Chapter 117

Chapter 117: The Life Forbidden Zone. After speaking, everyone dispersed, searching for Lightning-Struck Wood on the extremely dangerous Divine Wood Tree.
Yao Moxie, Futian, and Xiao Mei’er stayed together to prevent the Thunder Beast from suddenly awakening.
“No Lightning-Struck Wood here,” Yao Moxie said disappointedly after observing for a long time.
Qin Yefeng and the others also searched meticulously for a long time but found no trace of Lightning-Struck Wood. In fact, finding Lightning-Struck Wood on the Divine Wood Tree should have been relatively easy due to its distinct color.
Yet, even with Zi Baiying, Xiong Yu, Su Ying, and all the others searching, no Lightning-Struck Wood was found!
“Qin Yefeng, have you found any Lightning-Struck Wood?” Yao Moxie asked when he met Qin Yefeng.
“We haven’t found any either. Could it be that Lightning-Struck Wood doesn’t appear in this area?” Qin Yefeng pondered for a moment before replying to Yao Moxie.
“That’s impossible. Lightning-Struck Wood should only appear at this height. The lightning energy below the Divine Wood Tree is too weak to form Lightning-Struck Wood,” Yao Moxie replied thoughtfully.
“But we’ve thoroughly searched this entire area, and there’s no sign of Lightning-Struck Wood. Could there be a spot we missed, a place we haven’t searched?” Qin Yefeng wondered.
“A place we haven’t searched… but we’ve looked everywhere we could search, and still no Lightning-Struck Wood,” Yao Moxie muttered to himself, deep in thought.
“I know!” Qin Yefeng smiled. “We did search very carefully, and Lightning-Struck Wood is easy to recognize. The reason we haven’t found it is because we haven’t been to that place!”
“A place we haven’t been?” Yao Moxie repeated Qin Yefeng’s words. “If it’s a place we haven’t been, then there’s only one possibility.”
Then, Qin Yefeng and Yao Moxie simultaneously looked towards the branch area beneath the Mist Shadow Thunder Beast’s Red Lightning.
It turned out that the Red Lightning released by the Thunder Beast was simply too terrifying, so that area had been designated a Life Forbidden Zone by Yao Moxie and Qin Yefeng from the start.
Essentially, whenever Qin Yefeng and Yao Moxie led the group to this region, they would bypass this Life Forbidden Zone, not daring to search for Lightning-Struck Wood beneath the Thunder Beast’s Red Lightning.
However, after Yao Moxie and Qin Yefeng led countless searches without finding any trace of Lightning-Struck Wood, there could only be one explanation: the Lightning-Struck Wood was in the Red Lightning zone.
“Let’s go in.” Realizing the Lightning-Struck Wood must be within the Red Lightning, Qin Yefeng and Yao Moxie led the way into the area.
The moment they entered the Red Lightning zone, everyone immediately felt an extreme surge of lightning power.
The Red Lightning flashed across the branches. The very branches that Xiong Yu couldn’t cleave with his Great Axe were instantly pulverized into dust under the Red Lightning’s influence.
One had to understand that the Divine Wood Tree’s inherent hardness was many times greater than the Great Axe in Xiong Yu’s hand, which was why he couldn’t even nick it.
To think that the Red Lightning could pulverize branches was truly terrifying. If a person were struck by it, they would surely be reduced to ashes.
Everyone nervously watched the Red Lightning around them, constantly glancing about to prevent it from flowing onto their bodies from any direction.
“I see the Lightning-Struck Wood, Big Brother Qin Yefeng!” Xiong Yu exclaimed, tugging Qin Yefeng’s sleeve and excitedly pointing towards the branch area with the densest Red Lightning.
Indeed, at the heart of the Red Lightning’s concentration, a jet-black piece of wood floated, continuously absorbing the Red Lightning’s power, utterly unfazed by its destructive force.
Qin Yefeng and the others discovered that this Lightning-Struck Wood contained an incredibly potent lightning power, a force even more terrifying than the Red Lightning itself.
“No wonder this Lightning-Struck Wood can suppress the Mist Shadow Thunder Beast’s power. I didn’t believe it at first, but now that I’ve seen it, I truly do. It’s incredible,” Qin Yefeng muttered, shaking his head.
“Can anyone retrieve the Lightning-Struck Wood?” Yao Moxie asked, looking at everyone present.
“I’m a strength-based Martial Artist. When it comes to speed and resistance to lightning attributes, I’m really not suitable,” Futian quickly replied, noticing Yao Moxie’s expectant gaze.
Yao Moxie then looked at Qin Yefeng. Qin Yefeng stared at the Lightning-Struck Wood, which was enveloped by what looked like a Red Lightning cage, a net of lightning denser than any fishing net. Retrieving it would surely mean being electrocuted by the Red Lightning.
“This is indeed quite difficult. I’ll have to observe more before deciding,” Qin Yefeng said, shaking his head and voicing his thoughts.
Yao Moxie was also anxious. Among them, his Cultivation was the highest, but his True Essence Power was water-attributed, and lightning countered water, making it very problematic for him.
Yao Moxie observed the Thunder Beast sleeping soundly amidst the Red Lightning, but it could awaken at any moment. If they didn’t obtain the Lightning-Struck Wood before it woke, slaying the Thunder Beast would be incredibly difficult.
“Since none of you are willing to try, I’ll make a move.” Yao Moxie unleashed the True Essence Power within his body, just as he was about to charge into the Red Lightning to retrieve the Lightning-Struck Wood.
A female voice stopped Yao Moxie’s attempt to force his way through the Red Lightning.
“Yao Moxie, wait here for a moment and see if I can succeed,” Zi Baiying said, her Long Whip uncoiling from her waist.
Yao Moxie carefully examined the Guihua Whip in Zi Baiying’s hand, then nodded without speaking.
Zi Baiying’s entire body erupted with Purple-Black Spiritual Power. She fiercely whipped out her Guihua Whip, which unleashed an incredibly powerful crackle in the air. The purple, snake-like Long Whip lashed towards a gap in the Red Lightning, like a ferocious python.
In an instant, the Guihua Whip coiled around the Lightning-Struck Wood, and Zi Baiying pulled it out. As she drew the Lightning-Struck Wood away from the Red Lightning.
The Red Lightning first lingered on the Lightning-Struck Wood, then the terrifying Red Lightning flowed along the Guihua Whip, striking towards Zi Baiying with incredible speed.
Qin Yefeng’s mind stirred. From the forehead of the Little Golden Body in his Soul Sea, a floating Golden Scale Shield emerged, directly blocking in front of Zi Baiying.
When the Red Lightning struck the Golden Scales, it scattered into countless red electric arcs, as if hitting a pool of water, the moment it touched the Golden Scale Shield.
Qin Yefeng unleashed his full True Essence Power and leaped towards Zi Baiying, embracing her as she recoiled from the lightning’s backlash, and simultaneously grabbed the Lightning-Struck Wood from the Guihua Whip.
After Qin Yefeng and Zi Baiying successfully retrieved the Lightning-Struck Wood without major incident, everyone immediately gathered around.
They saw that the Lightning-Struck Wood was entirely jet-black, with magnificent black patterns on its surface, and upon closer inspection, faint blood-red markings could still be seen!