Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 475 - Xiantian Spirit

After confirming there was no danger, Liu Wuxie opened the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron as Gu Yu stepped out.

Gu Yu was also shocked when he looked at his surroundings, but his expression soon changed to joy.

"What a beautiful place! Big Brother Liu, look at those fish! They're gorgeous!" The rows of fish were about the size of a palm as they swam past, and they were vibrant with colors, reflecting the water like a rainbow swimming past them.

In addition to those fish, many rocks were covered with rare corals. It was rumored that coral jade could be found within corals, and this form of precious jade was even more valuable than spiritual jade. One coral jade was a few hundred times more precious than a Blood Abyssal Stone.

However, coral jade was extremely rare because it took ten thousand years for corals to produce a coral jade no larger than a grain of rice.

Algae on the coral reefs swayed with the water’s flow. It curled up when Liu Wuxie touched it, reacting to the perceived danger.

Liu Wuxie only bothered collecting corals if there were coral jades. Ordinary corals could only be used as decorative pieces and had no particular value.

"Big Brother Liu, are we still near the Blood Sea Abyssal Island?" Gu Yu asked because they had ended up here after falling into the sea whirlpool.

"I'm not sure about that. Let's leave this place first!" They couldn't stay at the bottom of the sea forever because they had only escaped thanks to the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron. They might've survived but were still injured and uncertain if the surroundings were safe; they would die if they ran into powerful sea demons.

A pitch-black whirlpool was above them, and they shuddered in lingering fear because it was the same whirlpool they had fallen from.

As for the exit, no one knew, as the sea's surface remained unseen. The two swam with the fish, but even after nearly two hours, they couldn't find the surface; it was as if they were still trapped at the bottom of the ocean.

This place felt like an entirely different world, one where the surface didn't exist. No matter how hard they swam upward, there was no end in sight. With no way to ascend, they had no choice but to swim horizontally, hoping to find an escape.

"This is weird. These fish don't seem to be able to leave this area either, and they can only wander around nearby." Liu Wuxie soon noticed an odd phenomenon and wondered if this underwater world was utterly isolated from the outside world. It wasn't just them because the fish were also trapped here.

Six hours later, a towering reef forest reaching ten thousand feet appeared, blocking their path. This meant they would have to pass through the reef forest to leave this place.

Liu Wuxie tried to break through the reef forest several times and used his blade technique, but the reefs remained unmoved.

With no other option, the two could only split up and swim in two different directions. The result was the same—this place was an isolated world.

A whirlpool was above them, and the surroundings were covered with reefs.

When they returned to the central area, they exchanged a look with a hint of helplessness.

"Are we going to be trapped here forever?" Gu Yu asked, unwilling to accept their fate. After all, they had survived countless hardships only to be trapped in this place.

This was the bottom of the ocean, and they could survive for ten days to half a month, but holding their breaths for a long time would cause significant harm to their bodies.

"There must be a way out. Otherwise, how could these fish survive here?" Liu Wuxie believed they had to yet find the exit.

Time slowly passed, and they had been trapped here for three days, but they still couldn't find any clues.

After being underwater for so long, their skin had become unnaturally pale and wrinkled, making it clear they couldn't endure this environment much longer. They had barely slept in the past three days, tirelessly searching every corner, yet they still found no clues on how to escape this place.

The two sat on a reef, watching the fish swim back and forth, but they weren't in the mood to appreciate the view.

Gu Yu absentmindedly picked up a piece of seaweed and tore it into strips. The shredded seaweed floated in the water, all drifting in the same direction.

Liu Wuxie narrowed his eyes at this sight and bounced back on his feet. He said, "Gu Yu, don't stop. Keep tearing the seaweed and make the pieces as small as possible!"

Noticing a new clue, Gu Yu became energized and grabbed a handful of seaweed. He rubbed it in his hands and turned it into small pieces.

A strange scene occurred because the fragments seemed to come alive as they formed a straight line and drifted toward the depths on the right.

Liu Wuxie quietly followed behind the fragments and wasn't in a hurry because the seaweed drifted steadily.

Two hours later, the seaweed fragments finally stopped and fell. Seeing this, Liu Wuxie quickly accelerated his descent and reached the ground.

The seaweed fell onto the reefs and stuck to them without moving, which made Liu Wuxie incredibly excited. He quickly called out to Gu Yu to come over and join him.

Gu Yu rushed over in excitement, looking at the seaweed sticking onto the reefs before raising his head to see Liu Wuxie.

"We have to dig through the reef. There must be an exit below, and the fish probably swam in from here when they were small." The reefs were oddly shaped, with fish swimming in and out, but they couldn't see through the reefs.

They took out their weapons without hesitation and began digging through the reefs.

The reefs were extremely tough, and Liu Wuxie left only a mark when he struck them with his blade. At this rate, it would take them ten days to half a month to break apart the reef.

"Gu Yu, take out your scepter!" Liu Wuxie commanded. Though the Dragon Clan Scepter was damaged, it was still a heavenly artifact in its prime, possessing immense power. It should be strong enough to break through the reefs.

