Boom!
Li Kuangdao gripped his saber tightly and swung. His strike burst into thousands of blades of light, cutting down the few mermaids rushing toward them.
He flashed over to Jiang Yan.
"Something's wrong. Something's not right. Everyone, be careful."
He glanced at the burly man, who had passed out from blood loss, then turned his attention back to the pitch-black lake. His expression was grave.
As a rogue cultivator, Li Kuangdao had reached his current realm by venturing deep into the wilderness again and again to gather cultivation resources.
He had visited Dark Moon Lake many times and had long since investigated the patterns governing the mermaids in its waters.
The deep-water region usually held only mermaids comparable to Core Realm martial artists. The more powerful anomalies were generally lurking beneath the lakebed in the underground river at the heart of Dark Moon Lake, absorbing the roiling killing intent to strengthen themselves.
Normally, unless some great disturbance occurred, these terrifying mermaids would never appear.
Li Kuangdao coveted the terrifying mermaids whose strength rivaled that of Talisman Realm martial artists.
If he could hunt one, he wouldn't have to enter the wilderness again for at least half a year.
But that was only wishful thinking. Mermaids of that level were terrifyingly powerful.
Though his realm was comparable to theirs, Li Kuangdao wasn't confident he could escape unscathed if he fought one. He might well die in Dark Moon Lake and end up in a fish's belly.
That was why his goal in coming to Dark Moon Lake was to hunt the mermaids in the deep-water region, whose strength rivaled that of Core Realm martial artists.
As long as they killed enough of them, small gains would add up to a considerable reward.
He had never considered taking people to the