Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 534 Fish and Dragon Lake

A hidden paradise, Fish Dragon Lake.

The sky, like an inverted bowl, covers a small lake.

The lake water was multicolored, as if it were made of glossy paint. There were several blue stones on the shore, and two people were sitting on the stones. They were Li Luo and Gu Ran, former disciples of the Holy God Palace.

On Li Luo's right wrist were three glittering thin ropes, the other ends of which were submerged in the small lake and seemed to be pulled by something, constantly moving in the water.

Splash splash splash...

A splash appeared on the lake's surface, followed by a head popping out.

If Lei Chi were here, he would recognize that it was Mo Lang's head.

The leader of the hunter squad from the Fallen Temple spat out a mouthful of colorful oil, but a smile appeared on his face. He turned to look at Li Luo on the shore and excitedly raised his hands.

clap clap clap...

Then Mo Lang was seen holding a small turtle, about the size of a plate, in his hands. He shouted, "Senior Sister Li Luo, I caught a turtle!"

Li Luo's eyes lit up as she stood on the shore. She quickly pulled on the silk thread on her wrist, and the other end of the thread was tied around Mo Lang's waist.

Mo Lang was quickly pulled ashore. He knelt down before Li Luo with a fawning expression, holding up the small turtle he had caught with both hands, and said, "Junior brother has not failed in his mission. This little turtle is offered to senior sister!"

"Hmm, you're a quick learner! Let me see what kind of turtle this is. If it's a dragon turtle, you'll be in for a treat!"

A warm smile appeared on Li Luo's face. With a wave of her hand, she pulled the struggling little turtle to her side.

The hunched, white-bearded old man next to him looked over with great interest. After just one glance, he burst into laughter and said, "Congratulations, Junior Sister, on acquiring a turtle."

At this moment, Li Luo's face also turned somewhat dark. She flicked her wrist and threw the small turtle at Mo Lang, shouting, "Useless trash! Look what you've caught!"

"Huh?" Mo Lang's expression instantly changed from excitement to fear. He didn't dare to dodge at all, letting the little turtle hit his face. Then he quickly knelt down, not daring to utter a sound.

The little turtle crawled past him and jumped into the lake with a splash.

"That's a turtle, not a tortoise! ​​Get off me! If you don't catch something good, you might as well die!"

Li Luo's voice came again.

Mo Lang's resentment and hatred immediately rose up.

Isn't a tortoise a turtle? How come I didn't know that? Besides, what's wrong with a tortoise? Is it trash? I risked my life to finally get my hands on it.

However, despite the great resentment and hatred in Mo Lang's heart, fear was even greater. He held back and dared not utter a sound, and hurriedly jumped into the colorful lake again.

Because if you dare to disobey, you will die!

Previously, Lucifer and Yodara had their wings torn off by Li Luo for arguing a few words. In Mo Lang's eyes, Li Luo's methods were extremely cruel, comparable to those of a demon.

Upon entering the lake, Mo Lang felt as if thousands of ants were devouring his body, as if his entire body was being burned and melted, causing him excruciating pain and rapidly draining his life force.

The lake, which appears to be as beautiful as a fairy tale, is actually extremely dangerous. Entering it will not only cause immense pain, but all your supernatural abilities will also be sealed, turning you into an ordinary person whose life and death are no longer in your own hands.

"Lucifer and Yodara are probably dead or alive by now. Sigh, those two bastards are too strong, and ruthless too, more demonic than demons themselves..."

Mo Lang gritted his teeth, the intense pain fueling his hatred for Li Luo and Gu Ran, making him wish he could devour them alive.

Despite his resentment, Mo Lang felt a sense of despair. He was unwilling to admit it, but he knew very well that if he fell into Li Luo's hands and no one came to his rescue, he would eventually perish in this small lake with no chance of survival.

But who can save me?

Is that senior brother, the Lord of Bliss?

Even if he comes, he'll probably have to obediently go fishing!

"I can't give up. As long as I persevere, there's a chance to survive, however slim it may be..."

As Mo Lang was thinking this, he suddenly saw a dark figure appear in front of him. He couldn't dodge in time and was hit by the dark figure. The next moment, he found that his right arm was gone.

He turned around in horror and saw a strange fish covered in black scales. The fish was only a little over a meter long, with a dragon's head and a fish's body. It had a vertical horn like a blade on its forehead, and its right arm had been cut off by that horn.

"This is... an arowana?"

When Mo Lang saw the black fish turn around again, he was terrified. Although his task at the bottom of the Five-Colored Lake was to catch fish, his own strength was too limited. If he were to fight the black fish in front of him, he would probably be in grave danger.

