Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 347 - Save Or Not To Save

Liu Wuxie entered the vast plain using his movement technique and noticed that the low-graded abyssal devils mostly lived in the most primitive way.

They formed into small tribes and lived in clusters. If any human came, they would all swarm and attack.

Looking up, Liu Wuxie realized that the first layer wasn't as oppressive as he had imagined. The first layer was high, reaching over a few hundred meters, and the underground world had many gigantic trees, some reaching dozens of feet.

Most trees were black, some bearing fruits and others covered in vines. These were all plants that Liu Wuxie had never seen before.

In addition to the abyssal devils, many demonic beasts coexisted in the underground world. These beasts differed from those on the surface, which absorbed the essence of the sun and moon to cultivate. The demonic beasts in the Abyssal Underground World cultivated by absorbing the abyssal energy.

To the abyssal devils and demonic beasts, human food was considered poison. If humans ingested too much abyssal energy, they would lose their sanity, gradually undergoing an abyssal transformation and becoming part of the abyssal race.

Liu Wuxie wasn't worried because as the abyssal energy poured in, it was instantly absorbed by the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, converting it into new energy. When the abyssal energy in the cauldron exploded and formed into a storm, it naturally startled Liu Wuxie.

"What's going on? Devouring abyssal energy can strengthen the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron?! It allowed the demonic flame to become purer." Liu Wuxie was shocked by this discovery. Could it be that the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron was demonic?

Liu Wuxie soon dismissed that possibility because the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron wasn't just a demonic cauldron since it could also refine spiritual energy. But since the abyssal energy wouldn't cause him any harm, Liu Wuxie felt free to devour. After all, it could enhance the demonic flame in the cauldron. This meant his future refining speed would increase.

As he went deeper into the plains, he saw a group of abyssal devils searching for food. He had no interest in hunting these low-grade abyssal devils because his target was fifth-grade abyssal devils.

Increasing his speed, Liu Wuxie performed the Nine Heavenly Crane Dance and vanished. Not a single abyssal devil discovered him; they only felt a breeze blowing by.

Along the way, some ignorant abyssal devil tried to stop him, thinking he was ordinary. But the Heretic Blade cut them all down. The Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron absorbed their blood, turning it into black liquid and pouring it into the world in his dantian.

As the Heavenly Dao Book opened, a black spiritual rune, symbolizing the abyssal path, materialized.

After a day of searching, Liu Wuxie finally located the entrance to the second level. This level was predominantly inhabited by fifth to seventh-grade abyssal devils, indicating that he needed to proceed cautiously. The power of these races was comparable to human cultivators in the True Core Realm, the Heavenly Dipper Realm, and the Heavenly Phase Realm, respectively.

The ordinary abyssal devil in the fifth grade couldn't threaten him, but the sixth and seventh grades differed. If he ran into a seventh-grade abyssal devil, his first action would be to flee.

He was powerful, but he didn't dare to clash with beings in the Heavenly Phase Realm. The second level was larger, with abyssal energy seeping from the ground, but there were fewer abyssal devils present.

Interestingly, the second level had uneven ground with many passages, like a labyrinth, and Liu Wuxie could only proceed carefully with his vision obstructed.

He chose a passage and delved in, using Ghost Eye to capture everything within a thousand meters of radius. Even rocks couldn't hinder Liu Wuxie's view.

Despite increasing his speed, Liu Wuxie avoided the central region, which had the best environment and was long occupied by seventh-grade abyssal devils.

All of a sudden, a black shadow lunged at Liu Wuxie without any warning. Despite using Ghost Eye, there were many blind spots because Liu Wuxie could only lock onto an area.

The shadow emerged from the lower right, which the Ghost Eye couldn't detect.

Swinging the Heretic Blade down, black blood splashed on the walls on both sides, and the demonic beast collapsed on the ground with its throat slit.

"An Obsidian Rhino!" This demonic beast liked hiding in the dark, camouflaging itself as a rock to ambush humans passing by.

Summoning out the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, Liu Wuxie devoured the Obsidian Rhino, converting the corpse into thousands of black liquid droplets. This added a hint of abyssal nature to Liu Wuxie's true essence.

He continued his journey with more caution, slowing down his pace. After roughly fifteen minutes of walking, Liu Wuxie's vision cleared up, and he emerged from a passage into a small plain with a wide underground river.

Several abyssal devils were drinking by the river, and some powerful demonic beasts were playing downstream.

Liu Wuxie's eyes locked onto the three abyssal devils in the fifth grade. After all, one of his missions was to kill five abyssal devils in the fifth grade.

He approached quietly to avoid alarming them. This place was full of danger, and he had to be cautious. Under normal circumstances, seventh-grade abyssal devils lived in the central region and rarely ventured to the outer region.

