Chapter 2368: Chapter 2432: Is There More?

Li Yifei felt his hair standing on end, instinctively sensing that this bolt of Heavenly Thunder was more dangerous, more terrifying, even more terrifying than all the previous Heavenly Thunders. No, no, this bolt of Heavenly Thunder might truly be the Heavenly Tribulation, the Heavenly Punishment. It was too terrifying. Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan simultaneously felt that aura of despair and extreme fear.

The Heavenly Thunder gathered but did not fall, slowly amassing above the head, forming a unique vortex as the electric eel raised its head and screeched, seemingly in provocation, yet also expressing dissatisfaction. It had already withstood three bolts, and its condition appeared good, so it had a reason to be proud.

To provoke the heavens like this, Li Yifei admitted he didn’t dare, especially after witnessing the Heaven’s Might, giving him a new understanding...

"Boom!" The entire sky’s dark clouds seemed to boil, beginning to churn. The ninth bolt of Heavenly Thunder grew thicker as it gathered, increasingly terrifying, with purple lightning crackling and intertwining, looking as though it’d fall at any moment, but it didn’t. This too was a massive torment since the mental pressure was similarly heavy.

Li Yifei didn’t even believe he exhausted the Innate Vital Energy within his body, spreading it throughout, and sharing some with Xu Shanshan to help protect her body. However, as the Heavenly Thunder didn’t fall, it required continuous expenditure...

The electric eel, however, was in no hurry; it even spun around in place twice, its body becoming increasingly agile.

After a full two minutes, enough Heavenly Thunder accumulated in the sky, and Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan spent two minutes in heart-pounding anxiety before the Heavenly Thunder finally descended.

Crack, the purple-black Heavenly Thunder, with a diameter of two meters, crashed down accurately on the electric eel. Its body did not emit white light to resist but curled up. This time, the Heavenly Thunder did not just fall instantly and then dissipate; instead, it lasted for a full thirty seconds.

The rumbling sound severely damaged buildings within dozens of kilometers around Fang Yuan, primarily shattering glass. Fortunately, this area had few high-rise buildings, and most were single-story structures with thinner glass, which shattered more easily. Some electronic devices were also directly damaged by the tremor.

"Is it over?" Li Yifei was shaken, bleeding from seven orifices, and Xu Shanshan wasn’t faring any better. Both were in a state of lingering fear; they had foolishly thought to physically resist the Heavenly Thunder earlier, without realizing how powerful it truly was. The power displayed by the ninth bolt of Heavenly Thunder was such that Li Yifei knew he absolutely couldn’t withstand it. Under this bolt of Heavenly Thunder, if it had been him, he would’ve been blown to bits without a trace remaining!

"Is it over?" Xu Shanshan also asked, but alas, neither could hear the other’s words as they had both lost their hearing.

There were no more ships on the sea surface; that ship was shattered by the ninth bolt of Heavenly Thunder, and the electric eel’s figure had disappeared.

However, it hadn’t vanished; if someone stood at a high position now, they would see a void at the Thunderstruck place on the sea surface, where it seemed the seawater suddenly disappeared, reaching straight to the seabed. At the same time, the coral reef was struck away by half, exposing what was inside, with several large pillars being struck down, strands of evil qi leaking out.

Of course, Li Yifei couldn’t see this now; it was a miracle that he and Xu Shanshan could even sit here. Indeed, all they could do now was sit, or simply lay down, unable to do anything else, as the weight of Heaven’s Might was too heavy, making even breathing difficult, let alone doing anything else.

After the purple Heavenly Thunder, Li Yifei had counted to nine in his heart, assuming the Heavenly Thunder was about to end, but the dark clouds on the horizon still gathered without dispersing, and Heavenly Thunder began to gather once more.

"There’s more?" Li Yifei was startled; this ninth bolt of Heavenly Thunder had nearly brought misfortune to him and Xu Shanshan, and now another had gathered in the sky. Was this really going to strike them dead?

Could it be not nine, but more? Li Yifei was shocked, and Xu Shanshan also looked horrified. In their current physical state, it was impossible to run far away immediately. If another, stronger bolt of Heavenly Thunder came, then... something terrible could happen!

Something burst out of the seawater; it was the electric eel. The electric eel, having singlehandedly withstood four of the most fierce Heavenly Thunders, appeared scorched and blackened, yet still brimmed with purple electric light. It sprang out from the seawater, standing in the void, with its four claws waving aggressively, screeching towards the sky with a peculiar wailing sound constantly echoing.

Li Yifei simply embraced Xu Shanshan, who leaned naturally against him. The two had already made the worst plans, as this Heaven’s Might was truly not something one could easily contend with.

Despite their worries, the tenth bolt of Heavenly Thunder still descended, striking directly onto the electric eel that was standing in the void. This bolt of Heavenly Thunder was very peculiar, silent, and without a trace, with a diameter of ten meters and a length of several kilometers. It connected straight from the clouds to the electric eel as if a wire had been plugged, with continuous lightning following one after another; rather than saying it was the tenth, it would be more accurate to say it was unknown how many bolts since once this ’wire’ connected, lightning from the dark clouds could continuously fall, ultimately striking the electric eel below.