"It's over. Am I, Mo Lang, destined to become the belly of a fish today...?"

Mo Lang tried to escape, but how could his speed compare to that of the black fish? With a single charge, the black fish slashed a deep gash in Mo Lang's chest, followed by a chunk of flesh being bitten off his thigh.

At that moment, Li Luo and Gu Ran on the shore reacted.

"We have a large shipment!"

Li Luo quickly pulled the silk threads binding Mo Lang, while the ancient bearded man laughed and pointed his cane into the lake. Immediately, a golden dragon shadow flew out and plunged into the lake.

Immediately afterwards, a rumbling sound was heard, and a few ripples spread across the lake. A moment later, a golden dragon emerged from the lake, bringing with it a black fish.

That was the black fish that attacked Mo Lang.

At the same time, Mo Lang's body was also pulled out by Li Luo. He was missing his right arm, had a gruesome wound on his chest, and a large chunk of flesh was missing from his thigh. He was in so much pain that his face turned pale, but he gritted his teeth and didn't let out a roar of pain.

Seeing his state, Li Luo showed no pity. Instead, she snorted and shouted, "Useless trash, get back into the lake!"

After saying that, she swung her arm, and Mo Lang was lifted up by a strong force, falling into the lake with a splash.

Li Luo then bowed to the old man with a sour expression and said, "Congratulations, Senior Brother, on catching a dragonfish. I wonder what's so special about this dragonfish?"

The old man with the ancient beard laughed heartily, his face crinkling into a wide grin. He said, "This dragonfish seems to be a divine weapon! Junior sister, watch my skills!"

After saying this, the old bearded man reached out and patted the black fish. A strange thing happened: the black fish turned into a large black sword, about two meters long, with fish scale patterns on both sides of the blade. The tip of the sword was made of the dragon horn, and it looked rather sinister.

Seeing this, Li Luo's envy deepened, and he cupped his hands again, saying, "Congratulations, Senior Brother, on acquiring a divine blade."

The old man with the ancient beard said, "Haha, I have to thank my junior sister for the bait. I'll keep this Black Dragon Blade for now. If another divine weapon appears, I'll give it to you, junior sister!"

"Then thank you in advance, senior brother."

"However, if I were to accept a token that grants advancement to a true disciple, I would not allow it."

"Of course, isn't that why we've been waiting here, hoping for this opportunity?"

"Unfortunately, there's still too little bait. These three probably won't last long!"

"Take it slow, there will be more bait!"

The old man with the ancient beard suddenly added, "By the way, that guy you mentioned who destroyed one of your clones..."

Li Luo laughed and said, "As a contemporary player, this person is indeed a bit troublesome with Sun Hu's help and having his sword energy borrowed. But Senior Brother, there's no need to worry too much. Unless he can advance to the Inner Sect's Senior Brother and forcibly open Fish Dragon Lake, he won't pose a threat to us. Even if he becomes the Inner Sect's Senior Disciple and comes here, so what? This is our home ground. We've been operating here for so long. If it really comes down to a fight, as long as Senior Brother helps, hehe, he might not even have a chance to use his sword energy."

"What you said makes some sense!"

The two former disciples exchanged a smile and sat down again.

They stayed here hoping for a chance to be promoted to a true disciple.

For those in the sect, it's easy to advance from the outer sect to the inner sect, but it's very difficult to advance from the inner sect to the true disciple level.

As previous disciples, Li Luo and Gu Ran already knew the conditions for becoming true disciples. First, they had to clear the Inner Sect Trial Tower, which was the most basic requirement. Then, they either had to obtain a Level 4 certificate or obtain a token of inheritance in Fish Dragon Lake.

There seems to be no other way besides these two methods.

Obtaining a Level 4 certificate is almost impossible, since before becoming a true disciple, one can only access incomplete inherited cultivation techniques. At most, those incomplete techniques can only allow cultivators to pass the Level 3 assessment and obtain a Level 3 certificate.

Therefore, obtaining the inheritance token in Fish Dragon Lake is almost the only condition for being promoted to an inner disciple.

At least, Li Luo and Gu Ran knew this one method.

Obtaining that heirloom is no easy feat; it requires not only strength but also a stroke of luck.

Fortunately, Fish Dragon Lake is full of treasures. In addition to the heirloom, there are also many divine weapons, martial arts manuals, rare treasures and so on. As long as you can stay there, you will always encounter opportunities.

The key to seizing opportunities is "slacking off".

