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Chen Xing's gaze swept around discreetly; from their location, they couldn't see the end of the lake, only a faint outline of bluish-green peaks opposite them.

Two Mercenary Corps were stationed in this area, and nearby solo Beast Tamers dared not come close.

The Pale Restrainer approached from the distance, not slowing down, and plunged directly into the lake.

Its massive body was about to sink into the water. The main part of Lake of Fire was not shallow, with a diameter of more than eight hundred miles, and the deepest part approached one kilometer.

The Pale Restrainer, even though over two hundred meters tall, would only gurgle if it truly entered the water, along with the people on the platform in front of it...

But just as everyone on the lakeshore thought the Pale Restrainer would completely sink under, masses of vines suddenly extended from its body, spreading along the shore, many even stretching across the water surface, like a giant net.

And its enormous body didn't actually sink!

It simply floated quietly on the surface of the lake.

The people on the platform in front of the Pale Restrainer's chest summoned one Beast Tamer after another, many of which sank into the water immediately.

Now those who had been watching from the shore could not sit still any longer!

Damn it, these Golden Territory folks have no honor.

The Divine Blood Lustrous Gold Mine was in the depths of the lake bed, in a location nearly eight hundred meters down.

Ming Junting had said that a minor earthquake had struck beneath the lake, revealing the deeply buried ore veins.

Chen Xing, of course, didn't believe it.

He suspected that it was rather Ming Junting, that bastard, who had ordered people to search for the Earth Fire caves at the bottom of the lake, seeking a way to detonate the Earth Fire. They dug around haphazardly and accidentally unearthed the Divine Blood Lustrous Gold Mine.

Nonetheless, Chen Xing still found it odd; the Divine Blood Lustrous Gold was highly valuable, infinitely attractive to high-ranking Beast Tamers of the Transcendence Attribute.

Even if the Attribute of one's own Beast Taming didn't match and it couldn't be used, it could still be exchanged with others.

Ming Junting himself didn't exploit the mine, yet he allowed the vein to become known to others.

Chen Xing felt it was like buying a casket without the pearls.

Either the Divine Blood Lustrous Gold was fake, or there was something wrong with the mine. Another possibility was that it had already been discovered and mined long ago, and nearly everything had been taken, with only a tiny bit left at the edges.

Thus, it was being used as bait.

"Stop right there!"

"How can the people from the Golden Territory be so graceless!"

Many Beast Tamers on the shore stepped forward to stop them; previously, a group of Beast Tamers had gathered here but no one had gone into the water because a reasonable distribution method had not yet been discussed.

Several forces were privately communicating, aiming to reach an appropriate mining arrangement.

But then these Golden Territory folks came and went straight into the water, completely disregarding honor.

"Shut up!" On the platform in front of the Pale Restrainer's chest, a young man with golden hair and delicate features surveyed his surroundings, "Is this mine yours? The wild vein naturally belongs to the virtuous."

As his voice faded,

"I, Jin Cancan, am that virtuous person! Anyone who disagrees, step forward and say so!"

Below him, the Pale Restrainer released a formidable aura.

Waves formed on the water's surface, surging tides moved about, and for a moment, an invisible, transparent flame seemed to burn on the water, frosting the lake with a layer of white.

The overwhelming presence silenced many Beast Tamers around.

The boldness to speak out earlier came from the number of people around—if others raised their voice, they'd just join in.

But if it really came to a direct exchange…

No one dared to take that risk.

After all, the Pale Restrainer was of the Tenth Layers of Transcendence, and many families, even if they turned out their pockets and emptied their coffers, could not produce a single Being of the Tenth Layers.

Having a Transcendence Tenth Layers Beast in a family like the Chi Family would mean treating it as an ancestral deity.

In the era before the route to Ascension was unveiled, a peak of Transcendence was crowned with the term "peak" precisely because, during that time, the active peak powerhouses were at this level.

Many old monsters, after accumulating countless years of foundation, were still trapped at the Tenth Layers of Transcendence, unable to advance an inch.

