Journey to the End of the Night
Chapter 82 - 82 82 Merfolk Transforming Legs

82: Chapter 82: Merfolk Transforming Legs 82: Chapter 82: Merfolk Transforming Legs He stood between the night of solemn rain, letting the ruthless rain soak his clothes, the youth underneath the curtain of rain seemed to come from another world.

At this moment, he seemed to have grown a lot, his gentle brows were still gentle, only during the cold rain wash, it seemed there was something else.

“If the weak must die, and the strong may live is an inevitable rule of this world, then…

proceed with full of wounds, until you surpass this rule.”

Even though his body was cold, he could not give Lin Yuan a simple warm hug in her moment of despair.

Yet still, he gently patted her slender back, as if comforting a hurt child to sleep.

“Don’t worry, it’s not over yet, it won’t just end like this.”

Baili An’s clear eyes seemed to exude some crazy light, but his tone was as bland as a thin cloud at the horizon.

“What they want to obtain, to inherit, I will destroy it completely, just like they destroyed the Mountain Realm, so sleep peacefully, am I not here?”

Baili An had a gentle disposition, and on ordinary days, he never spoke unless necessary.

Yet tonight, he spoke a lot to her.

Word by word, serious and cherished, like a soft pin, piercing directly into Lin Yuan’s heart.

Am I not still here?

Yes, even though faced with a desperate situation, she was not alone.

At least now, there was still someone by her side who could hold her in this forest amid the mountain night wind and sudden torrential rain, welcoming the difficult tomorrow together.

Indeed, there was nothing to fear.

Her cheeks buried in Baili An’s arm didn’t rise again, she knew she must have cried embarrassingly.

Crying, her consciousness drifted into a drowsy sleep.

This truly was magical.

She remembered the days after she was saved by the mountain father when she escaped from the Sea Clan, fleeing to the Endless Sea from the fatal harpoon nets and was slashed by a sea demon’s claws.

For an entire year, she was unable to escape the nightmare of that extended flight.

Until last night, the Mountain Realm faced adversity, she was bound under the scorching sun, her skin and fishtail cracked inch by inch.

The bone-searing pain and the blood of her own kind vividly brought out her nightmares, magnifying them more than tenfold.

She had thought that even if she survived by chance, it would be extremely difficult to get through each night thereafter.

But unexpectedly, this was the first night, and she was able to sleep so peacefully in the arms of a youth until the rain stopped.

The rain stopped, the forest was filled with the fresh scent of moist earth.

Darkness was about to break.

In Lin Yuan’s groggy and dreamy state, her bright eyes half-open, she caught the first glimpse of light seeping through from the horizon.

Grasping Baili An’s arm, her hand relaxed and moved to his waist, groping for the Glazed Treasure Umbrella and opened it.

Her azure eyes cleared from the chaos, she looked up at Baili An’s pale chin, where raindrops were now falling down.

During the shift between night and dawn, the residual glow of the sunrise cast on his face unexpectedly made him look handsome.

His eyes were lightly closed, his clothes and black hair all soaked.

Feeling Lin Yuan waking up, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at her injuries with concern.

Hmm, the Merfolk’s physique is special, it seems as long as there is a water source, even heavy injuries can quickly heal.

After a night of rain, the dried cracks on Lin Yuan’s body had gradually healed, leaving only faint pink lines that were almost invisible if not closely examined.

Baili An’s gaze shifted downward, wanting to see if her lost scales had grown back.

Who knew that, at this glance, Baili An’s entire body stiffened, his back tensed as if struck by lightning.

Lin Yuan, sensing his inexplicable weird gaze, suddenly felt a chilled and awkward sensation at her tail, weirdly wanting to move her tail.

As her body twisted, the tail did not move an inch, but instead was replaced by the unfamiliar yet incredibly natural sensation of two legs rubbing lightly together.

Now, Lin Yuan was the one struck as if by lightning.

She first turned pale as if soul-drained for an instant, then stiffened her neck to follow Baili An’s gaze downward.

The blood in her body, cooled by a night of heavy rain, thunderously boiled over.

Lin Yuan’s fair skin suddenly flushed red like a cooked shrimp.

“Ah!!!!!!”

Her piercing scream disturbed the birds.

She struggled desperately to break free from Baili An’s embrace!

Barefoot, her white-as-jade feet stepped into the muddy, wet leaves of the mountain terrain, stumbling and retreating in a disheveled manner.

The eyes set with azure pupils were wet and red due to the sudden change.

Her mind was already panicked and blank, subconsciously pulling at the light-colored gown in an attempt to cover herself.

But usually, in the lake, since she was half-human and half-fish, her gown was made short for ease of movement and could not be used as a skirt.

Baili An dumbfoundedly watched Lin Yuan pulling her gown while helplessly retreating.

Her walking was as wobbly as a newborn baby, quite ineffectual.

Unfortunately, the muddy ground in the mountain after the rain was extremely slippery.

As Lin Yuan screamed, Baili An’s eyelids twitched, and with lightning speed, he grabbed Lin Yuan’s slender wrist and smoothly pulled her back into his arms.

“Lin…

Sister Lin Yuan, are you okay?”

How could legs suddenly grow, could last night’s rain be the problem?

Baili An’s heart sank slightly, subconsciously lowering his head to look at her.

Alarmed and bashful, Lin Yuan being drawn into his embrace suddenly felt a bit calmed, as she found that this close posture blocked his line of sight, stopping her futile effort to pull on the gown.

Her hands slapped down, firmly grasping both sides of his cheeks, her eyes wide with alarm: “Don’t look down!”

Her mind was in turmoil!

The fingertips holding Baili An’s cheeks trembled slightly due to perplexity.

How could this be?

How did she suddenly grow legs?

Lin Yuan widened her eyes, looking at her slender fingers, the torn webbing nowhere to be seen.

From top to bottom, aside from the unusual eye color, she was exactly like a human now.

Baili An gave a wry smile, took out a golden brocade robe from the Space Ring, and draped it over her shoulders.

The robe concealed Lin Yuan’s newly grown and agile legs.

Lin Yuan busily tied the belt of the robe, touching her legs again incredulously, then pinching them hard.

The pain confirmed that this was not a dream.

But historically, Merfolk who had not entered the Tribulation Realm could not transform their tails into human legs, and her Realm Cultivation was barely at the Ocean Expanding Realm.

Why her?

Baili An suddenly spoke, “Sister Lin Yuan, do you feel any discomfort in your body?”