Liu Wuxie hadn't refined the Heavenly Dragon Seal, so he didn't dare to use it lightly. This left him with no choice but to let Gu Yu use the Dragon Clan Scepter.

Gu Yu took out the Dragon Clan Scepter from his interspatial ring and gripped it tightly while Liu Wuxie retreated to the distance.

After gathering all of his true essence, Gu Yu smashed the Dragon Clan Scepter down at the reefs.

A muffled sound echoed through the sea, and water surged outwards. The commotion frightened the surrounding fish to scatter in all directions and hide behind the corals.

The reef, roughly the size of a water tank, cracked open under the impact. The progress was much faster than when they were trying to excavate with their weapons. Seeing the effectiveness of the Dragon Clan Scepter, Gu Yu continued to swing it down on the reef, each strike widening the crack. Remarkably, the scepter remained unscathed.

Gu Yu's true essence was rapidly depleting, but he was determined to survive and gave it his all. Large chunks of the reef were split open to reveal a small hole the size of a fist. A powerful suction force emerged from the hole, pulling everything in the surroundings.

The suction force made Gu Yu stagger, and he was nearly sucked in.

Liu Wuxie quickly came over and looked at the fist-sized hole with joy flashing in his eyes.

"This is the exit! Keep smashing!" Gu Yu took out a Blood Abyssal Stone to replenish his true essence.

After countless strikes, the exit widened to about a foot. They had an evenly proportioned body, so the hole was just enough for them to squeeze through.

As the suction force grew stronger, Gu Yu was already panting for breath as Liu Wuxie retrieved the Heretic Blade and expanded the hole before he finally saw the world on the other side.

This was still the sea; they could see many fish swimming, but no reefs blocked their way.

"Let's go out!" Liu Wuxie urged, eager to leave after days of being trapped. He squeezed through the hole first, entering what looked like a cave, with Gu Yu following closely behind.

A large number of fish were swimming back and forth. Gu Yu followed behind as the two advanced slowly.

"So many pearls!" Many pearls were scattered on the ground, each the size of an infant's fist, emitting a faint glow.

"These pearls contain powerful water elements. Let's collect as many as we can!" When Liu Wuxie picked one up and probed it with his divine sense, he discovered the vast water-attribute energy in the pearls.

They each collected over a hundred pearls before stopping because they could finally see the exit.

Liu Wuxie's sight had been focused on the path ahead to avoid any dangers, but Gu Yu suddenly grabbed him and pointed him in another direction. The latter exclaimed, "Big Brother Liu, look over there!"

"Water spirit!" Liu Wuxie exclaimed because there was a small hole with a strange plant growing in it.

"What's a water spirit?" Gu Yu was puzzled.

The water spirit was about a meter tall and resembled a tree. But in reality, it was a mutated coral.

"It's a form of xiantian spirit that contains powerful water-attribute energy," Liu Wuxie explained. He couldn't upgrade the Heretic Blade because he lacked a xiantian spirit and was surprised to see one before him.

Xiantian spirits were rare and came in many variations, but a xiantian spirit over a thousand years old was extremely rare.

No one knew how long this water spirit had been growing here, but it contained extremely powerful spirituality. Liu Wuxie and Gu Yu could sense its spirituality even tens of meters away.

"Big Brother Liu, your Heretic Blade is still at the level of a spiritual treasure. You should take it quickly to forge it into a xiantian treasure." Gu Yu had no intentions of taking it because his Divine Dragon Sword far exceeded the level of xiantian treasures, and this water spirit could only raise it by one level.

"Alright, I won't shortchange you since you discovered this water spirit. When we leave, I'll compensate you with fifty Blood Abyssal Stones." Liu Wuxie had his principles and wouldn't take the water spirit without compensating Gu Yu.

"Big Brother Liu, you're not treating me as a friend if you put it that way. Without you, I would've died on the Blood Sea Abyssal Island long ago!" Gu Yu was unhappy because he felt that he had gained enough. Not only did he obtain a pile of Blood Abyssal Stones, but he also obtained the Dragon Clan Scepter.

"Alright. You're a brother!" Liu Wuxie patted Gu Yu's shoulder. The two had endured multiple life and death situations to form a strong brotherly bond.

A bright smile appeared on Gu Yu's face when he heard that. The xiantian spirit was useless to him, but giving it to Liu Wuxie could maximize its value.

Liu Wuxie retrieved the Heretic Blade and carefully dug out the water spirit to avoid damaging the spirituality inside. He spent an hour before he finally retrieved the water spirit.

Because of the water spirit's powerful spirituality, Liu Wuxie didn't dare keep it in his interspatial ring but the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron.

"What's this?" After digging out the water spirit, Liu Wuxie discovered two crystals the size of peas.

"Coral jade!" Liu Wuxie exclaimed, recognizing that the water spirit had likely formed the two pieces of coral jade after absorbing immense spiritual energy from the heavens and earth.

He reached out to take the two coral jades, and powerful spirituality began gushing into his body.

"Let's get out of here first. One coral jade for each of us. I'll give you yours when we're out." Liu Wuxie didn't give Gu Yu a chance to refuse because he had already obtained a xiantian spirit and couldn't take the two coral jades for himself.