Chapter 330: Withering (1/2)
Although this island was desolate and no living creature could be seen on the island itself, a few people were standing in the vicinity of the island in small groups.
Most of them were already filled with vigilance. Now all of them were alerted to Xue Wei and his friends' arrival.
They had all seen how an alluring woman had brought over a group of experts. All of which had appeared out of nowhere. Afterward, she had even vanished as silently as she had arrived.
These groups of experts were experienced in moving around in the Thunder Twilight Zone. Their livelihood was to enter the Twilight Thunder Zone and bring out the resources that could be found within.
They knew how dangerous this area was; they understood what it meant to arrive here. Even they needed to consider seriously before entering the center of the Thunder Twilight Zone, so what were these youngsters doing here?
When they looked at them, they could also see Xue Wei was not even a Heavenly Knight. How had he survived the Thunder and Lightning that was constantly cascading down from the sky?
Even now, many people could see how the numerous lightning bolts were landing on his body. Even so, not even a tremor ran through him, much less severe damage.
Everyone within the Thunder Twilight Zone was regularly hit by lightning. Anyone beneath the Heavenly Knight rank would have been turned to ashes. But nonetheless, these people could see that Xue Wei, who was clearly a Sky Knight, was standing unmoved in the middle of the lightning.
They could see his eyes were scanning over the island in front of them; it seemed as if he had a plan on entering the island. Even these experts, who were Heavenly Knights, would have to be careful before entering his area, much less a simple Sky Knight.
Many suddenly started to wonder about the background of this figure, it could not be simple to allow him to enter the Thunder Twilight Zone, and he was likely to have a lot of treasures on his body.
Thinking about the treasures that were likely to be on his body, all of them suddenly felt a bit of greed in their hearts. They were contemplating if it was worth it to attack him and kill him and his companions before looting their corpses.
Xue Wei was unaware of the thoughts of these people, but even if he had known, he would not have minded.
Although he was a Sky Knight, he was more than capable enough to go against a Heavenly Knight or two. His friends were all Heavenly Knights, and they would be able to defeat more than one at a time too.
So even if these observers decided to attack, then Xue Wei would not fear them too much. What he had to be most alert about were the experts who did not want to attack, and then decided to be the fishermen, waiting behind to reap the benefits.
Looking around, he noticed the greed in the people's eyes and his own hardened. He frowned, but he was not in the mood to be entangled with these people.
”Let's go!” Xue Wei said and rushed towards the desolate island in front of them. The lightning that was there was so much more overwhelming and powerful than anywhere else in the Thunder Twilight Zone, but even so, all it managed to do was make Xue Wei itch slightly.
Looking at the others, he saw that they weren't affected by the lightning either. All of them were feeling casual as they shot towards the island.
Lightning came crashing down, it was as if there was an attack of lightning bolts, all attacking Xue Wei and his friends, but when the lightning landed on their bodies, nothing happened apart from a few chills running through them.
Thunder boomed, it was much louder than before, and it was getting louder and louder, so loud that one could not help but feel that their ears were ringing.
Even so, the speed of Xue Wei and his friends did not diminish. Luoluo and Bai Tianyi had wings on their backs made from spiritual energy, while Xue Wei, Hei Gou, and Lin Xiao were able to fly due to their Qi levels.
After as long as it took for half a stick of incense to burn, they arrived at the island and landed on the desolate land.
Beneath their feet were withered grass, it seemed as if it had all the life force sucked out of it.
Frowning, he saw how it turned to dust underneath their feet. Looking at the sky, Xue Wei also noticed that the lightning and thunder was not striking on the island. All the bolts landed in the sea just outside the island; it was as if it was making a cage surrounding the island.
”This place is creepy,” Luoluo said as she pursed her lips slightly. ”I can feel some weird energy here,” she continued. ”I don't know what kind of energy it is, but it is not comfortable at all. There is also a big killing intent!”
Xue Wei could also feel the killing intent. His own murderous aura in his body was starting to react to the killing intent in the air; his soul was getting restless.
Waving his hand, a small vial appeared in his hand. The vial contained the soul calming pills, and Xue Wei quickly took one of them and placed it in his mouth before he passed it around, allowed for all of them to take one each.
The soul calming pill was instantly working, entering their minds and making them calm down.
The killing intent on the island was not natural at all. It would invade any visitor's mind and erode their reasoning, making them turn into a mindless killing machine, but these soul calming pills removed the invading killing intent and allowed for them to regain their minds.
They did not need to walk far before a figure appeared in the distance. The clothes were dirty, and the hair was messy. The eyes were empty, and the mouth was open, wuwu sounds continually coming out of its mouth.
”I guess not everyone can fight against the killing intent,” Xue Wei muttered as he saw the unconscious-but-still-moving person.
”He is still wearing his storage treasure,” Bai Tianyi commented as if the most important thing for him was whether or not the target was worth killing.
”Well then,” Hei Gou looked at Bai Tianyi. ”If you want the storage treasure, he is all yours.”