Chapter 699: Secrets of the Lake Bottom >

"Young Master Zhi Mu, actually Madam has been working very hard this past month. She has read many fashion magazines, chatted with designers to learn about matching, and even went to boutiques to pic...Raphael and his companions took the opportunity to move towards the lake, avoiding harm, and they noticed that these beasts were reluctant to approach the water and did not seem interested in drinking from it.

Watching this pack of wild beasts fight each other is truly a spectacle. If a few die, we could benefit by roasting them for food.

Not long after, the white tiger leaped to the center of the beast throng. The white tiger roared with an imposing air, its roar shaking the heavens.

The beasts gradually stopped fighting, this white tiger is the king of this place.

After a standoff with the beasts that lasted for most of the day, as twilight began to descend, the animals started to calm down and gradually left the lake, returning to the jungle.

All the beasts had left, and the circling vultures had also flown away, except for this white tiger.

The white tiger was still lurking here, it sat upright, like a statue, its green eyes fixed on the lake, as if the white tiger could sense someone over there.

"...He's actually still guarding it." Lao Gui was shocked.

Jo Bao'er then noticed another thing, turning her head to look at Raphael, "The count's claws are poisonous, how is this white tiger still alright"

Right before them, under that big tree, the poor wild boar lay dead, having been scratched to death by the Count a few moments earlier.

It has a duty to guard this lake.

The tribe chief walked to the lake himself, scooped up some water with his hand, and little by little washed away the fruit pulp from her body. The chief disliked the smell of the fruit pulp very much.

The chieftain's voice was aged and raspy, murmuring words that only Raphael, Qiao Baoer, and Samba understood. Jun Zhimu and the rest strained to hear what he was saying.

But seeing this elder chieftain's reckless behavior, I couldn't help but be surprised, "What's she doing Does she want to die"

Just now, if it weren't for this fruit pulp, they would have been wiped out by that large group of beasts.

“As long as you don’t touch anything in the center of the lake, you won't summon the beasts,” Qiao Bao'er guessed. “This white tiger wouldn’t randomly attack people.”

Look, the elder washes all the fruit pulp off his body. The white tiger looks quite human-like as it gazes at her with its head, appearing calm and not rushing forward to pounce or roar in anger. It seems as if it already knew.

The Earl had jumped into the lake with a splash. Cats have sensitive noses, and now his fur was sticky and smelled strange, all thanks to Qiao Bao'er. He felt awful.

This white tiger was a bit childish. When the earl fell into the lake and saw a dark shadow, the white tiger immediately pounced on it, opening its jaws to bite.

The Earl, however, was not afraid of the big tiger at all. He raised his cat claws and even scratched the tiger on the nose.

"How did you get burned on your hand" Qiao Baier asked, looking at Jun Zhimu's burn on his left hand.

Lu Qinan and Lao Gui were also puzzled, but Raphael spoke first, "Is the staff in the middle of the lake"

Jun Zhi Mu nodded, "Yes."

Raphael was instantly excited, "Is it the staff of the third island"

"Judging by the length, it should be the two sections of the staff that were lost before."

Lost and found.

But what about the staff of the third island They've endured so much hardship, yet they still have no clue.

"...the staff of the lake, only allowing her to go down..."

"No!" Kunzhi Mu immediately refused.

Rafael glanced at the severe burn on his left hand and chuckled, "Lord Shepherd, I didn't expect you to be so foolish. The staff's temperature is comparable to molten lava from a volcanic eruption. You can't touch it. Only Strozzi's blood relatives can."

Even if Qiao Baoer was unwilling, she had to go into the water.

Jun's shepherd was doing this foolish thing, he knew all along the result after he emerged from the lake, so he tried with his left hand.

Foolish.

They were discussing matters on the other side, purposely leading Qiao Baoer and Samba away, but they watched from afar as Jun Zhimu and Rafael started arguing. Qiao Baoer wasn't stupid; she glanced at the center of the lake.

They walked towards them, looking into Junzhi牧's eyes, and said, "We have no way out." There was only the option to keep moving forward.

If there are other choices, Jun Zhi Mu would rather continue to waste time.

These strong, capable men would entrust dangerous tasks to a woman. Old Ghost and the others wore expressions of shame.

"...Go to the bottom of the lake and retrieve the staff. While you're at it, see if there's anything unusual down there." Raphael commanded her in a tone devoid of room for argument.

"The sun is about to set. Let's go tomorrow."

"Yeah, as soon as we got our hands on the staff, those beasts swarmed us again. It's really messing with my head."

Qiao Baoer stood hesitantly by the lake, when Raphael, that despicable and shameless man, kicked her in the buttocks. Qiao Baoer screamed in astonishment and plunged into the lake with a splash.

Jun Zhi Mu's face was filled with anger. He gripped Raphael's collar and punched him in the face with his right fist.

Raphael got punched and thought it was worth it, "Come on, little sister! Move faster!" He urged her harshly.

Jun Zhi Mu can't really beat Raphael to death, facing this stubborn guy, he only gets so frustrated he wants to gnash his teeth.

"Jo Bao'er, be careful!" he could only warn the lake.

The sky had gradually darkened, and the entire lake appeared dim and gloomy like a cave. However, the majestic scepter in the center of the lake still emitted a golden glow.

The white tiger went berserk the moment Qiao Bao'er fell into the water, roaring frantically by the lake.

It's like Qiao Baier is trespassing on its taboos.

Compared to Jun Zhi's burn, Qiao Bao'er easily swam to the center of the lake and grabbed the scepter. She held her breath, exerted herself, kicked the lake bottom with her feet, trying hard to pull the scepter out.

The staff seemed to be tightly embedded in the lakebed. Qiao Ba'er struggled, and at the same time, she truly felt an invisible force centered on the staff, like ripples spreading outwards, rippling. If she hadn't been gripping the staff tightly, she would have been flung away.

Jo Baoer didn't have Jun Zhi Mu's ability to hold her breath underwater for a long time. She could only hold it for five minutes at most, and she couldn't stand it any longer.

Ah—she gritted her teeth, pouring every last ounce of strength into it. The lakebed began to shift slightly, and the staff slowly moved…

On the lake surface, Junzhi Mu was more nervous than when he went into the water himself. “Don’t push yourself, come up!”

Just as Junzhimu's voice fell, the familiar sound of a hundred beasts thundering and the ground trembling came rushing from the distant jungle...

And the lake surface rippled with rings.

Bubbles erupted on the lake's surface, gurgling and bubbling like water boiling.

Everyone was filled with fear, and even Raphael shouted, "Come on up!"

In the center of Lake Ke, Qiao Bao'er had vanished without a trace. Her glittering staff had also disappeared in that instant.

Meanwhile, the sound of the waterfall crashing in their ears grew louder and clearer, like a hallucination yet so real.

Jun Zhi Mu couldn't care about that much, he jumped headlong into the lake and swam urgently towards the center of the lake.... It looked similar to this circuit board, but that one seemed like a red Z-country knot ornament…”"Also, my mom said she found four black wireless cameras in the trash earlier." Zhu Xiaowei said this...