Chapter 560: Chapter 558: The Hidden Monster in the Lake—Celestial Realm?! Lu Ye Strikes, Ultimate Sword Qi Slays in a Single Move!

As Lu Ye and Sang Xiyao, among others, started charging towards that region, they could only glide close to the ground due to gravity suppression.

At this moment, the swamp crocodiles that had been hiding began to show their fangs!

Swish!

From the murky mud, one swamp crocodile after another suddenly raised its head and leaped up.

Their ferocious jaws were wide open, with fangs capable of biting through profound tier magical artifacts, casting a faint glow as they lunged toward the five-member team!

These swamp crocodiles on the outskirts were all around Tier Four.

Even before Lu Ye could act, the other Earth Realm Late Stage disciples from the Celestial Palace made their moves, repelling the crocodiles.

In fact, they could kill with one hit, but they had discussed it before.

Unless it’s absolutely necessary, they shouldn’t kill them, to avoid corpses spreading the smell of blood, which would maximally agitate them.

In this swamp, there are at least a thousand ferocious swamp crocodiles, and if they were to get agitated...

The scene would be unimaginable for Lu Ye.

The group easily pushed through the outskirts and reached the central area, which was the domain of Tier Five fierce beasts, occasionally mixed with one or two Tier Six ones.

For a Mortal Realm Grandmaster, the pressure here was already maxed out.

But for Lu Ye’s team, it was still easy to traverse.

After all, were it not for the gravity field’s limitation, even Tier Six fierce beasts wouldn’t be much of a threat to the five-person team.

This elite team took two to three minutes to break through under the gravity field’s suppression and reached the region behind the Mire Land.

A little further ahead lay a deep lake, the water shimmering in a faint bluish-black hue, indicating its alarming depth.

"A small team is indeed faster; if everyone had come in, they’d probably still be in the mire,"

Sang Xiyao said, casting a serious look at the lake ahead.

For these precious Tianqing lotuses, she had a vague feeling they wouldn’t be easily acquired.

Suddenly, as the team moved less than twenty meters forward, she was seized by an eerie feeling...

It was as if some unknown presence was watching them!

"Be careful! There are other dangers in this lake!"

Immediately, Sang Xiyao warned, her expression tense.

At this point, Lu Ye knew it was time for him to act. He had been allocated a twenty percent share, so naturally, he should contribute when needed.

"I’ll handle it," Lu Ye said calmly.

An Earth Realm Seventh Layer member of the Celestial Palace looked at Lu Ye with a touch of admiration and said, "How about I lure what’s in the lake out, and Fellow Daoist Chen, you handle it from there?"

Contemplating for a moment, Lu Ye thought it feasible and nodded.

The Earth Realm Seventh Layer disciple immediately approached the lake, pretending not to notice the danger within, heading straight for the Tianqing lotuses.

As he stepped into the lake’s vicinity, almost reaching the lotus patch, disaster struck!

Boom!

The previously calm lake surface suddenly exploded as if something had emerged from within.

It turned out to be a creature with a slender form resembling a fish, yet distinctly different from normal fish, a bizarre hybrid!

Its mouth was full of densely packed teeth, invoking terror at first sight.

This strange fish spat out water arrows capable of piercing spiritual magical artifacts, let out a low hiss, and charged toward the Earth Realm Seventh Layer cultivator!

Its speed was incredibly fast.

In this instant, the Earth Realm Seventh Layer cultivator felt he had no escape.

Moreover, this strange fish was clearly stronger than even the mightiest Tier Six swamp crocodile, having reached a celestial level!

"Watch out!"

Behind him, other disciples of the Celestial Palace shuddered; the lake indeed harbored something!

And it was such a powerful monster.

Just then, Lu Ye, who had been waiting, made his move as expected.

Suddenly, an exceptionally sharp Sword Qi appeared in the area, stinging the faces of the Celestial Palace cultivators.

Swish!!

The once aggressively charging celestial level monstrous fish suddenly exhibited a human-like terror.

Despite its speed, this terrifying Ultimate Sword Qi was faster.

The celestial level monstrous fish couldn’t dodge, and its head was directly pierced, creating a conspicuous bloody hole!

Plop!

Witnessing the formidable celestial level monstrous fish fall lifelessly to the water surface not far in front of him, its corpse began to float, and the blood started to redden the lake. The Earth Realm Seventh Layer disciple finally snapped back to reality.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Chen!"

Turning around, this Earth Realm Seventh Layer disciple spoke with some incoherence.

Although he had seen him briefly exchange blows with the Sea Spirit Saintess outside before,

that was merely observing, and the experience didn’t match the current reality of facing it personally.

As the strong celestial monster fish charged, this Earth Realm Seventh Layer disciple felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness.

But to his surprise, in Lu Ye’s hands, it couldn’t even withstand a single move?!

Gasp...

This seemed a bit terrifying!

Even Sang Xiyao and the others were repeatedly astonished as they looked at Lu Ye.

They knew he was powerful; otherwise, they wouldn’t have thought that Lu Ye’s involvement would significantly increase their chances of acquiring the Tianqing lotuses.

But it was unexpected for him to be this overwhelmingly strong!

That celestial level fish wasn’t a mere Celestial Realm Second Layer; it was at least at the Celestial Realm Third Layer standard! 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Even the Celestial Realm Second Layer Sea Spirit Saintess Xiao Yudie couldn’t possibly kill it in just one move, could she?!

Doesn’t this mean Lu Ye’s true strength surpasses even the Sea Spirit Saintess?!

Sang Xiyao, thinking this, gazed at Lu Ye with increasingly peculiar eyes.

She felt that persuading Lu Ye to join was perhaps... the best decision in the Celestial Palace?

The Celestial Palace hadn’t groomed a young talent like Xiao Yudie?

No problem!

Just find one from outside!

Sang Xiyao’s feelings were quite ironic at this moment.

Grabbing the celestial monster fish’s corpse and refining it instantly to extract its Tier Seven crystal core, Lu Ye said, "Hurry and pick the Tianqing lotuses."

Upon hearing this, the other three teammates quickly moved over and began to pick the dozen or so Tianqing lotuses.

Tianqing lotus, unlike ordinary lotus seeds, has energy only enough to nurture about six seeds per plant.

The celestial monster fish guarding here earlier was evidently a frequent consumer of the lotuses, some of which it was in the process of digesting.

The remaining lotus seed count here was around seventy to eighty.

As the five-member team was picking the Tianqing lotuses, suddenly other teams arrived at the swamp’s outer area at this time.