This lake had always been very strange, and in the night, it gained an even deeper sense of mystery.
Subconsciously, Luo Feng sensed a pressure.
“Hmm, it’s night now, and with this thick fog, visibility is very low. I’ll wait until tomorrow morning to explore properly,” Luo Feng thought calmly. Rather than rushing in blindly, he preferred to wait for daylight.
That night, Luo Feng walked along the lakeshore.
A lake spanning hundreds of miles in diameter would take a very long time to circle around. However, with Luo Feng’s speed, even while walking and observing, he covered more than half the distance within an hour. Along the way, he found nothing particularly unusual. He then sat cross-legged in the weeds, closed his eyes, and rested.
Before long, the night passed.
The next morning, the sun rose.
Standing in the bushes, Luo Feng gazed toward the lake. The lake ahead remained shrouded in thick fog, and the deeper one looked, the denser the mist became. Yet, beyond the lake’s edge, the surrounding plains were completely free of fog.
“As expected, whether day or night, this lake is always covered in mist.”
“Still, visibility during the day is clearly much better than at night.”
Yesterday, even with Luo Feng’s godlike vision as a warrior, he could only see about a hundred meters ahead. Ordinary people would be lucky to see five meters. Now, with the morning sun risen, he could see roughly two hundred meters. But truthfully, for a warrior of his caliber, two hundred meters was nothing—a mere blink of an eye to cross.
“I’ll go in and take a look.” His six-sided shield hovered before him, and Luo Feng leaped onto it.
Riding the shield, he flew swiftly across the lake’s surface, diving deeper into the fog.
The mist was thick, and within this vast lake, aquatic plants grew abundantly. Occasionally, strange cries echoed, and the water surface surged with waves, making it impossible to see what lay beneath.
“No wonder this is a lake spanning hundreds of miles; there must be countless aquatic beasts within,” Luo Feng thought, surprised. Previously, while moving underwater through rivers, the width and depth of those rivers made it unlikely to encounter powerful aquatic beasts, so Luo Feng had moved easily.
But in a large lake like this…
It was hard to say.
Moreover, aquatic beasts were known for being particularly troublesome. In the oceans, beasts had always ruled supreme. The vast ocean gave birth to countless bizarre and immensely powerful creatures. Even warriors would avoid entering the ocean and would not easily venture into large lakes like this.
Whoosh!
Luo Feng flew forward rapidly, and the lake beneath him remained turbulent.
“Zap!”
A thick bolt of blue lightning suddenly lit up the air.
“Zap! Zap!”
Dense, countless blue electric sparks illuminated the lake sky. Twisting and shooting like electric snakes, they caught Luo Feng off guard. He barely dodged the first bolt, but amidst the countless bolts raining down chaotically, he was struck. It wasn’t that Luo Feng was slow—he was simply overwhelmed by the unpredictable, rapid, and twisting paths of the electric bolts.
“Not good.” Luo Feng felt a sudden numbness throughout his body, and his head spun.
His body plummeted from the sky!
Freefall was slower than a warrior’s movement. From twenty meters, it would take two seconds to fall completely.
“Huh?” Luo Feng suddenly snapped back to his senses.
At this moment, he was only six or seven meters from the lake’s surface. He heard strange roars, and then long, eel-like beasts with green scales erupted from the depths. Their scales crackled with electricity, and a few had single horns on their heads. They leaped from the water, opening their massive jaws to bite!
“Get back!” Luo Feng roared.
Six beams of death radiated outward from Luo Feng!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Six flying knives sliced through the aquatic beasts below, even curving around in an arc to pierce through many of them. Immediately, the beasts cried out in agony, and the surviving eel-like creatures angrily released more electric bolts, sending electric snakes flying across the sky.
Swoosh!
At the same time, Luo Feng controlled the flying knives while stepping onto his shield and rapidly ascending. Fortunately, this time the aquatic beasts’ electric attacks were not as coordinated as before, allowing Luo Feng to escape.
“Heavens, I almost died there.”
Rising to a height of fifty meters, Luo Feng noticed cold sweat on his forehead and back. He had faced many terrifying situations, even battling high-level lord-class beasts directly… yet today, he nearly died! If he had woken up even a moment later, those beasts would have bitten his head clean off!
“Are these eel-like aquatic beasts?”
“Iron-Line Electric Eel.”
“Unicorn Electric Eel.”
He immediately identified several species of electric eels below. There were over a hundred species of electric fish worldwide, and these beasts often lived in groups. The attackers were indeed a swarm of electric eel-type aquatic beasts. Electric-type beasts had always been a terrifying threat to human warriors.
Powerful electric aquatic beasts, especially when attacking in unison, could even knock out a mighty warrior with a single shock. And in that stunned state, even a warrior might be devoured!
What a pitiful death that would be!
“Be careful. There are thousands upon thousands of beast species, many with unique abilities. One careless step, and you’re finished,” Luo Feng thought, flying cautiously at a height of fifty meters.
