"That person and beast must have escaped into that deep cave."
The sinister man's eyes flickered multiple times before he finally resolved his heart.
Riches were found from dangers. Why should he not take a risk for an earth class armor and a huge quantity of low-grade spirit stones?
Descending rapidly, the sinister man shot down like an arrow, penetrating the lake water and arriving at the deep cave.
There was a tunnel inside this deep cave as he had expected and it had an extremely powerful water flow pressure.
Li Fuchen
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Li Fuchen
Main Protagonist
and that Horned Fish Claws Beast had really escaped through this cave.
In front of the sinister man, the Horned Fish Claws Beast was swimming at high speed. Its speed in the water wasn't slower than its speed in the air. The water flow didn't have any form of resistance and had allowed it to advance even faster. Paddling with its four claws, it swam with lightning speed.
In front of the Horned Fish Claws Beast, Li Fuchen was also swimming at a high speed.
After bursting out his dragon elephant power, his entire body was glowing with a pale golden luster. He was swimming just like a fish that got released back into the water.
The Dragon Elephant Body Forging Chapters contained the intent of the dragon.
Dragons were pinnacle existences in legend. They could be gigantic or tiny, they would be soaring in the nine heavens or roaming in the boundless sea. There was no place that could stop them.
As time elapsed, Li Fuchen felt his speed getting faster. His entire body streaked across the water like a golden lightwave.
After swimming for about one to two hundred
miles
2
miles
1 Chinese mile = 500 meters
, there was a rumbling sound from the front. It was the sound of water current impact.
Rushing with all his effort, Li Fuchen threaded his way out of the tunnel.
In the next moment, Li Fuchen could feel that he had arrived at a larger water region.
Paddling with both hands, Li Fuchen rapidly swam to the surface.
In just a short moment, there was a splashing sound and Li Fuchen had broken through the surface of the water.
"So the two lakes are interconnected."
Making use of the elevation, Li Fuchen scanned the surroundings with his eyes and awareness. He noticed that he was in a much later lake and this lake was boundless as he couldn't see the shore.
Reincarnation Realm body refinement martial artist were unable to fly, thus, Li Fuchen dove back into the lake.
Li Fuchen frowned as he didn't know which direction should he advance. If he didn't guess wrongly, this lake should the largest lake in Mystic Yang Mountains, the Mystic Yang Lake. It had a radius of a few thousand miles and there were plenty of demonic beasts inside. If Li Fuchen chose the wrong direction, he might go deeper into the central area of the Mystic Yang Lake. It was possible to encounter a class 5 high-tier demonic beast. If Li Fuchen encountered a class 5 high-tier demonic beast in the water, the level of danger wouldn't be inferior to encountering a class 5 peak-tier demonic beast on land.
(TL note: The Mystic Yang Mountains suddenly appeared. The author might have put in the wrong name for Cloud Sun Mountains)
"Forget it, I shouldn't bother anymore."
Relying on his intuition, Li Fuchen chose a direction and swam diligently.
After Li Fuchen swam a few miles away, the Horned Fish Claws Beast had emerged. It had a gloomy expression as this Mystic Yang Mountains had plenty of class 5 demonic beasts. It had offended a class 5 mid-tier demonic beasts here and was unable to survive in this place. It didn't expect it would be back right now.
"That damn human. If it wasn't for him, I would still be sleeping now." The Horned Fish Claws Beast was still blaming everything on the sinister man.
"Since you forced me to return, I shall bury you under the lake."
The Horned Fish Claws Beast released countless lightning bolts and blasted at the tunnel.
Rumble.
Due to the water pressure in the Mystic Yang Lake, the tunnel collapsed rapidly and made it even more squeezy inside.
"Bastard, ahh!"
That sinister man was in a miserable situation. He might be a Reincarnation Realm martial artist, but in this pitch-black underground water tunnel, he wasn't able to utilize his abilities. The water tunnel which was fine earlier had suddenly collapsed from the front. Countless electric arcs could be seen and he immediately knew that this was done by that Horned Fish Claws Beast.
"When I get out, I will definitely peel off your skin!"
The sinister man brandished his claws and destroyed the layers of rocks.
After quite some time, the peaceful lake had suddenly jolted. In the next moment, the bottom of the lake exploded and a human figure rushed out.
"Die!"
The sinister man looked around and found the Horned Fish Claws Beast. He immediately attacked with his claw.
"I might be afraid of you in other places, but not here."
The Horned Fish Claws Beast's horn burst out with countless electric arcs that were spreading out in the water and forming an electric 'field'. At the same moment, the Horned Fish Claws Beast's mouth shot out water bullets. The water bullets changed form in the midst of the trajectory and turned into miniature Horned Fish Claws Beasts that blasted at the sinister man.
The Horned Fish Claws Beast was speaking the truth, inside the water, its strength was enhanced. It still might not be able to defeat the sinister man, but it was also difficult for the sinister man to defeat it within a short period of time.
A man and a beast were having a frenzied battle and the presence of combat had gradually reached far away.
A few dozen miles away, inside a mountain under the lake, there was something that looked like a lobster but just countless times bigger. A demonic beast that was a few hundred feet long was currently in a deep sleep.
Bang!
The mountain shivered and a giant rock landed on the head of the lobster-like demonic beast.
The lobster-like demonic beast had awakened from shock. It was enraged as it sensed around carefully.
"Very good. Someone is actually fighting in my territory. Courting death!"
The lobster-like demonic beast swam out of the mountain peak and towards the place of battle with rapid speed.
