Azure Lake!
It lay at the border between the Xu family's sphere of influence and that of the Jade Bloom Holy Land.
Water-attributed power was exceptionally dense in this region, and rare water-attributed spirit herbs were often born here.
Azure Lake stretched for dozens of miles, its surface dotted with islands like stars scattered across the sky. Water-type demonic beasts would occasionally rush onto the islands to bathe in the moonlight.
The bright moon hung high in the sky, and the entire Azure Lake was unusually lively.
Large numbers of bounty hunters searched the lake without pause, sometimes shooting out of the water and soaring into the heavens, sometimes fighting the demonic beasts in the lake.
Boom!
A terrifying wave of energy spread out, raising monstrous waves across the lake's surface.
A Xu family disciple was blasted away by an Aberrant. While still in midair, he spat out a mouthful of blood, his face turning deathly pale.
The Aberrant had a single horn growing from his head. Force Runes rippled around him with terrifying fluctuations, making even space tremble faintly.
"It's Manli—Manli of the Jade Bloom Holy Land. Late eighth-grade Nascent Core, with two Lower Force Runes."
"Look at Manli's hand. That's a seventh-grade water-attributed spirit herb. That Xu family fellow is done for today."
"Did the Xu family only send him here alone? Why isn't he running?"
Drawn by the scene, the bounty hunters watched from afar beneath the clear, tranquil moonlight, their low cries rising one after another.
As they watched the Xu family disciple Manli had sent flying, pity could not help but rise in their eyes.
Manli was an Aberrant, notorious for his brutal nature and his love of torturous slaughter. Those who became his enemies never met a good end.
"Manli, today's humiliation will be