Chapter 100: Flood Dragon

To enter the Black Water Lake, they needed to lure away the Crocodile Beasts on the shore.

Xu Feng glanced back at the Giant Lizard Beast. Gritting his teeth, he made it charge forward.

Roar~

The Giant Lizard Beast let out a loud roar. Thump, thump, thump—it moved its thick limbs and pounced toward a Crocodile Beast.

A Crocodile Beast, which had been resting with its eyes half-closed on the shore, suddenly heard the Giant Lizard Beast’s roar. It opened its eyes and saw the Giant Lizard Beast charging toward it like a heavy tank. The Crocodile Beast was startled.

Ordinary monsters did not dare to confront elite monsters directly. But the Black Water Lake was the home of the Crocodile Beasts. The Giant Lizard Beast had barged in and attacked, so the Crocodile Beasts believed it was trying to take over their territory. They quickly surrounded it, roaring loudly to force it to leave.

Seeing that the Crocodile Beasts’ attention was fully on the Giant Lizard Beast, Xu Feng quietly moved through the bushes toward the Black Water Lake.

Xu Feng possessed a Curio that allowed him to breathe underwater, so he could explore beneath the surface for a long time.

He took one last look at the Giant Lizard Beast, which was now surrounded by more than ten Crocodile Beasts, and felt a pang of reluctance.

Even an elite monster, when attacked by so many ordinary monsters of the same level, had a high chance of dying.

Although the Giant Lizard Beast was Xu Feng’s pet, once it died, it was gone forever. Xu Feng had no way to resurrect it.

But for the sake of the Village of Sacrifice, sacrificing a Three-Star Elite pet was worth it.

Descending into the Black Water Lake, a layer of pale blue bubbles appeared around Xu Feng’s body, enveloping him completely.

The Black Water Lake was as dark as ink. Underwater, he could hardly see anything. Xu Feng could only rely on his senses as he sank to explore the lakebed.

The lakebed was covered with fist-sized stones, and it was easy to slip. Xu Feng moved carefully, looking around as he walked.

As he moved forward, Xu Feng suddenly felt his left foot step on something soft. Just as he wondered what it was, there was a crunch, and a sharp pain shot through his left foot.

Looking down, he saw a lake mussel that looked very much like the stones on the lakebed. It had clamped onto his left foot.

This lake mussel was actually a monster with Two-Star Strength. Xu Feng drew his longsword and struck the mussel’s shell with all his might.

It took many strikes to shatter the shell. This shell was even harder than the Insectoid Carapace of an Insect Human of the same level. If not for Xu Feng’s talent bonuses, even with Three-Star Strength, he wouldn’t have been able to break the mussel’s shell.

The lake mussel relied entirely on its shell. Once the shell was broken, it wasn’t very strong and was quickly killed by Xu Feng.

After killing the lake mussel, he was lucky enough to obtain a blue pearl.

Blue Pearl: Forging material, alchemy material. Property: Increases success rate by 2%.

Materials like this were rare. Some high-quality equipment or special potions required pearls. And this pearl even increased the success rate—though not by much, it made the pearl much more valuable than ordinary ones.

After this incident, Xu Feng became even more cautious.

Although killing lake mussels could yield pearls, it took too much time. Xu Feng’s underwater breathing item also had a time limit; he couldn’t stay underwater indefinitely.

Continuing his exploration along the lakebed, Xu Feng soon discovered a rock wall ahead.

He had reached the location of the lake’s small island. This rock wall was an extension of the mountain on the island.

“If there’s a village in the Black Water Lake, it can only be on this small island,” Xu Feng thought to himself.

Just as Xu Feng prepared to climb up the rock wall, a strong current of air suddenly came from his left. It was like an invisible sword striking the rock wall not far from him.

With a crash, a deep mark was carved into the rock wall.

Startled, Xu Feng looked to his left.

A massive black shadow, over ten meters long, was swimming in the distance.

Xu Feng didn’t dare move and stayed perfectly still.

As the shadow swam closer, Xu Feng could see it clearly.

“Flood Dragon!”

Looking at its long body and its head, which resembled an Eastern dragon but had no horns, Xu Feng became even quieter.

“This is a Three-Star Lord Rank monster, a creature that could fight Death Fortress to the death,” Xu Feng thought. “Even with the Giant Lizard Beast, I couldn’t face it alone. Just looking at it from afar made me tremble and want to flee immediately. Such a being has surpassed the limits of Three-Star. Even a Four Stars monster might not be its match.”

On the shore, the Giant Lizard Beast, following Xu Feng’s command, was already fighting the Crocodile Beasts. The direction the Flood Dragon was swimming was clearly toward the site of their battle.

“The commotion from the Giant Lizard Beast’s fight must have caught the Flood Dragon’s attention. It seems the Black Water Lake isn’t the territory of the Crocodile Beasts, but the Flood Dragon’s domain,” Xu Feng thought.

The Flood Dragon swam very fast. In just a short while, Xu Feng sensed the Giant Lizard Beast’s Health Points drop by more than half.

“Damn it, the Giant Lizard Beast is no match for the Flood Dragon.”

Originally, the Giant Lizard Beast might have had a chance to survive against the Crocodile Beasts, thanks to its strength. But now, facing the Flood Dragon, its chances of survival were less than one in ten thousand.

Sure enough, Xu Feng soon received a notification: his pet, the Giant Lizard Beast, had died.

Xu Feng’s heart tightened. The Giant Lizard Beast had died too quickly—completely outmatched by the Flood Dragon. However, since the Flood Dragon had killed the Giant Lizard Beast, it might return the same way. If it discovered Xu Feng, it probably wouldn’t let him go easily either.

Thinking this, Xu Feng grabbed onto a crevice in the rock wall and began to climb upward.

The mountains on the outer part of the island weren’t very high, only about a hundred meters. Climbing such a height barehanded would be very difficult for an ordinary person, but for Xu Feng, who had Three-Star Strength, it wasn’t too hard.

Scaling the rock wall, Xu Feng soon left the surface of the Black Water Lake and began climbing the outer hills of the island.

The rock wall was uneven, so Xu Feng didn’t have much trouble climbing. He quickly ascended over fifty meters and was almost at the peak of the hill.

As he reached up and grabbed a protruding rock, Xu Feng felt it loosen. He quickly let go, intending to find a sturdier part of the wall to climb. But unexpectedly, the protruding rock shook, and some small stones fell. The fist-sized rock dropped down into the Black Water Lake.

After the rock fell away, it revealed a small, fist-sized hole behind it, from which a faint golden light emerged.

“This is a hidden treasure spot,” Xu Feng thought, his face showing surprise.

Like a wild Treasure Chest, a hidden treasure spot was a place where one could easily obtain treasures. Any rock, tree hollow, or brick might conceal a treasure.

Seeing the faint golden glow inside, Xu Feng reached out and felt toward the hole.