Chapter 407 - 407 Lake
407 Lake
Qin Chen and the others prepared themselves and entered the crack in the void that contained infinite life force.
Qin Chen held the innate sword embryo in his hand, activating it by pouring the divine power in his body into it whilst circulating his Chaotic Divine Body at full throttle. He walked in front.
...He was the first to enter the spatial rift, followed by Holy Maiden Mu Xue, Yuji, and Big Scorpion.
Upon entering the crack in the void, it was as if they had come to another world. This world was very similar to what they had imagined.
They saw a lake, and above it seemed to be a tree. The tree was extremely mystical. With just a glance, people could tell that it was definitely extraordinary.
Seeing this, Qin Chen and the others felt a sense of realization. Could this be the ancient tree of life hidden in the crack in the void?
The big scorpion could not wait any longer. However, when he saw the lake, he immediately took a step back and stopped. Then, he looked at Qin Chen and smiled bashfully. “Elder King, please, you may go first!”
Qin Chen looked at the lake. The surface of the lake was calm as if there were no living creatures under it. However, how could the place where the ancient tree of life existed have no living creatures?
The surroundings were still incomparably quiet, and they didn’t discover any fluctuations. The only possibility was that fluctuations did exist but were quite possibly hidden. There might be a powerful living being in the lake that devoured all the beings brought to life by the ancient tree of life. Only then could the surroundings be so quiet.
Qin Chen and the others were definitely not the first to arrive here.
It was said that an expert had once obtained a branch of the ancient tree of life in the Tranquil Land. At this moment, they could see that the ancient tree of life was right in front of them, but there was a lake between them and the tree.
The ancient tree of life was in the middle of the lake.
“There’s a problem, a huge problem.” Holy Maiden Mu Xue looked at Qin Chen and said, “Be careful, it’s very likely to be dangerous here.”
Hearing Holy Maiden Mu Xue’s serious reminder, Qin Chen nodded. He had already guessed that there must be some powerful and terrifying unknown creature under the lake. At this point, he wanted to see what kind of creature was in there.
With that, he took out an ordinary Supreme Sage weapon and threw it.
It was a weapon that was only usable by Supreme Sages, yet Qin Chen simply threw it into the bottom of the lake.
Nothing happened at the bottom of the lake.
Qin Chen couldn’t help but frown. Could it be that his speculation was off? Had he guessed wrong?
However, at this moment, ripples began to appear on the surface of the water!
They could clearly see that some powerful creature seemed to be rioting underwater. Then, the Supreme Sage weapon broke with a crisp sound!
The weapon had been reduced to a few pieces and some of the debris had flown up to the surface of the lake. Everyone could see that the Supreme Sage weapon had been completely scrapped.
The big scorpion’s heart immediately turned cold. Fortunately, he hadn’t scrambled to be the first to rush in. Otherwise, it was very likely that he would have been the one to die. After all, his body was not as solid as a Supreme Sage weapon.
If that terrifying creature were to make a move, the big scorpion would probably be killed in an instant.
They did not manage to see what was underneath the water. If they wanted to get close to the ancient tree of life, they had to cross this lake, but that wasn’t easy to do.
There must be some terrifying creature under the lake, but they just couldn’t see it.
To be able to break a Supreme Sage weapon in an instant, just how terrifying was the creature? Doing so would be impossible even for Qin Chen.
As for Holy Maiden Mu Xue, she couldn’t have done it so quickly.
Soon, the ripples on the water’s surface calmed down, and the water returned to the silence it had been when they came. It was as if nothing had happened.
Only Qin Chen and the others knew that it was simply a fool’s dream for them to cross the lake, and they might even lose their lives.
The terrifying underwater monster was definitely no ordinary creature.
Since it was so powerful, even Great God-realm experts were probably no match for it. This meant that the other party might be an existence even more terrifying than a Great God.
With the ancient tree of life here, even a pig or an ordinary weed would be able to gain sentience and achieve Dao.
Most importantly, how should Qin Chen and the rest approach the ancient tree of life?
Even if they used all their skills, they might not be a match for the other party. At this moment, the other party was patiently waiting for Qin Chen and the others to tread onto the surface of the lake. Its patience was even greater than when it was waiting for its family.
Once Qin Chen and the others step feet into the lake, the creature would abruptly launch another attack and kill them in one strike. From the outcome of the Supreme Sage weapon, Qin Chen and the others could already predict that if they dared to do so, they would definitely end up in the same state as the Supreme Sage weapon. Even a Supreme Sage weapon had been destroyed in an instant, let alone them.
No matter how terrifying the Chaotic Divine Body was, Qin Chen might not be able to survive the attack.
Thinking of this, Qin Chen could not help but feel a little anxious. Currently, they had not even seen clearly the terrifying existence under the lake.
What kind of monster was it?
The Supreme Sage weapon had already been broken into pieces and was now completely useless. Fear of the unknown was common. They had to find out what was beneath the surface of the lake.
The creature must be extraordinary since it was so powerful. It must have lived for a very long time to have seized such a great opportunity to stay by the ancient tree of life’s side.
Thinking of this, Qin Chen and the others looked at the surface of the lake.
Everyone discussed and finally decided to throw out another weapon to see if they could see the terrifying existence.
As he thought of this, Qin Chen took out another Great God weapon from his ring.
The Great God weapon was obviously more terrifying and powerful than the one before. He even poured some of his divine power into the weapon before throwing the pressure-emitting weapon into the lake.
With this, the other party would definitely take the bait. When Qin Chen threw the Supreme Sage weapon in just now, he didn’t activate it at all, and thus the weapon had been just like an ordinary object.
Yet, it had managed to cause such a huge reaction. In this case, if Qin Chen infused his divine power into the Great God weapon and made it emit pressure, it would definitely be able to attract the other party.
Not long after, the surface of the water once again produced circular ripples. The vibrations were extremely intense as if the entire lake was boiling…