Chapter 729: The Monster of Ink Lake

After reading all the information, Ye Feng leaned back in his chair, looking up at the lighting crystal above him in a daze, though his thoughts had already wandered far away.
First was the news about attempts to assassinate him, along with various deductions. The conclusion was that the ancestor of the Shangguan family had issued a bounty in a higher plane, openly declaring his death or capture. However, it was unclear how reliable this information was, as it seemed the person who fabricated it didn’t know he was an immortal direct descendant. Ye Feng couldn’t determine the truth of this either, because if that old man from the Shangguan family really did such a thing, it would clearly mean a break with the Immortal. Of course, he must have dared to do so because he knew the Immortal wouldn’t interfere. Perhaps the Immortal intended to use this opportunity to temper himself as well.
The second piece of news concerned Shangguan Ming and the Shangguan family. According to it, the existence of the Shangguan family was to cultivate people like Shangguan Ming to inherit the legacy of their ancestor. Thus, in the eyes of the Shangguan ancestor, the destruction of the family wasn’t as important as Shangguan Ming’s death. Ye Feng had already heard this from the Immortal before, so he didn’t doubt its authenticity. What puzzled him, however, was how someone could know such a secret. What concerned him most was that the fabricator of this news was the same person who created the earlier assassination attempt news. This made Ye Feng suspect the fabricator might be someone from a higher plane.
As for the rest, it covered the power distribution across the higher main planes, introductions to dangerous regions, and some other matters, giving Ye Feng a complete understanding of this plane.
He had explored those major dangerous regions using his soul power one by one. Aside from Ink Lake near Lake City, he found nothing particularly special. Only in Ink Lake existed powerful monsters at the level of fourth-tier experts. In the other dangerous regions, there were at most monsters at the second-tier expert level—nothing out of the ordinary.
As for what Luo Yan and the others had purchased as information, Ye Feng didn’t ask. After all, everyone had their privacy, and he saw no need to pry. He didn’t investigate matters related to the Blood Sea either, nor did he go to see what the conversation between him and that old woman entailed.
Slowly closing his eyes, Ye Feng exhaled deeply. The next moment, he was gone. When he reappeared, he was already above Ink Lake.

Ye Feng’s arrival quickly caused a stir in the lake. Although this Ink Lake was called a lake, its actual size exceeded that of several galaxies, even surpassing the area of Lake City, one of the top ten cities in the True Realm. Including the surrounding swamps, it occupied a significant space on the map of the True Realm as well. Not long after Ye Feng appeared, huge vortices began to form on the lake’s surface. These vortices grew larger and larger, with their diameter soon exceeding tens of thousands of meters. A powerful gravitational force emanated from the lake bottom, reaching all the way to the sky. Moments later, a massive tornado began to form from the vortices and extended upward into the clouds, creating an enormous tornado.

Soon after, the sky darkened as the originally white clouds turned completely black. Day turned into night in an instant, and even Lake City in the distance was affected. Luo Yan and the others sensed what had happened as soon as their spiritual powers scanned the area. With a flash, they appeared beside Ye Feng.

With the arrival of the dark clouds, torrential rain poured down from the sky, covering Lake City as well. Inside Lake City, some powerful individuals also noticed that the anomaly originated from the Ink Lake and realized that it was the master of the Ink Lake going berserk. They naturally dared not approach, as it was a monster at the level of a fourth-tier powerhouse. Being caught in its effects would likely result in their death.

The heavy rain was accompanied by thick purple lightning bolts and thunderous roars. The purple lightning struck down and merged with the hurricane, intertwining with the wind columns. The purple light and the hurricane intertwined, flashing erratically. The water columns flowing back into the lake also became tightly entangled with the hurricane, creating an even more terrifying force.

A fierce glint appeared in Ye Feng’s eyes. The giant beast in the lake had already pushed the powers of lightning, water, and wind to their limits. The combination of these three great powers, each equivalent to a level 27 ability, created a terrifying hurricane of wind, lightning, and water. What was even more frightening was that the space around the hurricane was shattered into fragments, like glass torn apart by the storm. Nothing remained intact in its path.

“Level 27?” Ye Feng’s lips curled slightly as he slowly descended, touching the lake surface with his toes. An intense chill spread instantly. Starting from where his toes touched the lake, the surface began to freeze. The freezing speed accelerated rapidly, soon forming an unstoppable force that spread toward the vortices.

In just a few breaths, the entire vortex stopped spinning and turned completely into ice. The freezing effect continued unabated, spreading upward. Another few breaths passed, and the massive hurricane that once filled the sky transformed entirely into an enormous ice sculpture.

This was not yet the end—the freezing trend continued to expand, and it didn’t take long before the entire lake surface was completely frozen over.

Luo Yan and Jin Wen were also stunned by what they saw. Even Xue Hai, a warrior of the ninth level, was slightly surprised that Ye Feng could achieve such a feat. Only Ye Feng remained expressionless.

With Ye Feng’s current mastery, the strength of his single-element technique had already reached the level of 36. What he did was simply apply the ice-frosting technique from the water element to that level, effortlessly breaking through the opponent’s 27-level combined technique.

After the freezing lasted for a while, intense vibrations soon came from the frozen lake bottom.

Ye Feng merely raised his eyebrows. He had naturally predicted that this move wouldn’t be able to hold back those two giant beasts; he just didn’t expect it to happen so quickly.

Soon, the ice layer was broken, and the frozen lake surface began to return to its original state. But something that made Ye Feng frown happened—the originally 27-level combined technique of the three elements started functioning again, instantly upgraded to a 54-level technique. Strangely enough, it was still a combination of wind, thunder, and water elements.

“What’s going on?” Ye Feng couldn’t help but wonder.

Behind him, Luo Yan and Jin Wen also stared in astonishment at this strange sight. Even Xue Hai, a ninth-level warrior, rested his chin in his hand, deep in thought.