# Chapter 1269: We're All Counting on You
Jiangnan, who was suffocating, suddenly sensed the injection of oxygen!
Strong survival instinct made Jiangnan take a deep breath!
(｡›ʘ̆3ʘ̥̆‹)(˃᷄ε˂᷅๑)
Alice: "Woo hoo hoo～"
She suddenly widened her eyes, her cheeks sucked in!
(›꒪ͦε꒪ͦ‹‧̣̥̇)
Don't suck on me! I'm not an oxygen tank!
At this moment, the curse marks on Alice's forehead glowed with blue light!
The power of blood surged, especially at the place where the two were locking lips, the blue light was exceptionally intense!
The power of blue blood was transmitted through Alice's kiss to Jiangnan!
Jiangnan felt something soft in his mouth, and a warm sensation spread through his lungs!
Little did he know that both of Jiangnan's lungs were now emitting a faint blue glow!
At this moment, Heidi, Yao Hong, and the others all widened their eyes!
Alice kissed Jiangnan?
Qian Benying's face turned red!
(⑉Ծ﹏Ծ⑉)
How can this be! That mermaid must have planned this all along!
Shark was furious, stepping forward and pulling Alice away!
He slapped her across the face!
"You bitch! You actually took the initiative to kiss a human? And gave him the power of blue blood?"
"If your blood isn't enough to activate the Origin Scepter, then prepare for all the elders to be sacrificed to the heavens!"
Alice wiped her lips, her eyes full of gloom.
At this moment, Jiangnan was astonished to find that after being kissed by Alice, he could actually breathe underwater!
His lungs could extract the oxygen he needed from seawater to supply his entire body!
In a sense, this was also evolution!
Now Jiangnan could even survive underwater indefinitely!
Legend has it that a mermaid's kiss can grant the recipient the ability to breathe underwater!
Was it actually true?
Even in his bound state, Jiangnan could still breathe without worrying about suffocation risk!
Jiangnan expressionlessly looked at Shark, a chill in his eyes!
He didn't say a word!
A biting wolf never barks wildly!
Shark's eyes were savage: "Not giving up, huh? Then watch your friends slowly suffocate to death!"
"Padaxing! Reduce everyone's oxygen supply to 10%! Decrease by 0.1 every 15 minutes!"
"You have 1 day to think about it. I'm not in a hurry, I'll take my time playing with you!"
Sure enough, as Padaxing reduced the oxygen supply, everyone's expressions turned grim!
Their faces were pained!
Shark sneered as he looked at Heidi!
"Little treasure, don't worry! When I successfully summon the Origin's descent, that will be the time of my coronation! Then you and I will marry!"
"You will be the only mistress of Lantis, one fish above, ten thousand fish below!"
Heidi shook her head frantically!
(☍﹏⁰。)"No! No! Let me be a sacrifice! Sacrifice me instead, okay? Please!"
Although she couldn't understand what the fish-head monster was saying, it definitely wasn't anything good!
Shark ignored her, grabbed Alice, and left the prison, saying something to Ajin!
"Watch them, don't let anything go wrong. They'll be used as sacrifices during the heaven sacrifice!"
Ajin patted his chest: "Don't worry, Lord Shark! Leave it to me!"
With that, the prison door slammed shut, and the atmosphere in the room became heavy!
Qian Benying's face was full of pain!
(◦ᵒ̌⌂ᵒ̌◦)"Jiangnan! Hurry up and think of something! I'm suffocating!"
"She kissed you and left, and now you're fine, but we can't breathe!"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes: "If you can't breathe, why are you talking? Save your breath!"
But his brow furrowed as well!
Although he was chained up like this, it couldn't hold him!
The little whip could be used. As long as he pulled out the small stool, he could easily break the black stone chains!
He could also destroy the Padaxing on the back of his neck!
But the problem was he couldn't do it. Not to mention the guards in the prison, even if they escaped, the entire Lantis was full of Shark's people!
They would still be caught if they couldn't win!
Once they escaped, they would face a siege from all of Lantis!
Forget about the Origin Stone!
It was better to stay in the prison for now, let Shark think he had the situation under control, at least it was safe!
He needed to figure out the situation first and make a plan. Blindly forcing things would only waste this great opportunity!
Just then, from below the prison, the old, decrepit mermaid spoke up!
(͝°╭͜ʖ╮͝°)"I... I am Alice's grandmother, Leixi! You are the helpers Alice brought, right?"
"I can give you the ability to breathe underwater. Don't look at me as old and weak, I still have quite a bit of bloodline power left!"
"It's better to help you than to let Shark have it!"
Jiangnan's eyes lit up!
(๑⁰꒨⁰)"Oh? You have a way?"
Leixi nodded!
(︶╭͜ʖ╮︶)"I am also a mermaid. If I kiss you, you can gain the ability to breathe underwater!"
"But I'm controlled by Padaxing, I can't move, so I can't kiss. If only..."
Jiangnan's eyes bulged!
What the heck is a mermaid! You're a fish-woman, okay?
And an old lady fish-woman at that!
But if it could let everyone gain the ability to breathe underwater, they probably wouldn't mind, right?
Jiangnan nodded: "Thank you! Leave it to me if you can't move!"
