Free Web NovelChapter 2478: Chapter 2478: Azure Thunder Zone
Fang Bai used the Beast Taming Technique, once more summoning a flying creature from the sky to provide transportation for Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor and the other four immortals.
The two flying creatures traveled front and back, crossing Baili Gorge and delivered Fang Bai and his companions to the outermost layer of the Nine Nether Thunder Sea’s Red Thunder Zone.
In this layer, the lightning appeared in a bizarre scarlet hue. Though each strike of the lightning snake was incredibly powerful, immortals cultivating Thunder Immortal Technique Secrets were inherently close to Thunder Immortal Qi and could endure it with their flesh alone.
Enveloped by the thunder sea, the dense Thunder Immortal Essence wrapped around Fang Bai and his companions like a spring breeze, bringing an indescribable comfort to their whole bodies.
In the Immortal Realm, opportunities and perils often go hand in hand; the greater the peril, the more opportunities lie within.
The Nine Nether Thunder Sea is no different — the further inward one goes, the more opportunities arise, with cultivation resources of increasingly higher grades.
Thus, immortals rarely linger in the outer Red Thunder Zone during their training but choose to traverse it directly toward the next Orange Thunder Zone further ahead.
Relying on their formidable physiques, Fang Bai and his companions crossed through the Red, Orange, and Yellow Thunder Zones directly and only began to form an Immortal Domain around themselves upon reaching the fourth layer Green Lightning Zone to withstand the might of the lightning.
The Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor from the Thunderflame Sect and the other four immortals initially thought Fang Bai, possessing only an eighth-grade Immortal King Cultivation Realm, would falter at the outer Red Thunder Zone. But to their surprise, he reached the fourth layer Green Lightning Zone alongside themselves and other mid-level immortals of Immortal Emperor Realm cultivation.
If not for the War Emperor’s demise a millennium ago, they would certainly believe this Wushuang Immortal King to be the War Emperor’s direct disciple, given his formidable strength.
Though the War Emperor perished and the Emperor’s Palace fell a thousand years ago, many disciples survived the calamity, including experts at the peak of the Immortal Emperor Realm.
Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor and the other four immortals speculated that this Wushuang Immortal King might have been taken in by one of these peak Immortal Emperor experts and inherited the true teachings of the Emperor’s Palace Immortal Technique Secrets.
What they did not know was Fang Bai’s unique constitution made him even closer to Thunder Immortal Qi than other thunder system immortals, granting him a resilience to the lightning strikes comparable to an Immortal Emperor Realm expert.
Nevertheless, the cultivation disparity meant that after entering the Green Lightning Zone, Fang Bai felt immense pressure from the relentless green lightning strikes, which left him less relaxed than Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor and the other immortals appeared to be.
"The Azure Thunder Zone ahead intensifies the lightning strikes by several multiples of those in the Green Lightning Zone. If we proceed further, the peril is immense. Should the Wushuang Immortal King consider cultivating in this Green Lightning Zone instead?"
Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor kindly reminded Fang Bai upon seeing his struggle.
"Without greater peril, how could one push their limits? No worries, let’s continue forward!"
Fang Bai replied with a smile.
Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor shook his head, thinking this Wushuang Immortal King was too young, unaware of the dangers ahead.
In the Azure Thunder Zone, even experts of mid-level Immortal Emperor Realm like themselves must exert their full strength to contend with it; for an eighth-grade Immortal King Realm immortal, it is truly perilous, and if one carelessly perished under the lightning strikes, it would not be worth the risk.
Despite Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor’s well-meaning advice, Fang Bai insisted and he was helpless to intervene.
However, given the Thunderflame Sect’s deep connection with the Emperor’s Palace, Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor refrained from anger as Fang Bai ignored his counsel.
Looking at Xielei Immortal Emperor and Fairy Yun Lei beside Fang Bai, Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor chuckled self-deprecatingly, thinking he was meddling excessively — with two mid-level Immortal Emperor Realm experts, how could they remain idle in the face of danger?
Yet, Xielei Immortal Emperor and Fairy Yun Lei hadn’t even considered the possibility of Fang Bai encountering harm.
They knew the Palace Master’s aim was to investigate the whereabouts of the Hundred Flowers Empress, who might be in the innermost layers of the Nine Nether Thunder Sea; even if the Palace Master couldn’t reach those layers, he would not cease before them.
To their understanding, the Palace Master’s cultivation was currently low, yet they believed his trump cards were numerous. So far, he had only formed an Immortal Domain to counter the lightning’s might, without even utilizing an Immortal Artifact.
At this time, other immortals with initial Immortal Emperor Realm cultivation dared not proceed further, choosing instead to remain within ten thousand miles of the Green Lightning Zone to seek their fortune.
Here, Thunder Immortal Qi was extremely rich, and on those endless Thunder Mountains in the distance, countless Thunder Immortal Stones were found alongside various Thunder Attribute Immortal Medicines. Even bringing some back would make the trip worthwhile.
However, many powerful Thunder Immortal Beasts dwelled within the Thunder Mountains, making it difficult to acquire cultivation resources.
Braving the countless green lightning bolts descending from the clouds, Fang Bai and his seven immortal companions swiftly traversed the ten thousand mile Green Lightning Sea, rushing into the Azure Thunder Zone.
As Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor mentioned, the Azure Thunder Zone imposed greater pressure, and the lightning’s might was even stronger; the azure lightning bolts descending from the clouds were as thick as arms, resembling serpents poised to devour. Its danger was several times greater than the Green Lightning Zone.
Xielei Immortal Emperor, Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor, and the other six immortals immediately felt this immense pressure, formed their Immortal Domains, and wielded Immortal Artifacts to counter the azure lightning, protecting themselves.
Fang Bai also wielded his Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, enlarging it several times to shield himself overhead.
"What a fine Immortal Artifact!"
The Thunder Blade Immortal Emperor, also wielding a blade-shaped Immortal Artifact, noticed Fang Bai’s Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, sensed the dense Blood Fiend Qi it emitted, and couldn’t help but commend it aloud.
Xielei Immortal Emperor, Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor, and the other immortals turned their gazes to Fang Bai’s Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, realizing they couldn’t discern its grade, knowing the Immortal Artifact was exceptionally extraordinary, possibly higher than their own, they were all astonished.
Typically, an immortal can control an Immortal Artifact with a grade corresponding to their cultivation; if controlling an artifact too far beyond their cultivation, they cannot effectively wield its true power and it may impede them instead of boosting their battle prowess. frёewebηovel.cѳm
Yet, Fang Bai wielded such a high-grade Immortal Artifact with his eighth-grade Immortal King Realm cultivation, earning higher esteem from Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor and the others, believing the Wushuang Immortal King harbors countless secrets.
The immortals who came to train in the Nine Nether Thunder Sea all seek to penetrate the deeper layers for greater opportunities, Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor and others were no exception.
Thus, after entering the Azure Thunder Zone, they didn’t halt their advance, continuing forward to see if they could venture into the more perilous Blue Thunder Zone.
However, within the Azure Thunder Zone, each advance of a hundred zhang increased the pressure and lightning’s might exponentially; though protected by their Immortal Domains and Immortal Artifacts, they gradually struggled to endure.
"Still lacking in strength! It seems we can only search for opportunities within this Azure Thunder Zone."
Thunder Sword Celestial Emperor, nearly spitting blood after several lightning strikes, reluctantly halted and flew back a hundred zhang, expressing regret.
