Chapter 903 - Discovery of the Immortal Rune

As Liu Wuxie drew closer to the source of the bubbles, he noticed the surrounding seawater had become unusually still. Following the bubbling trail, he continued his descent, and the deeper he went, the clearer his surroundings became.

The gurgling sound grew louder and resembled an underground spring.

He came to an abrupt stop and narrowed his eyes as his gaze locked onto an underwater spring ten meters away, where the bubbles originated.

"An underwater spring?" he muttered in disbelief. It defied all logic. How could a spring exist beneath the sea?

Cautious, he didn't rush forward. Instead, he activated the Ghost Eye, hoping to analyze the spring's nature and trace the origin of its waters.

More importantly, the springwater radiated intense spirituality. The moment his pores opened slightly, a wave of soothing energy washed over him, making his entire body relax in pure comfort.

The Ghost Eye penetrated through the spring, tracing the springwater downward. Suddenly, a powerful suction force erupted, dragging in his divine sense.

When Liu Wuxie regained his sight, he found himself gazing into what felt like another world. Beneath the spring, he spotted an unusual stone—bubbles emerged as seawater flowed through its cracks, passing over and around it before escaping into the surrounding ocean. This was the source of the spring.

"What a strange place!" Liu Wuxie muttered.

The bottom of the spring resembled a small world where seawater flowed through the rock from another place. It was like a river with an inlet and outlet, and the rock was laid between.

The underwater world was more complicated than the land, and some deep-sea trenches could even devour cultivators at the Heaven Profound Realm.

"Wait... something's not right. Liu Wuxie muttered, eyes narrowing. "This stone is covered by something—it must look entirely different beneath the surface."

He focused intently. This wasn't just an ordinary stone... it was something else entirely.

Years of seawater erosion had coated the stone in a thick layer of grime. Activating the Ghost Eye, Liu Wuxie focused his gaze, piercing through the surface filth—until a faint golden glow shimmered from within.

"An immortal rune!"

Liu Wuxie staggered, shock etched across his face. The very idea of an immortal rune existing on the True Martial Continent was almost unthinkable.

His excitement surged, and it would be an immense boon if he could refine a complete immortal rune. It could help to perfect the laws within his body, and he wouldn't suffer such severe backlash if he executed the Annihilation Fist again.

Possessing an immortal rune was different from borrowing the power of an immortal rune from the Celestial Realm. One belonged to him, while the other was merely stolen.

"I have to take it!" Liu Wuxie had never felt an overwhelming desire for something before. Usually, when he ran into other treasures, he would let fate decide and wouldn't force it even if he couldn't obtain the treasure.

However, this time, desperation drove him forward as he pushed toward the spring. Its opening was no larger than a basin, just wide enough for him to reach in and grasp the stone-like object.

Unbeknownst to him, a colossal beast silently approached from behind when he closed on the spring. It was probably drawn by the disturbance caused by the sinking island.

A loud tremor rippled through the ocean floor as the island collapsed, drawing numerous demonic beasts.

Ordinarily, this spring had been concealed behind a reef, making it impossible to detect. But with the reef shattered and the island submerged, it now lay fully exposed.

Liu Wuxie extended his right hand into the spring. When he came in contact with the rock, he felt a terrifying force rebound through his arm, nearly sending him flying away.

"It's really an immortal rune!" he muttered. He had suspected it, but now he was certain. The sheer force of the rebound would have been fatal to anyone at the Spirit Profound Realm.

This time, Liu Wuxie increased his strength and weaved his true essence into a net that completely enveloped the stone.

"Rise!" Liu Wuxie roared, and he slowly lifted the stone off the seabed.

Just then, a colossal demonic beast appeared before him. It opened its massive jaws and lunged forward, releasing a wave of bloodlust that surged toward Liu Wuxie.

Deafening roars also erupted as the surrounding seawater was compressed.

Liu Wuxie now had two choices: to release the stone and escape or hold onto it and be swallowed alive.

"Damn it!" Liu Wuxie was enraged. He was so close to succeeding that the demonic beast had ruined everything.

The creature had likely sensed the powerful spirituality and rushed in to claim the treasure for itself.

Liu Wuxie could only let go of the stone with no other options.

"You're courting death!" Liu Wuxie launched a punch at the demonic beast. This was a giant pomfret with a massive head and razor-sharp teeth. Its body spanned over ten meters, and a simple flick of its fins could send shockwaves rippling through the ocean.

Though Liu Wuxie had yet to forge the Water Suppression Stele, he had absorbed water-attribute energy before. This allowed him to retain most of his strength underwater.

A golden surge of energy erupted from his punch, parting the surrounding seawater to create a temporary vacuum.

The pomfret couldn't dodge in time and was struck squarely on its head. The punch left the pomfret dizzy, and it definitely hadn't expected Liu Wuxie's punch to be so powerful.

