The water grew deeper and deeper.
The light around him grew dimmer and dimmer.
Gradually, Wei He could no longer see anything before his eyes. He could only see the water's surface above his head, where faint specks of white light still remained.
But the surface had now shrunk to the size of a washbasin, and the light filtering down from it became ever dimmer and weaker.
The water around him grew increasingly bone-piercingly cold.
Yet Wei He felt fine. When he had broken through, he had used the eye of a Cold Fiend Bird, which carried an even heavier chill than the eye of a Spring Cause Bird.
As a result, his Overturning Rain Vigor had gained a trace of coldness. That trace gave him considerable resistance to the cold.
So this degree of chill was nothing to him.
The light above his head grew dimmer, while the water pressure around him rose higher.
Wei He gradually felt the pressure outside his body increasing, slowly beginning to bear down on his Overturning Rain Vigor.
The speed at which the vigor seeped into his bone marrow grew faster and faster. It was nearly several times its normal rate, but the expenditure of vigor was likewise several times greater than usual.
At last, he felt the pressure forcing his protective vigor to the brink of collapse, with negative pressure gradually pressing against his skin and muscles.
Only then did Wei He paddle slightly, supporting the stone with one hand while grasping the rocky wall at the side of the pool with the other.
The stone wall was slick and slippery, covered in all manner of aquatic plants. But when Wei He's vigor-coated fingers jabbed into it—
His five fingers immediately pierced the stone wall and dug in deep, holding him in