"Phew..."
From time to time, gusts of wind stirred the white mist.
Lin Li had been searching for prey alone in the Misty Jungle. At this moment, he saw that much of the white mist ahead had disappeared.
Without the white mist obstructing his vision, Lin Li's view opened up considerably, and his pace quickened.
The cries of some unknown insects in the grass around him drifted through the air.
Before he knew it, all the insects' cries had vanished.
Cautious by nature, Lin Li sensed that something was wrong. He stopped and then searched his surroundings.
Several minutes later, Lin Li, who had used his mental power to sense the surrounding conditions, found not the slightest ripple of Spiritual Energy within the range he could detect.
"Rustle..."
Because the surroundings were so quiet, any sound that arose became especially conspicuous.
Lin Li used his mental power to sense the area. Finding nothing, he was just about to continue searching for prey when he suddenly heard a strange sound.
"It sounds like running water."
"Is it a stream?"
The sound did resemble a creek. After making a guess, Lin Li stepped forward and walked toward the source of the unusual noise.
The sun in the sky grew increasingly dazzling. Its light fell upon the Misty Jungle, making the already thin white mist disappear even faster.
More than twenty minutes later, the view before Lin Li suddenly opened up.
He walked out of the woods and found a wide-open area ahead.
This area was covered in low shrubs, starkly different from the canopy-blocked jungle he had seen throughout his journey.
Several hundred meters away, near the center of the open area, lay a small body of water.
The small lake covered tens of thousands of square meters. Under the sunlight, its