"Master..."
"Luohan, what is it?" A trace of worry still hung between Feng Mohuai's brows. He turned his head and said coldly, "The sky rains, a mother remarries. Why are you showing such terror?"
"Master, there's a shadow!!!"
The spirit beast called Luohan had its fur standing on end and actually let out a shriek. "It looks like a Devouring Thunder Beast?!!"
"Heh, where would the South Sea get a Devouring Thunder Beast?"
Feng Mohuai chuckled carelessly, then looked up. "Luohan, it's merely a shad—"
But at that very moment, his expression changed drastically. His eyes flew wide open, and his body began trembling uncontrollably. He could not even finish his words. An icy terror surged from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head.
He was looking upward now, and above the vault of heaven, an utterly terrifying black shadow flickered in and out of sight.
The shadow was like nightfall draped over the thunderclouds. Only when lightning flashed past could its outline barely be made out.
The aura radiating from that shadow made Feng Mohuai feel even his soul trembling. He tried to gather his mana and the heaven-and-earth vital energy, only to find that his hands were shaking beyond his control, while his mana had fallen into utter chaos.
Suddenly.
The shadow seemed to raise its palm ever so slightly.
Boom!
In that instant, the entire thundercloud seemed to awaken. From within the rolling clouds, a massive pillar of lightning suddenly erupted.
That lightning pillar spanned several hundred li across, like a giant dragon diving down from the clouds, its momentum vast and majestic beyond compare.
It was a deep blue-violet, flashing with blinding radiance. Within it lay power enough to overturn the entire South Sea!
The thunder pillar's roar was deafening. At