Ocean demonic beasts reigned supreme in the deep sea, and humans rarely survived against them.

Liu Wuxie didn't stop after knocking the pomfret back. He continued his assault, unleashing a relentless barrage of punches onto the beast's head.

The pomfret howled in agony and sent distress calls to summon the surrounding demonic beasts for help.

"Poison essence! Ice-attribute energy!" When a gaping wound appeared on the pomfret's head, Liu Wuxie didn't hesitate to resort to using the poison essence, unleashing a strand of poison miasma into the pomfret's body.

Coupled with the chilling energy, the pomfret was frozen and lost all strength to resist. It was only a demonic beast comparable to the True Profound Realm for human cultivators.

However, Liu Wuxie would be forced to flee if he ran into more powerful demonic beasts.

With the immediate threat neutralized, Liu Wuxie returned to the spring and increased his speed this time. He could sense a buzzing sound coming from the surroundings with more demonic beasts gathering over, and it would be impossible for him to escape if they encircled him.

He grasped the stone firmly and mobilized all his true essence, forming a massive net of energy to drag it out.

"Come to me!" Liu Wuxie roared, even resorting to igniting his true essence. Time was running out, and the stone was unimaginably heavy. Though small in size, it carried the weight of a mountain, bearing an immortal rune within.

He briefly considered using the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron to retrieve it, but hesitated. If the cauldron failed to withstand the rune's power and shattered, the consequences would be catastrophic.

As the stone slowly emerged from the spring, he could finally take a clear look at it. It wasn't just a stone but a fragment of an immortal artifact.

He couldn't tell what kind of artifact it once was, but one thing was certain—this fragment contained an incredibly powerful water-attribute energy.

After countless years of erosion by ocean currents, the immortal rune had grown dim, far weaker than it once was. Yet even in its degraded state, a mere remnant of an immortal rune could offer Liu Wuxie unimaginable benefits, if he could refine it.

"Come!" Liu Wuxie threw the fragment into the interspatial ring without hesitation as roars came from the surroundings.

He heard the faint cracking of his interspatial ring—it struggled to contain the laws within the immortal artifact's fragment. Fortunately, it sustained only a fine fracture and didn't shatter.

"I have to leave now!" Liu Wuxie caught sight of numerous shadows looming toward him in the surroundings. A horde of colossal demonic beasts roared and created powerful vortexes in the surrounding seawater to restrict his movements, and they appeared before him in the blink of an eye.

Liu Wuxie's movement techniques were severely restricted underwater, and his only option was to swim upward.

Just then, a deep buzzing noise erupted from above, resembling an underwater earthquake. A sudden wave of danger surged through Liu Wuxie's senses, and without thinking, he instinctively veered to the side.

A colossal demonic beast appeared before Liu Wuxie, blocking his path with its massive body that stretched nearly a hundred meters.

"A Pomfret King!" Liu Wuxie's expression twisted into shock. He hadn't expected to run into a king demonic beast with strength that rivaled the high levels of the Spirit Profound Realm.

The Pomfret King let out a thunderous roar upon seeing the corpse of one of its kind. Its fury echoed through the sea, causing the surrounding demonic beasts to surge toward Liu Wuxie like a tidal wave.

In moments, he was surrounded. If he didn't escape immediately, death would be inevitable. With the Pomfret King sealing the way upward, his only option was to break through sideways.

When he swept his divine sense outward, he spotted a relatively weak point on the left and darted in that direction. The demonic beasts there were only comparable to the True Profound Realm. Drawing the Heretic Blade, he slashed downward, unleashing a blade ray that tore through the water, creating a temporary vacuum.

One demonic beast was cleaved in two, its blood staining the sea red as internal organs spilled out, briefly clouding Liu Wuxie's vision.

Suppressing the disgust, Liu Wuxie surged through the ocean, darting away as fast as he could. But his escape only enraged the Pomfret King further. With a flick of its massive tail, it crossed hundreds of meters in an instant.

Despite its enormous size, the Pomfret King was faster than Liu Wuxie underwater. As it moved, it parted the seawater with terrifying force, creating a powerful suction that dragged at Liu Wuxie and slowed his escape.

A demonic beast of this caliber had long awakened their innate ability. The Pomfret King's ability was to compress seawater. It could inhale an immense volume of water and compress it within its body to form highly pressurized water arrows.

The water arrows were deadly and comparable to weapons.

The surrounding seawater abruptly vanished around Liu Wuxie. He could feel the danger closing in.

"Soaring Dragon!" He didn't hesitate to execute his movement technique, turning into a golden divine dragon, weaving effortlessly through ocean currents. He slipped past the Pomfret King before darting toward the surface at blinding speed.

Just as Liu Wuxie gained momentum, the Pomfret King was also done preparing its attack, unleashing a barrage of water arrows toward him.