Chapter 176: Thunderstorm

Two months later.

A dark sea surface, the seawater presenting an eerie pale purple hue, stretching endlessly to the horizon.

In the vast ocean, waves rise even without wind. At this moment, the wind at sea is quite strong, stirring up wave after wave of angry, towering waves, emitting a roaring sound like ten thousand horses galloping.

Above, dark clouds are densely packed, appearing thick and heavy, pressing down extremely low, only sixty or seventy zhang away from the sea surface.

The waves below rise so high that they seem to touch the black clouds in the sky.

From time to time, a thick bolt of lightning darts out from the thick clouds, illuminating the nearby sea area, emitting a rumbling thunderous sound.

This sea surface presents a scene as if the end of the world has arrived.

This place is the infamous Thunderstorm Sea of the Northern Sea Immortal Territory.

"Rumble..."

Another thick bolt of lightning emerges, tearing through the dim sea surface.

Beneath the dark clouds in the distance, a huge shadow emerges, flying with extreme speed. It is a giant boat, entirely dark purple in color, several hundred zhang long and more than ten zhang high, breaking through the wind and waves, advancing rapidly.

The entire hull appears to be made of some kind of wood, but this wood is clearly no ordinary material, giving a metallic texture and appearing very sturdy.

The hull is covered with runes, shimmering with purple light. Most peculiar is the layer of crystalline film plated on the surface of the entire giant boat.

Although the purple giant boat tries its best to fly low, it is still inevitably affected by the rolling lightning in the clouds.

However, those seemingly powerful lightning bolts are immediately bounced off upon striking the film on the giant boat, and the film does not even tremble, remaining as stable as a mountain.

Inside the giant boat are individual rooms, independent of each other. It appears to be a passenger transport ship. Each room has windows leading to the outside, allowing a clear view of the scenery.

"I've long heard that this Thunderstorm Sea is known as the Thunder Domain, with ever-changing weather. It truly lives up to its name." Inside a room of the giant boat, a fair-skinned, slightly plump young man stands by the window, watching the huge bolts of lightning tearing through the sky, praising with admiration.

Behind the young man, a sallow-faced middle-aged man sits cross-legged, also looking out the window at this moment, nodding slightly, and saying, "Such a dangerous and marvelous sight is indeed a rare sight."

The man is Han Li.

"That's right, Brother Li, you don't know, my family's place is full of mountains everywhere, and the climate is dry. We don't even see a rainstorm all year round, which is annoying to look at," the plump young man said excitedly.

Han Li smiled upon hearing this, but did not respond.

The plump young man's name is Sun Ke, a Void Refinement cultivator who claims to be the young master of a powerful family in the Desolate Ripple Continent. The two met more than a month ago.

At that time, Han Li was in the Thunderclap City market, looking for a secluded inn to wait for the Thunderboat to set sail. As a result, on the night before the Thunderboat's departure, he happened to encounter Sun Ke, who was staying at the same inn, being chased and killed.

He had no intention of meddling in other people's affairs, but the pursuer, relying on his Body Integration cultivation, intended to slaughter everyone in the inn to cover up his tracks.

Seeing this, Han Li immediately killed the opponent on the spot with a wave of his hand.

Sun Ke was extremely grateful for Han Li's life-saving grace. As a result, the two met again at the Thunderboat pier the next day. Sun Ke was also going to the Ancient Cloud Continent, and immediately began to curry favor with Han Li.

He claimed to be traveling, and the person who was chasing him was an elder in the family, who was originally ordered by the patriarch to protect him along the way, but was bought off by his half-brother in the family, intending to assassinate him secretly along the way.

Fortunately, he discovered it in time, and several loyal retainers risked their lives to protect him, so he escaped all the way here.

He also learned on the way that a major event seemed to have occurred in the family. In short, he could no longer return.

Therefore, in order to avoid the limelight, he planned to simply leave the Desolate Ripple Continent.

After talking with him, Han Li found that this person had quite extensive knowledge, and seemed to especially like to read all kinds of miscellaneous histories and unofficial history classics and jade slips. He immediately went along with the flow and traveled with this person.

After all, since returning to the Immortal World, he has lived in the information-blocked Black Wind Sea Area for a long time, and he still lacks quite a bit of knowledge and experience about the Immortal World. This is a good opportunity to learn more.

Sun Ke has a belly full of orthodox and unofficial histories, and his mind is full of various miscellaneous knowledge. He also likes to show off, but unfortunately no one in the family listens to him talk about these things. This time, he met Han Li, who humbly asked for advice and listened attentively, which simply scratched his itch. Coupled with Han Li's life-saving grace, his goodwill naturally greatly increased.

"It is said that the deeper you go into this Thunderstorm Sea, the stronger the lightning will be. We have just set off not long ago, and the lightning outside is already so strong. When we get to the depths of the Thunderstorm Sea, the power of the lightning in the clouds will probably increase tenfold. Is this cross-sea Thunderboat okay?" Han Li asked, frowning.

