Chapter 80 The Power of Space! Seeking a Glimmer of Hope Amidst the Raging Sea!
"boom--"
That sound could no longer be called a sound, but a vibration, a resonance that could crush a person's internal organs out of their cavity!
The black wall of sea, which blotted out the sky, crashed down with an irresistible force!
Faced with this godlike power, the small fishing boat beneath Jiang Wu's feet didn't even have time to utter a mournful cry. The bow was instantly forced into the water by immense force, and then the entire keel of the boat emitted a teeth-grinding "crack," like a cookie being crushed by a giant, shattering into pieces in an instant!
It’s over!
This was the last thought that flashed through the mind of the young soldier on the life raft, who had just been jolted awake by the turbulence and still retained a sliver of consciousness. He watched helplessly as the miraculously appearing small fishing boat was swallowed by the giant waves, and as the woman standing at the bow, her figure slender yet incredibly stubborn, disappeared into the churning black foam along with countless pieces of the boat.
Despair, like the icy seawater, instantly filled his chest.
However, just before the ship was completely torn apart, in the midst of the chaos unseen by anyone, Jiang Wu moved with extreme speed!
She showed no panic whatsoever. Her face, stained with blood and seawater, was eerily calm. In that life-or-death moment, her mind sank deep into the depths of her consciousness.
It was a world completely different from the raging storms outside.
A valley shrouded in mist, filled with spiritual energy, with babbling brooks. In the center of the valley is a spiritual spring that constantly emits white steam, next to which stands an elegant bamboo house.
This is her storage space, the foundation of her thousand-year cultivation as a demoness of the Hehuan Sect, and the greatest source of her confidence to venture alone into this sea of death!
With a thought, a delicate white jade bottle and a conch-shaped cyan magic artifact instantly appeared in her hand.
Without thinking twice, she uncorked the bottle and poured a pill that emitted a faint light blue glow directly into her mouth.
Water-repelling pill!
The pill melted instantly upon entering her mouth, and a cool sensation flowed down her throat and into her entire body. Immediately afterwards, she could feel an invisible film forming on her skin, keeping the icy seawater from reaching her.
She quickly hung the conch-shaped magical artifact, the "Breath-Breathing Conch," around her neck. A surge of pure spiritual energy flowed from the artifact, entering her mouth and nose, allowing her to breathe freely in the airless environment as if she were on land.
All of this was done in just a breath!
And in the next instant, the giant wave crashed down!
"Splash—"
The world was swallowed up by darkness and cold in an instant.
Jiang Wu felt an irresistible force squeezing in from all directions. She was caught in countless broken planks and debris, tumbling and sinking with the raging undercurrent!
In such a situation, any ordinary person would either have their internal organs crushed by the immense water pressure or be swept up in the undercurrent and collide with debris, resulting in broken bones and tendons.
But Jiang Wu is no ordinary person.
The protective shield formed by the Water-Repelling Pill neutralized most of the water pressure and impact. She was as if she were inside a solid bubble; although she was still being tossed around by the undercurrents, she did not suffer any fatal damage.
She endured the sharp pain in her abdomen, desperately trying to steady herself in the dark and chaotic underwater world.
She mustn't panic!
Qin Lie is nearby! She can sense him! That connection from her bloodline, though weakened considerably by the impact of the giant wave, hasn't disappeared!
He's still alive!
She opened her eyes. In this pitch-black deep sea, a faint, almost imperceptible golden light shone in her eyes.
This is a sign that she is activating her divine sense!
Everything around her was no longer just darkness. Countless chaotic currents of water, broken ship planks, and even schools of fish swept into the deep sea were clearly presented in her mind in the form of an energy flow.
She was like a high-precision radar, frantically scanning and searching through this death zone!
"There it is!"
Soon, she "saw" it!
About ten meters below, an orange life raft, caught between several large pieces of ship wreckage, was helplessly tossing and turning with the undercurrent.
And that faint sign of life came from the life raft!
Found it!
Jiang Wu was overjoyed and immediately activated the little spiritual power she had left. Like a nimble mermaid, she swam vigorously in that direction.
The underwater resistance was immense, and the undercurrents were like countless invisible hands pulling at her, trying to drag her into an even deeper abyss.
Her strength was rapidly depleting, and the pain in her abdomen was becoming increasingly intense.
She knew she had to be quick!
While the Water-Repelling Pill and the Breath-Absorbing Snail are miraculous, they are ultimately time-limited. Once their effects wear off, even at her peak, she would have no chance of survival in this terrifying deep sea, hundreds of meters below!
She gritted her teeth, channeled all her strength into her limbs, and paddled desperately.
Ten meters!
Five meters!
Three meters!
Finally, she grabbed the nylon rope on the edge of the life raft!
The area where you touch it is icy cold.
She used the momentum to swing and climbed onto the bottom of the overturned life raft.
However, when she saw the scene before her, her heart sank to the bottom.
The life raft was wedged between several huge, twisted metal planks, making it impossible for it to float. There were supposed to be four or five people on board, but now only three remained, securely tied to the raft with safety ropes.
Two of them were young soldiers wearing life jackets. Their heads hung limply, and blood mixed with seawater kept gushing from their mouths and noses; they were clearly... beyond saving.
And the third person...
It's Qin Lie!
He was also tied with a safety rope, half of his body submerged in the icy seawater. There was a huge, gruesome wound on his forehead, the flesh turned outwards, the blood long since washed away by the seawater, revealing the stark white bone beneath.
His face was a deathly bluish-gray, his lips were purplish-black, and his chest no longer showed any rise and fall.
The faint life force that Jiang Wu had been relying on to track was, at this moment, like a candle flickering in the wind, completely...extinguished.
"No……"
Jiang Wu reached out, her hand trembling as she checked Qin Lie's breath.
My fingertips were a cold, lifeless void.
He is not breathing.
She placed her hand on his chest again.
There was no heartbeat.
The whole world seemed to fall silent at that moment.
The raging undercurrents, the icy seawater, the excruciating pain in her abdomen... all of that was far away from her.
Her mind went blank.
Dead?
He... just died like that?
After enduring countless near-death experiences, braving storms, exhausting all her resources, and sparing no expense, what she finally found was... a cold, lifeless corpse.
"No--"
A silent, desperate cry exploded in her heart!
No! I disagree!
My man, Jiang Wu, is not to be taken away from me, not even by the King of Hell!
An unprecedented, almost insane obsession instantly consumed all her reason!
She suddenly raised her head, and her beautiful peach blossom eyes no longer held any sadness or despair, but instead held a chilling, eerie red light!
She ripped open Qin Lie's shirt and pressed her palm tightly against his cold, stiff chest.
Immediately afterwards, she devised a secret technique that was despised by all the righteous sects of the immortal world, yet it was also the most fundamental and domineering secret technique upon which her Hehuan Sect relied for survival!
She's going to... defy fate!
She was willing to trade her own life for his!
"Qin Lie! You better come back to life!"
She leaned down and, with all her might, kissed his cold lips fiercely!
A pure, pink spiritual energy, imbued with the essence of her life, surged forth from her mouth into Qin Lie's limbs and bones like a flood bursting its banks!
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