After moving through the dark forest for an entire night, their field of vision suddenly widened, and everyone felt their spirits lift.
Professor Ye put on an airtight protective suit and knelt down on one knee beside the lake. She carefully extracted a sample of the original Blood Flower.
Scimitar and Lin Chuan protected her by the sides in case a fierce aquatic superbeast suddenly jumped out of the mysterious and deep lake.
The results of the analysis showed that the original Blood Flower had indeed spread out from the depths of the lake and not the other way around. It had grown from the land.
"My guess is correct!"
Lu Siya said excitedly. "Even though the original Blood Flower likes dark and humid environments, it can't survive in water for a long period of time. There's no river around this lake, so it's impossible for it to grow out of the bottom of the lake for no reason.
"This means that there's definitely an underground river at the bottom of the lake, and at the end of the underground river is a large underground space. There's fresh oxygen in there, and it's also exposed to the air. It's very easy to mine the Red Radiance Jade mine. Only when these conditions are in place can the Blood Grass evolve into a Blood Flower.
"It's no wonder why so many mine exploration teams were unable to find anything. They came to the wrong place. If we want to get the treasure, we have to dive into the depths of the lake and go through the underground river. That's the only way to reach our target!"
Lin Chuan looked around warily. "The lake in the forest should be a paradise for monsters. All the living things within a circular area of dozens of kilometers rely on the lake water to survive, but on our way here, we didn't notice too many traces of monsters. Either there's something strange about the lake water, or there's definitely a fierce high-grade superbeast living in the lake. We have to be careful."
"Of course. I knew that the Red Radiance Jade mine would be at the bottom of the lake, which is why I brought my full set of equipment. Scimitar!"
Lu Siya swung her arm, and the superhumans from Sharp Blade swiftly removed a large number of ammunition boxes from the mechanical mules. They lifted the covers, and immediately, they saw deep water bombs with the symbol of a skull sprayed on them.
"These are the newest crystal bombs developed by the Red Dragon Army. The shockwaves are very powerful. It's best if you circulate your spirit energy and protect your eardrums, teeth, and organs."
As Scimitar spoke, he picked up a deep water bomb and threw it at the center of the lake.
Most of the Sharp Blade members were at the peak of Earth Realm. They were built like tigers and had great strength. They used their arms to throw the depth charges, and they were not any weaker than specialized launchers. In just a short half a minute, dozens of depth charges were thrown to the center of the lake. They swayed and sank.
Scimitar ordered his team members to throw a few round scientific instruments with probes on them into the lake, and they sank as well.
Lu Siya said that it was a shockwave feedback collector. It could use the shockwaves sent back by the explosion of a depth charge to map out the situation at the bottom of the lake and find the underground river and cracks.
Everyone retreated into the forest and hid behind towering trees. They poured spirit energy into their eardrums, gums, and organs while they held their breaths and waited.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! "
The deep water bombs on Earth used the boundless ocean as their battlefield. Once crystals were added and runic symbols were carved into them, their power increased by ten times. A series of explosions that shook the ground sounded as if they were about to overturn the entire lake. Dozens of water pillars shot into the air, and it looked like another downpour had descended. There were also countless strange-looking aquatic monsters mixed in the "rain". When they landed in the forest, they were like a dragon trapped in a shallow pool that was teased by shrimps. They ended up as a feast for snakes, rats, ants, and etherealized plants.
When they looked at the lake again, they found that after half a minute of raging waves, the water level was dozens of centimeters lower than before. A lot of blood surged out of the surface of the lake, and colorful pieces of flesh floated up. Clearly, the large monsters at the bottom of the lake had been badly battered and torn to pieces by the explosions.
Not long after, "Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle." The lake water seemed to be boiling, and a series of bubbles appeared.
"What a powerful spirit energy reaction! It's the presence of a Hell Beast!"
Lin Chuan, Scimitar, and Lu Siya's personal bodyguard, Lu Fengying, the three fighting-class Heaven Realm superhumans, jumped to the side of the lake at the same time.
A strange fish with red scales and built like a lion shot out of the tumbling lake. It was more than ten meters long, and when it opened its mouth, it looked even fiercer than a tiger shark.
"Lion Dragon Fish!"
It was a Grade Five aquatic superbeast. It had once bitten apart a human fishing boat with one bite. It also had the talent to control water and often caused trouble in Red Dragon River. It could also use the unique structure of its mouth to fire Ripple Cannons, which made the water flow instantly surpass the speed of sound and blast its prey to pieces.
Adult Lion Dragon Fish were huge, and they loved living in large rivers with rapid water flow. They rarely appeared in lakes and swamps, which proved Lu Siya's judgment. There was definitely a subterranean river at the bottom of the lake. This Lion Dragon Fish had accidentally swam into the lake through the subterranean river when it was very young. As it grew bigger, it could not swim out, which was why it was trapped there.
Even if the Lion Dragon Fish had a very developed brain.
It had grown up in a lake and lacked the communication of civilization, so it was impossible for it to have intelligence.
It was caught off guard and was attacked by a deep water bomb. The explosion left it dazed, and it went berserk.
The three Heaven Realm superhumans stepped on air and arrived above it.
Lin Chuan was the first to attack. His body was strengthened by burning beast souls, and a pair of spirit energy wings that were as beautiful as those of an Immortal Bird grew on his back. His chain spear shot forward and pierced the Lion Dragon Fish's eyeball like a red bolt of lightning. With a whoosh, the Lion Dragon Fish's eye, which was already bleeding profusely from the explosion, was instantly pierced through.
