Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 465 - Might of the Earth Binding Chains

Chapter 465 – Might of the Earth Binding Chains

Liu Wuxie had unleashed his full power in this attack, clouding his mind with uncertainty. He was unsure if he could overpower Li Xiaohai, even with the immortal rune’s boost.

The Earth Binding Chains, a technique Liu Wuxie had never employed before, might be his last hope against Li Xiaohai. Whether it would be enough to end the battle was uncertain, and the outcome remained shrouded in mystery. But with Gu Yu’s support, the tide had undeniably turned in Liu Wuxie’s favor.

The Primordial Astral Fist struck like lightning and reached Li Xiaohai in less than a breath. The entire sky was illuminated. The Ding Feng Hall and Wolf Fang Regiment’s higher-ups rushed over after receiving the news.

Xing Lian deeply regretted not killing Liu Wuxie earlier and seizing his secrets, allowing Li Xiaohai to get ahead.

Now, the two forces were mobilizing all their strength to prevent Li Xiaohai from gaining the upper hand. They knew that if they could obtain Liu Wuxie’s secrets, they wouldn’t just dominate the Blood Sea Abyssal Island—they could break free from it and establish themselves as a formidable power on the mainland.

After being trapped there for so long, everyone longed to leave the Blood Sea Abyssal Island.

The Primordial Astral Fist struck Li Xiaohai before the eyes of thousands, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.

“Astral River Protection!” The dragon restricted Li Xiaohai but didn’t stop him from retaliating. Faint starlight appeared around him to protect him against the Primordial Astral Fist.

This was the true power of astral river power. Even if Li Xiaohai stood there and allowed the Heavenly Phase Realm cultivators to attack him, he wouldn’t suffer any injuries.

However, the Primordial Astral Fist empowered by the immortal rune was a different story. Three breaths passed in the blink of an eye, and the sky dragon reverted to a longsword and returned to Gu Yu’s hand. The luster released by the sword had become dimmed and required a long time to recover.

The Primordial Astral Fist exploded and turned into a nebula, with a massive black hole appearing in the surrounding space. This was followed by a mysterious vortex that left Li Xiaohai covered in blood.

Even so, Li Xiaohai remained alive without any fatal injuries despite his disheveled appearance.

Li Xiaohai looked like a terrifying ghost when he was covered in blood. This was an incredible scene for someone in the Astral River Realm to be driven to this point. After all, even the leaders of the two major forces might not be able to threaten him if they came. Yet, these two ants managed to harm him.

His body was in a terrible state, with wounds on his chest and back caused by the explosion of the Primordial Astral Fist. There was even one spot that revealed his bones.

With the addition of the immortal rune, the power of the Primordial Astral Fist became comparable to an Astral River Realm strike.

“He’s still not dead?” Liu Wuxie was shocked because he was confident his punch could render Li Xiaohai incapable of resistance. But to his surprise, Li Xiaohai was only heavily injured without any fatal injuries, and this made him wear a solemn expression.

Without Gu Yu’s assistance, that punch would not have achieved such devastating power. Li Xiaohai’s evasion would have significantly diminished the Primordial Astral Fist’s impact.

“Soul Spear!” Liu Wuxie didn’t hesitate to resort to the soul attack. After all, they would die if Li Xiaohai didn’t.

With so many people in the surroundings eyeing them, their only chance was to kill Li Xiaohai and enter the underground world for a chance to survive.

“Liu Wuxie, you’re finished. My injuries are only physical, but you dare to attack my soul? Watch how I handle your soul technique!” Li Xiaohai’s laughter was wild and confident. He could sense a massive surge of soul energy around Liu Wuxie as the Soul Spear was unleashed, indicating that a soul attack was imminent.

He was right because only his physical body was injured, while his primordial spirit remained unharmed.

Liu Wuxie had already considered this factor, but what could he do? Was he supposed to sit and wait for death to arrive?

The Soul Spear shot like an arrow, unleashing a powerful soul energy fluctuation to the surroundings.

“Gu Yu, be prepared to take me and escape!” Liu Wuxie went all out and secretly transmitted a message to Gu Yu. Then, an unbelievable scene unfolded as a long chain appeared before Liu Wuxie.

Li Xiaohai narrowed his eyes when the chain appeared because he could sense a threat of death, causing him to forget the Soul Spear.

“ARGH!” Liu Wuxie seized the moment of distraction, and the Soul Spear stabbed into Li Xiaohai’s soul sea; the intense pain instantly brought Li Xiaohai back to his senses.

Unsurprisingly, Li Xiaohai’s cultivation in the Astral River Realm meant that the Soul Spear only pierced a third of his soul sea, leaving his soul intact and undestroyed.

“Liu Wuxie, your soul technique is profound. I can’t bear to kill you now, and I will slowly torture you until I extract all your secrets.” Li Xiaohai was shocked when the Soul Spear entered his soul sea because he had never seen such an exquisite soul technique before.

His words only excited those in the surroundings, wanting to tear apart the spirit formation and rush in.

However, Liu Wuxie ignited Li Xiaohai’s taunts and muttered the Spirit Clan’s language. A bizarre scene began to unfold as the Earth Binding Chains that hovered before him flew out like thunderbolts.

What happened next defied everyone’s understanding because they had never seen such a bizarre weapon. The Earth Binding Chains reached Li Xiaohai and wrapped around him.