"Brother Li, don't worry. This cross-sea Thunderboat is made of 100,000-year-old Thunderbolt Wood. This kind of wood is most resistant to lightning strikes. According to my observation, the layer of thunder film coated on the surface of the ship is made of at least 200,000-year-old Thunderbolt Wood sap. There is no problem," Sun Ke said confidently.

"I didn't expect Brother Sun to be so familiar with the structure of this cross-sea Thunderboat," Han Li praised.

"Brother Li, you flatter me. Speaking of which, this Black Feather Chamber of Commerce has many connections with my family. Alas, I wonder when I will be able to return to my family," Sun Ke seemed to have thought of something, and his expression suddenly darkened.

Seeing this, Han Li did not say much, stood up, and looked out the window.

Even through the flying boat's restrictions, he could still feel the extremely strong aura of lightning outside. The Thunder Roc bloodline in his body vaguely resonated.

Although this place is dangerous, it is definitely a treasure land for people who practice thunder attribute cultivation methods.

However, this Thunderstorm Sea is not as simple as just lightning.

Since stepping into this place, Han Li had noticed that the spatial suppression here had suddenly begun to increase.

The Immortal World has rich heaven and earth spiritual energy, and the spatial suppression is also extremely high, which greatly limits his escape speed and the range of his divine sense perception.

He did not expect that the spatial suppression on this Thunderstorm Sea would be several times that of other places. He wondered if it was related to the unique environment here.

"Brother Sun, you must have also felt the spatial suppression here. I wonder if you know why this is?" He looked at Sun Ke next to him.

"This... Regarding this matter, I have also specifically looked for the reason, but I could not find a documented answer. Some people say it was caused by the fierce battle between two Dao Ancestor-level experts a long time ago, and some people say that a huge thunder beast is hidden in this Thunderstorm Sea, but these are all rumors, and no one can be sure," Sun Ke scratched his head and said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Haha, it's rare to have something you don't know," Han Li laughed and did not delve into it.

The scenery outside was very shocking at first glance, but it became boring after watching it for a long time. Sun Ke quickly lost interest in admiring the scenery, bid farewell to Han Li, and returned to his room.

Han Li waved his hand and placed a restriction in the room. He waved his hand and took out the Star Shift Mother-Child Plate, waving his hand and casting out a series of magic formulas. The black array plate suddenly emitted a dazzling light.

After a long time, he waved his hand and stopped urging the array plate, holding a small egg-sized ball of heavy water in his hand, with a wry smile on his face.

Having arrived here, the teleportation ability of the Star Shift Mother-Child Plate has greatly decreased again. It took so long to teleport this little bit of heavy water.

He shook his head, put away the array plate and heavy water, flipped his hand and took out a thick book, flipping through it.

The Thunderstorm Sea has a very large area, and it will take at least two or three years to cross it, so there is still plenty of time.

Time passed, and half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

The increasingly dense lightning in the clouds showed that the cross-sea Thunderboat had gradually penetrated into the deepest part of the Thunderstorm Sea.

Han Li stood by the window, looking at the clouds outside. He saw thick electric snakes rolling in the dark clouds, with one every not far away. The entire sea area was illuminated brightly, no longer the dim appearance before.

Most of the electric snakes were still rolling in the clouds, and only a few would strike down.

The giant boat was too large and was often struck by lightning.

The lightning here was much thicker than before, and its power was obviously greatly increased. Every time it was struck by lightning, the giant boat began to shake, and the thunder film on the hull fluctuated, but there were no signs of shattering.

Han Li stood by the window, gazing intently at the raging lightning outside, with a focused expression.

The lightning here seems to be chaotic and disorderly, but it contains some kind of mystery and is infinitely changeable.

Watching these lightning changes, his understanding of thunder techniques has also improved slightly.

At this moment, the dark clouds in the air suddenly rolled, just like the sea surface below, becoming turbulent. The lightning in the clouds also surged violently, emitting a huge muffled sound, as if huge things were colliding with each other.

Han Li's eyes lit up, but he did not show too much surprise. He had seen this kind of scene too many times along the way.

The cross-sea Thunderboat emitted a great purple light, immediately turned its direction, and fled into the distance.

Although the Thunderboat moved quickly, the changes in the clouds in the air were even faster. In the blink of an eye, it formed a huge vortex.

Buzz!

The lightning near the cloud vortex seemed to be attracted, and all gathered there. The center of the vortex surged with electric light, and the lightning was too dense, presenting a blazing white color, so dazzling that it could not be looked at directly.

"Rumble..." A terrifying sound rang out.

The cross-sea flying boat flew at full speed, trying to fly out of the coverage area of the vortex in the air.

The next moment, the center of the huge vortex suddenly lit up, and countless thick electric arcs spewed out from it, striking the sea area below, covering a radius of thousands of miles.

Each and every extremely thick lightning bolt was like a huge tree, forming a huge forest of lightning, and the sea area below was also like a boiling pot.

Fortunately, at this moment, the cross-sea Thunderboat had barely flown out of the coverage area of the vortex and was not struck by the lightning forest.

Han Li's eyes flickered, and he was faintly amazed.

This scene is the most famous thunderstorm in the Thunderstorm Sea. There are many kinds of thunderstorms here, and this kind of lightning vortex is relatively common.

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