Chapter 414: Mermaid Form!
In the previous rounds, many participants were limited by external interference factors in the trial environment, forcing them to choose to retreat rather than advance.
They would not easily participate in the disputes involving Maguire-Storm, or Louis Tor-Turan and others.
However, with the official opening of the final round, the Endless Sea, many participants who had been enduring until now began to make their moves.
Just like the deep-sea shark shapeshifter that Hai La - Herheim had just dealt with, it was actually a participant who wanted to gain the upper hand by relying on their understanding of the ocean environment.
However, all these changes, which happened in a flash, did not attract the attention of the live audience.
Instead, everyone's gaze was fixed on a hidden corner on the screen, a spot clearly unnoticed by the participants within the trial scene.
“Is that—Jia Na-Roland!?”
A few minutes ago, at the moment the barrier outside the meditation array officially opened, Jia Na, as one of the most anticipated participants, did not complete her transformation immediately.
Instead, she leaped into the sea in her human form, allowing the surging seawater to engulf her and sink her into the deep sea.
It was precisely because of this that Hai La - Herheim did not find Jia Na's figure on the surface of the sea. “Buzz—”
At this very moment, as a buzzing sound echoed, a sky-blue light, without any warning, emanated from Jia Na's body in the pitch-black deep sea.
As the light grew brighter, all the spectators in the Glory Arena finally saw Jia Na's brand new appearance after her transformation on the suspended screen!
And at the moment Jia Na's transformed form was revealed, gasps of astonishment continuously rose from every corner of the Glory Arena's audience seats.
Strange yet familiar, magnificent yet mysterious…
Looking at the dreamlike figure on the suspended screen, which usually only appeared in storybooks or opera performances, the entire Glory Arena inexplicably fell silent for a moment.
Even the experienced host, John Jones, paused for a moment when he saw Jia Na's transformed state.
“It's the Mermaid Princess Olivia!”
Unlike others who looked 'stunned,' Jenny, a loyal fan who specifically took the steam train to the Element Soul Wizard Gathering Place to watch Jia Na's match, saw the figure on the screen that she had been dreaming of.
Her voice became a little hoarse due to excessive excitement.
As an ordinary person who did not possess any extraordinary power, Jenny's daily life, besides work, revolved around watching operas.
Therefore, when she first encountered the Transformation Trial, a transformation competition composed entirely of extraordinary beings, she was quite bewildered.
Not only did she not quite understand the rules, but she also wasn't even sure who the participants were.
However, as time gradually progressed, Jenny finally experienced the feeling of “true satisfaction.”
In addition to the incredible trial scenes, the dazzling transformation wizardry of various participants also gave Jenny an adrenaline-pumping sense of excitement.
Especially when Jenny saw Jia Na's series of actions that even she, an amateur, found highly commendable, she felt that her ticket money this time was truly well spent.
After all, as a fervent fan of Jia Na, nothing could excite her more than seeing her idol shine brightly!
However, the appearance of the final round, the Endless Sea, once again made Jenny worry about Jia Na.
Based on Jia Na's performance in the previous rounds, Jenny had gradually figured out that Jia Na's specialty in transformation was actually various magical plants with unique functions.
However, the Endless Sea, a trial environment entirely composed of water elements, clearly conflicted with Jia Na's expertise in plant transformation.
And just as Jenny was constantly worrying about Jia Na, the scene that appeared on the screen once again sent Jenny's emotions, like a roller coaster, soaring to their peak.
So much so that the excessive emotions even caused Jenny to get goosebumps all over her body and her hands and feet to tremble.
“It really is Olivia—
The mermaid stories were all true!
“Splash—”
Waves surged, and thunder roared.
The participants who had been battling on the surface of the sea just now, as if by prior agreement, all paused in unison.
“Why is there singing here?”
Although the entire sea was filled with the sound of waves and thunderstorms, the singing was not hindered by any noise at all, as if someone was whispering specifically in the participants' ears, reaching everyone's ears very clearly.
“Splash—”
Just as all the participants were momentarily entranced by the singing, suddenly, a huge splash of water echoed from a whirlpool not far from them.
“Bang—”
Immediately after, the water surged, and under the astonished gaze of everyone, a giant water column nearly ten meters high abruptly rose from the whirlpool.
And above the water column, a slender figure, completely enveloped in a sky-blue light, also appeared in everyone's sight.
“That is…
Long, sky-blue hair naturally cascaded over her shoulders and back, and her delicate, fair skin, illuminated by the silvery moonlight, appeared as if wrapped in a silver veil, exuding a hazy beauty.
But what was most captivating was the magnificent fish tail, hidden amidst the surging waves, covered in sky-blue scales and as clear and translucent as crystal, as well as the exquisite face, as if carved by a deity, framed by her blue hair and slender ears resembling fins…
“Is that a mermaid!? Why is there a mermaid here!?”
Unlike ordinary people who only knew about mermaids from storybooks or opera performances, the Third-level Wizard Apprentices among the participants had already learned about mermaids in their Basic Biology class at the Wizard Academy.
They even knew that the mermaid race, as darlings of the ocean, mostly lived in the Second-level Wizard Gathering Place, Atlantis, and rarely appeared inland.
Even if they did, they would only appear in Dordogne-White Tower as exchange students and usually only show themselves in human form, acting very discreetly.
However, such a rare extraordinary creature actually appeared in the trial grounds of the Potted Landscape Secret Realm at this moment, which not only shocked the participants but also gave them a very surreal feeling.
“Could it be that this ‘mermaid’ is actually a test specially set by the trial examiner in this round?”
