Chapter 4717 — Before She Could Finish
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"Intuition." Wei Zhao's answer was terse. There was no help for it—he truly couldn't answer her question. Of course he didn't know whether danger lay ahead, but he had the jade pendant to warn him; whenever danger appeared ahead, it gave him a warning, and once he found the direction in which the warnings completely ceased, he could proceed without fail.
"Hmph, you stingy miser!" Huo Yudie muttered. Her face still wore a half-doubtful expression. Of course she didn't believe it was all purely intuition, yet as far as she could tell, only intuition could explain it. She could only conclude that Wei Zhao was a fellow who defied common sense. Following behind him was certainly the right move.
And so the two of them wove back and forth through the boulder formation for the better part of half a day. Several times they blundered into places where lightning hemmed them in on three sides, and even Wei Zhao, with the jade pendant's warnings, was at a loss—he could only retreat a little and feel his way forward again, and only then did they finally succeed in getting around it.
According to the markings on the map, the Thunder Profound Vine lay just beyond the boulder formation. Wei Zhao surveyed the area: ahead was a clearing of modest size, and with no boulders blocking the way, it looked suddenly open and spacious. After comparing it against the map, he nodded and said, "This should be the place."
Huo Yudie said nothing, her gaze fixed straight on the structure in the middle of the clearing that resembled a memorial archway, staring blankly, somewhat lost in thought. To be honest, she felt rather dazed at this moment. Without Wei Zhao, this formidable teammate, she could never have reached this place on her own—at least, certainly not so quickly and so effortlessly.
"What's wrong?" Wei Zhao gave her a puzzled look and urged, "Hurry up and tell me what we should do next. Time is limited, so don't waste any more of it."
Although Huo Yudie had yet to explain how the Thunder Profound Vine could be found, Wei Zhao could guess well enough. Something like the Thunder Profound Vine wouldn't be easy to locate; even upon reaching the destination, one would likely have to meet some extremely stringent and peculiar conditions. Otherwise, with the heavenly lightning formation as the only obstacle, the difficulty would clearly be mismatched with the caliber of the Thunder Profound Vine—it would be a bit too easy.
Huo Yudie was stunned for a moment before she came back to herself. She pointed at the archway before them and said, "This is the Five Thunder Tribulation Archway, and it is precisely the eye of the entire heavenly lightning formation. Only by attacking the formation eye can we temporarily break the heavenly lightning formation and have a chance to find the Thunder Profound Vine. After the formation is broken, it will stay open for five days; after five days, the heavenly lightning formation will automatically reset. So we must withdraw before then."
"That simple?" Wei Zhao's heart stirred at her words, and he immediately made to summon his true qi and launch an attack. He was pressed for time now, and he wouldn't hesitate over such matters. In truth, hesitation was useless anyway—whether it would work could only be known by trying.
"Hey! Hold on!" Huo Yudie was startled and hastily grabbed him. "I haven't finished talking yet—don't be in such a hurry!"
"What else is there?" Wei Zhao frowned.
"Although this Five Thunder Tribulation Archway is indeed the formation eye, ordinary attacks are useless against it. Not only will they fail to break the formation, they'll actually draw down the most powerful heavenly lightning—and the two of us will surely die here!" Huo Yudie said, still shaken by the thought. (The School Beauty web drama launches today on iQiyi—did everyone go watch it? Merman's official WeChat account 22.) (To be continued) I752