The Misty Sea was not small, but there was only one landmass within it.
Therefore, Ye Feng and his companions were not far from the Merman tribe, and they infiltrated the Merman territory in little time.
The Merman tribe numbered a thousand, several times that of the Merfolk.
Thus, Ye Feng and his group had to be extremely cautious.
Before long, led by Miss Ariel, Ye Feng and the other two had infiltrated the outskirts of the Merman tribe's settlement.
As it was nighttime, no Mermen detected their arrival.
They first located where the Mermen held humans captive and then waited quietly outside for an opportunity.
When the night was deep and quiet, many Mermen had fallen asleep, with only a few guards remaining awake.
Ye Feng and his group stealthily moved forward, leaving a few people to keep watch outside. Ye Feng, Ai Xi, and Ariel sneaked in.
The place where the Mermen held prisoners was a cave on an island, with many branching paths. Ye Feng and the others did not know where the people captured during the day were placed.
However, fortunately, when Ye Feng and the three entered, they found two guards drinking.
Without a word, the three subdued them.
"Speak! Where are the people you captured today?" Ye Feng demanded, holding a dagger to the Merman's neck.
The Merman, seeing this, immediately wet himself and hastily said, "In, in there, go down the right fork!"
Hearing this, Ye Feng knocked the Merman unconscious and proceeded further inside.
Before long, Ye Feng and the others smelled a pungent scent of blood.
Ye Feng and Ai Xi were immediately worried, fearing that Chu Ling'er and Ai Xi's brother had met with misfortune.
Soon, the three entered the depths of the cave and then witnessed a terrifying sight.
Inside the cave was a vast cavern. In the center of the cavern was a large pool filled entirely with blood.
You heard correctly, a large pool of blood.
At this moment, five people were hanging above the blood pool, covered in wounds, with bright red blood dripping from their wounds into the blood pool.
"Ah!"
Seeing this, Ai Xi instinctively cried out in fright.
"Hush!"
Ye Feng quickly covered her mouth.
"Who?"
Suddenly, a Merman heard Ai Xi's cry and looked over.
Fortunately, Ye Feng quickly pulled the two aside and hid, thus avoiding detection.
"It's no one, it must be the people imprisoned inside shouting randomly. Don't make a fuss!" At this moment, another Merman also came out and said.
However, then two more Mermen came over to inquire about the matter.
Seeing the four Mermen inside, Ye Feng and the others were too scared to speak.
Only after the four left did they breathe a sigh of relief.
However, Ye Feng observed closely that the four did not go far, but were drinking at a table not far from the blood pool.
At this moment, Ai Xi looked at the blood pool and the five people hanging above it with a look of dread and said, "This, this is too cruel!"
Ye Feng also couldn't help but shiver and asked Ariel, "What is the Merman tribe doing?"
Ariel replied, "As far as we know, they collect blood to soak their warriors, making their physique stronger! Secondly, it is used for sacrifices to open the underwater ruins!"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was startled and said, "Strengthen physique? Sacrifice to open ruins?"
Ariel nodded, "That's right! The Merman tribe has a mysterious shaman who can use human blood for various purposes, which is extremely evil!"
Ye Feng was astonished to hear this, that the Merman tribe had such an existence.
"Last time, they used human blood for a sacrifice to make the Sea God ruins surface from the sea, but for some unknown reason, it didn't seem to achieve their goal. Then they went out again to capture humans for sacrifice, and by now, there are almost a hundred people!" Ariel said.
Hearing this, Ye Feng finally understood that the matter of the ruins was the Mermen's doing.
"Ye Feng, what should we do now?" Ai Xi asked.
Ye Feng frowned, looked at the situation inside, and for a moment, he didn't know what to do.
"Oh, Sea God, look over there!" At this moment, Ariel suddenly pointed to the cave opposite the blood pool.
Hearing this, Ye Feng quickly looked over and saw that there was another cave on the other side of the blood pool.
And from this angle, one could see iron pillar cages on both sides of the cave, where many people seemed to be imprisoned.
"Great! Those captured people seem to be inside!" Ye Feng said happily.
However, Ai Xi said, "But there are guards now, how can we save them?"
Ye Feng pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and said, "I've got it, watch me!"
Saying that, Ye Feng took out a pile of herbs and began to stir them. Then he took out a lighter and lit them, instantly producing smoke and a pungent smell.
"Quick, cover your noses!" Ye Feng said urgently.
The other two heard this and quickly covered their noses, looking at Ye Feng with confusion.
And Ye Feng fanned the smoke into the cavern.
The smell of blood in the cave was too strong, and the four guards were a bit drunk, so they didn't notice this at all.
Before long, their condition began to change.
"Hey, what's going on! I'm feeling a bit dizzy after only two drinks today!" one of them said.
The other person heard this and laughed, "That's because your drinking capacity is not... not...."
Before he could finish, he himself collapsed.
The other three, seeing this, also slumped onto the table, feeling dizzy.
Not only the four of them fainted, but even the humans in the iron pillar cages inside also passed out.
"A good opportunity! Go find them quickly!" Ye Feng said urgently.
Saying that, the three of them ran towards the cages opposite the blood pool.
Among them, Ye Feng did not forget to take the keys from the pockets of the four guards.
Soon, they opened the cages and began to search one by one.
Ye Feng found that there were many cages, ten in total, each with about ten people, totaling about a hundred people.
"Miss Ariel, you help keep watch, Ai Xi watch that side, and I'll watch this side!" Ye Feng said to Ai Xi.
Then the two began to search. Before long, Ye Feng found Chu Ling'er in the last cage on the left.
And Ai Xi found her brother in the second cage from the right.
"Haha! Great! We've found our targets!" Ariel said happily when she saw they had all found their targets.
But at this moment, Ai Xi looked at Ye Feng and asked, "What about the others?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng frowned, "Let's rescue these two first!"
Ye Feng would save others if he could, and if not, he wouldn't.
After all, these people had nothing to do with him, and he was not a savior.
"Okay!"
Saying that, the three of them carried Chu Ling'er and Ai Xi's brother and ran outside.
However, at the same time, at the cave entrance, a yellow Merman was leading a person in black robes towards the cave...