"Thank you, Seniors, for saving me. This junior is endlessly grateful." As Kong Guan approached Song Wen and Ying Wu, he cupped his fists and spoke.
"No need for courtesy, little friend. This is not a place for conversation. Come with us out of the Annihilation Abyss," Song Wen replied casually.
"Yes, Senior," Kong Guan said.
As they moved farther and farther from the core region, the density of the falling lightning gradually decreased, and its power weakened accordingly. Even the dense black clouds high above thinned somewhat.
Once the lightning could no longer pose any threat to the three of them, Song Wen halted his escape light and turned to ask Kong Guan.
"Little friend, why did you venture so deep into the Annihilation Abyss?"
"In reply to Senior, this junior came to search for Thunder-Pattern Mystic Crystals," Kong Guan said.
"Are Thunder-Pattern Mystic Crystals not found at the bottom of the Annihilation Abyss? Why were you being hunted through the air by several Mystic Lightning Eagles?" Song Wen asked.
Beneath the waters of the Annihilation Abyss, lightning-element demon beasts lurked, but rare lightning-element spiritual materials could also be found there.
Thunder-Pattern Mystic Crystals were certain spiritual ores on the lakebed that had mutated after being tempered by lightning year after year.
Kong Guan said, "This junior had originally been searching underwater in the outer regions of the Annihilation Abyss. Yet after many days of searching, I did not find a single Thunder-Pattern Mystic Crystal. Left with no other choice, I could only venture deeper into the Annihilation Abyss and head for a place where an elder of my clan had once discovered Thunder-Pattern Mystic Crystals, hoping to try my luck. Who could have expected that before I even arrived, several feathered beasts set their sights on me? Had