Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 673: Demon Race!
Galen and the others did not come out, but they were all observing Zhao Hai's actions in the space. Zhao Hai commanded the army of undead to form a magic cube formation and slowly flew towards Dragon Mountain.
Soon, they reached the summit of Dragon Mountain. However, there, Zhao Hai still did not see a single member of the Dragon Clan. He looked at the empty Dragon Mountain, feeling quite perplexed. Had the Dragon Clan really fled?
Not seeing any results, Zhao Hai quickly opened the monitor to see if he could discover something there. He carefully watched the content on the monitor; the Dragon Clan's caves were still there, and the various items they had collected over the years were also still present. But the Dragon Clan members themselves were nowhere to be found.
Zhao Hai immediately began searching with the monitor. He wanted to see whether the Dragon Clan had truly escaped or if something else had happened. He believed there must be some clues. Sure enough, it wasn't long before he found a lead. In the lake beneath the volcano, Zhao Hai discovered something very peculiar—the monitor couldn’t see what was happening in the lake. This surprised Zhao Hai; he had only encountered such a situation in the Demon Trench and the Soul-Confusing Reef, where he found incredible treasures. Could there also be some treasure in this lake?
Thinking of this, Zhao Hai quickly recalled most of the undead beings and released some undead creatures from the sea tribe. He positioned himself inside the blade scale whale and dove into the lake.
Of course, the monitor could still see a bit of the lake’s conditions, but compared to the outside, the visibility was very limited—only about five hundred meters deep, which was precisely why Zhao Hai found it strange.
From above, the lake didn’t appear to be very large. After releasing the blade scale whale, Zhao Hai could only summon a little over a hundred undead beings; any more would not fit in the lake.
These over a hundred undead formed a small magic square formation to protect Zhao Hai in the center as they slowly descended to the lake's bottom. However, as they dove deeper, Zhao Hai began to sense something was off. This lake seemed a bit too deep.
He had already been submerged in the lake for about ten minutes. Even if he descended slowly, he had probably gone several thousand meters deep, yet he still hadn’t reached the bottom.
How could just a lake be this deep? Zhao Hai's curiosity grew, and he continued to dive deeper. He stared at the monitor while occasionally glancing around, noticing nothing out of the ordinary. But then, he felt something was not right. What exactly was off?
After pondering, he finally realized that when he had glanced around earlier, the lake’s area seemed to have significantly increased. Zhao Hai's eyes widened at this revelation, and he quickly looked around again.
Indeed, when he first entered the lake, the surface was small; he could see the muddy edges on both sides. But now, those muddy edges were completely out of sight, as if the lake's surface area had expanded immensely.
Zhao Hai froze for a moment, then halted his descent and had the undead scatter. He needed to find out where the lake's edge was.
After searching for a while, Zhao Hai finally discovered the edge of the lake. The lake’s bottom area was many times larger than the surface, shaped like an inverted bowl, with the smallest section at the surface and expanding as it went deeper.
Zhao Hai grew even more curious about this lake, commanding the blade scale whale to continue its descent. As he calculated, he feared he had already dove over ten thousand meters below the lake surface without reaching the bottom.
What puzzled Zhao Hai even more was that there were no magical beasts in this lake. Not only magical beasts, but he didn’t even see a single piece of aquatic vegetation. This made Zhao Hai more cautious; there was definitely something strange about this lake.
He carefully watched the monitor while keeping an eye on his surroundings. The lake was devoid of magical beasts and aquatic plants, but the water was remarkably clear, allowing him to see very far. In fact, his eyesight was better than what the monitor showed.