Chapter 327: Forced Inside

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.

Suddenly the tornadoes were not only behind them; they were also in front, blocking their escape route. Even their side was completely sealed off.

"Our only option is the Thunder Twilight Zone!" Xue Wei said through gritted teeth. He was not too worried about his friends when it came to the lightning strikes as all of them were of the Heavenly Knight rank, but he feared for their safety within.

Only one out of ten were said to survive the entrance into the forbidden zone, so he was not too comfortable about it. Still, he understood that this was a risk he had to take. Staying here was certain death.

Having made up his mind, there was no hesitation in his body as it flashed. He changed his direction and headed straight for the Thunder Twilight Zone.

Sensing the certainty in Xue Wei's actions, his comrades did not hesitate to follow him, all of them rushing towards the Thunder Twilight zone.

Only the delegations of the two continents were left behind together with the sailors. All of them were unsure of what to do.

They all took Xue Wei as the leader of their group after the incident on Berserker Island. However, they also knew that if they entered the Thunder Twilight Zone, they were likely to die.

Since they would die no matter what choice they made, why not try to see if they could make it past the tornadoes?

Xue Wei did not have the time to care about who followed him and who did not, all that mattered to him was whether or not they would survive the onslaught of tornadoes.

The closer they came to the Thunder Twilight Zone, the more electricity he could sense in the air. It was as if every breath he took contained small lightning bolts that entered his body and started tempering his meridians.

The pain was manageable, but the closer they came the number they became, the pain was more and more painful, and they had to grit their teeth in an attempt to ignore the pain.

Although Xue Wei was merely a Sky Knight, he was handling the electric current much better than others, notably better than the members of the Demon Phoenix Continent and Yan Dalu.

Hei Gou was seemingly a beast walking in his own backyard; the electricity was doing no damage to him, even the bolts which had caused pain to the others were only tickling him.

Hei Gou was a mutated Celestial Dog. It was natural for him to have a connection to the weather. His most profound attacks depended on the moon and the sun, so for him, the thunder was a friend and not a foe.

After Hei Gou, the one who managed the best was Luoluo. Her petite face was slightly pale, and she was clearly feeling uncomfortable, but not to the point where she was feeling unbearable pain.

Bai Tianyi was equally pale, and his face grimaced from time to time, displaying that he was feeling pain.

Lin Xiao's face was equally dark. His fists were clenched so tightly that a small stream of blood was trailing down his fingers.

Xue Wei himself was feeling uncomfortable and painful. Although it was painful, he did not stop his reckless advance towards the Thunder Twilight Zone.

The pain was biting through his entire body, but it did not stop him, and he was even feeling elated. The electricity that invaded him was starting to embed itself within every cell of his body, and he felt himself grow in strength.

He knew that the electricity was further tempering their bodies. This Thunder Twilight Zone was an open treasure box.

Xue Wei smirked when he felt this. As an Azure Dragon, his body was more robust than ordinary cultivators of the same rank, so he was not too worried about being able to fend off the lightning bolts.

The loud booms resounded one after another, and the closer they got to the zone, the louder it became.

The tornadoes behind them were still ferocious and following them in every step they took, but the moment that Xue Wei and his friends had rushed into the Thunder Twilight Zone itself, the sea calmed, the tornadoes fell apart, and a chuckle could be heard resounding over the entire sea.

Xue Wei, Hei Gou, Lin Xiao, Luoluo, and Bai Tianyi were unaware of this, they only heard the rumbling thunder and saw the streaks of light from the lightning bolts that kept flashing in front of them.

It was as if they had entered a new world, a pocket dimension, where everything from outside was sealed off.

All they could see was thunder and lightning as far as the eye could see, and the sea underneath them was like a boiling pot of water, continually bubbling and cascading upwards from the impacts.

Outside the Thunder Twilight Zone, the ambassador of the Demon Phoenix Continent frowned.

It felt to him as if someone had forced Xue Wei to enter the forbidden area, but who held such frightening power?

Far away, Lan was leaning against a chair and chuckling. In front of him was a small bowl of water, and when one looked at it, it seemed still.

Moments before thousands of small tornadoes had been present in the bowl, but now they were all gone, but a satisfied smile was evident on Lan's lips.

"Don't disappoint me, little fake snake."