Zhang Wei arrived at the Ice Hell Plains just ten minutes after the Gourmet Bank was robbed.
Upon seeing the mist appear out of nowhere, Xi Feng, disregarding his safety, ran forward and waved his hands, saying, "That was an unknown creature that can control wind and water vapor, accompanied by bursts of thunder as it moved."
"Its power is quite terrifying, with a grasping capacity of at least a hundred million tons! And even with such immense power, its speed is not weak. In short... I've never seen anything so powerful!"
Zhang Wei asked, "You didn't get a clear look at its appearance?"
"No, I only saw a mass of black clouds rush into the Gourmet Bank. Many Gourmet Hunters tried to stop it but failed! Even the Tai Sui God back then didn't give off such a sense of oppression."
As he spoke, Xi Feng's face showed signs of fear.
Tai Sui God?
He was only a little over level one hundred, Zhang Wei didn't really put him in his eyes anymore.
"Do you know the direction? Which way did it fly?"
"I dispatched a team of raptors to follow, but the black cloud was too fast. I estimate they will lose it soon."
Saying this, Xi Feng pointed in a direction.
Art of Thunder Control, Thunder Leap!
In the sky, Zhang Wei truly feared no one!
Half-elementalization granted Zhang Wei a super mobility of over Mach ten, with nothing he couldn't catch up to.
Breaking through the thousand-year snow clouds of the great ice caps, it was an endless expanse, completely cloudless!
It was noon, the sun was truly abundant today!
Indeed, he spotted the extremely fast-flying raptor riders as far as the eye could see.
Catching up to them, the raptor rider was startled. Upon seeing it was Zhang Wei, he quickly said, "Report, Boss!"
"I, I... the other party was too fast, I couldn't keep up..."
"Direction!"
"That way!"
Without further ado, Zhang Wei continued to maintain his half-elementalized Thunder Leap, overtaking more than ten raptor riders, which at least proved Zhang Wei was heading in the right direction.
"Caught up!"
Dark clouds!
But... aren't these dark clouds too large?
Zhang Wei initially thought it was a kind of dark, dense fog, at most dozens of meters wide. A thousand meters would have been sufficient, but the cloud layer before him stretched for tens or even hundreds of kilometers, completely resembling a natural cumulonimbus cloud.
"Could it be that the thief, to prevent pursuit, deliberately hid above the natural sea of clouds? Trying to use the terrain for cover to escape?"
Highly probable!
Damn it!
If that were the case, there would indeed be no way to track it!
Although only Grade 1 ingredients were lost, being robbed like this made him feel indescribably upset.
Just then, Zhang Wei's sharp eyes reached into the clouds and grabbed something.
Opening his palm, there were three perfectly round, perfect-grade Rock Rice grains.
The sheer quantity of Rock Rice swept away meant some were bound to be lost.
Zhang Wei rejoiced, using his electromagnetic sense to track the lost Rock Rice among the clouds. These grains formed a path guiding him!
"Little thief, let's see where you run now!"
After traveling another thirty kilometers, Zhang Wei's electromagnetic sense suddenly detected a massive amount of ingredients!
And also, a supremely powerful creature standing above the sea of clouds!
"Wind!"
Zhang Wei conjured a palm wind, a fierce storm that blew away the clouds, revealing a...
"Dragon-man? Old Dragon King?"
Before him stood an upright humanoid creature, clad in extremely magnificent Dragon Taming robes. Two silken sashes extended from his shoulders, adorned with unknown runes and ending in two bronze bells.
He wore cloud-stepping boots and a brocade fur coat. The Dragon Taming robe's style resembled that of a spellcasting priest, predominantly white with blue trim and auspicious cloud patterns.
He held a... staff? A monk's spade?
The end of the long pole was a metal ring encompassing a smaller ring, resembling a ritualistic artifact used for sacrifices by the people of the Land of the Rising Sun.
Most importantly, the exposed skin of this person was covered in scales, his fingertips were lizard-like, and his face was seventy percent similar to a human's, except for two dragon horns growing from his forehead.
He strongly resembled the depiction of a Dragon King in Journey to the West.
However, coupled with his youthful face, he was at least an Ao Bing or Ao Lie.
Not bad, he was quite handsome.
Zhang Wei's palm wind clearly disturbed this dragon, who spoke displeasedly, "Has no one told you not to disturb a chef while they are preparing a dish?"