As he flew, he could hear various strange sounds coming from the lake.
Clearly…
The number of aquatic beasts within was staggering.
“Roar~~”
A terrifying roar exploded in Luo Feng’s ears, and at the same time, an unimaginable force acted upon him, pulling him downward uncontrollably. “Damn! There’s another aquatic beast attacking me!” Luo Feng struggled to control his mental energy to stay aloft.
But his body still slowly descended.
“Whoosh~~~”
A massive whirlpool formed below the lake, its center a ‘black hole’. Beneath the white mist, the black hole appeared hazy and unclear, yet it violently sucked in everything above. The immense pulling force prevented Luo Feng from flying away. Remember, his mental energy was nearly at the level of a high-level warrior!
“Big one!” Luo Feng smirked, looking down.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two SS-grade flying knives shot downward, directly targeting the massive black hole.
“Zhi! Zhi!”
“Ahhh!”
A piercing cry, like a baby’s wail, echoed across the sky. The sound was so loud and shrill that Luo Feng instinctively covered his ears. Below, in the turbulent waters, dark red blood stained the lake. The ‘black hole’ vanished completely, and the suction force disappeared.
Swoosh! Swoosh! The two flying knives returned to Luo Feng’s pocket.
“Such a strong beast! My flying knives barely pierced its skin before being blocked by its bones,” Luo Feng thought, controlling the knives. He clearly knew that the knives had only grazed the beast.
“It usually roars in anger, but when frightened, it cries like a baby? And it has such immense suction power? What kind of aquatic beast is this?”
In terms of species, land-based beasts were merely a fraction compared to aquatic beasts of the ocean.
There were over ten thousand species of land beasts, so one could imagine the countless varieties of aquatic beasts. Since warriors mostly operated on land, Luo Feng, like other warriors, knew little about aquatic beasts, only recognizing some common and famous ones.
“I’ll keep going. I want to see just how strange this lake really is,” Luo Feng muttered. At the same time, six flying knives hovered around him, and his flying height increased another thirty meters, reaching eighty meters.
…
Finally, Luo Feng landed on a stretch of sandy beach.
“I’ve finally reached the island at the lake’s center.” Sweat dripped from Luo Feng’s nose. This journey had been filled with terrifying moments. Besides the near-fatal electric eel swarm, he had also witnessed two large aquatic beasts fighting and seen a hundred-meter-long dragon devouring prey.
In short…
The number of powerful aquatic beasts in this lake was surprisingly high. It was very strange!
Logically, a lake spanning hundreds of miles might have two or three powerful aquatic beasts at most. But in this lake… during just one flight, Luo Feng had seen seven or eight extremely powerful aquatic beasts. Not to mention the many more lurking beneath the lake’s surface! The density of such powerful beasts was simply too high!
It defied common sense!
“When things are abnormal, there’s something unnatural at play,” Luo Feng thought, stepping onto the beach and looking toward the dense jungle ahead.
This island at the lake’s center resembled a primeval forest, with many thick trees and lush vegetation.
“Huh?” Luo Feng began to float upward, rising higher and higher.
Looking down at the island below, this mysterious land was perpetually shrouded in mist. The lake surrounding the island… was filled with countless powerful aquatic beasts.
“No, something’s wrong…”
Luo Feng’s expression changed.
“This island… why is it so quiet?”
Yes, it was too quiet!
During his long stay in Australia, Luo Feng had never encountered a place so silent. Even in the wilderness, there were always many beasts. But this mist-covered island…
Not a single beast!
No flying beasts, no land beasts. The entire island was eerily silent, except for the lake around it, which teemed with an astonishing number of terrifying aquatic beasts.
“This island is strange.”
“It’s unsettling.”
Luo Feng had never felt such unease before. For no apparent reason, this unnaturally quiet island, devoid of any living sounds, filled him with an inexplicable fear.
Whoosh!
Luo Feng landed on the beach but did not venture deeper into the island.
“This lake is strange, and the island is strange too.” Luo Feng suddenly smiled, extending his right hand to press on the communicator on his wrist. He held it down—
Beep!
The communicator activated.
“My communicator is on now, Li Yao… you should be coming soon,” Luo Feng whispered. Although Li Yao was powerful, without the ability to fly, he would have to swim across the lake… but given the strength of the aquatic beasts here, even Li Yao would find it extremely difficult to survive the crossing.
…
In a spacious room in the Paris base city.
Three people sat before laptops, one of them a handsome white-haired young man who suddenly exclaimed, “Madam, we’ve connected. We’ve reached the target’s phone.”
“What?” Vinita, who had been frowning, was delighted.
“We’ve connected, and the location coordinates are confirmed.” The handsome white-haired young man quickly added.
“Immediately relay it to the Master.” Vinita ordered.
“Yes.” The young man excitedly transmitted the location coordinates to Li Yao, who was deep in the wilderness of the Australian continent.
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