We could only continue forward, but it was still the domain lightning. Retreating was even more impossible, because death awaited us there as well. To the left and right lay our only paths, yet the result was the same whichever way we went. The domain lightning zone behind us was pressing downward, and before we could run out of its range, we would already have been blasted to pieces!
I advanced once more and found that this domain lightning zone extended neither forward nor backward. But when I looked ahead, it was actually layered upon layered, as though several layers had been stacked together! If we did not destroy them, we would never get through! It was as if the Divine Court had specifically arranged a defensive wall in the center of the Blood Sea! The domain lightning we had left behind now revealed its purpose as well. It did not need to chase us—the domain lightning above and below would finish us off!
Once I understood this, I flew back at top speed and told Chen Xunhua about it!
Chen Xunhua froze at first. Then he sighed and said dejectedly, "These must be domain bolts that the Divine Court has cast down over the past thousand years... I had thought we were already close to the Ghost God Realm, but now it seems we've only covered half the distance... I'm already at the end of my strength. You... although you've recovered quite a bit, setting aside whether you can cross the remaining half of the journey... at the very least, we can't cross this central region of thunderous lightning..."
After hearing him, my face turned ashen as well. "Old Chen, how about I try to open a passage through those layers of thunderous lightning?"
"No. You have a greater