Desolate Devouring Art-Chapter 851 - Light Laws

Liu Wuxie circled the room and examined every corner, but nothing happened. There wasn't even a single window apart from the stone door, which was sealed shut and wouldn't budge no matter how hard he tried pushing it.

"Let me out!" Liu Wuxie pounded on the door with full force but heard only echoes from the surroundings. He even yelled for half a day, but there wasn't a single response.

The stone door only opened roughly fifteen minutes later, and the light that shot in stung his eyes. The pitch-black room was instantly flooded with light. This time, Liu Wuxie finally saw the surroundings clearly, and this was an underground cellar.

Three Star Cats entered the underground cellar, their faces filled with murderous intent and their eyes glowing strangely. Liu Wuxie clearly remembered that eerie glow—it was the last thing he had seen before losing consciousness.

"Why are you imprisoning me?" Liu Wuxie yelled.

With his true essence sealed, he could only rely on his physical strength. He swept his gaze over the three Star Cats, assessing his chances.

"Our chief wishes to see you," one said as they escorted Liu Wuxie out of the underground cellar and brought him into a grand hall. The hall was grand, where many Star Cats had gathered.

A male Star Cat with a robust build and two sharp fangs protruding from his mouth sat in the highest seat. Beside him was another Star Cat, one Liu Wuxie immediately recognized—the one who had rendered him unconscious.

"Chief, we've brought him here," said the three Star Cats as they bowed.

Liu Wuxie lifted his head, sweeping his gaze across the grand hall before locking eyes with the two Star Cats seated at the top.

"Urim, ask him whatever you want," said the robust Star Cat to the female Star Cat beside him.

She had captured Liu Wuxie to interrogate him about the human cultivation system.

The female Star Cat, her heterochromatic eyes gleaming, stepped forward. Her name was Urim, the chief's daughter. She stopped half a meter away from Liu Wuxie, studying him intently.

Liu Wuxie was secretly trying to manipulate his true essence to break free from the shackles within his body. The Heavenly Dao Book unfurled and scanned his body, soon finding the cause. There was a light law that locked his desolate world, preventing his true essence from flowing out.

Though he had a formidable physique, he could only contend with someone at the True Profound Realm at best without his true essence.

Many Star Cats in the hall had reached the Spirit Profound Realm, and making a move now was tantamount to courting death. This was why he had to unravel the light law in his body to escape from this place.

When their eyes met, Liu Wuxie's gaze was sharp, and Urim could not bear his gaze.

"Tell me about your human race's cultivation technique. How do you increase your strength so quickly?" Urim asked after retracting her gaze.

The Star Cat Race shared some similarities with humans in terms of physique. Though they had tried cultivation techniques used by humans, their progress was painstakingly slow. Moreover, their cultivation technique had remained stagnant for years, resulting in a decline in their overall strength.

"There's nothing to tell," Liu Wuxie said coldly. This was the first time someone in his life had imprisoned him, and his fury was raging.

When she faced Liu Wuxie, Urim involuntarily took a step back. She didn't expect Liu Wuxie to release such a terrifying aura, even with his cultivation sealed, which only deepened her curiosity about human cultivation techniques.

"Are you not afraid of death?" Urim asked coldly. They had no favorable opinion of humans and could be considered enemies.

Liu Wuxie sneered. "Would you let me go if I said I was afraid?" His expression remained indifferent, but deep inside, he had already begun controlling the Heavenly Dao Book, secretly working to comprehend the light law.

If he could comprehend the light law, he would be able to break the shackles binding the desolate world. The Heavenly Dao Book was analyzing it, but progress was slow. He would need to spend two to three hours finding clues.

He would further need more time to comprehend the light law, so he had to hurry. The Star Cats weren't patient, and they would kill him without hesitation if they couldn't extract anything from him.

"That's impossible!" Urim told Liu Wuxie blatantly that they wouldn't let him go even if he revealed the secrets of human cultivation techniques.

The atmosphere grew tense, and the hall was filled with intense bloodlust.

"I know that humans use a soul-controlling technique capable of extracting information from someone's memory, and I have recently mastered it. I'll test it on you today!" Urim smiled.

The Star Cats called it a soul-controlling technique, but it was known as a soul-searching technique for humans.

"You can give it a try!" Liu Wuxie smiled.

Upon hearing what Urim said, any other human would be terrified, but not Liu Wuxie. With the Heavenly Dao Book and Soul Shield, even the divine sense of someone at the Earth Profound Realm couldn't break through his soul sea's defenses.

"I'll grant your wish since you're courting death!" Urim felt provoked that a mere human dared to speak to her in this manner.

An invisible soul energy rippled out from her, traveling through space and entering Liu Wuxie through his eyes. But just when it was about to get close to the soul sea, the Soul Shield was activated, enveloping his soul sea and preventing Urim's divine sense from advancing any further.

