Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique

Chapter 476: Chapter 403: Blue Lotus (2)

Ji An’s eyes were deep and mysterious, the speed of the Geng Metal Spirit-Slaying Sword moving in the water barely reached thirty percent of its speed on land.

In this case, encountering a Water Element Demon Beast at the Chao Origin Stage would make the battle very difficult, as the Magic Technique losing its speed greatly increases the chances of being dodged.

However, this is much better than in the previous life. On Earth, water resistance is more than eight hundred times that of air resistance, and various firearms have a killing range of less than one meter in water.

Although the speed of the Magic Technique has slowed, the damage remains intact.

’After returning to the Sect, I’ll have to ask someone to refine a few Spiritual Artifact level Water-Resistant Beads and Fireproof Beads.’

He thought to himself, creating a larger space is necessary to ensure the lethality of the Magic Technique.

Seeing the enemy defeated, Lan Bei shed its timidity, rushed forward, and started tearing into the body of the demon fish to devour it.

After a while, Ji An ordered Lan Bei to continue diving.

At this point, they had already dived more than a hundred zhang deep, and the space of the Water-Resistant Bead was only five zhang in circumference.

He and Lan Bei maintained a distance of three zhang, cautiously observing everything around them. The light was extremely dim, resembling moonlit night on land.

It felt like they had entered a deep-sea world, where fish had bioluminescent organs on their bodies, and occasionally, you could see various ghostly lights in the tranquil water.

A demon fish, two zhang long, with a large head and thin tail, charged aggressively towards them.

It had silver-gray dense scales, a wide mouth with sharp, inward-hooked teeth, and a curved fleshy whisker on its head ending in a luminescent yellow lump, reminiscent of a lantern fish from the previous life.

Ji An conjured up a Magic Technique, this time releasing the Foundation Establishment level Overlapping Waves Technique to test if Water Element Magic would be affected.

The Spirit Light-spangled water surged, moving no slower in water than on land.

The dark currents struck the demon fish head-on, causing it to immediately spray blue blood and then float powerlessly.

The Cyan Water Turtle suddenly became extremely excited, rushing forward to absorb the blood into its belly.

Ji An breathed a long sigh of relief, the Overlapping Waves Technique emulated water currents attacking the enemy, and the demon fish, though appearing intact on the surface, likely had its internal organs shattered by the waves of currents.

He used the Object Control Technique to pull the demon fish to his side, and after detecting no poison, he cast the Golden Light Technique.

During this spell, he held back from adding the Magic Intent of All Things Wither.

The demon fish was sliced into several segments, stored in the Storage Bag and Void Realm Space. If he could enter the Gourd World by himself, he would throw some of this fish inside.

Seeing the food taken away, Lan Bei wanted to squeeze into the space supported by the Water-Resistant Bead, but due to its lack of ability, it was kept out.

It lay by the edge of the air wall, acting cute and endearing, and Ji An shook his head:

"Once we’ve explored this area and returned to shore, I’ll give you something."

This Spirit Beast grows slowly, and feeding it Water Element Demon Beasts should be able to accelerate its growth.

Lan Bei felt reassured and continued diving, the water temperature dropping further and making it feel more comfortable.

After a moment, Ji An noticed that it had been a while since they had seen any fish, the silence becoming unsettlingly scary.

The darkness underwater was unlike the darkness of night on the surface, deeper and with visibility less than thirty zhang, while on the surface, his night vision extended up to three li.

Even though his eyes could penetrate the darkness, the scene became blurred.

They continued diving for another two quarter-hours, still not reaching the bottom of the pool. It seemed like a channel connecting to the underground.

Ji An hesitated on whether to continue diving. Such an environment evoked a strong sense of isolation.

He roughly estimated they had dived more than three hundred zhang, the space of the Water-Resistant Bead compressed to one zhang, the inner walls forming layers of ice crystals.

The Cyan Water Turtle found it increasingly difficult to adapt to the environment here, sending out Spiritual Communication through the Blood Contract.

’Master, I can’t hold on any longer.’

Ji An retrieved the Beast Taming into the Spirit Beast Bag, while deciding to continue diving, determined not to quit halfway.

