Eternal Thief

After Ace rested for three whole days, he was finally at this peak condition and started to make his way toward the surface.

However, his joyous expression became sober when he was only five hundred meters away from the surface because the surrounding soil started to become wet, and as he moved slightly more upward, he was now dealing with clay.

‘Don’t tell above me is a water body?’ Ace knew it was likely the case.

Now, if he dug any further, it was most likely that this place would sweep by water, and he might wash all the way down or, even worse, this entire passage crash.

So, Ace decided to use another method. Instead of digging like before, he took out a grade-5 barrier formation and covered himself and the walls with that barrier like a sporting pillar.

Afterward, he started digging again while the formation barrier supported the passage.

Soon, he was only ten or so meters away from reaching the surface, and he was surrounded by water and mud. He quickly appeared out into the open body of water surrounded by the formation barrier.

But he didn’t disarm the barrier because he knew the moment he did, it would create a massive whirlpool around the water, so he left it active, and it would stop working when the Qi stones ran out, which would give him ample time to get out of this water.

Ace found himself floating in dark water, and he could feel a massive water pressure which could only mean that he was deep underwater.

While keeping the live fate map active, he started to swim toward the surface as there was no trace of light.

But since it was a gray area, it was relatively safe to assume that there shouldn’t be any creatures around him that could threaten his life.

As he moved upward, the surrounding pressure started to decrease, and after swimming up for three hours, Ace finally noticed some change in the dark waters.

Thereby, Ace’s head emerged on the surface as he finally breathed, but all the thrill of finally being able to reach the surface soon died down when he noticed the strange surroundings.

The first thing he noticed was there wasn’t any trace of light around him, as it was completely dark. Second, as far as he could see, there was nothing but water around him.

Lastly, there was no wind or Qi to speak of. He was breathing Qi-less air, which made him wonder just what of a secret realm he had fallen into. Even the underground passage had Qi, probably because of that mysterious formation.

He even thought about returning down, but he quickly threw the idea out. That place was far more dangerous!

At this time, Ace felt something. It was his fortune sense!

It started to compel him to go toward the east direction all of a sudden.

Then he finally noticed that the dark golden indicator was also pointing in the east direction at this moment which clearly wasn’t when he was still in the underground.

If not for his Fortune Sense, he probably won’t have even noticed it either and simply thought that it was still pointing out in the direction it locked in the mortal sky heaven.

But because of his Fortune Sense, he knew the location had changed!

“Moira, can the location of the indicator could be changed?” He couldn’t help but question.

Moira replied, “Fate is unpredictable, and Sir. Ace’s fate is even more special, so it’s not surprising for the fate location to change according to your circumstances.

“Remember, the Live Fate Map can indicate you in the best direction where you should go to find a fortunate opportunity that will be most suitable for you, or it could also be a thing that you desire or something that can help you in the future.”

Ace felt like an idiot since he was asking the obvious, so he only smiled wryly before his eyes turned sharp as he looked toward the east.

Ace waved his sleeve, and the next moment, a small blue sailboat appeared floating on the water’s surface. On the black sail was the symbol of the Imperial Demon Family!

This sailboat belonged to Ronan, and it was an intermediate grade-6 treasure nonetheless!

Ace wanted to use this boat to exit the demon continent, but he never thought he would use it in this unknown dark space.

He then exited the water and landed on the small deck. There was a small cabin which was also the control room of this treasure sailboat.

Ace then used his Qi to dry himself while the deft thief’s robes were completely dry.

He then moved toward the small cabin, which was actually a luxury room befitting of an imperial demon prince’s status.

Ace needed to install some grade-5 Qi stones, and the boat was good to go. He set the boat in the direction the fate map indicated and then settled down.

‘Just how big this place must be? If the system hadn’t informed me, I would’ve thought of it as the real world. Come to think of it is my first time venturing into an independent space like the fiery hell secret realm…’ Ace thought as he looked outside the calm dark space and sea.

Although there was no danger around him, he didn’t dare to let his guard down or do anything else.

He suddenly thought of something before he flipped his hand, and little Cyrus appeared in his palm. The little fellow’s eyes were still closed before they trembled slightly and opened, rivaling tiny gleaming sky-blue eyes.

After Ace’s breakthrough Cyrus also, breakthrough and directly reached the peak of the Soul River Core Realm.

However, when they nearly got caught in Ace’s heavenly punishment, Cyrus had to use his undeveloped nether fire to break free from the heavenly punishment’s restriction.

Which had left the little fellow exhausted, and he was resting from that day.

However, now he was completely recovered after sleeping over Page-09 as its fine black plumage had grown slightly, and the small patch of dark blue hair that looked like a crown was also deepened.

“Master!” Cyrus chirped happily when he saw Ace!