This was because the central region had the entrance to the third level, and the abyssal energy was also the strongest. If Liu Wuxie had stayed in the outer region, his safety wouldn't have been a problem.

Like a hunting leopard, Liu Wuxie moved through the dense black grass and stopped when he was thirty meters away from the abyssal devils.

The three abyssal devils seemed to have sensed something and began looking around before resuming drinking after ensuring there was no danger around.

Right then, Liu Wuxie lunged forward like a leopard, crossing the thirty-meter distance in the blink of an eye. The Heretic Blade also flashed through the air and cut down the three abyssal devils before they could respond, dyeing the river with their blood.

Liu Wuxie flung a black cloth to wrap the three heads and kept them in his interspatial pouch. The Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron also flew out and refined the remaining corpses, converting them into black liquid.

Not long after their death, roars could be heard coming from nearby, and this was because there were many abyssal devils lurking around the river.

"Shit!" Liu Wuxie had only focused on the ground and hadn't expected there to be abyssal devils in the river. Ten-odd abyssal devils emerged from the river, and there was one in the sixth grade.

The abyssal devils pounced at Liu Wuxie. Faced with an abyssal devil in the sixth grade, Liu Wuxie didn't dare to confront it head-on and chose to flee.

It was important to never linger in battle because the abyssal devils were everywhere in the Abyssal Underground World. The moment he was entangled, the horde would quickly surround him.

Most importantly, there was a sixth-grade abyssal devil comparable to the fifth-level Heavenly Dipper Realm for human cultivators.

Even if Liu Wuxie was strong, he didn't dare to face an expert in the fifth level of the Heavenly Dipper Realm.

The abyssal devils had large bodies but moved slower compared to humans. The ceiling in the second level was lower than in the first, making Liu Wuxie reluctant to fly here.

"That was dangerous!" Liu Wuxie entered a passage and traveled till he reached a safe spot. It was no wonder the Abyssal Underground World was so dangerous.

Liu Wuxie found a clean place to rest because the Abyssal Underground World continuously tested his mental state and true essence.

He took out the five missions and began to study them. All the missions had to be completed in the Abyssal Underground World, which meant he would connect them.

The five missions were to kill fifth-grade abyssal devils, obtain a Demonic Dragon's egg, harvest a Demon Flame Grass, a Blood Jade Beast's beast core, and a Profound Yin Butterfly.

Each mission was incredibly tough, and Liu Wuxie needed half a month to complete them. According to the difficulty, the Demonic Dragon's egg was the harvest, and the second was to capture a Profound Yin Butterfly.

The remaining three missions were relatively more straightforward because finding the Demon Flame Grass relied on luck, while the Blood Jade Beast was cunning, with its blood possessing medicinal properties.

After resting, he ventured into the labyrinth, killing abyssal devils while searching for a Demon Flame Grass.

The underground world had no day or night, which meant time could only be calculated with an hourglass. It had already been a day since Liu Wuxie had entered the underground world.

Sounds of weapons clashing could be heard from ahead, likely caused by someone fighting with the abyssal devils. As the underground world was complex, Liu Wuxie could only approach it carefully.

He routed through a stone wall and saw a woman besieged by ten-odd abyssal devils in the sixth grade. The woman's back looked familiar to Liu Wuxie.

The woman was slowly being cornered while the thirteen abyssal devils laughed.

"It has been long since we've seen a human woman. Let me torture you today before eating you!" An abyssal devil laughed and scanned the woman.

The woman roared and turned around, allowing Liu Wuxie to see her face.

"It's her!" Liu Wuxie recognized the woman. She had sat to his right at the Xuanyu Auction House, offering him multiple reminders out of goodwill. She was the only one who had done so while everyone else watched at the auction house.

"Should I save her?" Liu Wuxie fell into a dilemma. Rationally speaking, there was no need to save her when there was a risk he would die at the hands of the abyssal devils. But he couldn't just turn away because she had shown goodwill towards him during the auction.

Liu Wuxie clearly understood right and wrong and decided after three breaths.

"Save her!" Liu Wuxie knew he would feel guilty for the rest of his life if he left now. He would imagine what would happen if the woman fell into the hands of the abyssal devils.

But saving her required skill because there was no way he could face the abyssal devils with his current strength. He took out a talisman paper and inscribed sixth-grade spiritual runes with both hands.

He planned to use a spiritual talisman to blast the abyssal devils away and save the woman.

The woman's space to maneuver was shrinking, and she also suffered several injuries at the hands of the abyssal devils. If she weren't treated in time, the abyssal energy in her wound would gradually corrode her body.

The talisman was ready after three breaths, and if anyone knew Liu Wuxie only took three breaths to inscribe a sixth-grade talisman, they would be utterly shocked.

This was because even a seventh-grade spiritualist would require at least ten breaths to inscribe a sixth-grade talisman.