Discovery of the Island at the Lake's Center

While Xu Feng was charging across the Australian Continent in search of the mysterious Mist Island, Luo Feng, who had just completed the martial artist combat assessment and earned the title of "martial artist," had just returned home in Mingyue Community, Jiangnan Base City, Huaxia.

At this moment, Luo Feng's entire family was extremely excited because he had passed the assessment safely and returned home.

After eleven that night, Luo Feng logged into Extreme Home for the first time in the audiovisual room on the second floor and saw that the forums were flooded with news about Xu Feng.

"Xu Feng, possibly the strongest genius of this century!"

"Peerless prodigy Xu Feng conquers the global Elite Training Camp in just one month!"

"Xu Feng's dating history: Who took his first time?"

"The untold intimate affair between Xu Feng and his teacher Jiang Fang!"

"Breeding male and female pigs, and postpartum care?"

Looking at the videos and comments occupying every section of the forum, Luo Feng was speechless for a long time.

He had not expected that someone who had been an Advanced Student alongside him not long ago would have pulled so far ahead in merely two months.

Luo Feng silently made up his mind. He would take Xu Feng as his goal. One day, he too would stand at the pinnacle of the world stage like him!

On the desolate Australian Continent, ten days had already passed, yet Xu Feng was still searching bitterly across this vast land.

I refuse to believe that, flying at maximum speed and with my Mental Power able to scan a radius of ten li, I still won't find you within twenty-eight days! Xu Feng thought as he stood atop his shield, his eyes fixed on the distance.

Suddenly, waves of excited roars drifted faintly over from afar. Xu Feng slung his backpack over his shoulders, leaped into the air, and flew toward the source of the roars.

"Hm?"

Less than ten kilometers ahead, a massive canyon suddenly stretched across Xu Feng's path.

Xu Feng halted, crouched down beside the canyon, and looked over the cliff above it. His expression froze slightly before excitement immediately appeared on his face.

"The Monkey Mountain Range. That's right, this must be the Monkey Mountain Range! Since I've found the Monkey Mountain Range, finding that nameless island won't be much of a problem."

The canyon below was filled with all kinds of Ape Monsters. At a glance, they formed a dense sea numbering absolutely in the tens of thousands. What else could it be but the Monkey Mountain Range Luo Feng had encountered when he first arrived on the Australian Continent?

Among the many apes below was a giant high-level monster lord King Kong Ape, twenty to thirty meters tall and covered in golden scales. It was dragging the bloody corpse of a silver giant python more than thirty to forty meters long with one hand.

At this moment, the enormous silver python's entire head had already been swallowed by the high-level lord King Kong Ape. Its terrifying maw continued to chew with loud smacking sounds, its mouth corners covered in blood.

"Roar!"

In the midst of its feast, the high-level lord King Kong Ape raised its head and let out an excited, piercing roar that seemed capable of tearing apart the sky.

The entire ape tribe instantly erupted into commotion and frenzy.

The high-level lord ape became even more excited. It grabbed the body of the low-level lord Silver Electric King Python, of which it had already eaten nearly half, and exerted force with both hands—

"Riiip."

The Silver Electric King Python's body was torn into two, blood spraying everywhere. The high-level lord ape once more raised its head and unleashed an earth-shaking roar, then threw the two halves of the Silver Electric King Python down into the monkey horde below. This immediately provoked frenzied shrieks from thousands upon thousands of Ape Monsters as they fought desperately to claim the meat.

The high-level lord ape seemed to enjoy watching the other apes fight over the food. It stood above them, beating its chest excitedly and croaking loudly.

Should I kill it?

Xu Feng tightened his grip around the hilt of the Absolute Shadow Battle Saber as he watched the lively scene below.

"Forget it. I'll leave you for Luo Feng. Live another year."

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Feng quietly pulled back his head and looked around. Using the satellite map on his watch, he confirmed his location, found the nearest direction with a river, scratched his head, recalled the descriptions from the novel's plot, and slowly detoured into the distance with anticipation in his eyes.

"A river!"

The river beneath him now matched the scene described in the original story very closely.

Xu Feng immediately brought up the satellite map again. After a brief confirmation, the excitement in his eyes grew even stronger.

