Liam didn't know how long the path would remain clear, so he dived into the vast basin, steadily treading over the slippery rocks until he was knee deep into that shimmering water.
The area was dense with Qi, but not at the level Liam had experienced in the Mutated Battlefield. Part of it came from the water itself, but the rest stemmed from the translucent pebbles he had stopped to retrieve.
Blood mixed with the clear water as Liam brought his wet hand under his gaze. A white, Qi-containing crystal indeed stood in his palm. The lake truly had spirit stones, and in quite satisfying quantity.
'This should be the biggest deposit,' Liam concluded, looking around, only for his gaze to fall toward the lake's bottom. 'At least within reach.'
The lake's water came from even deeper underground, but Liam couldn't see feasible ways to get there and reach possibly even greater deposits. He didn't even have the time or tools to search for those paths.
