” Mo Nian’s voice sounded from the side.
“Mm, alright! Mo Nian, Mo Wu, Mo Yuan, Mo Wen, follow me! Everyone else, disperse!” Lei Xiu said loudly.
Lei Xiu then headed towards the center of the island while Mo Nian and the rest followed closely behind. The mermaids below returned to their posts and did what they were supposed to do.
After a while, Lei Xiu and the others arrived at the center of the island.
“Island Master, what’s the matter?” Mo Nian asked curiously.
“How much do you know about the White Shark Clan?” Lei Xiu turned around and asked the four of them worriedly.
“We only know that the White Shark Clan is the leader of the four overlord-ranked clans in this sea region. Although they have very few clansmen, they are very powerful and quite united!” Mo Nian replied.
“It’s said that some pirates encountered a young White Shark in the past. When they wanted to capture the young White Shark, he escaped because of the natural speed advantage of the White Shark race. After that, the young White Shark brought everyone in the race and annihilated those pirates. Moreover, even the Pirate King was implicated,” added Mo Wen.
“I know that the White Shark Clan thinks highly of themselves and has always been alone. Hence, they have provoked many clans in this sea region. However, those clans were forced to endure their suppression, but they didn’t dare to speak out.” Mo Wu continued.
“Is there anything else?” said Lei Xiu.
“Island Master, our mermaid race is only the lowest of the low in this sea region. If we hadn’t encountered you, our mermaid race would have probably been destroyed. How would we know so much about the White Shark Clan?” Mo Yuan immediately replied.
Mo Wen, Mo Wu, and Mo Nian nodded in agreement.
“In that case, if we let the White Sharks escape today, they’ll probably come back to take revenge on us soon,” Lei Xiu said with a frown, his face filled with worry.
Although the Mermaid Island was already very strong, Lei Xiu was not confident when facing the White Shark Clan, the leader of the four overlord-ranked clans.
“Yes, Island Lord! The White Shark Clan is the most vengeful. They will definitely come back to attack us! It’s all my fault. If I had killed them just now, such a thing wouldn’t have happened.” Mo Nian thought about it and couldn’t help but regret.
“It’s not your fault, Mo Nian. The White Sharks aren’t that easy to kill either. Otherwise, they would have been wiped out long ago. Since we’ve already provoked them, then we have to prepare for the battle that might come!” Lei Xiu consoled.
“Yes, Island Master!” The four of them replied.
“Alright, go and get ready!” After speaking, Lei Xiu turned around and headed towards the information tower in the center of the island.
“Island Master!”
The mermaid guard outside the information tower lowered his head and said respectfully when he saw Lei Xiu walking over.
When the information tower was built, Lei Xiu had already informed the mermaids here through the information tower and sent the mermaids to guard the information tower. After all, the information tower itself was relatively fragile, and had to be protected from children or other disasters on the island.
Lei Xiu nodded and walked in.
What entered his eyes was still the huge map interface. Lei Xiu came in front of the interface and swiped his hands across it. He opened the map information tower where the Ocean Tree was.
“Sharkwood! How is it over there? Did anything happen?” Lei Xiu said excitedly to the interface.
There was nothing he could do about it. Despite having used it once before, he couldn’t help but feel excited to be using something so amazing again. He marveled at how amazing the system was.
“Whew…”
The information tower relayed what Lei Xiu had said.
“Island Master! Nothing has happened on my side at the moment. Everything is fine! That’s right, Island Master, another Sea Spirit has been born on my side!”
In next to no time, a voice resounded within the Tower, and it was Sharkwood’s voice!
This was the first time Sharkwood had used such an interesting tool. From his voice, it was obvious that he was very excited.
“That’s great! Continue to guard there and contact me immediately if anything happens! Oh right, Sharkwood, I’ll start forging armor for you guys now. Once I’m done, I’ll send someone to deliver it to you guys,” Lei Xiu said with a smile.
“Many thanks, Island Master! Sharkwood will protect this place well!” A voice sounded out from within the Tower once more.
“I don’t think we can forge it now… we don’t have any money… let’s talk about it tomorrow…” Lei Xiu cut off the connection and looked at the few coins he had left. The thought that he just had, had to be filed away for later.
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The sky gradually darkened, and the surface of the sea at night was very calm and cold. However, this didn’t apply to Mermaid Island. At this moment, the lights on Mermaid Island were bright, and hundreds of mermaids were frolicking in the center of the island. Lei Xiu was also playing with the mermaids, and their laughter echoed on the empty sea surface.
The dark night couldn’t cover Mermaid Island. From a high vantage point, one could see that Mermaid Island was the only bright spot within a hundred kilometers.
…
The day passed quickly. When the first rays of the morning sun shone on Mermaid Island, the Mermaids had already begun their own work and cultivation.
“It’s been a full month since I came to this world…” Lei Xiu murmured as he stood in the center of the island and stared out at the rising sun.
From his initial confusion to his current goal in mind, only Lei Xiu himself knew what he had experienced. He had completely adapted to the laws of survival in this world and grasped the usage of the system.
“Let’s start forging armor!” Lei Xiu said to himself.
[Ding! Additional Task: Host, please forge armor. Mission completion: 30 experience points and 6000 gold coins.]
The system detected Lei Xiu’s will and as expected, it sounded.
With a wave of his hand, Lei Xiu opened the system and found the weapons workshop and a set of armor.
This armor was similar to other weapons. It was made of bronze, iron, silver, and gold. Of course, Lei Xiu could only forge bronze because the gold required to forge this armor was 1,000 gold coins! This was the same price as an iron weapon!
However, this armor could change its size at will, and it was almost entirely wrapped around the body. Its hardness was self-evident. The armor itself had magic patterns that could reduce weight and increase magic patterns, so it would not burden the body at all.
Thinking about it, after mastering this set of armor, one could naturally switch between the weight and weight reduction of the armor. When encountering an enemy, one could increase the weight of the armor and charge head-on. The power was needless to say.
Even though there was a limit to the increases in weight, it was still pretty good.
“It’s worth a thousand gold coins!” Lei Xiu nodded in satisfaction.
Then, he tapped his hands a few times, planning to forge 15 sets of armor!