The rods took in the lightning bolt with extreme ease. Channeling their powers through the ship and to the core at the back.
The Artificial Meridian and the massive computing cube were relishing in the energy given by the lightning. The Cube immediately began spiraling and twisting taking in lightning and transforming it into Qi.
The Qi was then pushed through a small spatial portal right into the Lord of Lords pagoda.
Though I'm not allowed to use the Pagoda in the entirety of the race, no one said that I can't charge it up.
After all, it needs planet core energy to function and with so much free energy I can pretty much charge up the pagoda freely.
The Ship continued moving forward. While the booming sound of thunder never stopped.
The Thunder Domain loomed before us, a realm of untamed wilderness and primal energy. Dark clouds swirled overhead, illuminated by the constant barrage of lightning that danced across the sky. Thunder rumbled in the distance, echoing off the towering mountains that surrounded the domain like silent sentinels.
The landscape below was a patchwork of rugged terrain and dense vegetation, shrouded in mist and shadow. At first sight, I was amazed at how flora could even survive such a constant and endless barrage.
Towering trees loomed overhead, their branches twisted and gnarled as if reaching out to grasp the heavens. Vines snaked their way through the undergrowth, their vibrant green leaves shimmering with a faint luminescence in the dim light.
The green scenery was something I didn't expect.
After all, in an area full of thunder and lightning, nothing but charred trees and burnt leaves should ever remain.
However, this was not the case here. Which brought my attention to something interesting. Besides our ship which seemed to beckon more lightning than anything else in this domain. The lightning still fell down against the ground. Only it hit the exact same spots, over, and over, and over again.
Constantly, incessantly, and most of all repeatedly.
"Not here, it's safe. After all, that massive metallic structure is eating up all the lightning, not even my ship's rods are being struck by lighting since this thing is taking all of it."
"That is indeed interesting," Law said as he hopped off the ship.
"That is not something I've seen before," he added.
"Neither had I, I could probably use something like this. It's conductivity must be through the roof. Still," I said as I looked around, "This is far too 'safe' for it to be called the Thunder Domain," I said.
"Because we're still at the edge," Law said. "My master had told me about his venture here once."
"Tell me all you know," I said.
"Well, it goes something like this..."
***
"Seems that our contestants are having a rough time in the Thunder Domain," The commentator said as several cultivators were desperately running around from beasts and dodging thunderbolts.
"Without the Blue Sun's protection, I doubt any of them would have survived there," Eccentric Long said.
"What do you mean?" the commentator asked.
"The protection itself works as a barrier that stops the more dangerous of lightning bolts from coming down at them. It hides their presence from the lightning and from the beasts around them. It is a very powerful blessing of sort, but it requires a sturdy body to host it," Eccentric Long said.
"Then how come they are fine?" the commentator said as he pointed at Shen Bao and Law who were casually moving about around the massive metallic formation.
"Well, fine is something very... temporary. What they're in front of is not something that will protect them, since the real bolts have yet to start coming down. Right now, they're at the waning phase of the Thunder Domain. It's like the sea's tide, it goes up and down. For now, the ferocity of the bolts is very minor.
And once the atmosphere changes, the real danger of the thunder domain will reveal itself. Not to mention they're barely at the edge," he added.