Chapter 95, The Soaring Wave Escape Technique, Mission Completed.

[After confirming that the terrifying Blackwater Xuanjiao had completely distanced itself...]

[Your tensed nerves finally relaxed slightly.]

["Phew..."]

[You held the "spoils of war" in your hand.]

[Looking at this fist-sized "water-repelling jiaozhu" emitting a warm, gentle glow.]

[You couldn't help but complain in your heart.]

["This thing is really not easy to get."]

["Just the first one was so thrilling. There are thirty-five left to collect; it's really not going to be easy."]

[Complaining aside, you didn't waste any time.]

[At this moment, hiding in a secluded dark cave, you finally had time to carefully examine the spoils in your hand.]

[You mobilized your Divine Thought, slowly probing into the interior of the jiaozhu.]

["Buzz—"]

[The jiaozhu seemed to sense the fluctuations of your Divine Thought and immediately produced a strange resonance.]

[Following that, an obscure and complex stream of information flooded into your mind through your fingertips.]

[It was a special method named "Surging Waves."]

["It's not a martial arts combat technique, but a pure... Water-elemental Movement Technique?"]

["Is this teaching me how to use my ability?"]

[A flash of surprise crossed your eyes, and you immediately began to study it in detail.]

[Soon, you discovered the uniqueness of this technique.]

[Rather than a Cultivation Technique, this "Surging Waves" was more like a high-level application skill for the "Xuan Shui Spiritual Rhyme."]

[It didn't require mobilizing the Origin Qi in your body or following the path of Meridians and Dantian; instead, it was completely biased toward the application of abilities.]

[Its core principle worked in conjunction with the water-driving power granted to the practitioner by that wisp of "Xuan Shui Spiritual Rhyme."]

[At eighteen specific nodes on the surface of the body...]

[Eighteen invisible runes called "Water-Parting Talismans" were to be etched.]

[They were: Yongquan, Chengshan, Huantiao, Mingmen, Dazhui, Jianjing...]

[Once these eighteen runes took shape, they could construct an extremely efficient "water-driving model" on the body's surface.]

[It allowed you to gain powerful thrust by leveraging the power of natural water bodies.]

[Allowing you to come and go as you pleased in the water, fast as lightning.]

[It even allowed you to walk on waves, merge your body with water ripples, and enter the water invisibly.]

["It's a good thing, a very good thing, but..."]

["This movement technique has extremely high requirements for the practitioner's water-element affinity."]

["And it requires extremely strong mental micro-manipulation abilities to maintain the stability of those eighteen runes."]

["For those ordinary test-takers who only obtained a single wisp of spiritual rhyme..."]

["Just sensing these eighteen nodes would probably take them several days and nights."]

["To even reach the entry level, it would be impossible without at least a month."]

["But for me..."]

[Feeling the "heavenly river water lotus" Origin slowly circulating within your body, you grinned.]

["This is not a problem."]

["It will be a success!"]

[You were, after all, a holder of the "Profound Water Spirit Body" at the "Fifth Awakening"!]

[In this Cangming Realm, where the water element was so rich it was hair-raising...]

[Your "Profound Water Spirit Body," which had been strengthened several times, was the most perfect conductor for the water element.]

["Begin!"]

[You closed your eyes.]

[Relying on extremely strong focus, superb memory, a suitable water environment, and a fifth-awakened Water-elemental Ability...]

[At this moment, your body was simply stacked with positive buffs.]

[You quickly constructed the model of those eighteen runes in your mind.]

[Immediately afterward, the "heavenly river water lotus" Origin in your body produced a burst of intense resonance.]

[You didn't even need to exert effort to etch them; those eighteen runes seemed to receive a king's summons.]

[They automatically emerged on your body's nodes and quickly stabilized.]

["Buzz—"]

[A faint blue light, like flowing water ripples, enveloped your entire body.]

[The heavy water pressure around you vanished instantly, and you felt a sense of kinship from this water region.]

[It was as if you were no longer an outsider, but a part of this deep sea.]

[You tried to move with a single thought.]

["Whoosh!"]

[Without stirring any ripples or meeting any resistance...]

[Your whole person seemed to turn directly into seawater, merging into this water region.]

[Instantly crossing a distance of dozens of meters, you crashed head-first into the rock wall at the other end of the dark cave.]

[Fast! Too fast!]

[At least three times faster than your previous speed of relying purely on the crude propulsion of your ability!]

["Not bad, not bad!"]

[You were overjoyed in your heart.]

["With this movement technique, the subsequent scavenging will be much simpler."]

[You didn't rush to go out, but instead patiently hid in the dark cave and practiced for about another hour.]

[Until you practiced "Surging Waves" to a decent level.]

[Only after being able to release and retract it at will, and shift and maneuver all in a single thought, did you set out again.]

["The treasure hunt continues!"]

[You fully operated the "Hiding the Edge" secret technique, locking your aura tightly within your body.]

[At the same time, you activated the newly added concealment characteristic of the [Profound Water Spirit Body].]

