After flying for about an hour, Leo could clearly feel the increase in humidity in the air, and the spiritual energy in the atmosphere became much more abundant.
This indicated that Star Moon Lake was near.
A few minutes later, after passing over a lush and towering forest, the view ahead suddenly opened up.
In front of him was an endless expanse of deep blue, with a salty breeze blowing against Leo’s clothes.
Given the vastness of Star Moon Lake, it could easily be called a sea if it were on Earth.
The reason it was called a lake here was because it was located within the Awakened Continent, incomparable to the boundless seas outside the Awakened Continent.
This was the first time Leo had seen such a vast and blue lake, and he found it refreshing.
Leo also noticed that the concentration of spiritual energy here was no less than that at Falling Blossom Palace.
Flying over the lake, Leo saw many large islands along the way.
The islands were covered with towering trees, and he could hear the roars of beasts.
About two thousand miles into Star Moon Lake, as he passed an island, a powerful presence suddenly flew up from the island and blocked Leo’s path.
Following this, dozens of other presences rose up as well.
Leo stopped and saw that blocking his way was a demonic wolf of the Demon Sect realm.
“Human, dare to pass through our sect’s airspace? Leave your Storage Sack and I’ll spare your life!” The leading demonic wolf spoke in human language, staring at Leo.
Behind the leading demonic wolf were seventy to eighty demon beasts of Demon General and Demon Sovereign realms.
“Heh, you think you can rob me?” Leo said with amusement.
Such situations were quite common in Star Moon Lake. Human Cultivators entered Star Moon Lake to hunt sea beasts and would also land on some islands to search for treasures.
The demon beasts on the islands coveted the treasures carried by human Cultivators, especially the pills and spiritual weapons they crafted.
“Foolish human who doesn’t know his place. Attack him!” The leading demonic wolf roared greedily.
As soon as it finished speaking, it charged at Leo, followed by the other demon beasts.
To Leo, these demon beasts were no different from puppies. With a laugh, he threw a punch.
Dozens of fist lights burst from Leo’s fist like meteors, striking the charging demon beasts.
Many weaker demon beasts were directly turned into blood mist by the fist lights.
The stronger ones spat blood and fell heavily onto the sea or the islands.
The only one unscathed was the leading demonic wolf. The powerful fist light only made it retreat dozens of steps.
Seeing the miserable state of its subordinates, fear filled the leading demonic wolf’s eyes. “How can you be so strong!?”
“You foolish wolf, don’t you know you should choose your targets wisely when robbing? You didn’t even gauge your opponent’s strength before bringing your lackeys to rob me.” Leo said with amusement.
Leo’s words made the leading demonic wolf pause. Then it lowered its head in thought before saying, “Hmm, you’re right. It seems lone human Cultivators aren’t always easy targets.”
“Now it’s my turn to rob you. Hand over all your Spirit Herbs.” Leo said coldly.
“You… you want to rob our sect?” The leading demonic wolf stared at Leo in disbelief.
“You have two choices: let me rob you willingly or be killed and fed to the fish.” Leo said coldly.
The leading demonic wolf thought it could resist a bit longer.
Ten seconds later, it was beaten senseless by Leo.
In the end, the leading demonic wolf obediently returned to its cave on the island and brought out a Storage Sack.
Leo scanned the contents with his divine sense and sneered. “So poor. No wonder you resort to robbery.”
The Storage Sack contained only about ten fourth-grade Spirit Herbs and several dozen third-grade Spirit Herbs.
After leaving the island, Leo continued deeper into Star Moon Lake.
Along the way, he encountered two more groups of demon beasts trying to rob him, but he easily dealt with them.
However, the deeper he went into Star Moon Lake, the stronger the presences he sensed from some islands became.
On one particularly large island, Leo even sensed a Demon King realm beast.
Besides the demon beasts on the islands, Leo also encountered attacks from sea monsters.
A giant black octopus lay camouflaged on a large reef. Its ability to change color made it blend perfectly with the black rock.
As Leo flew over the sea, the octopus suddenly shot out its tentacles, trying to grab him.
The black octopus was so well camouflaged that if not for Leo’s constant vigilance and strong perception, he might have been caught off guard.
After its ambush failed, the octopus no longer hid. Dozens of huge tentacles swept towards Leo like a net.
Leo summoned countless wind blades that sliced through the octopus’s tentacles, leaving its blood staining the sea red…
“This Star Moon Lake is indeed full of hidden dangers.” After killing the giant black octopus, Leo stared ahead and muttered to himself.
Besides demon beasts and sea monsters, Leo also encountered human Cultivators.
Some rode flying mounts, some flew in boats, and some sailed on ships across the waves.
When human Cultivators saw each other, they didn’t greet or chat but ignored each other and hurried deeper into Star Moon Lake.
Looking around, Leo thought to himself, “I wonder if Seraphina has arrived.”
Leo reached into his Storage Sack and took out a Spirit Scroll with Seraphina’s divine sense imprint on it.
He activated it with his divine sense, and a few seconds later, a beautiful phantom appeared on the scroll.
Behind her was a clear sky.
“Have you arrived at Star Moon Lake?” Leo asked with a smile.
Seraphina’s phantom nodded and hummed in response.
“Are you alone?” Leo asked again.
“Yes. Master is guarding Falling Blossom Palace, and Uncle Willow had an epiphany and went into seclusion.” Seraphina replied in her ethereal voice.
“Perfect. I’m alone too. Where are you? I’ll come find you.” Leo said with joy on his face.
Hearing Leo’s words and seeing his smile, Seraphina hesitated but didn’t refuse. She looked around her surroundings.
“I’m on the east side of Star Moon Lake. There’s a large star-shaped island nearby.” Seraphina said.
“Alright. Wait for me there. We’ll go to Pill Sovereign Island together after we meet.” Leo said before ending the divine sense communication.
Then he changed direction and flew rapidly towards the east.