What the map showed almost perfectly matched the plot descriptions he remembered.

After flying along the river for a full three hours, including over an hour through underground waterways, Xu Feng looked at the lake spanning a hundred li in every direction, completely shrouded in endless dense fog.

"I finally found it!!"

Two hundred and sixty kilometers northwest of this river lay a massive lake nearly a hundred li across. Most importantly, at the center of that lake was a nameless island twenty to thirty li wide.

Wasn't this the Mist Island he had been searching for, the island where Willow Wood Hearts grew?

At the thought that consuming a Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart would allow his physical fitness to truly enter the high-level or peak War God realm, while his Psychic Master cultivation would immediately reach the Invincible God level, Xu Feng's heart burned with excitement.

"Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart, I'm coming!"

"Invincible God level, I'm coming!"

For an excited Xu Feng going all out, two hundred and sixty kilometers was only a matter of minutes.

Several minutes later, Xu Feng arrived at the lake's edge. Looking at the incomparably strange lake before him, his face filled with astonishment.

Aside from the occasional strange noises coming from beneath the vast lake's waters, what amazed Xu Feng most was that although the sun shone brightly overhead, the lake before him remained covered in mist, completely unaffected by the sunlight.

A faint mist began appearing several hundred meters from the shoreline, and the closer it drew to the center of the lake, the thicker it became.

At a distance of roughly two to three kilometers from the shore, everything was already completely obscured by endless dense fog. It was impossible to see what lay within.

If the satellite map had not shown an island at the center of the lake, Xu Feng would never have known from sight alone that there was an island hidden within the dense fog.

Looking at this eerie lake, Xu Feng recalled the dangers Luo Feng and later Li Yao had encountered when they landed on the island in the novel. Though he no longer remembered the details clearly, he vaguely recalled that there seemed to be a kind of terrifying Monster Fish mutated from electric eels in these waters, capable of discharging electricity. Even Li Yao, wearing the Black God Suit, had nearly died in the jaws of such Monster Fish.

After circling the lake's shore and carefully observing it, Xu Feng took a deep breath and removed the Hexagonal Shield he had yet to use. The Hexagonal Shield floated before him. Xu Feng leaped onto it, controlled it to rise to an altitude of around fifty meters, and rapidly flew over the lake toward the center of the dense fog.

Mist filled the air. Aquatic plants flourished in this vast lake, strange cries occasionally sounded out, and violent waves rolled across the water's surface. It was impossible to see with the naked eye what lurked beneath the waters.

As expected of a lake over a hundred li wide. I can already distinguish more than a dozen different sounds coming from below. There must be a huge number of aquatic monsters in there, Xu Feng thought in alarm.

Aquatic monsters had always been known for being difficult to deal with. The ocean had always belonged to monsters, and its vast territory had given birth to many strange and immensely powerful creatures. Thus, even War Gods were unwilling to enter the ocean, nor would they lightly enter large lakes like this one.

Whoosh!

Xu Feng sped forward. Wherever he passed, the lake below remained violently turbulent, while the fog ahead grew thicker and thicker. At first, with physical abilities approaching the War God level, Xu Feng could barely see objects within roughly one hundred and fifty meters ahead. But as he continued onward, his visible range shrank further and further until it was reduced to a pitiful dozen or so meters.

He could no longer see clearly either ahead or below him. He could only rely on his powerful Mental Power to sense his surroundings.

Xu Feng had no choice but to slow down more and more. Not only did he hold the Absolute Shadow Battle Saber in his hand, but ten SS throwing knives also floated several meters before him, guarding carefully against danger that might appear at any moment.

"Crackle!"

Suddenly, a thick bolt of blue lightning flashed violently and shot toward Xu Feng as he traveled dozens of meters above the lake.

Dense and countless, the thick bolt of blue lightning rapidly split apart in midair into streaks of blue electric light, instantly illuminating the sky above the lake.

The twisting streaks of electricity shot in every direction like electric snakes, immediately dispersing even the thick fog.

A huge blue-green fishlike head suddenly emerged from the lake. A sharp horn grew from its head, crackling with electric light. Those streaks of electricity had been fired from that horn.

"Damn, it really is one of those electric Monster Fish!"