[Like an invisible undercurrent, you silently slid out of this hidden cave.]

[Although your application of "Surging Waves" was still a bit crude, with the enhancement of the "heavenly river water lotus" Origin...]

[Your use of this movement technique became increasingly proficient.]

[If earlier you were swimming in the sea area by relying on the "Profound Water Spirit Body"...]

[It was more of a crude application out of instinct, like a strong fish.]

[But now, with the enhancement of the movement technique, your figure completely merged into this sea area.]

[You traveled through the water without stirring any wind or waves; even the ripples of the water flow were perfectly smoothed out by those eighteen runes.]

[Yet your speed was actually even faster.]

[As your figure became concealed, your speed was several times faster than before.]

[Collecting the "water-repelling jiaozhu" became simple.]

[You once again sensed those faint points of light in the distance.]

["The second one."]

[Your figure flashed, instantly appearing in a patch of seagrass.]

[There was a second-rank "Swordfish" patrolling there.]

[In the past, you might have had to tangle with it for a bit.]

[But now, you directly swept past it, and it didn't even notice the change in the water flow.]

[By the time you reached out, grabbed the jiaozhu, and vanished into the distance, that Swordfish was still foolishly guarding the empty seagrass.]

["The third one... the fourth one..."]

[Your figure turned into a deep blue phantom in the deep sea, efficiently and rapidly harvesting these precious opportunities.]

[Of course, the process was not entirely smooth sailing.]

[While collecting the fifteenth jiaozhu, you encountered that big fellow again.]

["Roar—!!!"]

[The Blackwater Xuanjiao seemed to still be frantically searching for your traces in this area.]

[It had a keen sense of smell. The moment you took the jiaozhu, although it didn't see you, it sensed the disappearance of the treasure.]

[It lunged over like it was going mad, its massive tail fin sweeping across and stirring up a terrifying undercurrent.]

[But this time, you didn't flee in a panic.]

["Surging Waves!"]

[With a thought, the eighteen runes on your body's surface circulated.]

[Your figure swayed slightly, tracing a bizarre arc in the water, easily dodging its bite.]

[Then, you utilized the "ultra-fast physical recovery in water" effect granted by your ability.]

[The high efficiency brought by "Surging Waves" reduced your physical consumption, allowing you to always maintain the Peak of your stamina.]

[You led this clumsy giant beast in circles through the complex reef clusters.]

[Just as it smashed a reef, you had already slid through a gap.]

[When it spat out a high-pressure water jet, you used the counter-thrust of the water flow to accelerate away.]

[In just five minutes, relying on your superior mobility, you completely lost it.]

["Big guy, take your time searching."]

["I'm going to raid your home."]

[You looked back at the impotently raging Xuanjiao, gave a smug smile, and continued your grand scavenging enterprise.]

[An unknown amount of time passed.]

[When you tucked the final jiaozhu into your bag...]

[Your backpack was already filled with exactly thirty-six orbs emitting a warm, gentle light.]

["All here."]

[You found a quiet reef crevice, took out all thirty-six jiaozhu, and let them float in front of you.]

[You didn't look closely at all the Legacy information contained within each jiaozhu.]

[Because you were well aware that time was limited.]

[You couldn't stay in the Heavenly Ladder for too long.]

["Although the flow of time here might be faster than the outside world, I don't know the specific conversion ratio."]

["Tomorrow's 'sweet dew' is still waiting for me to harvest outside."]

["For the current me, the improvement brought by every drop of 'sweet dew' is very large, its value immeasurable."]

["The Legacy in the Heavenly Ladder is indeed important, but since it's already in hand, I should leave quickly; there's no need to linger here."]

["And..."]

[You looked at the deathly silent deep sea all around.]

["I'm also not sure if I can go out immediately after completing the task for this level."]

["What if there are other stages? To deal with various situations, I must reserve some time."]

[So, after gathering the thirty-six "water-repelling jiaozhu," you didn't hesitate for a moment and began to act according to the prompts.]

["Rise!"]

[You mobilized that wisp of "Xuan Shui Spiritual Rhyme" in your body.]

[It was like an invisible thread, stringing these thirty-six beads together.]

["Buzz—!!!"]

[As the final bead fell into place, a burst of extremely brilliant blue light erupted instantly, illuminating this pitch-black deep sea.]

[The thirty-six jiaozhu instantly turned into thirty-six streaks of light, drilling into your brow like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.]

["Boom!"]

[All the relevant Legacy information then emerged in your brain.]

[These were thirty-six basic application methods regarding the Profound Water Movement Technique, namely the advanced chapters of the "Surging Waves" movement technique.]

[Following that, the surrounding space distorted once again.]

[The pitch-black water region before your eyes disappeared, and the water pressure around your body receded.]

[The stars shifted and the world changed.]

[When you opened your eyes again, you found that you hadn't returned to the entrance of the Heavenly Ladder.]

[Nor had you come to that strange space where the azure tree was located.]

[Instead, you had arrived at a completely new world.]