So even the most hidden merfolk could hardly withstand the search and attack of resentful spirits, and while the white bone puppets were still entangled with the merfolk in the city center, those resentful spirits had already annihilated a quarter of the merfolk in the underwater city.
Due to the massive deaths of merfolk within the underwater city, the tainted blood enveloping the city began to absorb the essence of flesh from those who had died.
As the number of dead merfolk continued to rise, the Blood Sea, replenished with the essence of flesh, had transitioned from the original semi-transparent state barely enveloping the city to a deep red color.
As the color of the Blood Sea surrounding the underwater city deepened, the merfolk engaged in battle with the white bone puppets soon noticed this situation.
