But his attack was like a drop in the ocean, and did not cause any ripples at all.
Punch after punch, Gu Ran had squandered all of his martial arts golden elixir, but it still had no effect on this soul vortex.
Gu Ran had a cold face and continued to squeeze the martial arts golden elixir without hesitation.
A crack suddenly appeared on the originally perfectly round Martial Arts Golden Pill, and then the crack grew bigger and bigger, spreading directly to the entire Martial Arts Golden Pill.
Gu Ran's martial arts golden elixir was shattered.
“Stop it!”
Gu Ran roared to the sky and spat out a mouthful of blood. The burden on his body had been maximized, but he continued to bombard without caring at all.
The next moment, the vortex that was originally absorbing the souls of mermaids from all generations of the mermaid clan suddenly stopped!
99. The History of Mermaids! You Can Call Me "Ariel"! 4.2k
Almost no one in the world can explain what the soul is.
But the world knows that the soul does exist.
However, different groups have different names for the soul. "Soul" is the usual name used by most people, while some groups, such as scientific researchers, prefer to call it "consciousness."
It is a carrier of consciousness and appears to be conscious, but at the same time it actually exists in this world, so it is ultimately material.
These whirlpools formed by souls seem illusory and ordinary material attacks have no effect on them at all.
But they are just a special substance after all, and attacks cannot affect them simply because the correct way of attack has not been found.
And when Gu Ran frantically squeezed the golden elixir's spiritual power and even caused it to shatter, Gu Ran's attack this time seemed to have broken through a certain critical value.
Time seemed to stop and space seemed to freeze.
The soul vortex slowly melted and dissipated like the first snow under the sunlight.
But it was not over yet. The aftermath of Gu Ran’s attack directly rushed up to the “sky” of this space, creating a big hole in the “sky”.
Then it continued to move forward with unabated momentum, separating all the sea water that was blocking its way in front. A considerable portion of the separated sea water mixed with this energy, vaporized, and formed thick fog. The remaining sea water formed a huge tsunami, rushing towards the distance like a natural disaster.
Finally, the remaining energy from the attack rushed straight into the sky, blasting a large hole in the clouds.
"The damage to the machine has reached 60%. It is difficult to maintain normal operation. It has begun to enter a dormant state. The time required for automatic repair is unknown."
That annoying electronic mechanical sound appeared in my ears again.
The separated sea water was gradually gathered together by other sea water and filled into this huge crack.
However, a thin film suddenly appeared on the big hole in the ruins in an instant, blocking the backflow of water from the outside.
This film does not appear to have any protective properties, it simply blocks the sea water.
Gu Ran was breathing heavily, looking at the spectacular scene that he had destroyed, without any sense of accomplishment.
All the souls that were originally flying towards the vortex stopped and floated in place.
Some souls were dazed and seemed to have no intelligence at all, while others had confused eyes and bewildered faces, and became dazed from time to time.
Only a very small number of souls looked lively again after the soul vortex disappeared.
"Where is this?"
"This is the remains of our mermaid tribe? How did it become like this? Did an external enemy invade the ruins?"
Some souls turned pale with anger, and then they saw Gu Ran standing beside them.
"Who are you? Human!"
"The descendants of the mermaids are so despicable that they were forced into this place by humans?"
Gu Ran looked at them with a slightly happy expression.
It’s not that he’s happy because of them, but the fact that the souls of these mermaid ancestors were obviously older than the little snail. If these souls still retain their intelligence, then the little snail that has just become a soul should also retain its intelligence.
The reason why he was willing to shatter his golden elixir in order to destroy the vortex that absorbed the soul was because he wanted to protect the little conch's soul so that it would not be used as food.
Gu Ran's eyes searched among these souls.
"Little conch!"
Gu Ran yelled.
If the little conch still had some intelligence, it would surely rush out to meet him upon hearing his cry.
But after Gu Ran shouted, there was no reaction at all.
Those who should be stunned are still stunned, and those who should be confused are still confused.
"Could it be that the little conch's intelligence has not yet recovered?"
Gu Ran frowned slightly, and then continued to shout: "Little Conch, Eudora, I am Gu Ran! I am Gu Ran!"
But there was still no response from the scene.
A mermaid soul that looked very imposing looked at Gu Ran and suddenly said:
"Human, are you in love with this generation of merman who entered the Ruins Challenge?"
Gu Ran wanted to continue shouting, but when he heard that there was a soul wanting to talk to him, he couldn't help but look over.
She was a mermaid queen whose original power could be seen even after she turned into a soul. Her eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and no one could play tricks in front of her.
Gu Ran wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and nodded: "Yes, I came here to find her. What advice do you have for me, senior?"
When the other few souls that still had intelligence heard Gu Ran's words, they immediately looked over in surprise.
