Chapter 653
I don't even take the time to watch the portion of the artifact I sliced off dissolve; I just let the cluster of crystals fall into my item storage and swim forward with the extremely fast-flowing water under enormous pressure.
The jet of water floods inside the artifact, dispersing down into the hollow shell of the statue plunging into total darkness below the ocean floor.
It is hot and humid, but I airstep away from the water stream and hover in mid-air, deciding to take a breath while sending out a pulse of perception to get a reading on my surroundings.
The inside of this structure is filled with stale air.
I send a message through my telepathy link to Marcus through the small hole in the side of the artifact's wrist just as it completely heals itself.
"Understood, I've run into a small detour... this may take a moment."
The hole letting in massive amounts of ocean water seals itself, and the raining salt water all falls into the darkness below.
I can't see anything at all, but instead of sensing nothing as I did from the outside, now I can sense the energy particles in the air trapped within this massive structure and feel its exact shape.
I'm floating within the wrist, which leads upward to create the enormous hand that stretches up and out of the ocean, with the infrastructure of an enormous city built atop it.