Desolate Devouring Art-Chapter 853 - True Profound Realm

The Brightstone vein was the foundation of the Star Cat's legacy. It was sacred ground, and they rarely visited it.

In recent years, the vein has shown signs of exhaustion due to excessive mining, and the Star Cats had issued an order to cease all mining activities for a century. This was also the reason why the entrance was sealed shut.

After Liu Wuxie found his way, he pressed a hidden mechanism, and a large tree slowly moved to the side. Who would've thought that the entrance to the vein would be hidden behind a large tree?

A group of Star Cats was rushing over from afar, and they would soon reach there.

Without hesitation, Liu Wuxie slipped into the tunnel, and the mechanism sealed shut behind him, leaving no traces.

Upon arrival, the Star Cats searched the area thoroughly but failed to find any clues. The vein had been sealed for over a decade, and no ordinary person could enter, so no one suspected that Liu Wuxie had slipped into it.

After entering the tunnel, Liu Wuxie was surprised that the surroundings weren't as dark as he had expected. On the contrary, it was bright as day inside, with light laws gushing from beneath the ground.

"What rich concentration of light laws. It's more than enough to help me reach the True Profound Realm!" Liu Wuxie's excitement was palpable. He hadn't expected to stumble into the Brightstone vein by sheer luck.

As he ventured deeper, the light energy grew even denser. After about fifteen minutes of walking, the narrow tunnel opened up into a vast, luminous mine.

Through years of mining, the vein was on the brink of exhaustion. However, if left alone for decades, it would allow new Brightstones to form.

Liu Wuxie charged into the mine without any hesitation.

"This is truly heaven's blessing!" Liu Wuxie could barely contain his excitement, knowing he had to seize every moment to make a breakthrough.

There was a vast gap between the Nascent Transformation Realm and the True Profound Realm. Cultivators at the Nascent Transformation Realm were common in the Southern Province, but there weren't many at the True Profound Realm. Thus, it was clear how difficult the breakthrough would be.

For Liu Wuxie, who had compressed his laws, each advancement would be increasingly difficult as it required an immense amount of resources. Time was pressing, and he had to reach the True Profound Realm within a day. Although the Star Cats couldn't find him for the time being, that didn't mean they wouldn't find him eventually.

If they trapped him inside the mine, it would be impossible for him to escape. There was only one exit and no path out unless he could excavate another passageway.

Without hesitation, he sat down and activated the Desolate Devouring Art, unleashing a terrifying suction force that formed a massive vortex. The Brightstones scattered throughout the mine exploded one after another, their light laws surging into his body.

Summoning the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, the remaining Brightstones were devoured into the cauldron. The energy could be stored like pure yang energy, and this meant he could only absorb the light laws and slowly refine them in the future.

His cultivation began to climb. He was initially at the Quasi-True Profound Realm, one step away from the True Profound Realm. The light energy was the final key that tore through the final barrier.

When the gateway to the True Profound Realm was blasted open, a storm swept through Liu Wuxie's soul sea. The divine force began surging out, and the divine laws in his body began to multiply. A massive vortex also appeared in the mine, devouring all the underground spiritual energy.

"Spirit stones, ignite!" Liu Wuxie didn't dare to devour the ambient surrounding energy as it would draw attention from the Star Cats. If spiritual energy began converging toward the mine, this would be the same as revealing his location.

He was at the critical moment of making a breakthrough, and he couldn't afford any interruptions. He could only burn spirit stones since he couldn't draw ambient spiritual energy.

The vast number of spirit stones Liu Wuxie had harvested from Du Canghai proved invaluable now. However, he anticipated exhausting all his resources with this breakthrough.

A river of spiritual energy began to form above the cauldron that flowed into the desolate world, which began to expand in size continuously like a massive sea.

The desolate world consisted of towering mountains, ancient trees, a sun, a moon, stars, the power of five elements, the Witcher Realm, the Netherworld, the Poison Realm, the Abyssal Realm, and many more.

There was no complete world, and the only flaw was that no living creature existed in the desolate world. The moment the desolate world could give birth to life, it would mark the day his cultivation had peaked.

Liu Wuxie's aura rose to the late phase of the first-level True Profound Realm, but the speed slowed. He dared not push further as half a day had passed, and the Star Cats would soon find this place.

He quickly focused on consolidating his cultivation, restraining his aura while the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron hovered in the air. The number of Brightstones continued to decrease, and there weren't many of them left. This was the same as cutting off the Star Cat's lifeline. Without the Brightstones, the Star Cats would lose its foundation, and they would no longer be able to thrive there.

Urim and the other Star Cats searched the entire tribe and found no trace of Liu Wuxie, which caused their frustration to boil. Even the higher echelons were alarmed and emerged from their seclusion to investigate.