"There is actually an ignorant mermaid in my mermaid tribe who is in love with a human?"
"When a mermaid and a human fall in love, there will never be a good ending. Didn't the younger generation tell the story of the older generation to that ignorant mermaid?"
The most imposing Queen's soul looked at Gu Ran and said, "I can see that you really love her, but there is no good outcome for a mermaid and a human to be together. Have you ever thought about this?"
For some reason, looking at the expression on the Queen's soul's face, Gu Ran felt that she seemed to have a story.
"Of course I have thought about it. Our relationship is not a blind impulse, but a determination made after rational thinking." Gu Ran said, "No matter what difficulties lie ahead, we will definitely be able to overcome them!"
The Queen's soul looked at Gu Ran, and suddenly a mocking smile appeared on her face: "I can feel your determination. It would be fine if the mermaid you like is an ordinary mermaid, but she was chosen as the challenger of the ruins, so it is destined that you will not have any good results.
"If she fails, she will die and become a part of this ruin. If she succeeds... you will no longer be the only one in her heart. The most important thing in her heart right now is the mermaids! Leading the mermaids to glory again is the mission of every generation of challengers of the ruins."
Gu Ran said calmly: "I know everything you said, and that's why I came here.
"Originally, I wanted to stop her from succeeding in the challenge, and then take her away from the ruins. This way, she wouldn't have to inherit the will of you so-called queens and become someone else. But what I didn't expect was...
"This rotten relic has existed for too long and has some kind of malfunction, which caused her originally successful challenge to be judged as a failure, and finally caused her soul to merge with the relic. I had no choice but to find the control center of this relic, hoping to free her soul and return her body...
"What I didn't expect was that this relic actually had a self-destruction program, and the attack of this self-destruction program actually used your souls as a source of energy to charge. I had no choice but to destroy the device that was suspected of absorbing souls.
"Then, all of you souls that were originally used as nutrients woke up. Of course, not all of you woke up. There are still some souls that haven't woken up yet."
After he finished speaking, Gu Ran looked at them and said, "I need to find the little conch now... my lover's soul, her name is Eudora, can you help me find her?"
At the same time, Gu Ran secretly became cautious and alert.
Although to some extent he saved everyone and prevented them from being replenished with energy when they were attacked.
But they were mermaids after all, and he was an intruder who had caused serious damage to the ruins. He was not clear about their attitude.
Of course, he was not afraid of them since he could say it directly.
Unless it is a psychic, the attack power of the soul is generally very weak and has no lethality.
He was telling them the truth now just to take a gamble. If he won, he might get some unexpected gains. If he lost, he wouldn't suffer any loss. It would be impossible for them to hurt him, and they could only feel helpless and furious.
"The ruins were destroyed by you?" The mermaid souls looked at each other with surprise on their faces.
The queen's soul seemed to have recognized Gu Ran again, and kept looking him up and down.
"You actually have such a powerful strength?!"
Then the Queen Soul frowned slightly: "Then why did you get to this point? Even human S-level psychics and martial arts masters cannot destroy this relic to such an extent. If you really have the ability to destroy the relic, then you are definitely one of the strongest in the world, and the mermaids will treat you as a guest of honor. When the time comes, the mermaids will just find another challenger, and the mermaid you are in love with can be completely excluded."
After a moment of silence, Gu Ran asked, "How many years ago were you the Mermaid Queen? Oh, sorry, I forgot. Maybe you don't have a good idea of time in the ruins."
"What year is it in human history now?" asked the Queen's soul, raising her eyebrows.
Gu Ran: "This year is the 995th year of the Xingshi calendar."
The Star Stone Calendar uses the year when humans first discovered the function of star stones as the starting point. From this year onwards, the speed of human cultivation has been unprecedentedly fast, with a qualitative improvement.
Three or four hundred years ago was the era of the great explosion of star stone technology, symbolizing that humans had expanded the functions of star stones to non-cultivation areas - that is, the field of science.
"It's been 995 years in the Star Stone Calendar. So much time has passed. It's almost three hundred years." The Queen's soul felt a little disappointed.
"Three hundred years... is a long time. No wonder you don't know the current situation of the mermaids." Gu Ran said, "It's difficult for the mermaids to even choose a suitable challenger, let alone a few more challengers to the ruins."
"What?! The mermaids have fallen to this state now?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible! In our time, there were too many mermen with the talent to challenge the ruins. We had to screen them several times before we could choose the best merman as the challenger to receive the heritage. Now we can only barely choose one suitable challenger?"
The souls of the mermaid ancestors looked at Gu Ran in disbelief.
Gu Ran shook his head: "What's impossible about this? Three hundred years is such a long time, anything can happen, not to mention the decline of an entire tribe."
The souls of those mermaid ancestors, including the queen's soul, could not help but fall silent.
It is really hard for them to accept such a cruel reality.