Chapter214:Lamia’sGame

OntheseashorenotfarawayfromCaelian,YunXiwassittingonthereefandthinking.

Splash!Splash!Seawavessplashedonthereefs.

"Ahhahahaha!"AboutahundredmetresawayfromYunXi,adozenLamiagirlswereplaying.

However,theirgamewasdifferentfromhumangames.

Aonemeterbluewaterballrotated,roseandfellintheseawithanear-piercingwhistle.Itwasabouthalfatoninweight,causingaseriesofcircularrippleseverytimeitrolled.

TheseLamiagirlswereplayingwiththisfrightfulwaterballwiththeirscrewliketails,havinganintensecompetition.

Ifordinarypeoplesawthisscene,theywouldbefrightenedintoacoldsweat,becausethewaterball闁炽儲鐛╳eightwasoverhalfaton.Ifordinarypeoplegothitbyit,theywouldundoubtedlybeseverelyinjured.Itwouldn闁炽儲鐛゜eanexaggerationtoconsideritasakindof"magicalweapon".

However,theseLamiascouldwrapandpatthisfrightfulwaterballwiththeirtailsattheircommand.Tothem,itwasjustamethodusedtopracticetheircontrolforce.

Lamiashadastrongtail,enduringphysique,andapowerfulbloodline.Theirstrengthwasevenstrongerthanthegreenhippo.NowonderthattheywerecalledSeaDemons.

Afterobservingforawhile,YunXithoughtthatheknewthereasonwhythepeopleinCaeliandidn’tliketogetclosetotheLamiaRace.

ComparedtotheMermaidgirls,whohadexcellenttalentforartsandwereapproachable,theLamiaslookedstrangeandtheirstrengthwasverydangeroustohumans.

Itwassaidthattheirmethodofshowingtheirlovewastocoilaroundtheirloverswiththeirscrewliketails,buttheirtailsweresostrongthattheycouldevenstrangleahippoeasily!Imagineit:anordinarypersonwaswrappedupbytheirtailbecausetheywantedtoshowtheirlove...thatfeelingofdreadanddespaircouldscareawayanybody.

ThegapbetweentheLamiaRaceandmankindwasjusttoowide.Suppose,ifaLamiagirljustsneezed,thenthepersonthatwascoiledinhertailwould闁炽儲鐛玡beensqueezedtodeath.

However,fromwhatYunXihadseen,suchathingwasn’tverylikelytohappen.

TheLamiascouldcontrolthewaterballeasily.Itshowedthattheyhadconfidenceincontrollingtheirstrength.

(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫ｅ啯袟)

Theywerebornwithsuchatenaciousstrength!UnderthetutelageoftheolderLamias,theylearnedhowtocontroltheirstrengththroughgames.

Theirlongtailslookeddreadfultohumans,buttothemselves,theirlongtailswerethemostimportantbattleorgans.

Theycouldevenmoveathighspeedonthegroundwiththeirtails,andtheirexplosiveforcewasalsohigherthanthatofahuman’sultimate.

"Whatastrongrace!"YunXiexclaimed.

NowonderthatYunQueinstructedhimtoproposetotheLamiaQueen.TheLamiaRacecouldbecomeastrongforcetohisMistSoulArmy.

However,YunXifeltabitawkwardnow,becausehecouldn’tfindanychancetointerveneintotheLamiagirls’game.

AlthoughtherewerealreadymanydozensofLamiasthathadarrivedatCaelian,theyrarelytalkedtohumans.

Theyformedseveralsmallpartiesandswaminthestreamsofthecity,exploringaroundthisoldWaterGodcitywithcuriosity.

BecausetheLamiaQueenwasoneoftheHighPriestesses,humanscouldn’trefusethemtoenterthecity,however,theyalsodidn’tknowhowtodealwiththeseappalling,halfhumanhalfsnakecreatures,sotheycouldonlypretendthattheseLamiasdidnotexist.

TheLamiasdidn’tknowhowtogetalongwithotherintelligentspeciestoo.Occasionally,theywouldtalktothegirlsfromtheMermaidRace,butmostofthetime,theywanderedaroundthecityalone.

YunXihadsearchedhalfofthecity,andfinallyfoundthemontheeasternseashore.Hedidn’texpectthattheywouldnotliveinthemagnificentpalaces,butpreferredtoliveinthedarkcavesbesidesthesea.

YunXiwaitedinfrontofthecaveforhalfanhour,then,hesawtheLamiasswimmingoutofthecave.IntheleadwasseveraloldLamias,theyplayedagameofwaterballontheseatopracticeforthemselves.

Thegame闁炽儲鐛╮ulewassimple:theplaygroundwasanarrowrectanglethatwasaboutonekilometrelong.TheLamiagirlsweredividedintotwoteams,andthegoalwastoshootthewaterballintotheotherteam’sgoalarea.

Theycouldbeatandbumptheiropponentswiththeirtails,butcouldn’tusetheirhands.Nomatterwhatmethodtheywereusing,aslongastheycouldshootthewaterballintotheotherteam’sgoalarea,theirteamwouldgetapoint.

Thecompetitionwasintense,becausetheLamiaswerestrivingwithalltheirmightforthewin.Theyhadusedvarioushittingskillswiththeirtails,whichwasreallyaneyeopeningexperiencetoYunXi.

"Boom!"Occasionally,suchadeadsoundwouldechothroughtheplayground.ItwasthestrongestblowfromthestrongestLamias.Everytimesuchasoundappeared,itwouldmeanthatoneteamhadscoredapointagain.

Withoutusinganymagic,theysimplypattedthewaterballwiththeirtails.Evenso,thewaterballhadbeenacceleratedtoaspeedthatcouldsmashanyhumaninfrontofitintomincedmeat.

"Isitakindofmilitarymanoeuvres?"Lookingatthem,YunXi’sforeheadwascoveredwithsweat.

Iftheyshotsuchawaterballonthebattlefield,itwouldundoubtedlyploughalong,deepgougeintheground.

"No.Theyarejustplaying,andthewaterballisjustfortraining.Whenweareonthebattlefield,wewouldnormallysqueezethewaterballtentimestighterthanthetrainingwaterball."YunXiheardagentlevoicebesideshisear,andthen,hefeltthatacold,flexiblethinghadwrappedaroundhiswaist.