The twelve congenital strongmen of Qinghu Island all looked ugly, each and every one of them hating the sudden appearance of 'Qin Lang' to death. But no matter how much they hated him, there was nothing they could do... After all, behind this 'Qin Lang' were a full forty-eight congenital strongmen. Those congenital strongmen would naturally help 'Qin Lang'.

  "Gu Yong, come." Forty-nine innate experts all looked towards a group of people on Qing Hu Island.

  If you continue to lie and make excuses at this point, it's an insult to everyone present.

  "Since everyone wants to go, it's fine." Gu Yong immediately walked towards Wubidong, but when he reached the side of Teng Qing Mountain, he stopped and looked at Teng Qing Mountain seriously, "Qin Lang?"

  "I'm just a low-ranking official, no need for Master Gu to remember my name." Teng Qing Shan said with a faint smile.

  "You're pretty good!" Gu Yong's four words were heavy with tone, and a hint of cold light flashed in his eyes.

  "Everyone, follow me down." Gu Yong said, and directly jumped into the bottomless pit.

  Wow!

  Zhao Dan Chen, Yu Wen Liu Feng and other innate experts jumped down one after another. Inside this bottomless pit was a very sturdy rope that hung all the way to the bottom of the pit.

  "Let's go down." The 'Beast King' Wu Hou was the first to jump down, followed by the many innate experts present, who also jumped down one after another. During the descent, they often used ropes to dissipate the impact force. In an instant, all 61 innate experts arrived at the bottom of this bottomless pit.

  ……

  "This place is so dark." Sixty-one innate experts marched forward in the waterway, which had no other light sources and was completely pitch black. Many of them were not adapted to this environment, and many people's bodies had erected innate true yuan light shields, relying on the halo of the innate true yuan to barely see within a distance of about 30 meters.

  A group of people on Qinghu Island walked in front.

  "This is a great shame, and it must be very uncomfortable for them. The Yu Huang treasure that originally belonged to Qing Hu Island, I'm afraid they won't get it." Teng Qing Shan naturally wouldn't let the people of Qing Hu Island get the Yu Huang treasure, "When we arrive at Tian Hong Water Palace, with various factions competing, it will be easier for the people of Qing Hu Island to die in large numbers!"

  If it were like the beginning, sneaking up alone would be too difficult to find a suitable opportunity. Especially for Innate Golden Elixir, relying on oneself, there might not be an opportunity to kill the Innate Golden Elixir.

  But now...

  Hong Qingshan mixed in the crowd of powerful pre-heavenly experts, muddying the waters and letting opposing forces intensify, which could easily lead to a large number of top masters on Qinghu Island dying!

  "In front of us is the underground lake water, and its scope can be very large." Gu Yong said indifferently, while also raising his congenital true yuan light shield on his body, then entering the water.

  ******

  Sixty-one 'lanterns' were advancing in the vast, pitch-black lake bottom. To avoid revealing his ultimate skill, Teng Qing Shan also raised a Xiantian True Yuan light shield... However, compared to others, Teng Qing Shan's light shield was slightly smaller.

  Wow~~~~

  In the quiet waters, those fish discovered sixty-one 'lanterns' approaching and were scared away. However, some fierce monsters came to launch a sneak attack one after another, and Teng Qing Shan's side had innate experts who were caught off guard and injured. Fortunately, everyone was careful, and there weren't any major problems.

  Ordinary monsters dare to obstruct, it's simply seeking death.

  "This group of people from Guyong didn't even say how big the lake is. I thought it was just a few miles long and wide, that's all." The young man in white, Liu Xiu, muttered under his breath.

  "I'm the same," said Teng Qing Shan, "the air brought by the Primordial Spirit Light Shield has also decreased a bit."

  Liu Xiu sneered: "We can only be frugal and try not to take action as much as possible."

  During intense fighting, oxygen consumption will be higher.