However, as the path to Ascension was unsealed, those old monsters that had been trapped in this realm for many years suddenly broke free from their shackles and made rapid progress on the path of Ascension. Those who had profound accumulation could even take several steps forward at a great stride.

Those who had accumulated enough had already broken through the bottleneck in succession; as of now, those who were still in the Tenth Layers of Transcendence were either lacking in accumulation or were newly advanced powerhouses.

Even so, in the absence of Ascension, these existences at the Tenth Layers of Transcendence were undoubtedly still the strong ones at the current stage.

So even if some people were indignant in their hearts, when they saw that no one around them spoke, they could only look at "Ensnare" with resentful eyes.

Waiting for a time when a powerhouse who couldn't stand injustice would suddenly arrive.

On the shore, the glitter in the eyes of some influential forces from the surroundings flickered.

They neither spoke out nor offered any reminder.

Some looked deep into the Lake of Fire, a hint of mockery flashing in their eyes.

Did they truly think that the reason they hadn't gone down yet was merely that they were discussing how to divide the loot?

Laughable, the main lake within the Lake of Fire had become a forbidden area around here and was rarely mined because it was the territory of that old thing in the lake.

Just then, the bottom of the lake suddenly surged, bringing up incomprehensible ripples.

The originally calm surface of the lake like a mirror began to ripple, and then huge bubbles surged, as if a certain power deep at the bottom of the lake was awakening.

These bubbles rolled over the surface of the lake, burst, and stirred up larger and larger ripples.

"Ensnare" noticed something unusual at the bottom of the lake.

It slowly lowered its head, gazing at the surface of the lake beneath its feet, as if listening, as if sensing.

Then, its massive body began to slowly retreat toward the shore, each step taken with caution yet tinged with urgency.

Suddenly, a deafening "bang" sounded, shattering the tranquility of the lakeside. "Ensnare" let out a muffled groan, its body stumbling backward repeatedly, while the water rippled extensively, as if struck by a powerful force from behind. Your next read awaits at empire

This strike was obviously not light, for its colossal body experienced a momentary loss of balance, nearly tumbling into the lake.

What followed was an even more intense disturbance from the bottom of the lake; waves surged and undercurrents rolled violently.

The surface of the water began to show traces of a sticky crimson.

The Beast Tamers who had gone into the lake had obviously met with misfortune.

Many Beast Tamers on the platform sensed the death of their beasts; some slumped onto the platform while others clung to the railings, dizzy and disoriented.

The original crystal-clear water became chaotic, as if something was rising from the depths of the lake, carrying an unstoppable force.

The bubbles on the lake's surface became larger and denser,

In the next second, a huge tentacle broke through the surface of the lake, whipping fiercely at "Ensnare" like a whip.

"Ensnare" raised its arms, two stout tree limbs guarding its chest, but the tentacle wrapped around the tree limbs and pulled downwards.

The massive body of "Ensnare" almost fell into the lake, and even so, the group on its chest platform were nearly dragged into the water too.

It was then that the people atop "Ensnare" finally reacted.

There was actually another big creature hiding in the lake! Moreover, it was adept at concealment, because "Ensnare" hadn't noticed it from the start.

And from the brief encounter between it and "Ensnare," it seemed that this monster was also a being at the pinnacle of Transcendence.

As for the level of Ascension, no one even considered that possibility; if it were an Ascended being, the moment that tentacle whipped down, "Ensnare" would have directly become a split in two "Ensnare."

On the lake's surface, the tentacle stretched out over a hundred meters just in its extent, indicating that the monster's size was even larger than that of "Ensnare."

"It seems the creature in the lake has been disturbed," Ming Junting said with a smile.

The creature in the lake was usually in a dormant state, and small fish and shrimps approaching it might not awaken it.

But if a monster of a similar level entered its territory,

It would certainly be aroused.

Just like a tiger that dominated the top of the food chain on a big mountain, it wouldn't mind small animals entering its territory, as they were just food.

But if another tiger, or perhaps a big black bear, suddenly approached it, what awaited the newcomer would definitely be a brutal beating.