"Think! Is there any place we've overlooked?" Urim looked at the surrounding Star Cats and got them to think quickly. They had searched every inch but still failed to find Liu Wuxie.

Finally, a Star Cat stepped out and spoke, "Chief, there's a place we haven't checked!"

"Speak!" Urim's white fur began to stand, which made her look terrifying. Her heterochromatic eyes also gave off a peculiar light that made others fearful.

"The Brightstone mine!" replied the Star Cat.

Upon hearing of the Brightstone mine, an uproar broke out from the surroundings. It had been decades since the mine was opened, and it was left to recuperate and restore itself.

"This is bad!" Urim exclaimed, charging toward the Brightstone mine.

If Liu Wuxie stole all the Brightstones, it would have a catastrophic impact on the Star Cats. He could even destroy the mine as revenge.

"Alert the elders and gather at the mine! Don't let him escape!" Urim's voice echoed after she sped off.

The Brightstone mine was only fifteen minutes away.

Meanwhile, Liu Wuxie continued his relentless absorption within the mine, reducing it to a barren wasteland. As the final Brightstone disappeared, he exhaled deeply.

"Ah, that feels good!" Liu Wuxie murmured, the frustration of the past few days melting away.

When he stood up, crackling sounds came as his true essence began to surge like a tsunami after reaching the True Profound Realm, giving off an unstoppable momentum.

"I have to find a way to leave now," he murmured.

Right then, footsteps began to echo from outside, making him narrow his eyes.

"They found me so quickly?"

He had expected it to take them at least two to three days to locate the mine, yet they had arrived far sooner than anticipated.

"I can't take the exit!" Liu Wuxie found himself trapped with no way out. He began to search anxiously, and desperation tightened around his heart.

What should I do? He thought, his mind racing.

The sound of the massive tree shifting reached him, and along with it came the furious roars of the Star Cats, their murderous intent flooding in like a tidal wave.

When Liu Wuxie was on the brink of despair, a boulder ten meters away suddenly moved. The boulder exploded, and several Stellar Rats emerged from the ground.

"What the..." Liu Wuxie was speechless about how the Stellar Rats had found their way there.

"Did we dig in the wrong place? There are no Brightstones here," said the Stellar Rats.

The Stellar Rats were just as baffled to see Liu Wuxie standing there, with no trace of Brightstones anywhere. They had come to destroy the mine, intending to cripple the Star Cat Race’s foundation, but now found themselves staring at a barren cavern. Dismissing Liu Wuxie, they focused on the unsettling emptiness before them.

More Stellar Rats began to emerge from the underground, and they wondered if they had made a mistake when they looked at the barren ground.

"That's impossible! This is definitely the Star Cat's Brightstone mine!" A massive Stellar Rat emerged from the ground, sweeping its gaze around. It could sense Brightstone's lingering aura in the atmosphere.

They had spent decades searching for this mine, and how could they possibly be wrong?

Hundreds of Stellar Rats flooded the place in mere moments. Right then, Urim led a charge down, her rage boiling at the sight of the Stellar Rats and Liu Wuxie. All the Brightstones had vanished.

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"Stellar Rats! I will never forgive you!" Urim screamed, suspecting the Stellar Rat Race of stealing the Brightstones.

Little did she know that all the Brightstones had been devoured by Liu Wuxie, stored in the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron.

As the chaos unfolded, Liu Wuxie slowly moved toward the tunnel that the Stellar Rat Race had dug.

The Stellar Rat Race felt wronged. Although they had come to destroy the mine, it was already empty when they arrived.

"Kill them all!" Urim gave the order, and a battle unfolded before the Stellar Rat Race could have a chance to explain themselves.

The two races had waged war for countless years, and bloodshed was inevitable whenever they met.

The Star Cats charged forward, mercilessly slaughtering the Stellar Rats. The rats had miscalculated—their forces were ill-prepared for battle, with only one at the Spirit Profound Realm. Their goal had been theft, not war.

A realization dawned on her when Urim's gaze fell on Liu Wuxie, and she noticed he had reached the True Profound Realm.

"Capture him!" she commanded. More Star Cats began to flood into the underground mine, and the Stellar Rats suffered immense casualties.

"Time to go!" Liu Wuxie didn't hesitate to flee, entering the tunnel dug by the Stellar Rats.

Though the passage was narrow, it was enough for a person to pass. The Stellar Rats followed him as they scrambled to escape.

"Stop them! Stop them!" Urim's mind spun in panic, anxious to the point of tearing up. If the higher echelons learned about this, their wrath would surely fall on her.

After all, she was the one who had spared Liu Wuxie's life.

As Liu Wuxie swiftly moved through the tunnel, he emerged from the other side of the mountain after five minutes. When he stepped out, he found himself facing a crowd of Stellar Rats, who were confused at the sudden emergence of a human.

However, Liu Wuxie shot into the sky before they could react, and Urim roared in fury behind them.