By the time Nie Tian and Luo Xin reached Black Water Lake, it had started to drizzle.

As raindrops fell into Black Water Lake and created tiny splashes, a dark-gray mist gradually rose above the lake surface, emitting a foul smell.

“Is this Black Water Lake?”  With a thought, Nie Tian commanded his seven Heaven Eyes to fly high above Black Water Lake and its vicinity, where they learned the terrain and kept a close watch on everything.

A large amount of surprisingly tall plants could be seen around Black Water Lake, while many logs covered in moss floated in the dark water.

There were three small islands at the center of the lake, where plants were flourishing more exuberantly than any other place nearby.

By nightfall, Nie Tian’s Heaven Eyes had finished scanning the area around Black Water Lake, and discovered several dozen human corpses.

Just as Xu Hu had said, those humans clearly hadn’t been killed by spirit beasts. Some of the corpses were highly rotten, as if they had died from...