Crossing the Thunder Pool, Was It the Nine Tribulations Fruit, the Thunder-Pattern Jujube?

"Rumble...!"

"Boom...!"

At the entrance to the second layer, they felt the vast, oppressive might of the thunderclouds overhead, along with the bolts of Power of Thunder that descended from the sky, brimming with an aura of destruction.

Even though Qu Chao Ci and the others had learned of all this beforehand from Xu Taiping, and even though each bolt of Power of Thunder was immediately repelled by the Xin Metal energy around them as it fell, the sight still awed them into a prolonged silence.

After a long while, Qu Chao Ci drew a deep breath and said,

"Even if we defended ourselves with all our strength, we might not last so much as an instant in this Thunder Pool, would we?"

Bai Yue and Mo Qingzhu nodded slightly in deep agreement.

Seated on Xiaohei's back, Xu Taiping looked up at the thunderclouds overhead, then turned to Mo Qingzhu beside him and said,

"Fellow Daoist Qingzhu, once the thunderclouds overhead disperse, we should have one tea-brewing's worth of breathing room."

"If we want to escape this Thunder Pool, we must follow the Star Map overhead and repair the Teleportation Array at the center of the cloud platform beneath our feet."

Mo Qingzhu immediately lowered his head to examine the ground around them.

After confirming that the pattern carved into the ground was indeed a formation, he said excitedly,

"This really is a Teleportation Array that has yet to be activated!"

Xu Taiping nodded slightly and said,

"This Teleportation Array can transport us directly to the foot of the Ziwei Jade Pillar. Once we climb that pillar, we will have reached the entrance to the sacred land's Third Layer."

"This is also the fastest route directly to the Third Layer."

Hearing this, Mo Qingzhu and the others were both surprised