Chapter 682: Chapter 682 - 663: Can She Overcome This Challenge?

Yun Cang didn’t continue, but Yun Yi knew what he meant to say!

"Such is Heaven’s will; there’s no need to panic!"

Of course, Yun Cang knew that divine will was always at work, but in the face of that will, surely people had to do something, didn’t they?

"Father, are we just going to do nothing?" Yun Cang asked in a low voice. After all, he was a Grandmaster Level cultivator. To ask him to accept fate and await death—that was absolutely impossible! Cultivators, by their very nature, strive against the heavens and battle fate!

"We’ve already done what we should. In fact, we’ve done more than enough." They had staked the lives of everyone on Yunzhou Island; that was already enough.

"Look! The Array is showing signs of activity!" someone cried out. Everyone looked up at the Array of Heaven over the Sea, their expressions filled with worry.

"I hope everything goes as planned and that they all make it through safely," Island Master Yun murmured, then sat cross-legged on his cushion, awaiting the outcome of the Array of Heaven.

Within the Array of Heaven, Xiaosuisui’s eyes snapped open. She sensed that something was amiss: the sun and moon, mountains and great rivers, gusting winds, and torrential rain—all seemed to converge at once.

"This... This is the start of the Second Level!" Ji Youzhi’s terrified voice suddenly rang out. Xiaosuisui turned to look at him and nodded silently.

Ji Youzhi stared in horror at the rapidly forming mountains and rivers. The Array, with them at its center, began to transform, conjuring a turbulent Sea around them. His face paled dramatically. "We’re in the middle of the Sea now, and the thunder and lightning in the sky are so fierce! Could this be the legendary Thunder Tribulation and Celestial Punishment?"

Ji Youzhi wasn’t a fool. He watched in horror the sizzling, crackling wisps of lightning power in the sky, an inexplicable dread creeping into his heart.

"Eldest Maternal Uncle said that this level tests our physical constitution! Seventh Uncle, do you dare to stand under that lightning and let it strike you once?" Xiaosuisui challenged.

At Xiaosuisui’s words, Ji Youzhi felt as if his life was about to end! "How could I do that? That lightning is clearly no ordinary thing. If I were struck by it, I’d lose half my life."

Xiaosuisui thought for a moment and felt her Seventh Uncle had a point.

"Useless human, afraid of death!" a gruff voice suddenly rumbled from Blackie’s mouth.

Ji Youzhi was infuriated. "If you’re not afraid of death, then you go! If you have the guts, go break through this level!"

"Hmph! This level is so treacherous, and you want to goad me into throwing my life away? I’m not that stupid!"

"So, you only learn your lesson when it hurts, huh?" Ji Youzhi retorted. "Weren’t you all confident when you were talking about me? Now that it’s your turn, where’s that confidence gone?"

Surprisingly, Ji Youzhi started bickering with Blackie.

"Not good!" Blackie exclaimed in terror. "The entire level has fully formed! We’re in a real Sea now!" He then quickly coiled his body, raising his head high.

Ji Youzhi quickly circulated his Qi, trying to stand on the surface of the water. At the same time, he reached out to grab Xiaosuisui, but his hand grasped only air.

He shouted Xiaosuisui’s name in terror, but it was too late. The seawater began to surge, instantly engulfing Xiaosuisui’s body.

"Xiaosuisui... Xiaosuisui... where... where are you?" The Sea churned, seemingly wanting to devour everything. Ji Youzhi frantically called out Xiaosuisui’s name, searching for her everywhere.

However, this was not so simple. Ji Youzhi’s Power was only at the Sixth Realm, and he could barely stand on the water’s surface for more than a few dozen breaths.

Just as he was panicking and his body began to sink, a clear, childlike voice reached his ears.

"Seventh Uncle! I’m here!"

Hearing Xiaosuisui’s voice, Ji Youzhi’s entire being relaxed. "AH..." With a cry, he plunged into the seawater.

Seeing this, Xiaosuisui quickly called out, "Blackie! Quick, save my Seventh Uncle!"

Reluctantly, Blackie extended his tail, wrapped it around Ji Youzhi, and pulled him from the water.

Ji Youzhi was saved. He finally looked at Xiaosuisui. Good heavens, this little girl was about to make him explode with anger! "You... you can actually lie in the seawater... and... and treat the seawater as a bed!"

Xiaosuisui grinned at Ji Youzhi and said cheerfully, "I’m not afraid of water to begin with, ya!"

Truthfully, it was far more than just her not being afraid of water!