Then he said excitedly to everyone:
(͡°͜ʖ͡°)✧"I have a way for everyone to breathe underwater!"
Everyone widened their eyes!
Qian Benying was overjoyed!
٩(๑ᵒ̴̶̷ꇴᵒ̴̶̷̣)۶"Really? Hurry up! Do it!"
Then, the little whip on Jiangnan's back extended out, reaching downward!
Qian Benying's eyes widened in shock!
(*ﾟﾛﾟ)Holy crap! No way?
Tied up like this and still able to move?
Are you even human?
But just as the little whip came out, the prison door latch sounded!
Jiangnan immediately retracted the little whip, pretending nothing happened!
(´◔₃◔`)Shh～♪♪
Ajin walked in with two fish-headed, human-bodied mermen!
Her gaze fell directly on Damon, and she licked her lips!
▀₍͠°͠°₎▀
"Go! Take him to my room for interrogation! I want to see how tough this kid really is!"
The two mermen lifted Damon up and started to take him out!
Damon: (꜂꜆꒪口꒪꜂꜆)ˀ̣ˀ̣
"Huh? Why are you taking me? I don't know anything! Boss Nan, save me!"
Jiangnan broke out in a cold sweat. Take him to the room for interrogation? And test how tough Damon is?
Hiss... Could this hammerhead shark be...
(›͡ಠĹ̯͡ಠ‹)"Damon! Remember! A man should be tough not only in words but also all over! Don't waste this great opportunity! We're all counting on you!"
Damon's eyes bulged!
(꜂꜆ʘ̆ᯅʘ̥̆꜂꜆)"What the heck? Tough all over? I don't understand! Save me!"
But how could he resist Ajin?
He was dragged away!
"Sister Ajin～Can we really do this? If Lord Shark finds out..."
Ajin rolled her eyes!
▀₍꒪ัд꒪ั₎▀"Isn't that just not letting him find out? It'll be time for the heaven sacrifice soon, and this handsome little fish would be wasted!"
"Can't let it go to waste!"
The other merman giggled: "Hehehe～Sister Ajin goes first, is there any for us?"
Ajin laughed: "That depends on whether we can get anything out of him!"
With that, the prison door closed, and Damon's miserable wails echoed in the corridor!
Jiangnan swallowed his saliva!
Ajin and the others should be busy with "interrogation" now, so they won't have time to come over!
This was the perfect time for him to operate. Damon, hold on a little longer!
Once Ajin left, Jiangnan quickly released the little whip, extending it far to wrap up Grandma Leixi at the very bottom!
Jiangnan coughed lightly: "Where would you like to start?"
Leixi looked expectant: "Just... just start with that old man!"
She raised her eyebrows toward the bound old man Miyazaki!
(◔╭͜ʖ╮◔ิ)✧
Jiangnan: ???
"Alright! I'll send you over!"
With that, he controlled the little whip to send Grandma Leixi to Miyazaki's side!
Everyone was curious about what method Jiangnan would use to give them the ability to breathe underwater!
Grandma Leixi's eyes sparkled with excitement as she licked her fish lips!
She went up and kissed old man Miyazaki!
(‖›ര3ര)(︶.❥︶◟)"Mwah～"
Miyazaki's eyes bulged wide! He struggled frantically, making muffled sounds, his face full of terror!
Looking at the old fish woman before him, he was almost scared to tears!
Qian Benying, Yao Hong, and the others all widened their eyes!
=͟͟͞͞(꒪口꒪‧̣̥̇(ò口ó(❍ฺ口❍ฺlll)
Damn!
So the method Boss Nan mentioned was to have this old fish woman kiss everyone one by one?
Thinking about how she too would be kissed by the fish-headed old lady, Heidi started crying!
Merlin's face turned black!
Qian Benying was going crazy!
(°˃᷄⌂˂᷅°๑)"I, Qian Benying, would rather suffocate to death than be kissed by a fish-woman!"
What kind of unreliable method is this!
Jiangnan was also sweating profusely!
O(乛﹏乛‧̣̥̇)O
Good heavens! Grandma Leixi's attack is too fierce, isn't it?
Still sharp as ever!
She had been kissing for over three minutes and still hadn't let go!
Could it be that she's been locked up too long and lost her mind?
Five minutes passed, and Jiangnan couldn't stand it anymore!
He patted Grandma Leixi's shoulder!
(‧̣̥̇･᷄ㅂ･᷅)"Um... that's enough, we're kind of in a hurry here!"
Leixi reluctantly pulled away. Miyazaki's eyes had rolled back!
His lips were bruised purple, swollen from the kiss!
(›꒪ͦθ꒪ͦ‹)…
Even after putting cupping therapy on the mouth for half an hour, it wouldn't have this effect!
Jiangnan quickly sent Leixi over to Merlin!
Merlin struggled internally. Kissing was better than suffocating to death!
Grandma Leixi gave Merlin a quick peck on the lips! A brief touch, blue light glowing!
"Done! Next!"
Merlin: ???
Jiangnan: ???
It only took that long to heal? Then why did you kiss old man Miyazaki for five or six minutes and swollen his lips?
This isn't trying to help!
This is clearly trying to kiss an old man! Could the purpose be any more obvious?
Alice's grandmother isn't one to be trifled with either!