Chapter 171 Spiritual Storm

When the words "Spiritual Power Storm" were spoken, the blood of the Ship Captain and the others ran cold, and only despair remained in their eyes.

Different from the storms in Ye Fan's memory, the sea storms of the Heavenly Spirit Continent were far more terrifying than he had imagined; those who encountered them almost had no chance of survival.

Simply put, when the seabed Spiritual Veins operate to a certain extent, they trigger a bug-like error.

The unvented spiritual power surges to the surface like a volcanic eruption, its terrifying power enough to change the face of heaven and earth; even Nascent Soul Realm Great Powers would avoid it.

This kind of storm is completely untraceable, with no warning signs before it appears.

Once this situation occurs, death is almost certain, without even a chance to leave behind last words.

In just a few seconds, the calm sea surface exploded like boiling water, and countless waves a hundred zhang high came crashing down, blotting out the sky.

The sky was thick with thunderclouds, and Heavenly Lightning as thick as water vats fell like raindrops; a Core Formation Realm Cultivator would be heavily injured if not killed by a single strike.

Although this Spiritual Power Storm's power was astonishing, it was a rare, random event with a very low probability, almost a once-in-a-century occurrence.

Yet, Ye Fan happened to encounter it on his very first time out at sea; his luck was truly something else.

The originally massive cargo ship was as tiny as an ant before this power of heaven and earth, and in just a few seconds, it was torn to pieces by the oncoming tsunami.

Before Ye Fan could understand what was happening, he was swept into the depths of the sea by the violent waves.

He immediately circulated his spiritual power to break out of the sea, but the continuous tsunamis gave Ye Fan no time to catch his breath.

Countless tsunamis crashed down one after another like mountain peaks; as strong as Ye Fan was, he was left dizzy and disoriented, being slammed back into the depths several times.

Ye Fan finally managed to break through the surface and fly into the air, but what awaited him was Heavenly Lightning falling like rain.

"XXXXX!!"

Ye Fan couldn't help but curse, quickly summoning the golden armor immortal robe to defend himself.

But although the power of the Magic Treasure was strong, it was still somewhat insignificant compared to the power of heaven and earth.

Just a few strikes of Heavenly Lightning pushed the golden armor immortal robe to its limit, and Ye Fan was heavily slammed into the seabed.

The surging spiritual power in the sea was even greater than in the sky; every extra second Ye Fan stayed, a large amount of his spiritual power would be consumed.

But several times he tried to force a Breakthrough, only to be struck down by Heavenly Lightning. In desperation, he could only grit his teeth and use his trump card.

"golden exquisite pagoda!"

In the next second, the hundred-zhang golden pagoda burst out of the sea, like a sun slowly rising in the pitch-black apocalypse, illuminating the world.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long; the golden exquisite pagoda's size was too large, naturally making it an easier target for the Heavenly Lightning.

Ye Fan was forced to constantly shrink the size of the golden pagoda until it was only the size of a person before he finally stopped.

Ye Fan tried to flee the storm zone at his fastest speed; after all, although the golden exquisite pagoda was powerful, its consumption of spiritual power was equally staggering.

Even though Ye Fan's cultivation had reached the Fifth Level of Core Formation Realm, he couldn't sustain it for long.

He could only swallow Medicinal Pills while flying, hoping to escape the storm zone before his spiritual power was exhausted.

Fortunately, the Medicinal Pills Ye Fan brought when he left were enough; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to hold on.

Ye Fan thought he could successfully escape, but to his surprise, he hadn't left the storm zone even after flying for about half an hour.

Under the continuous attacks of the Heavenly Lightning, the light of the golden exquisite pagoda grew dimmer and dimmer, appearing to have reached its limit.

Ye Fan's spiritual power was also nearly depleted; taking a large number of Medicinal Pills had given him a strong drug resistance, making it almost impossible to recover his state through pills in a short time.

"Damn it, I'm running into every bit of bad luck possible."

Ye Fan couldn't help but curse in his heart. If things continued at this rate, he would fall into the sea within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea due to spiritual power exhaustion, and then it would truly be a narrow escape from death.

"Wait... is that light?!"

Seeing a glimmer of light on the horizon, Ye Fan felt as if he saw hope.

Driven by the will to survive, he burst forth with unprecedented power, stubbornly speeding up his flight against the strikes of countless Heavenly Lightning bolts.

But just as he was about to leave the storm zone, the golden exquisite pagoda returned to Ye Fan's body due to the loss of spiritual power support, leaving him exposed to the Heavenly Lightning without any protection.

Ye Fan cursed inwardly, only able to use his last bit of strength to activate the Vajra Indestructible Body Divine Art.

In the next second, several Heavenly Lightning bolts struck simultaneously, heavily wounding Ye Fan and making him vomit large mouthfuls of blood. Afterward, he plunged headfirst into the sea and lost consciousness.

At the same time, on a certain passenger ship in the distance, everyone on board couldn't help but feel a lingering fear as they looked at the terrifying storm zone on the horizon.

If the storm zone had been a bit larger, their entire ship would have been buried in the sea.

Only a quirky girl had a strange expression, looking at the horizon with a face full of worry, an ill feeling rising in her heart.

"What's going on... it feels so strange... could someone have met with an accident?" Yun Li thought to herself.

...

Ye Fan had been unconscious for an unknown amount of time. When his eyelids twitched slightly, he heard someone calling out by his ear.

"Dad! Dad! He's awake!"

Ye Fan barely opened his eyes and found himself in an unfamiliar cabin. He instinctively tried to turn over but felt a piercing pain.

"Ow, ow, ow... hiss... am I dead or alive?"

Ye Fan took a few seconds to clear his head, and after inspecting his body internally, he was also startled.

"The Meridians throughout my body and my internal organs are damaged, and about half of my bones are broken. It's really not easy to still be alive."

Just as Ye Fan thought this, a middle-aged man and a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old walked in.

The former had a cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Realm, Sixth Level, while the girl had actually reached the Qi Refining Realm, Eighth Level. In the Southwest Continent, they would definitely be considered Sect Prodigies.

The girl shouted excitedly, pointing at Ye Fan, "Dad, he's come back to life, look!"

Seeing that Ye Fan was truly alive, the middle-aged man was also startled, then showed a kind smile.

"Heaven rewards the diligent; it wasn't in vain that Yinger took care of you for so many days," the middle-aged man couldn't help but laugh.

It took Ye Fan a while to vaguely remember something. He had lost consciousness and drifted in the sea, and in the end, it seemed he was rescued by someone onto a ship. It must be this father and daughter before him.

Ye Fan originally wanted to get up and bow, but the piercing pain made him unable to move.

"Big brother, don't move. Your wounds are going to rip open," Mei Yinger said hurriedly.

Only then did Ye Fan realize he was wrapped up like a mummy; it was likely Mei Yinger's handiwork.

The two sides chatted a lot afterward. It turned out the Mei father and daughter were from the Central Continent and were returning from a business trip to the South Continent when they accidentally rescued the unconscious Ye Fan at sea.

Mei Changluo originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, worried about whether Ye Fan was a bad person of unknown origin.

But he couldn't resist Mei Yinger's kind heart; she pleaded with her father for a long time before they rescued Ye Fan, and she even personally took care of him for several days.

"Big brother, you don't know, I was so scared at the time. Luckily our ship was far enough from the storm zone, otherwise we would have been doomed."

Hearing this, Ye Fan also had a face full of lingering fear, saying that his luck was quite good to only be on the edge of the storm zone, otherwise he definitely wouldn't have survived.

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