75: Chapter 75 Deep Sea Cage

The corridor was long.

The walls were covered in twisted runes. They weren't carved; it was more like they had grown out of the stone.

Those runes slowly writhed in the dim lamplight, like countless vipers coiled together.

The sound of seawater hitting the walls came from afar.

"Thump... thump... thump..."

The rhythm was slow and heavy, like a giant's heartbeat. With every beat, the entire corridor trembled slightly. The sound grew closer and louder, as if it were right in his ears.

He didn't know how long he had been walking.

"Clang!"

Wu Xi was thrown into a cold cage.

He raised his head and looked around; this was the Deep Sea Prison level.

Huge iron cages were suspended in the pitch-black seawater. Each cage was the size of a room, welded together from iron bars as thick as a wrist.

There were dozens of meters between the cages, and they couldn't see each other. One could only hear faint sounds of weeping and desperate groans echoing in the vast expanse of seawater.

The pressure of the seawater was astonishingly great.

Wu Xi could feel his bones creaking; every inch of his skin and every muscle felt like it was being tightly gripped by an invisible giant hand.

His eardrums were buzzing, as if countless bees were flying inside them. His vision went black in waves, and stars danced before his eyes.

The most terrifying things were the Ancient God Curses carved onto the iron cages.

Those incantations were written in a script Wu Xi had never seen before. They looked like they had been painted in fresh blood, emitting a faint green light.

The incantations slowly flowed along the iron bars, wrapping around the entire cage. Whenever Wu Xi's gaze swept over them, he would feel dizzy, and his Soul would tremble.

He tried to mobilize the power within his body; the moment the golden light rose from his Dantian, those incantations immediately emitted a blinding green light.

A powerful suction force came from the incantations, like a bottomless pit. The Wu power within Wu Xi rushed toward the incantations frantically, like a bursting flood.

"It's... useless..."

A cold voice echoed in his mind—it was Tentacle Lady.

"Father... the curses... are specifically... designed to suppress... all... power... even a Demigod... shouldn't even think about..."

He could feel that the Deep Ones had already left. They had all gone to attend that reproductive ritual.

They were particularly confident in the security here. After all, no one had ever escaped from the Deep Sea Prison level before.

Wu Xi took a deep breath, channeled his power to its limit, and slammed a fist into the iron bars.

"Bang!" A loud noise rang out.

The seawater was blasted apart by the force of the punch, forming a huge bubble.

The iron bars didn't budge.

Instead, Wu Xi himself was bounced back by a massive counter-force, slamming heavily into the back wall of the cage.

Those Ancient God Curses emitted an even more blinding green light. The suction force suddenly increased tenfold.

Wu Xi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes becoming even more determined.

He mobilized his power once more. He walked to the iron bars.

He grabbed an iron bar with both hands and took a deep breath.

"Aaaah—!"

He let out a roar. His muscles tensed, and blue veins bulged, looking like earthworms wriggling under his skin. Sweat streamed down from his forehead, mixing with the seawater and dripping onto the ground.

The iron bars creaked.

That wrist-thick iron bar was actually being bent by him, bit by bit.

Wu Xi's eyes lit up.

There was hope!

He gritted his teeth and continued to exert force; the curve of the bent iron bar grew larger and larger. It was on the verge of snapping.

But just at that moment, those Ancient God Curses flared up again.

A more terrifying force erupted from the incantations, slamming heavily onto Wu Xi's body.

He felt as if he had been crushed by a massive mountain. His internal organs were displaced, and his vision went black, nearly causing him to faint.

"Pfft!" A mouthful of blood sprayed out.

His hands were ground to a bloody mess by the iron bars, exposing the bones. That iron bar, which had just been bent, snapped back into its original position.

Wu Xi collapsed to the ground, gasping for air.

"Try... physical transformation... form..." Tentacle Lady suddenly said.

Wu Xi suddenly raised his head. Physical transformation? That's right!

Wu Xi closed his eyes and concentrated. A cold, dark power suddenly surged from the depths of his Soul.

That power was so strong.

First was his head. His bones made cracking sounds. His head began to elongate, turning into a head like that of an octopus.

Countless splits appeared on his face, and thick tentacles grew out from within, dancing frantically in the seawater.

Then, his skin.

His originally yellow skin turned bluish-black. It was covered in a layer of thick scales that felt as tough as rubber. The scales shimmered with a dark light in the seawater.

His limbs became thick and sturdy, and huge claws grew out. His nails gleamed with a cold light, like the sharpest blades.

A pair of long, narrow wings burst out from his body, covered in black feathers, each one like a sharp dagger.

A terrifying pressure radiated from his body. The entire Deep Sea Prison level began to shake violently.

The seawater boiled.

Those Ancient God Curses carved on the iron cages let out terrified shrieks. The green light instantly dimmed. They tried to resist, tried to suppress this power once again.

"Crack!" A crisp sound rang out.

An iron bar carved with incantations actually shattered directly.

Then the second, the third.

Within seconds, the entire cage turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Wu Xi slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes had turned pure black. There was not a trace of white. They shimmered with a light of madness and destruction. He moved his body, causing his bones to crackle.

The deep-sea high pressure that had just left him helpless was now as gentle as a breeze to him.

Wu Xi did not speak.

He just casually glanced at an iron cage nearby.

"Boom!"

That iron cage instantly turned into powder. The woman in the cage looked at him in terror, her mouth wide open, but she couldn't make a sound.

Her body was trembling violently, as if she had seen the most terrifying monster in the world.

Wu Xi ignored her.

He had more important things to do now.

Just at this moment.

"That's right... you... have our... Bloodline... power... activated." Tentacle Lady's voice carried a hint of excitement.

"My... body... is nearby." Tentacle Lady said quickly, her voice tinged with nervousness, "...The Deep Ones... are attending... the ritual... now is... the best... opportunity."

Wu Xi nodded. "Let's go."

His voice had become low and hoarse, no longer a human voice, but like a low growl coming from the abyss.