The ships belonging to slightly larger factions, at the very least those on the level of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, all activated their Defense Barriers.
The slightly weaker ones were truly reluctant to do so. If they activated them now and ran out of power only to encounter a storm or some other danger later, then they would be facing certain death.
However, the vast majority of ships still had not activated their Defense Barriers.
Among these millions of people, most were relatively ordinary Martial Artists or members of ordinary families and factions.
Even more were Martial Artists whose realms were not particularly high. They had come here in search of immense opportunities! Moreover, countless strong experts had come here as well, so they felt safer under the protection of so many strong experts.
Even if the treasures would be claimed by those strong experts first, they did not seek the best treasures within. They would be content as long as they could obtain something fairly good.
"Everyone, be careful. We haven't activated our defensive power yet. Keep your attention on the sky. If lightning strikes down, we must block it immediately!"
"That won't work! Who would dare block that lightning?"
"Don't worry. It isn't storming yet, so the lightning isn't actually that powerful."
"But this is Heavenly Punishment Lightning. Even the most ordinary bolt could potentially kill someone in the Ancient God King Realm."
"That's true, but if the ship is damaged and no one takes us in, then it will cost everyone their lives!"
"..."
Boom—
Boom—
Even without a storm, the frequency of the lightning strikes was not low.
Basically, they could hear a thunderclap every second.
It was merely a matter of distance.
Though that frequency seemed quite high, it really was not that high!