The Earth Binding Chains tightened and bound onto Li Xiaohai like a dumpling, immobilizing him. Shortly after, Li Xiaohai lost control of his body and plummeted from the sky.

On the other hand, Liu Wuxie felt his soul sea exhausted after using the Earth Binding Chains. He also lost control of his body and plummeted from the sky.

But before Liu Wuxie lost consciousness, he summoned the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron to imprison Li Xiaohai inside it.

Meanwhile, Gu Yu shot out and carried Liu Wuxie before rushing into the nearest underground passage, disappearing from everyone’s sight.

Ding Ye and the Wolf Fang Regiment’s leader appeared with grim faces. They reached out to rip apart the spirit formation.

The limit of the spirit formation set up by Gu Yu could only hold off those in the low levels of the Astral River Realm, but these two were in the pinnacle Astral River Realm. The spirit formation couldn’t stop them.

“What a terrifying energy fluctuation. Li Xiaohai is only in the second level of the Astral River Realm, so how did he cause such destruction?” Ding Ye couldn’t believe what he had just happened. He was under the impression that Li Xiaohai had killed Liu Wuxie and had taken him away.

However, the members of the two forces detailed the entire event to Ding Ye and the leader of the Wolf Fang Regiment; they exchanged looks of profound shock.

They couldn’t believe someone in the first level of the Heavenly Phase Realm had heavily injured and captured Li Xiaohai.

The Divine Dragon Sword, the mysterious spiritual rune, the bizarre chain, and a heaven-defying soul technique. They were like bombs exploding in their soul sea, creating waves.

They had only thought that Liu Wuxie practiced a soul technique, but they hadn’t paid much attention to it. After all, Liu Wuxie was no different from a fish on their chopping boards, but they had miscalculated because Liu Wuxie’s secrets were far greater than they had imagined.

The Sea Demon Clan and Abyssal Clan had witnessed the entire event and were shocked by Liu Wuxie’s secrets. They knew they had to seize those secrets before the humans to dominate the Blood Sea Abyssal Island.

“Pass down the order! Everyone stop mining for Blood Abyssal Stones and search the underground passages for them! Whoever can find clues on them will be rewarded with the position of a hall master!” The Wolf Fang Regiment’s leader gave out instructions decisively.

Countless people began to move and entered the underground world to search for Liu Wuxie and Gu Yu’s whereabouts.

Ding Ye also gave a similar order, and the underground world plunged into chaos with various commands being issued.

The humans’ actions piqued the interest of the Sea Demon Clan and Abyssal Clan because whatever made the humans so eager must be a treasure.

Liu Wuxie knew nothing about that because ninety percent of his soul energy was drained after using the Earth Binding Chains, not to mention he had inscribed an immortal rune. His soul sea was utterly exhausted, but the Heavenly Dao Book guarded it to prevent his death.

Gu Yu carried Liu Wuxie through the underground world in a frantic search for safety, navigating tunnels without a clear destination. He plunged into any available passage, evading dead ends and narrowly escaping pursuers multiple times. His powerful soul energy was crucial in avoiding detection.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Dao Book in Liu Wuxie’s mind emitted a brilliant golden light that bathed his soul sea, transforming it into a vast golden ocean. As Liu Wuxie’s consciousness began to return, the radiant light from the Heavenly Dao Book acted like a mystical gateway within his soul sea, allowing soul energy to flow freely.

There were myths that the soul sea had nine gates corresponding to heaven and earth: the five elements, yin-yang, light, and dark. But Liu Wuxie didn’t know if it was true.

Gu Yu ran for two hours and finally lost his way in the depths of the mines. He didn’t know where he was and could only sit on the damp ground with Liu Wuxie still lying in his embrace.

Sweat covered his forehead, but Gu Yu had no time to wipe it. He had to be on guard with his longsword, ready to defend against any potential ambush.

“Mhm!” A soft groan came from Liu Wuxie’s mouth as he slowly opened his eyes. His soul energy recovered thanks to the golden radiance in his soul sea.

“Big Brother Liu, you’re finally awake!” The concern on Gu Yu’s face gradually faded and was replaced by a bright smile.

“Where are we?” Liu Wuxie looked around but couldn’t see anything in the dark surroundings.

“I don’t know. I panicked while fleeing underground with you and ended up lost,” Gu Yu admitted, sounding apologetic. The number of pursuers made it impossible for him to map out a safe route, forcing him to navigate randomly through tunnels.

“Help me up!” Liu Wuxie requested. Although he had regained some of his soul energy, his physical body was still severely weakened from the Earth Binding Chains and the effort of inscribing the immortal rune. He was completely drained, having exhausted all the energy he had accumulated over the past month.

Gu Yu moved a boulder to help Liu Wuxie sit down, allowing him to circulate the Desolate Devouring Art. But Liu Wuxie didn’t dare to absorb the spiritual energy from the surroundings, fearing it might alert their pursuers. This meant Liu Wuxie could only take out Blood Abyssal Stones to absorb.

The Blood Abyssal Stones contained powerful spiritual energy that flowed into Liu Wuxie’s body to heal his injuries. However, Liu Wuxie’s internal organs miraculously remained unharmed despite bearing the brunt of Li Xiaohai’s attack.

“Liu Wuxie, you demon! Where have you imprisoned me? Let me out right now!” A voice suddenly came from within Liu Wuxie’s body that startled him.

When Liu Wuxie’s consciousness entered the desolate world, the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron pulsed with Li Xiaohai hovering above it, bound by the Earth Binding Chains.