  Of course, the innate experts of Kyushu still don't know what 'oxygen' is, but they do know... that suffocation can be fatal. Humans need to breathe air.

  "Huh?" Teng Qing Shan's eyes widened as he spotted, about sixty zhang away, a massive creature looming in the distance, surrounded by numerous dark shadows that resembled giant pythons. "What is that thing?" Teng Qing Shan took a closer look, carefully analyzing it, and as they drew nearer, he finally got a clear view of it - a gigantic blue creature sprawled across the lake bed, occupying an area of about thirty zhang in diameter, resembling a small mountain pressing down on the water. The most terrifying part was the numerous tentacles floating in the water, each as thick as a large water jar.

  Each of its tentacles is as long as a thirty-zhang-long giant python!

  Hong Qingshan took a deep breath of cool air.

  "This monster, such a huge monster? It looks quite like a deep-sea octopus, but it has many more tentacles than an octopus." Teng Qing Shan's gaze swept over the group of people from Qing Hu Island who were leading the way in front, and a hint of cold light flashed across his eyes. "This is a rare good opportunity... If anyone is going to die, it will definitely be them first!"

  In the dark and gloomy lake water, other congenitally strong people could only barely see a distance of about 7 or 8 zhang around them, which was still due to the presence of many people.

  "What smell? It's so hard to bear." A congenital strongman spoke up.

  Teng Qing Shan was constantly paying attention to the aquatic demon beast at the bottom of the water.

  "Everyone be careful." The ancient being in the front glanced around, saying in a low voice, "The smell is so bad... Last time we didn't smell..." Before he could finish speaking.

  "Ah!"

  A shrill and mournful cry suddenly rang out.

  Gu Yong suddenly turned his head, only to see that a white-haired 'Wen Changlao' from Qinghu Island was wrapped around by a monster as thick as a water bucket. At this moment, Wen Changlao was actually strangled to death, his body twisted into a hemp rope shape, his eyes bursting, and blood flowing from all seven orifices, a gruesome sight!

  "Python!" someone shouted.

  "Damn beast!" he bellowed.

  "Whoosh!" A brilliant light burst forth from Zhao Danchen's hand, the sword light flashing across the python as thick as a water bucket. With a "plop", the python was split in two, one severed section of its body still twitching, while the other extremely long section suddenly contracted violently.

  "Wow~~~~"

  A piercing sound, like a baby's cry, rang out. The piercing sound made even the congenitally strong want to cover their ears.

  "Be careful, everyone!" Gu Yong shouted loudly.

  "Boom!" "Boom!"...

  The water surged violently, and a number of thick and long giant tentacles, like a group of giant pythons, frantically wrapped around the congenitally powerful warriors.

  "Many giant pythons!" The Innate Experts all took action, transforming into phantoms and attacking the 'pythons'.

  "Python?" Teng Qing Shan shook his head secretly, because the innate experts' field of vision was too small and they could only see the tentacles... but couldn't see that more than twenty zhang away, all the tentacles were part of the monster's body.

  Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

  Sword shadows and knife lights flashed, as some congenital Jindan strongmen like Gu Yong and Zhao Dan took action. Those who touched their hands were directly broken, but if they were congenital solid dan strongmen, they could only hurt those hands, but couldn't completely break them off. However... there were too many masters on the scene, with over a dozen congenital Jindan!

  In an instant, all those tentacles broke off.

  "That python wants to escape." Seeing the broken body of the 'python' quickly retracting, everyone knew that the 'python' was not dead, and they chased after it one by one.

  But this pursuit, however, suddenly discovered...

  All the 'pythons' they cut off were actually tentacles. And judging by their appearance... each of these tentacles was at least thirty zhang long, and the parts they cut off were only a few zhang.

  "Wow~~~" The ear-piercing cry like a baby's sounded again.

  All fractured or intact tentacles slapped the water surface violently.

  "Whoosh!" The massive object instantly rushed into the distance and disappeared from the field of vision of all the innate strongmen.

  The lake water is still dark and gloomy!