Four sharp blades that looked like wings shot out from the chain spear, and like fish hooks, they stabbed into the Lion Dragon Fish's eye sockets.
The Lion Dragon Fish was in pain, and it swung its head and tail madly.
Lin Chuan did not fight against it head-on. Instead, as if he was fishing, he loosened his chain spear and tightened its grip on it. He patiently whittled it down.
Scimitar's scimitar drew a strange arc and sliced at the Lion Dragon Fish's fins and tail in a sinister manner. Even though the superbeast noticed it, it still cut off its fins, which greatly reduced its agility in the lake.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Lion Dragon Fish opened its mouth and fired water cannons. They really did look like heavy cannons.
But it had been blasted so badly that the world spun, and its eyeball was blinded by Lin Chuan. It also lost its ability to use its fins and tail to maintain its balance in the lake, so it could not control its trajectory accurately. The three water balls brushed past the three Heaven Realm superhumans.
At that moment, Lu Siya's personal bodyguard, Lu Fengying, had already twisted her limbs into very strange postures above the Lion Dragon Fish's head.
As spirit flames surged, spirit energy appeared in the form of profound and complicated runic symbols in front of her. Her spirit energy magnetic field reached a level that could be seen with the naked eye.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
At the instant her spirit energy magnetic field was created perfectly, thousands of spirit energy threads that looked like electric arcs were given life. Like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, they rushed to the Lion Dragon Fish's mouth.
The Lion Dragon Fish instantly froze.
In the next ten seconds, it looked as if it had been cut more than one hundred times by invisible blades. Its head, which was as majestic as that of an enraged lion, was torn to shreds. Only half of its body remained, and it slowly sank to the bottom of the lake.
The three Heaven Realm superhumans worked together and killed a Grade Five Hell Beast with ease!
Meng Chao's eyes went wide. His mind was filled with the glory of Lu Fengying's killing move just now.
'So, Lu Siya's personal bodyguard is a martial artist of the Overkill Style.
'This is the true Overkill Style. It has been able to dominate Dragon City for decades, and it does live up to its name.
'I can use the Ultimate Style's chain attacks to search for the Overkill Style's ability to accumulate power, stiffen up, and cool down. Then, I can interrupt the enemy's killing move and win.
'But it's like using a slide to fight against a tiger. No matter how beautiful my dream is, if I want to turn it into reality, I need to keep practicing and putting it into practice!'
Meng Chao felt that this trip was not in vain. He could learn a lot of things.
Once they killed the Lion Dragon Fish, the lake gradually calmed down. No other aquatic monster appeared.
This was normal. A mountain could not contain two tigers. The lake was not big, and since a top-class predator like the Lion Dragon Fish occupied it, it was basically impossible for a second high-grade superbeast to exist.
At that moment, the shock detector used the feedback from the shock waves to map the terrain at the bottom of the lake.
A detailed 3D map appeared on Lu Siya's tablet.
"Look, there's indeed an underground river here. It's more than fifty meters at the bottom of the lake. It's narrow, long, and deep. There's also a lot of space in there!"
Lu Siya pointed at the map and grinned. "I brought a full set of diving equipment. I made the right bet this time!"
Before the operation, they had carried out targeted training to target the environment where Red Radiance Jades were the most likely to exist.
With the physique of superhumans and their exquisite control over spirit energy, it was not difficult for them to swim in a lake that was dozens of meters deep.
"This lake is more than five hundred meters deep. The environment at the bottom of the lake is really complicated. Even the scanners can't map it completely. You have to be careful. There are other superbeasts around."
"How is that possible?"
Lu Siya quirked her nose and said confidently, "The Lion Dragon Fish is the king of aquatic monsters. It has never liked to coexist with other high-grade aquatic superbeasts. It's not a native species of the lake either, so it can only be an invader. It came here by pure coincidence. It can't have brought its entire family with it, right?"
"But …" Lin Chuan said.
"No buts!"
Lu Siya changed into a diving suit with Lu Fengying's help. "Even though we discovered this lake, we can't be certain that there's only one path to the Red Radiance Jade mine. While we're wasting our time, someone might have already beaten us to it and started dancing in our Red Radiance Jade mine!
"Even if a second Lion Dragon Fish really appeared, so what? Didn't you already kill one? I hired all of you with a high salary so that you could solve this problem! "
She cast Lin Chuan a deep glance, and without turning her head back, she was the first to jump into the lake.
The mine explorers and crystal experts looked at each other at a loss. With Sharp Blade's help, they put on their diving suits.
Sharp Blade then took out a large number of parts from the goods carried by the mechanical mules and put them together into underwater vehicles.
These underwater vehicles could carry four to six people at a time. They could also be connected to the military computer. Once the target they had mapped just now was entered, they would automatically arrive at their destination.
Even superhumans who had never received diving training could complete their mission as long as they attached themselves to the underwater vehicle.
"Are you alright?"
When Lin Chuan saw that most of the team members had jumped into the lake, he felt resigned and turned his head around to ask Meng Chao.
Meng Chao rubbed the center of his eyebrows and sorted through the memories from his previous life that had just popped up in his mind. He shook his head and said, "I'm fine. I … like playing in the water."
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