After diving around twenty zhang further, the tunnel suddenly opened up, revealing a massive underwater cave.

The chilling air was even more intense, once again giving Ji An second thoughts.

A voice in his mind suggested there was nothing here and urged him to turn back.

He understood that this was because over the years, he hadn’t honed his mental state much, unconsciously on the verge of retreat.

The potential gains from diving deeper were uncertain, but the sense of insecurity from the darkness and silence quickly accumulated.

Ji An took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, repeating this process multiple times before deciding to continue diving.

He wasn’t going to gamble with his life. If the space supported by the Water-Resistant Bead compressed to less than half a zhang, he would leave.

With firm resolve, his hesitation vanished instantly.

Before he could dive further, two clusters of blue ghostly light appeared below and rapidly approached.

Then he saw a blurry shadow charging out of the darkness—a crab the size of a car.

It rushed forward, brandishing giant pincers the size of colorful water barrels; those two clusters of blue light were its eyes.

The surprise attack didn’t catch Ji An off guard. His spells had been honed through countless trials, casting was second nature.

As soon as the thought arose, magical power surged from his Dantian, and his kidneys turned pitch black like ink.

At the Zhaohai Acupoint, the Ren Water Dao Seed ’Surging Waves’ shimmered with dim light.

The Wuji Xinghuang Banner transformed with his intent, layers of Spirit Light like endless yellow sand swirling around his body.

Ji An had no intention of moving. Judging by the Demonic Power emanating from the crab demon beast, it couldn’t possibly be a Golden Core Demon Beast.

Why would he fear a demon beast lower than the Golden Core level? So instead of retreating, he advanced, charging towards the demon beast.

However, his small stature made the scene seem inexplicably tragic.

The Overlapping Waves Technique shot out like a torrent, a cascade like a waterfall descending from the sky.

The Magic Technique that had killed the lantern fish-like demon beast in one hit now met its match. The demon beast swung one of its pincers, splitting the Spirit Water torrent.

The cold gaze of the crab demon beast flashed with mockery. As a Water Element Demon Beast nearing the Demon King level, how could it be wounded by such an attack?

They collided, and it felt as though he had entered boundless sludge, the speed of the pincer movements slowing significantly.

It intended to snap the intruding creature into two and then savor it slowly!

In its nearly millennium-long life, no prey had ever escaped such a fate.

Ji An’s eyes flashed with coldness. At the moment of impact, a three-foot-long Silver Flying Sword, blessed with a Top-grade Geng Metal Dao Seed, shot forth.

At such close range, although the space of the Water-Resistant Bead hadn’t shattered, when the giant crab charged in, the Flying Sword splendidly penetrated between its eyes.

With a piece of unyielding Armor, it had never been wounded in life, and now it tasted the loss of life.

Yet its Life Force was exceptionally tenacious. At the moment of death, it erupted with even greater strength, its razor-sharp pincers breaking through the Wuji Xinghuang Banner’s defense.

Ji An smiled as his figure vanished in a flash, the Water Escape Technique activated, dodging the impending attack.

When he reappeared, the pool water immediately pressed inward, and he felt his skin and bones protesting under the pressure, a bone-chilling cold invading his body.

Injecting magical power into the Water-Resistant Bead, he created a space, calmly watching the giant crab’s final death throes, seeing the demon beast cease its struggle and sink into the depths.

The victory of the battle boosted his confidence further, and Ji An followed the demon beast’s corpse downwards.

Ten zhang, twenty zhang... fifty zhang, the demon beast descended no further, it had reached the bottom.

Not far from its corpse, a blue luminescence swayed, not from a demon beast, but a Spirit Plant.

Ji An extended his Divine Sense to cautiously observe the surroundings and explored the sludge.

Once he confirmed there was no lurking danger, he used the Water Escape Technique to move in front of the Spirit Plant.

Black stems, blue petals, and pale yellow stamens, much like a lotus.

Ji An suddenly caught a whiff of a delicate fragrance, instantaneously rejuvenating his spirit.

Blue Lotus, then this must be the Water Element Treasure Plant Pure Water Lotus!