The sinister man was extremely frustrated. He had never battled with a demonic beast in the water before and had assumed that even if the Horned Fish Claws Beast had an enhancement in strength, it still wouldn't be a match for him. But after exchanging a few moves, he knew he was wrong. Inside the water, the strength of the Horned Fish Claws Beast was multiplied by a few times. Furthermore, the electric arcs in the water were making him suffer and had caused his reaction speed to decline.
"Let me chase after that kid first. Why am I fighting against this demonic beast for?!"
The sinister man had the intention to retreat and was preparing to leave.
"You two bastards, die for this lord!"
Crackle, Crackle!
Two giant scissors snapped over, one snapping at the Horned Fish Claws Beast, and the other at the sinister man.
After taking a closer look, how could these be scissors? They were obviously giant claws!
Before the claws had snapped at the human and beast, two transparent claw shadows lunged out with twisting water pressure.
The Horned Fish Claws Beast was appalled and its body was shuddering. Before it could speak, the transparent claw shadow had already cut into its body, causing it to bleed profusely as its tail had already been cut off. The sinister man wasn't in a good situation either. He might have blocked the claw in time, but still vomited blood from the tremendous impact.
"Brother Hong, this human forcefully barged into your territory and even said nasty things about you. I was so angry about it and started a fight with him. I seek your forgiveness." The Horned Fish Claws Beast spoke in a pitiful manner.
In response, the lobster-like demonic beast used its massive eyes to look at the sinister man.
All human experts should be killed.
It didn't matter if the Horned Fish Claws Beast was speaking the truth, it should still kill the human expert first.
"It is the class 5 mid-tier demonic beast, Armored Red Demon. Flee!" The sinister man was horrified and had scuttled off frantically.
The Armored Red Demon was the toughest class 5 mid-tier water demon. It didn't only have incredibly tough defenses, it also had terrifying attack power. Even a regular 7th level Reincarnation Realm martial artist might not be a match for the Armored Red Demon.
"Human bastard, where are you trying to go!"
With a flick of the tail, the Armored Red Demon moved so fast as though it had teleported. The massive demonic qi enveloped the sinister man.
Even though it was far away, Li Fuchen could still feel the commotion of the battle behind him.
"I must not stay in this place for a long time. After a certain amount of time, demonic beasts will surely be attracted over."
The Mystic Yang Mountains was the most dangerous place in the South Forest Region. It might be in the vicinity of the Raging Inferno city, but there were plenty of other cities in the surrounding too.
The Mystic Yang Mountains was more than 10,000 miles in perimeter and the Mystic Yang Lake took up half the area. It was imaginable how many powerful demonic beasts were inside the lake.
Just as Li Fuchen expected, a massive black shadow appeared on his right. The horrific demonic qi had made the lake water icy cold.
Li Fuchen immediately withdrew his qi presence.
The massive black shadow didn't notice Li Fuchen's presence and continued to swim towards the battle.
Along the way, Li Fuchen had noticed at least four class 5 demonic beasts. One of them had an extremely terrifying demonic qi and was probably a class 5 high-tier demonic beast.
"Demonic beasts in the water are known as water demons. The strength of water demons is enhanced significantly in the water. That man is done for."
Li Fuchen was rejoicing in that sinister man's misfortune.
Two hours later, Li Fuchen finally arrived onshore.
Looking at the borderless Mystic Yang Lake, Li Fuchen sighed quietly.
The land was humans' territory, while the water region was the demonic beasts' territory. Apart from the seven pieces of continents in the Seven Color Continent, there were inland sea in between the continents.
Inside the inland seas, there were plenty of Demon Kings.
Inside the massive sea region of the inland seas, even an absolute expert of the human race would have to retreat when facing a Demon King.
"Why think so much? I have to find the Spirit Cleansing Herb first. I have to take one step at a time."
Li Fuchen swiftly departed from the Mystic Yang Lake.
…
The terrain of the Mystic Yang Mountains was very complicated. According to the records, there were plenty of places that contained mystic yang qi. Only places with mystic yang qi would produce Spirit Cleansing Herb.
Li Fuchen's awareness was superior to Reincarnation Realm martial artists. This was his superiority.
A few days later…
"This place's qi is much warmer than in other places. I think the place with mystic yang qi isn't far from here."
While standing on a short mountain, Li Fuchen closed his eyes and carefully scanned the place.
After choosing an approximate direction, Li Fuchen bounced around like a primate.
After another half a day, Li Fuchen arrived at a crevice between two mountains.
"It should be in this place. The qi here has inexhaustible warmth but it doesn't feel scorching hot."
Li Fuchen entered the crevice cautiously.
The crevice was very long and it was very dark as it was covered by lush vegetations. If Li Fuchen didn't have acute senses, he wouldn't have missed out on the presence of this crevice.
Swish!
Within the shrubs, a large snake that had the thickness of an arm had lunged at Li Fuchen.
It was entirely orangish-yellow and it could spit breath that were blazing hot.
Li Fuchen reacted with lightning speed and immediately crushed the head of the snake.
"This snake's body is very hard. It will probably be able to resist against an attack from Earth Shatter Realm martial artist." Li Fuchen couldn't recognize the class of this snake but it didn't feel like a demonic beast because its body didn't have any demonic qi. It simply had valiant physical strength.
After passing through the crevice, the line of sight had suddenly broadened. That was a large valley that entered Li Fuchen's vision.
At the center of the valley, there was a piece of highland. There was a stalk of grass that was emitting bright yellow luster.
But at the side of the grass, there was a group of orangish-yellow snakes. The smaller ones were as thick as an arm, the larger ones were as thick as the waist. The largest one was as thick as a water jar. They were covered in dense scales while emitting blazing hot qi presence which were like magma.
"Spirit Cleansing Herb."
Li Fuchen recognized that the stalk of bright yellow grass on that highland was the Spirit Cleansing Herb.