While Rex slept in the Water Layer. His meridians were getting expanded. This was just for the Water Qi flowing through him.
In the first five minutes of sleeping. Rex had gained a small increase to his Water Qi control.
This did not go by unnoticed. As the Apex Swimmer had already awakened due to the entry of the duo. While the increase of Water Qi was good.
The real treat was the meridians. Allowing more Qi to flow through them. Also allowed for better Qi usage. The increase did not stop there.
Rex's veins also slightly increased. This allowed more blood to run through them. In the first five minutes, Rex had already gained a meridian body of someone in the Fifth Mortal Realm.
Since Rex also did Body Cultivation. The amount of power that Rex could now control was up to 75,000 STR. That was with the seal still on him.
His current STR Stat was 268,000. There are a few factors for that. First, the Dark Abyss Fragment. He allowed Rex to gain better control of all his strength and increased it by 50,000 points. Second, the Demon King of Annihilation Rampage. This increased Rex's STR Stat by 100,000 only when in that form. While sleeping in the Water Layer, that Stat was currently activated. Lastly, he gained 18,000 STR Stat points to the Apex Blessing he received from the Apex Elemental.
Of course, since Rex was sleeping. None of the current notifications telling him that his body is growing and expanding were going through.
A gentle song seemed to be flowing through the Water Layer. This was to ensure that Rex kept sleeping. The Apex Swimmer wanted Rex to become as strong as possible. It knew that Rex would be the only person to fight against the Apex Predator.
"Let this song not only strengthen you. Let it all keep your body from getting too powerful." A beautiful, sweet voice rang out.
Like a calling to the Water Layer. Currents like sea currents came gushing towards Rex. Once they touched the skin.
They began to circle around Rex. This allowed his body to sleep cultivate. It is a dangerous situation to be in. A normal cultivator would still wake up if alarmed.
A sleeping person may or may not wake up. This was the situation that Rex was currently in.
While Rex was cultivating. The Apex Elemental jerked wide awake, sensing a huge amount of Qi flowing towards him.
He prepared himself for the worst. Nothing happened, and he saw the Qi in the form of a current circling around Rex.
Rex's body slowly became a bluish color due to the amount of Water Qi entering him currently.
Like a mother bear watching her cub. The Apex Swimmer kept its eyes on the Apex Elemental. It did not want him to do anything dangerous to Rex.
Sensing the gaze from the Apex Swimmer. The Apex Elemental looked up and saw amethyst colored jewels looking down on him.
"This little one greets a Master." The Apex Elemental tried to sweat but could not.
"Do not dare to interfere, or my wrath will follow all the Lava Elemental species." The Apex Swimmer replied.
The voice was beautifully mad. At the same time, it also seemed to sway the mind of the Apex Elemental.
"Of course. I would not dare to interfere in your territory. May I ask what you are doing?" The Apex Elemental asked.
"For far too long. The land walking people have not tried to enter the Heavenly Realm. The Heavenly Realm almost disgarded the Mortal Realm due to the fact that no one thinks higher or better. He is someone whom I have recognized to be able to break the mold. I am breaking the covenant to help him break through to enter the Heavenly Realm. What I can do is still limited, but at least I have tried to help the Mortal Realm out." The Apex Swimmer replied.
"If I may, are you really the Apex Swimmer or the Alpha Apex?" The Apex Elemental questioned nervously.
"I was once the Alpha Apex. I guarded the great likes of the Apex creatures. Making sure not one was overly powerful or that one had no weaknesses. The new Alpha Apex only cares about the strength of each of them to his own. He wants them degraded while looking strong. That is why he does not include me in anything. This little one who already has a great power did not have full control. I am helping him gain that control now."
The Apex Elemental looked at the Apex Swimmer. Sensing that something was wrong decided it would be best for Rex to ask instead of him.
This conversation took fifteen minutes. Rex had already gained the maximum meridian size and blood vessel size.
There was another factor that needed to be increased. That was his Water Qi. The changes to the Water Qi were next to zero for Rex himself. However, the story is different for everyone in the party.
"All Water affinity damage increases 10% for each party member that has Water affinity"
"All Water affinity learning increases 10% for each member in your party that has Fire affinity"
"All Water affinity resistances increase 5% for each member with Water affinity"
This was just the first upgrade. While Rex continued to get the increases. Each one had a different percent value after the first upgrade.
The first upgrade was from 5% to 10%. Also, from 2% to 5%. The next upgrade, which happened an hour later. It went from 10% to 12%. The 5% went to 10%.
The system could not increase it further without Rex being awake. So the Water Qi that the Apex Swimmer was giving to Rex. Taught Rex three different Water Qi affinity defenses and offenses.
The first one is Water Qi: Watered World. This Water Qi could be used to cause mass homicide or make it impossible for anyone to reach Rex, who was in the middle.
The second one is Water Qi: Never Ending Flow. This was mainly used as a runaway tactic. For someone like Rex, this could be used to quickly kill anything within reach while in a pool of water.
The last one is Water Qi: Water Fountain of Love. This was made to affect the opposite sex. It could affect the same sex if the person truly loved the same sex person.
A fountain would appear, and against any opposite sex the loser would not be Rex. If Rex was using it to block any harm from his wives. The damage would be reflected to the person trying to cause harm to them.
Just like that, a night that was not supposed to happen did. The Mortal Realm was not ready for Rex to wake up.