Chapter 1313 - Retrieving the Wind Spiritrual Fruit
Several corpses lay at Liu Wuxie's feet, blood still flowing. All of them had the same wound: a bowl-sized crater in the chest, as if something had smashed straight through the sternum with overwhelming blunt force. The Storm Beast's claws had done that.
The Storm Beast's claws could tear through the flesh of a Void Realm cultivator with ease.
"Big Brother Liu, why is it so quiet?" Vanya asked. She couldn't see in the darkness and could only rely on him. They hadn't lit any flames since lighting anything would only expose them to the Storm Beast.
"The pit runs deep, and the Storm Beast retreated farther inside," Liu Wuxie said as he spread his divine sense. The pit felt bottomless. He couldn't even sense where it ended, which meant it might connect to deeper layers of the Netherworld.
After he searched the corpses quickly, Liu Wuxie pushed deeper through the tunnels. Within a few minutes, he heard the sound of wind and rain again, along with the noise of battle. The Storm Beast disliked sunlight, so this underground world stayed pitch-black.
A powerful surge of force blasted out and nearly threw Liu Wuxie off his feet. Several ninth-level Primal Origin Realm cultivators clashed in furious combat, and the shockwaves blasted, crashing against the rocky walls repeatedly.
By then, Liu Wuxie finally saw the Storm Beast. It looked like an ox with a hunched back and a massive head. Its limbs were thick and corded with strength, covered in dense scales. When it opened its bloodied maw, it unleashed a howling gale that blasted out in all directions.
Those with weaker cultivation couldn't withstand that gale. The blast flung them like dolls and smashed them against the stone walls. The Storm Beast fought with savage ferocity. Though it hadn't reached the Void Realm, its combat strength already rivaled the Quasi-Void Realm.
Liu Wuxie stayed still and waited. He could only strike once, while both sides tore into each other. More importantly, he still hadn't seen the Wind Spiritual Fruit, and the other cultivators hadn't either.
He activated the Ghost Eye and peered through the layers of stone. Moments later, he spotted a small pocket dimension about fifty meters away. Inside it, a strange fruit flickered softly, releasing rippling light.
The stone wall hid that pocket completely. Standard methods would have almost no chance of finding it. Only Liu Wuxie saw it with the Ghost Eye. The Storm Beast had hidden it well and sealed the Wind Spiritual Fruit inside the stone itself.
"Vanya, stay here. I'll retrieve the Wind Spiritual Fruit," Liu Wuxie said. Bringing her along would only slow him down, so he launched himself toward the fruit.