Chapter 0385: Underwater Crisis

“You… you’re not mid-tier gods?!” The Red Crab realized this and blurted out, his crab-like face filled with terror. The Giant Turtle’s expression wasn’t much better either; its bean-green eyes flashed with panic.
If the Yellow Dragon and his companion were merely late-stage mid-tier gods, they wouldn’t have been able to wipe out their subordinates in the blink of an eye—only high-tier gods could do such a thing.
After realizing this, the Giant Turtle and the Red Crab exchanged a glance and decided to flee! Immediately, they transformed into green and red beams of light and escaped.
Seeing this, Bradd sneered coldly. Then, with a flash, a giant golden-winged bird appeared underwater—Bradd’s true form, the Golden-Winged Silver Crow.
After revealing his true form, Bradd spread his hundreds of feet-long golden wings, which shone with silver light as terrifying forces radiated outward.
The Giant Turtle and the Red Crab, who had fled hundreds of miles away, felt those terrifying forces and turned back in shock, witnessing the astonishing scene before them.
“A high-tier god, the Ancient Primal Beast?!”
Then, they thought of another possibility: Bradd, who had been by the Yellow Dragon’s side, was now gone. So, who was this high-tier god, the Golden-Winged Silver Crow?!
“A peerless powerhouse?!” The Giant Turtle and the Red Crab thought in horror.
It was indeed a peerless powerhouse!
Just as these terrifying thoughts crossed their minds, suddenly they saw Bradd’s Golden-Winged Silver Crow spread its wings, and two terrifying golden storms rushed across hundreds of miles in an instant, engulfing the two beasts.
The beasts lost all consciousness.
The Yellow Dragon watched as the golden storms swallowed the Giant Turtle and the Red Crab. Their bodies turned golden before merging into the storms and disappearing.
It was the golden element’s law feature—“assimilation”!
Previously, when the Yellow Dragon subdued the high-tier god variant, the Six-Winged Monkey, in the Ancient Forest, the Six-Winged Monkey had used this ability. But compared to Bradd, this peerless powerhouse, its power was countless times weaker.
Bradd’s golden storms passed by like golden light, silently, without affecting the surrounding seawater.
However, after dealing with the Giant Turtle and the Red Crab, the Yellow Dragon’s divine sense detected several groups of sea beasts approaching from hundreds of thousands of miles away. There were three groups, totaling about twenty thousand sea beasts, and the leaders of each group were quite powerful, at the level of the Nether King.
“Let’s go!” said the Yellow Dragon, then he and Bradd vanished in a flash.
Although the Yellow Dragon and Bradd weren’t afraid of these three groups of sea beasts, a fierce battle would surely attract more sea beasts, causing even more trouble.

Not long after the two of them left, three groups of sea beasts arrived one after another. Meanwhile, on the bottom of the Wind and Thunder Sea, the two continued to dive deeper, encountering sea beast groups from time to time. Some of these groups numbered in the thousands, while others had hundreds; it was rare to see just a few or a single beast. It seemed that the frequent presence of human god-tier warriors had made the sea beasts in the Wind and Thunder Sea highly vigilant and on constant patrol. Whenever they encountered groups of hundreds or just a few beasts, the two of them didn’t miss the chance to kill them. A few months later, the number of sea beasts killed by them in the Wind and Thunder Sea had reached forty or fifty thousand. Sea beasts were essentially no different from primal beasts; the only difference was that one lived in seas like the Nether Sea, while the other lived in ancient forests. Naturally, the beast crystals of these sea beasts were just like those of primal beasts, serving as excellent nourishment for the Nether Divine Tree. Of course, in front of Brade, Huang Long did not “demonstrate” the tree’s “special abilities”; instead, after killing these sea beasts, he simply stored their beast crystals in the Immortal Pavilion for the Nether Divine Tree to consume. Yet, even after several months, the two still hadn’t seen any wind and thunder storms, let alone found the Wind and Thunder Pearl. “Young master, continuing like this won’t work,” Brade said after four months. The longer they stayed in the Wind and Thunder Sea, the greater the danger would become. It was similar to sea beasts entering land—no matter how powerful they were or how skilled their concealment techniques, over time, they would eventually be detected by human god-tier warriors and hunted by them all. Although they were not in danger yet, Brade grew increasingly uneasy as time passed. Generally, those who had cultivated to the level of peerless warriors would have some kind of intuition regarding unknown dangers. Huang Long frowned. He knew full well that continuing this search was not a solution, but what other better option did they have? The wind and thunder storms didn’t form in a specific location like certain treasures; they were instead the result of storms and thunderballs mutating. With no fixed location, there was no other way but to keep searching. In the Netherworld, the records related to the Wind and Thunder Pearl did not mention any shortcuts to finding it; otherwise, even peerless warriors wouldn’t sometimes fail to locate it. Gradually, five months passed. Over these five months, as they delved deeper into the Wind and Thunder Sea and searched everywhere for wind and thunder storms, Huang Long and Brade still hadn’t found a trace of them. But as time went by, they encountered more and more sea beast groups, each one stronger than the last.

