"What's going on?"

Everyone's eyes narrowed slightly, whispering to themselves.

Many faces showed heavy expressions because they all knew that the airship usually flew very smoothly, unless something unexpected happened, such as an attack from flying demon beasts.

At that moment, exclamations continuously erupted from the ordinary cabins at the back.

Wang Ruoxie frowned slightly, then turned his gaze outside the window.

He saw the world seemingly undergo a drastic change.

A moment ago, the sun was shining brightly, and the sky was cloudless, but now it had turned stormy, and the surroundings were almost entirely filled with massive dark clouds.

"Boom…crack…"

Flashes of lightning erupted from the clouds, and occasionally some bolts struck the airship's spiritual shield, forming arcs of electricity.

The thin spiritual shield seemed as if it could be penetrated at any moment.

The airship's trembling became increasingly violent.

Soon after, torrential rain and ferocious wind assailed, and the several dozen meters long Purple Gold Warship now seemed like a small boat struggling in a tempest.

The gloomy sky, coupled with lightning and thunderstorms, created an apocalyptic scene, causing everyone inside the cabin to look grim.

"It's a lightning storm."

Zheng Yuan exclaimed, his expression extremely grave.

Wang Ruoxie also narrowed his eyes, feeling that this was not an ordinary weather change.

He fixed his gaze in the distance, seeing the clouds tumbling and lightning exploding as if forming a sea of thunder.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the sky shook violently.

Then, to the astonishment of everyone watching, that sea of thunder suddenly cracked open, as if a doorway had been opened.

"Look quickly, what is that?"

Someone exclaimed, and everyone immediately looked, their faces turning extremely ugly.

Emerging from the cracked doorway were massive shadows whizzing out.

These were enormous bats, with wings spanning at least a meter and sharp claws glimmering with icy light, and their bodies were surrounded by strands of lightning, as if transformed from thunder and lightning.

"Trouble, it's Thunder Bats."

Zheng Yuan said, his face grim.

"Thunder Bats!"

Wang Ruoxie's eyes narrowed. Thunder Bats were Tier Two middle-level demon beasts, their strength equivalent to the middle stage of the Energy-Introducing Realm martial cultivators.

The most terrifying thing was that Thunder Bats were group-living demon beasts, and even the smallest bat swarm consisted of tens of thousands of Thunder Bats.

Facing the assault of tens of thousands of Thunder Bats, even a strong Element Transformation Realm cultivator might not retreat unharmed.

Wang Ruoxie shook his head slightly; today he truly had poor luck. First, he encountered a full cabin, and now the attack of a Thunder Bat swarm.

"Bang, bang..."

Tens of thousands of Thunder Bats directly attacked the airship, continuously striking the spiritual shield.

Although the Purple Gold Warship's spiritual shield far surpassed the Black Iron Warship and Bronze Warship in defense, it probably wouldn't last long under the frenzied attack of these Thunder Bats.

In just moments, cracks appeared on the spiritual shield, ready to shatter at any time.

"Heavens, so many Thunder Bats."

"We're doomed, we're dead for sure."

"Damn it, how can we be so unlucky to encounter a Thunder Bat swarm attack."

...

Exclamations continued to resound from the ordinary cabin.

Though it was extremely quiet in the VIP cabin, everyone's complexion was pale, and cold sweat rolled down their foreheads.

"Brother Wang, it seems you and I have no chance to join the Sect."

Zheng Yuan bitterly smiled, saying to Wang Ruoxie.

"Until the very last moment, don't give up."

Wang Ruoxie smiled faintly, saying.

In his past life, he faced countless Celestial Realm experts alone, and even when severely injured, never gave up, eventually carving a bloody path and dyeing the entire Celestial Realm in blood.

Merely tens of thousands of Thunder Bats, he naturally wouldn't care.

Besides, although there were only twenty people in this VIP cabin, apart from him, Zheng Yuan, and Leng Ao, the others were in the late stage of the Energy-Introducing Realm. Along with the Element Transformation Realm gray-robed elder and white-robed elder, they might be able to resist the Thunder Bat swarm's attack.

"Everyone, you must have seen by now the perilous situation we're in. The airship's shield will soon be broken by the Thunder Bats. We hope you can join us in repelling the Thunder Bat swarm's assault."

At this moment, the middle-aged man who had previously brought Wang Ruoxie onto the ship stepped in with a grave expression and addressed everyone.

"Elder Zhao Huang, Pill Master Xia Yuan, please help us through this crisis."

The middle-aged man then bowed respectfully towards the gray-robed elder and white-robed elder, speaking.

"Captain Meng Xu, rest assured, we are also the targets of the Thunder Bat swarm's attack and will certainly not stand idly by."

Zhao Huang nodded, saying.

"While I am a Pill Master, not as capable as Brother Zhao, hunting these Thunder Bats isn't beyond my means."

Xia Yuan also smiled and said.

"In that case, let's all head to the deck together to jointly hunt down these Thunder Bats."

Meng Xu didn't continue with pleasantries and directly addressed everyone.

Immediately, everyone followed Meng Xu onto the deck.

At once, they all gasped as they witnessed a truly tragic scene.

The ship's guards were already engaged in a brutal battle with the Thunder Bats; corpses were strewn everywhere, nearly none intact.

Among them were the dismembered body parts of guards and the mutilated remains of Thunder Bats, staining the entire deck red with blood.

Though the airship's shield blocked most of the Thunder Bats, some still managed to penetrate through the torn openings.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

A dozen or so lower cultivation level airship guards controlled those massive crossbow arrows, continuously shooting the Thunder Bats.

These crossbow arrows were upper-grade Treasure Artifacts, and nearly every shot could kill at least one Thunder Bat; with good luck, a single arrow might pierce through several Thunder Bats.

"If we had the Spirit-Slaying Cannon, this wouldn't be such a hassle."

Wang Ruoxie thought privately, knowing that with the power of the Spirit-Slaying Cannon, hundreds of Thunder Bats could be killed with one shot, and if a dozen cannons fired simultaneously, the tens of thousands of Thunder Bats could be exterminated in just a few rounds.

"Ah..."

As if sensing the threat from the crossbow arrows, the Thunder Bats all suddenly turned and flew towards them, and in the blink of an eye, the dozen or so early-stage Energy-Introducing Realm guards were all killed by the Thunder Bats, with the crossbow arrows also destroyed.

"Crash..."

With a crisp cracking sound, the airship's shield was finally completely breached by the Thunder Bats.

Instantly, tens of thousands of Thunder Bats furiously charged towards everyone.

"Kill..."

No one hesitated, all drawing their weapons to meet the Thunder Bats head-on.

They all understood very well that it was a life-and-death situation; if they failed to kill these Thunder Bats, they would all be killed instead and end up as blood food for the Thunder Bats.

"Don't stray too far from me, or I won't be able to protect you either."

Wang Ruoxie said to Zheng Yuan, then drew out the upper-grade Treasure Artifact longsword he obtained from killing that Zhou Family youth.

"How ridiculous, struggling to save yourself yet shamelessly claiming to protect others."

Leng Ao sneered, mocking.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.