This naturally shocked Urim. She had practiced the soul-controlling technique for years, testing it many times. Every attempt had been successful, and she had even made a breakthrough yesterday, making it even more powerful.

But for some reason, her divine sense couldn't enter Liu Wuxie's soul sea to search his memory. This made her channel stronger soul energy to strike the Soul Shield.

Thunderous booms echoed through Liu Wuxie's soul sea, but the Soul Shield remained firm and steady without a crack. After all, the Spirit Clan was known for their soul techniques and excelled in them more than humans.

The surrounding Star Cats watched from the sidelines and were baffled as to why their chief hadn't succeeded. Logically speaking, Liu Wuxie should've been screaming in agony by now. Even the burly male star cat looked baffled in his seat.

"I don't believe I can't pierce into your soul sea!" Urim was enraged. Her divine sense rippled like a tidal wave, charging at the Soul Shield.

Liu Wuxie maintained his composure and mobilized the Heavenly Dao Book as a backup if the soul shield failed. This was a silent battle, and one misstep would mean his death.

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Liu Wuxie knew that the other party wouldn't show mercy. The Star Cats were known for their ruthlessness. They were carnivores, and they were even known to consume raw human flesh. Thus, his only chance was to save himself.

Waves of soul energy rippled out and charged at the Soul Shield, manifesting into a bizarre weapon that released light law.

"Break!" Urim roared. The spear she manifested with light law pierced the Soul Shield.

Even if Liu Wuxie's Soul Shield was strong, he was lacking in his cultivation. If he were at the True Profound Realm, he would've devoured Urim's soul energy by now.

Urim’s spear finally breached the Soul Shield, creating a fine crack. Her soul energy surged through the opening, carrying the light law deep into Liu Wuxie’s soul sea, advancing as if into an unguarded land.

"What a terrifying soul sea!" Urim was shocked at the sight of Liu Wuxie's soul sea. This human before her was beyond her comprehension. But just as she reveled in her success, the Heavenly Dao Book descended like a crushing weight.

"ARGH!" Urim let out a scream as she was jerked back violently. Two drops of blood-tears slid down her cheeks, evidence of the intense backlash.

The Heavenly Dao Book devoured the remnant light laws left in Liu Wuxie's soul sea, and a new sequence appeared.

Did you think my Soul Shield can't withstand your soul energy? I'm only borrowing your light laws to speed up the process. Liu Wuxie thought to himself, but he didn't dare to say it aloud. This was a reckless gamble, as he had deliberately opened the Soul Shield.

The quickest way to comprehend a light law was to absorb a complete strand. This way, the refinement would be much easier.

Liu Wuxie had gambled everything with his life on the line. If the Heavenly Dao Book had failed to sever Urim's soul energy, his soul sea would have been entirely occupied by her. But faced with certain death either way, he chose to take the risk.

"Chief!" The surrounding Star Cats stepped forward to support Urim.

They saw her bloodshot eyes that stained her face in red, which made her look ferocious and terrifying.

"Human, how dare you harm our chief!" The other Star Cats drew their weapons, ready to hack Liu Wuxie to death.

"Hold on!" Urim stood up and steadied herself. She wiped her blood tears, and her curiosity toward Liu Wuxie grew even further.

He was the strangest human she had ever encountered. It could benefit the Star Cat Race if she could figure it out.

If Liu Wuxie were just an ordinary human, he would've been dead by now.

"Daughter, is this human really that important? Why don't we just kill him?" The male Star Cat seated on his throne was enraged to see his daughter injured.

"Father, this human isn't ordinary. He holds too many secrets, and I must uncover them. This is crucial to our legacy, especially since more humans have stumbled onto our land. We can't kill them all," Urim said, looking at her father.

"Very well. I'll give you three days. If you still can't unravel his secrets, kill him," said the male Star Cat, but he had set a firm deadline.

"Got it!" Urim nodded. Three days would be enough for her to complete her research on Liu Wuxie.

"Take him away!" Urim's soul sea was damaged, so she had to rest to recuperate. But she firmly believed that she could uncover Liu Wuxie's secrets with more attempts.

Liu Wuxie was brought back to the underground cellar, and darkness enveloped him when the stone door was shut. But he wasn't angry; he maintained his composure.

"Light and darkness..." Those were two extreme elements. If they had imprisoned him somewhere filled with light, he would have been unable to comprehend light laws.

The underground cellar was pitch-black, starkly contrasted to the light laws. Many things that he couldn't comprehend earlier became apparent now.

Sitting down with his legs crossed, Liu Wuxie's consciousness dove into his soul sea. The Heavenly Dao Book contained many words that recorded the light laws.

Light represented justice, but he couldn't sense a shred of righteousness from the Star Cat Race.

"Light is positive, and darkness is negative," Liu Wuxie murmured.

Light and darkness were like yin and yang, two sides of the same coin. With yin-yang energy flowing within his body, comprehending both light and darkness would be much easier for him.