Ordinary "fish" are useless; they must be of the dragon family. This carries a great risk, because the water of Fish-Dragon Lake is not ordinary lake water, but an extremely poisonous substance that can melt divine bodies and souls. If one is soaked in it for a long time, even if one does not die, one will inevitably suffer permanent damage, which is extremely harmful.

That's why Li Luo and Gu Ran went to great lengths to capture people.

At this very moment, outside this hidden secret realm, in the area where the inner disciples were active, Lei Chi was leading Zhao Shuibiao in search of the Fish-Dragon Pool.

Lei Chi's divine sense remained dispersed, and half a day later, he discovered the Angel King Asmi.

Asmi was hiding in her cultivation cave. As soon as she came out, she was discovered by Lei Chi, who then conscripted her to come and search for the Fish-Dragon Pool.

Two days later, Namegis was also found by Leichi.

Thus, Zhao Shuibiao, Asmi, and Meijis, three ordinary inner disciples, were forced to explore the inner disciples' activity area.

Lei Chi did ask the guardian how to enter Fish Dragon Lake, but the guardian ignored him and didn't answer at all, perhaps because he really didn't know.

Five more days passed, and Zhao Shuibiao finally made a discovery. He came to the Thunder Pool and said, "Reporting to the master, I found a stone wall behind the cultivation cave area. The stone wall is very strange. There are fish and dragon reliefs on it. The fish and dragon reliefs are alive and will slowly move. It is like a stone mosaic. I think the stone wall may be related to the Fish and Dragon Pool."

Upon hearing this, Lei Chi dispersed his divine sense and quickly located the stone wall that Zhao Shuibiao had mentioned. After a brief inspection, he indeed found something strange about the stone wall. The relief on it resembled a fishpond, and all the fish in it were indeed moving slowly.

A moment later, Lei Chi arrived at the stone wall. Zhao Shuibiao, Asmi, and Meijis naturally followed. In fact, they were venturing out of their cave dwellings with great courage, not daring to stray too far from Lei Chi.

"This stone wall is probably related to the Fish-Dragon Pool. Does it require special techniques to reveal its mysteries?"

After a moment's thought, Lei Chi took out his inheritance token.

To his surprise, as soon as he took out his inheritance token, text suddenly appeared on the top of the token: "Would you like to activate the hidden secret realm, Fish-Dragon Pool?"

"Identity privileges? Activate them now!"

Lei Chi was overjoyed and without hesitation, he quickly manipulated the inheritance token. Then, the reliefs on the stone wall rapidly moved and combined, and finally the whole thing lit up, revealing a bright passage.

"Is this the passage to Fish Dragon Lake?"

Lei Chi understood and strode into the passage.

Meanwhile, inside the Fish Dragon Lake Secret Realm, Li Luo and Gu Ran also noticed something, and they both looked toward a bright passage.

The next moment, Li Luo's eyes widened suddenly, and she exclaimed in surprise, "It's you!"

"Yes, it's me! Aren't you welcome?"

Lei Chi revealed a cold smile. He had transformed into the form of the Azure Flame incarnation and had not changed back since, maintaining this form until now.

"Is he Zhao Shuibiao?"

The old man's expression suddenly changed.

He had heard Li Luo mention "Zhao Shuibiao" and knew that he had used Sun Hu's sword intent to instantly kill one of Li Luo's clones. However, he did not know that Lei Chi had called himself "Zhao Shuibiao" at that time and used a fake name.

However, Lei Chi didn't explain his identity at this moment. He quickly looked around and said to himself, "This is Fish Dragon Lake? It's rather strange!"

Seeing Lei Chi's reaction, Gu Ran's face turned cold. He stomped his foot, and his figure disappeared into thin air. Then, a large number of dark holes suddenly appeared in the sky, and from those holes, ferocious beasts with hideous appearances slowly crawled out.

"Huh, this looks like they're not welcoming me at all! A ferocious beast, huh? Haha, using a ferocious beast against me, how interesting!"

Lei Chi's gaze turned cold. He rubbed his hands, and they quickly changed. In less than two breaths, they transformed into dragon claws, growing sharp nails and scaly skin.

This is Lei Chi using the [Savage Fierce Claw]!

The Supreme Being created the "Sangbiao True Scripture" based on the "Sangbiao" Tower. This scripture contains the "Berserk Secret Technique" and the "Sangbiao Divine Claw," which Lei Chi has already mastered.

Li Luo then said, "I see you might be a bit arrogant. Never mind, enough with the nonsense. I'll prepare some entertainment for you."

(End of this chapter)