  But at this moment, the innate experts present all felt a chill in their hearts.

  The long-eyebrowed old monk furrowed his brow and looked at Gu Yong, "Gu Island Master, what is this lake? Why are there so many demonic beasts? And this one... if I were to encounter it alone, even I would be afraid of losing my life." This strange creature had dozens of tentacles, and once it started fighting.

  Twenty-three tentacles pounced at once; even a congenital golden elixir would have to succumb.

  However, that monster was also unlucky and encountered so many innate experts, so a large number of tentacles broke off instantly.

  "This is Tian Hong Lake." Gu Yong's face looked unpleasant, "As for this Tian Hong Lake, Qing Hu Island also only knows... There are many demonic beasts here. Last time Qing Hu Island came, one law enforcement elder died. Now, another one has died. This guide... Please ask each of you to guide instead. We'll just point the direction. Qing Hu Island won't be guiding anymore."

  Twice, two elders died, Gu Yong was heartbroken.

  But he didn't know...

  Among these people, there was one person who had discovered that monster early on. If he had spoken out, they wouldn't have had to die.

  "What a pity, the one who died was just an innate Golden Elixir. With that demon beast's strength, if it were to launch a massive attack with its tentacles on one person, it would definitely be able to kill an innate Golden Elixir expert." Teng Qing Shan had no sympathy for the people of Qing Hu Island at all. It would be best if the island master Gu Yong and several other innate Golden Elixir experts all died. That would be perfect!

  "You point the way, we'll take the lead?" The top masters of various sects looked at the people of Qinghu Island.

  "Gū Yōng, here, is the most familiar place for the people of Qinghu Island!" The 'Beast King' Wū Hóu said in a low voice, "How do we know that you won't intentionally point us to a treacherous path and send us to a dangerous place?"

  "We each take a step back." Gu Yong said in a low voice, "My Qinghu Island men and horses will mix with yours."

  The masters of various sects looked at each other and understood that they still had to let the people of Qinghu Island lead the way, and couldn't be too overbearing.

  "Alright then." Everyone agreed.

  ……

  Marching forward, sixty innate powerful beings, this is a very terrifying force, rampaging all the way to the front gate of Tianhong Water Palace.

  Many powerful individuals looked at the cyan-green material monument with four characters inscribed on it - Tian Hong Shui Gong!

  "This Tianhong Water Palace is at least a dozen miles in circumference," said Guyong, "We only took a rough look last time and didn't know the true size of the Tianhong Water Palace."

  "Hmm! Building such a large palace at the bottom of the water, only Yu Huang and Qin Ling Tian Di can do it." Many pre-heavenly strong men exclaimed.

  "Hmm, Yu Huang's treasure must be inside."

  Many strong people are very sure.

  Teng Qing Shan's gaze swept over Gu Yong, "I don't know if this Gu Yong will reveal the matter of the Golden Dragon Turtle. If we rashly enter the Tian Hong Water Palace, it's easy to be attacked by the Golden Dragon Turtle. With the Golden Dragon Turtle's strength... even a Xiantian Golden Elixir can't withstand it."

  "Lead the way, old island master."

  Not a few of the congenital strongmen looked at Gǔ Yōng and his group again.

  "Hmm." Gu Yong's face sank, "Everyone, last time we entered the Tianhong Water Palace, but soon after entering, we encountered a demon beast. We found that there are many demon beasts in the palace. So we temporarily retreated. Even so, we still lost an elder. It's too difficult to get the Yu Huang treasure in the Tianhong Water Palace! As for this Tianhong Water Palace, all we know is that the Yu Huang treasure is inside, but where it is, we don't know... We don't know the way, naturally, and there's no way to lead the way."

  "The existence of the Golden Dragon Turtle, it seems that this ancient secret is going to be hidden again." Teng Qing Shan sneered, unfortunately... apart from the people of Qing Hu Island, Teng Qing Shan was also very familiar with this matter.

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