Without a sound, as if no noise was being made, Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan found it somewhat unbelievable. Of course, the power of this tenth Heavenly Thunder might have reached a level beyond what the two could imagine. And that electric eel, the latter said it was a Flood Dragon, it was standing in the void right at the bottom of the Heavenly Thunder, constantly being pressed towards the sea surface while endlessly resisting, it gritted its teeth and let out roars, its body showing signs of scorching, bleeding, slowly becoming skinless and flesh exposed, and then deeply visible to the bone, yet the Heavenly Thunder continued.

At this moment, no one could help it withstand the thunder, yet it obviously hadn’t given up, continuing to struggle with all its might, continuing to resist.

The tenth Heavenly Thunder lasted for more than a full minute, maybe even longer; in general, Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan felt like it lasted for tens of minutes.

The smoke dissipated, clouds withdrew, and the Heavenly Tribulation disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye, as if it had never appeared. The sea surface went from turbulent to gradually calming down, and the people and other creatures in this sea area or regional area felt the mighty Heaven’s Might. Of course, apart from those present who knew what really happened, people from other places couldn’t possibly understand what had occurred here.

The Heavenly Thunder subsided, and Li Yifei lay directly on the sandy ground, only feeling his whole body hurt, even lying on the sand, still feeling that the sand was unbelievably hard, causing intense pain all over his body.

The sky turned blue, Li Yifei looked at the now cloudless sky, and if it weren’t for the unbearable pain coursing through his body, the emptiness inside, and having just witnessed it with his own eyes, he might have thought he was dreaming about this kind of event.

Xu Shanshan also lay down, equally tired from the ordeal, laying down beside Li Yifei, their hands still clasped together, Xu Shanshan using what little True Qi she had left to help Li Yifei adjust his body.

Unknown how much time passed, the two of them could no longer feel the passage of time, their bodies numb, eyes watching the expanse of the blue sky, seemingly like a century had passed, or perhaps just a moment.

Once the two relaxed, their minds went blank, even forgetting about the matter of the electric eel, so... when the electric eel, now properly called the Flood Dragon, slowly crawled ashore from the sea, its body covered in wounds, scorched black, eyes devoid of brilliance, with one of its four claws even broken and the other three in bad condition — yet, despite all this, the creature was still alive.

Crawling ashore, the Flood Dragon’s body wobbled and it saw Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan lying down, so it continued wobbling towards them, taking a full minute to cover just ten meters.

Li Yifei saw the Flood Dragon crawling over, blinked to confirm he wasn’t mistaken, then cracked a smile and weakly said, "Here already?"

The Flood Dragon looked at Li Yifei, a flicker of fierceness flashed in its eyes, but then it recalled what Li Yifei had just done, its emotions calmed, and it gratefully nodded towards Li Yifei, with him hearing a voice in his mind: "Thank you!"

"No need to be polite. Since you’re here, why not lie down for a while? Taking so many strikes must have been exhausting by now!" Li Yifei said.

The Flood Dragon didn’t respond verbally, but directly expressed its thoughts through its actions, wobbling over and lying down next to Li Yifei, letting out a whoosh sound from its mouth.

Weak, exhausted, body in pain, Dantian empty, Li Yifei felt wronged in his heart, thinking he had just nursed his internal injuries to health, only to get injured again in no time.

Xu Shanshan fell asleep; she was very tired. Lying down felt more comfortable, and it seemed even her breathing became much more at ease, so she fell asleep, and Li Yifei also found himself entering a peculiar state. He seemed to feel as if he was flying, sometimes high, sometimes low, occasionally far above the sky, sometimes just skimming the ground; in short, it was a very bizarre sensation — this was his first time seeing the earth from this perspective.

Of course, taking a plane doesn’t count, as Li Yifei could at this moment freely control the perspective and speed, experiencing a viewpoint only a deity would have.

Unknown how long it took, Li Yifei came back to his senses, seeing Xu Shanshan sleeping soundly on his right, and the Flood Dragon, now fully transformed into a single-horned beast on his left, stretching over four meters long but much more slender, seemingly only about thirty to forty centimeters in diameter, overall appearing somewhat smaller but still covered in scars. Li Yifei recalled how when wielding the Mohist War Blade to chop it, the overbearing blade energy that could cut through steel couldn’t really deal with this creature; even when the blade energy hit, it merely left a small wound instead of the expected clean cut — showing just how tough this beast’s body was.

After becoming the Flood Dragon, the creature’s body was likely even more formidable, not something ordinary weapons could wound.

Li Yifei looked around, gently propping himself up, and sat up. Surveying the surroundings, it was already nighttime; judging by the moon’s position, Li Yifei deduced that it was already two o’clock in the morning.