Putting away the map, Zhou Xun gazed brightly toward the northeast.
In that direction stood a mountain shaped like a reclining Buddha—the very Mount Luojia marked on the map.
Zhou Xun calculated inwardly. Lightning flashed beneath his feet, and he transformed into a streak of purple light that skimmed close to the ground.
He had flown barely a thousand li when Zhou Xun's heart suddenly lurched.
The Lightning Pool in his Dantian began to tremble violently without warning, as though foretelling something. He abruptly halted and looked up at the sky.
The purple lightning that had originally moved in orderly patterns suddenly became violent and chaotic, while layer upon layer of thunderclouds piled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Endless muffled thunder rumbled in the distance, like ten thousand war drums being beaten at once. The concentration of wandering lightning spirit energy in the air surged sharply, and the numbness on his skin turned into needle-pricking pain.
"Not good!" Zhou Xun's pupils contracted sharply. "The thunderstorm tide has erupted thirty days early!"
This was a full thirty days ahead of his estimate.
Zhou Xun immediately formed hand seals, and seventy-two Lightning Seeds formed a defensive formation around him.
At the same time,
With a whoosh, the Thunderclap Wings instantly spread open, spanning over ten zhang.
At a thought from Zhou Xun, the Thunderclap Wings flapped once, and he became a streak of purple light racing back along the path he had come from.
There stood the Tier 4 Upper-Grade formation he had set up—the Five Clouds Purple Lightning Array. With the aid of the Lightning Magma Lake, perhaps he could withstand it for a while.
After all, the Lightning Magma Lake contained the ultimate Thunder Essence Power. Perhaps it could absorb and assimilate the violent lightning invading