Every dozen meters, Drew had to return to the surface of the lake to breathe. After storing new oxygen, he dived into the lake again. After repeating this a few times, he had already swum across the lake. When he arrived at the lake again, the scene in the lake was similar. The ground was covered with moss, and occasionally, some tree trunks that had sunk into the lake could be seen being brought here by the lake water. But this time, Drew could clearly feel the flow of the water.
When he was still, he could feel the water flowing towards the cliff opposite the lake shore. That meant that there was a gap in the cliff, causing the lake water to flow. Drew immediately became spirited and approached the cliff to search carefully.
At this time, there was a faint loud noise coming from the lake. Drew looked up and wondered how the battle on the shore was going.
"Edward, Lucy, attract its attention for me."
"Garner, have your men attack its left side."
"Regis, aim at its right foot."
Allen jumped onto the monster's head as he mobilized everyone to attack. With everyone's concerted efforts, the giant beast's attention was successfully diverted. Although one of the eyeballs saw Allen, it didn't care. In its eyes, Allen was no different from a mosquito, and the people who were harassing it were a swarm of evil bees. In contrast, it was more important to drive away this swarm of evil bees.
After successfully boarding the giant beast's head, Allen no longer rashly attacked as he had done the previous few times. Previously, he had already tried a few times, and his life was filled with killing intent. He activated his Origin Energy and immediately attracted the attacks of the tentacles. Therefore, this time, Allen restrained his aura and silently observed the powerful tentacles on the monster's back. When all the tentacles were busy attacking the people below, Allen slightly raised the devil's salute.
With an explosion of Origin Energy, Allen stepped on the giant beast's head and charged straight towards one of its eyeballs like a cannonball. The killing intent was completely revealed, and only then did the giant beast discover that Allen was also an evil bee. However, there was no time to split up his tentacles to attack. Allen poured his Origin Energy into the dagger, and the dagger immediately flowed with blood. Under Allen's control, the Devil's Praise activated the first stage, forming a dark red dagger.
Allen held the dagger and stabbed it into the beast's eye. His entire body pressed forward, blocking the red glow of the Blood Hymn. The beast suddenly felt a strange power in its body. This strange power made the blood in its body boil. Almost uncontrollably, streams of blood shot out from various parts of the giant beast's body, condensing into the shape of blades in the air.
The gigantic beast wailed. The blood blade exploded, forming a second impact that violently tore apart its outer shell, flesh, blood vessels, and some of its internal organs. Allen's attack was successful, and he immediately pulled out his saber and retreated. The Devil Gem on the short blade flowed with a bloody light. The beast's abundant blood essence was absorbed by the Origin Tool, and a portion of it entered Allen's body, replenishing his consumption after the battle.
The giant beast's blood essence was filled with tyrannical vitality. It quickly nourished Allen's Origin Energy and quickly recovered. In just a moment, Allen had recovered half of the Origin Energy he had consumed, which surprised him greatly.
Landing on the ground, Allen called for everyone to retreat. The giant beast was heavily injured and fell into a crazy state. The tentacles on its back frantically whipped around, causing the earth and rocks to crack, gravel to fly everywhere, and a cloud of dust and smoke to billow endlessly. Only a moment later did the giant beast stop. It became very weak, but it did not die. It seemed that the devil's praise had only released more than half of its blood essence, but its vitality was too tenacious and it still survived.
However, it no longer had the strength to fight and looked at everyone hatefully. Especially the gazes that stared at Allen were filled with resentment. The giant beast let out a few low cries and staggered away. Everyone watched it leave, but no one stopped it. In fact, everyone was already half dead from exhaustion. Who had the strength to intercept this big fellow?
It was already very good to be able to expel it.
The giant beast moved slowly, but its steps were extremely large. In a few minutes, its figure had already disappeared into the forest, but its cries could be heard from afar from time to time. Every time it rang out, a flock of birds would be startled. Seeing that the monster had already left, everyone heaved a sigh of relief and rested at ease.
Naturally, Allen and Garner each took one side. Allen discovered that there was a fatty missing from Garner's side. He looked thoughtfully at the lake, just in time for Drew to come back. When he surfaced, he felt Allen's gaze and immediately felt a little awkward.
The fatty walked over to Garner without saying a word and whispered something in his ear. "Mr. Garner, this is a little different from our previous agreement," Allen said indifferently. "We agreed to join forces to defend against the enemy, but you took the opportunity to let your men explore the lake. Do you have to explain something to me?"
