"Master..."
"Arhat, what is it?" A trace of worry still hung between Feng Mohuai's brows. He turned his head and said coldly, "The heavens rain, a mother marries—why are you showing such fear?"
"Master, there's a shadow!!!"
The spirit beast called Arhat had its fur standing on end and actually let out a shriek. "It looks like a Thunder Devouring Beast?!!"
"Heh, where would the Southern Sea get a Thunder Devouring Beast?"
Feng Mohuai chuckled dismissively, then raised his head. "Arhat, it's only a shad—"
But at that very moment, his expression changed drastically. His eyes widened round, his body began trembling involuntarily, and he could not even finish his words. An icy terror shot from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.
As he looked up, he saw an utterly terrifying black figure looming in and out of sight above the heavens.
The black figure was like nightfall enveloping the thunderclouds. Only when lightning flashed across the sky could its outline barely be discerned.
The aura emanating from that black figure made Feng Mohuai feel as though even his soul was trembling. He tried to gather his mana and Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, only to discover that his hands were shaking beyond his control and his mana was in utter disarray.
Suddenly.
The black figure seemed to slightly raise its palm.
Boom!
In that instant, the entire thundercloud seemed to awaken. A thick pillar of lightning surged violently from the roiling clouds.
This lightning pillar spanned several hundred li in every direction, like a colossal dragon diving down from the clouds, its might utterly overwhelming.
It was a deep blue-violet, flashing with blinding radiance, and contained power enough to overturn the entire Southern Sea!
The thunder pillar's roar was deafening. At that moment,