Two days had passed, and Chen Mu still showed no sign of movement. Everyone grew anxious, but none of them dared force their way in. All they could do now was wait.
Without a word, Wei'a glanced up at the sky, then turned and vanished.
Heavy rain fell amid flashes of lightning, and darkness swallowed heaven and earth.
Flying was impossible in weather like this. Even the strongest Energy Shield could not withstand the energy contained in those savage bolts of lightning. This was the power of nature. The sky was black as ink; one could not see one's own fingers held out before one's face. Thunder exploded overhead, as though the end of the world had come.
"Damn it, why did we have to run into weather like this?" a Card Adept from the Azure River Army grumbled.
Another Card Adept cast a lingering, fearful glance at the thick clouds overhead. A moment earlier, a twisting bolt of lightning had suddenly ripped through the night sky. He drew his neck in. Though he was a veteran of a hundred battles, such terrifying heavenly might still stirred an irrepressible flicker of instinctive fear in his heart.
"Tell me about it. I've never seen weather this foul in my life. The Wood Character Camp really got lucky. Otherwise, we'd have caught up with them today."
"Hmph, they're just clinging to their last breaths. You think they can move in this weather? Once this freezing rain starts, birds and beasts disappear, and you can barely take a step. We're trapped here, but they're no better off," the Card Adept said. Raindrops the size of beans struck their Energy Shields like little stones, splashing water everywhere. Often, those splashes froze into tiny ice crystals before they even reached the ground, where they landed