Garner snorted, "Drew isn't good at fighting, so it's useless for him to stay ashore. So what if I let him scout? You have to understand that this lake isn't yours. The ruins in the lake aren't yours either. Our combatants have already participated in the battle according to the agreement. As for the rest, I don't think you have the right to ask, do you? "
"That's right, but in this way, I have a lot of doubts about your integrity. That makes me wonder, if we enter the ruins together, will you stab us in the back? "
"What do you mean?" Garner asked with a frown.
Allen spread out his hands and said, "The meaning is obvious. That is, I don't believe you. Since you breached the contract first, then the previous agreement is invalid. Please leave now, or we will have to use force to expel you. "
Garner said angrily, "Aren't you being too overbearing? Although we explored the path first, we at least worked together just now. How can you go back on your word?"
"It's fine for us to continue our previous agreement, but Mr. Garner, you must show your sincerity."
Garner rolled his eyes. In the battle just now, he had also paid attention to Allen's side. Apart from Allen, his subordinates each had their own strengths. The weaker ones were the two twins, and the strongest one was naturally the leader, Allen. Not to mention anything else, Garner asked himself that he was unable to severely injure the giant beast with a single blow like Allen. There was no need to think about the blood blade that splashed out. It must be some sort of tyrannical ability.
Once the battle started, Garner knew very well that he had no chance of winning. He and Red Leaf, who had the highest combat strength, were still a little inferior to Allen and the other youth. Not to mention that Allen still had the tyrannical ability to heavily injure the giant beast. After some consideration, Garner sighed and said, "Well, Drew did find something in the lake. If nothing unexpected happened, he should have found the entrance to the ruins. I can tell you the location, which will save you a lot of time. After we enter the ruins together, we will part ways according to our previous agreement. "
"If you don't agree, we will leave immediately. But we will definitely find an opportunity to return what you have given us today! "
Hearing this, Allen nodded and said, "Let's do that."
After resting enough on the shore, everyone prepared to dive into the lake. According to Drew, there was a flow of water below the cliff on the other side of the lake shore. He had already found the gap and tidied up the moss attached to the cliff a little. It was a regular circle. Judging from his description, it should be the exit of some kind of pipeline, because naturally there would be no regular shape. All regular things were the result of artificial means.
However, the flow of water in that circular gap was very slow. If one didn't get very close and carefully feel the water in the lake, it would be very difficult to discover it. Allen guessed that there should be something blocking the pipeline, so the lake water didn't pour in quickly. Therefore, the first thing he did after entering the lake was to remove the blockage in the pipeline. So he discussed it with Garner and decided that the two of them, plus Drew, would go into the water first, while the others waited on the shore.
After bringing the necessary tools, the three of them went into the water. Drew swam in front of them with ease. They swam to the other side of the lake and dived to the bottom. There was another wonderful world in the water. Allen saw small fish swimming past him from time to time. They swam freely in the world at the bottom of the lake like birds in the sky. As they went deeper and deeper into the lake, they no longer saw the small silver fish above them. Instead, they saw some strange creatures living at the bottom of the lake.
They feed on moss and microbes in the lake. Some of these things look like shells, while others look like hermit crabs. But without exception, they all had tentacles that glowed faintly on their bodies. These tentacles can sense the flow of water and thus distinguish danger. When Allen and the others swam closer, these little things scattered like a swarm of bees and ran clean in a moment.
Unable to speak in the water, Drew could only point in the direction of the cliff, signaling Allen and the others to follow him.
Swimming near the cliff, Drew pressed his hand on the rock and used it to climb up. A moment later, Allen saw a circular shadow. When he got closer, he could see that it was indeed the exit of a pipe. The surroundings were covered in green moss, and large fan leaves could be seen inside. However, there were many aquatic plants wrapped around the fan leaves, and something blocked them, so the speed at which the water flowed through was not fast.
Garner pulled the fatty and signaled for him to take care of him outside. Then, he glanced at Allen and swam into the pipe first. Allen followed, and the two of them quickly arrived near the fan blades of the pipe. Garner reached out and knocked on the fan blades. He discovered that it was actually metal, and a surprised expression appeared on his face. He stretched out his hand and pulled again, but the fan blades naturally didn't move at all.
Allen wiped his hand across the fan wheel and tore off a large patch of green moss, revealing the thick screws around the fan wheel. Allen pointed at the screw and made a turning gesture. Garner understood and went with Allen to turn the screws. These things had been soaked in the lake for a long time, and they had long been covered in water rust. It was very difficult for ordinary people to turn them, but it was not difficult for the two of them.
They turned the screws hard, and after a while, they turned the screws down. When the fan wheel was removed, it was no longer fixed, and the few blades of the fan could be easily removed. However, after breaking the exhaust fan, the problem was still not solved. Behind the fan, some stones blocked the pipe, leaving only a few palm-sized gaps. Not to mention people, I'm afraid even a bigger fish won't be able to swim past.
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