The Void Thunder Pool lay beyond East Dragon Island.
It was where spatial turbulence and the lightning of heaven and earth converged. From afar, it resembled a silver sea suspended in the void.
There was no ground.
No mountains or rivers.
Only endless rifts, storms, and lightning.
A massive spatial tear stretched across the depths of the void. Lightning churned within the rift, silver serpents dancing wildly. Every burst of thunder seemed like countless colossal beasts opening their eyes in the darkness.
Rumble!
The thunder sounded low, as though it did not ring beside their ears, but erupted from their chests, the cracks in their bones, and the depths of their souls all at once.
Silver lightning roiled around the outskirts.
Deeper within, dim lightning flickered in and out of sight.
Occasionally, a pitch-black lightning arc slithered through the depths of the thunder sea, leaving scorched black cracks in space wherever it passed.
That was Black Demon Lightning.
Even a distant glance at it was enough to chill the hearts of Dou Zun experts.
Xiao Fan stood at the entrance to the Thunder Pool, his robes snapping loudly in the thunderwind.
His face was still somewhat pale, but the weakness had faded from his lips. Instead, an uncontainable sharpness gleamed in his eyes.
Zhuxuan, Zhu Zhong, and Zhu Lie, the three supreme elders, stood not far away.
Zi Yan had come as well.
She did not stop him. She merely stood outside the Thunder Pool and watched him quietly.
Lightning reflected upon her face, making her already fair skin appear almost translucent. Her purple-gold gown clung to her slender figure in the wind, outlining a delicate yet unyielding silhouette. The Dragon Phoenix Pattern between her brows glimmered faintly, half majesty, half concern.
Xiao Fan turned to look at her.
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