Chapter 327: Forced Inside (1/2)

Xue Wei looked at the incessant lightning strikes that hit the sea. There was no break in between, and the ships would need to be equipped with all sorts of formations and inscriptions to protect them from the lightning strikes.

To Xue Wei's surprise, most of the ships halted just before they were about to enter the Thunder Twilight Zone. The vessel would then be stored in an extreme storage treasure, while the sailors and the experts on board all shot into the dense cluster of lightning.

It seemed that it was impossible to enter with a ship after all. These people did not travel together. Instead, they split up and searched for their own lucky chances.

Resources were hard to find in the Sea of the Enchanted, so the ones that were present in the Thunder Twilight Zone were tempting to all factions.

However, these resources were not so simple to pick up. One had to risk their lives to be able to produce the things they wished for.

Even so, everyone knew that fortune and danger went hand in hand. Because of this, it was not impossible to find a group of people who were willing to head into the dangerous area.

Xue Wei would be lying if he said that he had no interest in the Thunder Twilight Zone, but because of his current strength, alongside the fact that he was rushing towards the Demon Phoenix Continent, he decided to reign in his excitement.

He looked around the ship and found that the sailors' faces were pale and frightened. Even the ambassador was looking slightly uncomfortable. Only a few of the members of the delegation from Yan Dalu and Xue Wei's companions were looking at the Thunder Twilight Zone with excitement.

They understood that it was not doable to go there now, but all of them could not help but think that they would enter it on a later date. It was a place that begged to be explored.

The myths of it being a legendary battleground for King and Emperor ranked experts; this meant that it could not be belittled and neither could the treasures.

There were chances of encountering ruins with remnant wills of the King and Emperor ranked experts who were waiting for their successors to appear. Maybe even let them inherit a wondrous technique or profound mystery.

”Let us head around it!” the voice of the ambassador from the Demon Phoenix Continent suddenly called out, and the sailors all nodded their heads as they went to work.

They made the ship sail to the east of the Thunder Twilight Zone. Although the zone filled up the entire horizon, as long as they kept sailing east they would reach its edge eventually.

Just as the ship started moving, an undercurrent suddenly crashed into the ship, causing it to creak and sway in the waves. The sailors were getting worried, their hands working faster than before as they rushed around on the deck, trying to gain control over the vessel once more.

Unfortunately, things were not going as they expected. The ship was not reacting as they wanted it to, and they were not capable of making it turn east. Instead, it was drifting on the undercurrent closer and closer towards the Thunder Twilight Zone.

”Not good!” The ambassador called out in horror, ”The Thunder Current has taken the ship! Everyone, we have two options now. One is to abandon the ship and fly towards the Demon Phoenix Continent; the other is to go down with the ship and enter the Thunder Twilight Zone!”

Xue Wei looked at the Thunder Twilight Zone with some regret written over his face. It seemed as if even the universe wanted him to enter this region, but since he still had a choice, he had to pick the Demon Phoenix Continent.

Hovering in the air, Xue Wei looked at his comrades who slowly but surely bade their farewell to the ship and joined him in the sky above the sea.

Luoluo and Bai Tianyi were not supposed to be able to fly, as they cultivated Spiritual Energy, but when looking at them, Xue Wei found that brilliant golden wings were attached to their backs. These wings clearly had undulations of Spiritual Energy.

Sensing Xue Wei's glance, Bai Tianyi snickered. ”We are not humans,” he explained, ”we can fly with the spiritual bodies we have.”

The Yan Dalu members were also able to stay in the air, not because of their Spiritual Energy cultivation, but because all of them had consumed a Sky Knight Pill. They were capable of flying because Xue Wei had boosted their Qi to the Sky Knight level.

Even so, they would not be able to stay in the air for too long. Their primary cultivation was not Qi, and they were not familiar with flying so they would be much more troubled than the others.

Just as Xue Wei was about to turn his back to the Thunder Twilight Zone and suggest that they set off, a resounding boom rang throughout the entire area, a swirl of energy began creating one tornado after another.

These tornadoes were not inside the Thunder Twilight Zone but outside, and every ship that came into contact with them were torn to shred in moments, even the cultivators ended up dying a gruesome death.

The sudden emergence of these tornadoes took them by surprise, and their eyes widened in shock and horror when they saw their destructive power.

”Flee!” was the last word that the ambassador said before he started fleeing for his life, all the others followed suit, but the tornadoes were hurrying after them, clearly chasing them as if they had a mind of their own.

The other ships that had reached the Thunder Twilight Zone quickly left the ship and entered the forbidden zone instead. Compared to the tornadoes that could rip them all to shreds, the lightning seemed much more manageable.

A shrill scream suddenly sounded out behind Xue Wei, and when he turned around, he saw that one of the sailors from the ship had been incapable of keeping up.

The tornado had caught him. His body was being ripped apart by the sheer force within the winds. It was as if he was made from paper.

Xue Wei's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked at Bai Tianyi, Luoluo, Hei Gou, and Lin Xiao. All of them were flying at a speed not too fast but not too slow either. They were not pressing their speed, so they could maintain their pace for a long time without getting exhausted.

Seeing this, Xue Wei nodded his head approvingly, but then his face turned ugly.