Bradd’s unease grew heavier. It seemed the two of them had fallen into a predicament of which neither knew the nature.
“Young master, let’s retreat to Haiyuan City first. Wind and Thunder Pearl, we can deal with it once the Purple Scorpion clan of the Abyssal Sea withdraws,” said Bradd.
As long as the Purple Scorpion clan left the Abyssal Sea, the Sea of Wind and Thunder would no longer pose such a great threat.
Huang Long shook his head. “The Purple Scorpion clan of the Abyssal Sea—no one knows when they’ll return. It could take ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand years.” If they didn’t return for a thousand years, wouldn’t they have to wait endlessly? Moreover, there were only over eight hundred years left before the Land of Forgetfulness opened.
Of course, Huang Long was confident in his own Immortal Escape technique, which was why he insisted so much.
In front of Bradd, Huang Long had never used any of his immortal powers.
Seeing this, Bradd could only remain silent.
Three days later, the two arrived at a valley on the seabed. They planned to rest there for a while when suddenly, violent tremors appeared above the water in the valley. Soon, the seawater around the entire valley began to churn. Terrifying storms and lightning appeared out of nowhere, instantly stirring up hundreds of miles of seawater before spreading over thousands of miles and eventually reaching tens of thousands of miles.
“What’s this?!” Huang Long and the others were shocked by the sudden changes in the valley. They looked at each other, their faces lighting up with joy.
The storms and lightning balls were mutating!
The scene in the valley before their eyes matched exactly the description of the mutating storms and lightning balls.
So, if nothing went wrong, storm clouds would form in just over a dozen breaths?!
“Young master, the storm clouds are about to form—be careful!” Bradd was thrilled. He warned Huang Long that even the strongest warriors had to be cautious when those storm clouds formed due to their destructive power.
Huang Long nodded. As he stepped back with Bradd, he, to Bradd’s surprise, summoned the Five Directional Spiritual Flags—such as the Wu Ji Xing Huang Flag—and placed them around his body for protection.
When the Five Directional Spiritual Flags were activated, they emitted colorful glows. As the storms and lightning balls churned the waves and sent shockwaves hundreds of miles around Huang Long, they were blocked as if by an invisible barrier.
“What kind of defensive artifact is this?!” Bradd was astonished.
“The storm clouds have formed.” Just as Bradd was amazed by the Five Directional Spiritual Flags Huang Long had summoned, Huang Long’s voice came through. Hearing this, Bradd quickly turned to look. Sure enough, the scattered storms and lightning balls in the sky above the valley merged and expanded, eventually forming a massive storm cloud spanning several miles.

Around the thunderclouds, an invisible storm was swirling. This invisible storm was hard to see with the naked eye, but Huang Long and Brade could sense its terrifying destructive power. At the center of the thunderclouds, a fist-sized purple bead emitted a dazzling purple glow. “Thunderstorm Pearl!” Brade was overjoyed upon seeing the bead in the thunderclouds. It was precisely the Thunderstorm Pearl born from the mutation of storms and thunderballs. After months of searching in perilous situations, he had finally found one. Although there was only one for now, having one meant hope. However, although the Thunderstorm Pearl had been found, retrieving it from the heart of the thunderclouds was still challenging. With Brade’s strength, the destructive power of the invisible storm around the thunderclouds was indeed terrifying, but breaking through it wasn’t difficult. Yet, the Thunderstorm Pearl existed together with the thunderclouds; if the storm was broken and the clouds dispersed, the Pearl would vanish as well. “Bad news! An unparalleled warrior is approaching!” Suddenly, Brade spoke up and turned to look ahead. “Five people? Jared from the Terrence family.” Immediately, Huang Long’s consciousness also detected the newcomers. It seemed the commotion caused by the formation of the thunderstorm clouds earlier had attracted their attention. How coincidental. “Jared!” Brade’s eyes filled with murderous intent. But the most important thing now was to obtain the Thunderstorm Pearl first. If he tried to retrieve it, who would stop Jared and his men? If he stopped Jared and his men, who would get the Pearl? With Huang Long’s strength, he couldn’t stop Jared and his men or retrieve the Pearl from the thunderclouds. “In a moment, you hold off Jared and his men while I retrieve the Pearl,” came Huang Long’s voice. Brade was stunned. “Young master, you’re going to get it? Here?” Huang Long didn’t explain further. Instead, he produced a bottle that instantly grew larger and rose above the thunderclouds. Under the astonished gazes of Brade and Jared and his men, a sucking force emerged from the bottle’s opening, sucking in the entire thundercloud, along with the Thunderstorm Pearl and the storm. After taking in the thundercloud and the Pearl, the bottle emitted a buzzing sound, with flashes of lightning, releasing a power even more terrifying than that of the thunderstorm clouds earlier, forcing Jared and his men to retreat in shock. This was none other than the immortal artifact, the Thunder Gathering Bottle. Brade’s eyes widened. Were those five banners defensive artifacts? Then what about this bottle?