458: Chapter 453: Storm 458: Chapter 453: Storm “Even satellites can’t capture everything; if the cloud layer is thick enough, satellites can’t see through it!
In fact, there are countless areas in the Pacific that are waiting for us voyagers to explore!”
“I see.”
Ye Tian nodded, noticing Xia Ya conversing with the cruise ship’s sailing master.
“That pirate leader is a master navigator, far more knowledgeable than our sailing master.
If she would redeem herself and renounce piracy, I’d gladly hire her aboard my ship.”
Even Huck, the weathered old captain, acknowledged Xia Ya’s capability in navigation, indicating that she was indeed a rare talent in sailing.
But for such a woman, Huck could never tame her…
“Captain, just give up, that girl is a wildcat!”
Afte saying this, Ye Tian left and once again ascended to the top of the ship.
This place, undisturbed, was perfect for practicing qinggong meditation.
Just a few more hours of meditation and Ye Tian’s strength would fully recover!
While Ye Tian was meditating to heal himself, a pirate approached Xia Ya.
“Big sister, are we really going to be sailors on this ship for life?”
“With that guy being so terrifying, what else could we do besides being sailors?”
Xia Ya said bitterly.
Although Ye Tian was nowhere to be seen on the deck, the psychological pressure he had imposed the day before was too great, causing Xia Ya to have nightmares all night.
Thus, as long as Ye Tian was on this ship, Xia Ya dared not act recklessly.
“But we are also pirates of great repute.
If this gets out, I fear…”
The pirate voiced his concerns, while Xia Ya bit her lip hard.
“That damn guy, I’ll make him pay sooner or later!”
As Xia Ya was cursing Ye Tian, the sky suddenly changed.
“What’s happening?”
It was clearly afternoon, the sun was shining; how could it suddenly turn dark?
Xia Ya peered into the distance and saw a massive storm cloud approaching rapidly!
“This is bad!”
Xia Ya, who was experienced in sailing, had never seen the weather change so rapidly.
The huge storm cloud was a harbinger of a violent storm!
“Quick!
Let’s get out of here!”
Xia Ya shouted.
The helmsman on the cruise immediately heard her and hastily steered the ship in an attempt to escape the storm’s path.
But it was too late.
Just as the cruise ship finished turning around, the sky overhead turned completely black!
“Wham!”
A huge wave struck, harshly smashing onto the deck, and the solid cruise ship was cracked open with a big gash.
“Such a strong storm, I’ve never seen anything like it in my life!”
Captain Huck lamented.
In the face of such a storm, no ship mattered, each just like a small leaf, utterly at mercy.
“Big sister, what do we do?”
The pirates still turned to Xia Ya, but by then, Xia Ya was already at a loss.
“It’s as if heaven wants to annihilate us, what can we do?”
The wind howled ferociously, the waves surged tremendously, and thunder boomed.
In front of mother nature, this mid-sized cruiser was simply not strong enough…
“Water is flooding the ship cabin!”
A sailor shouted.
Even a mid-sized cruiser couldn’t withstand such waves, and water flooding the cabin was inevitable.
And once water breaches the cabin of a ship, sinking becomes inevitable…
“Quick!
Pump out the water!”
Commanded Captain Huck, but at this moment, his commands were already being ignored.
Both sailors and pirates were completely stunned by the natural disaster, unable to respond appropriately.
Even Ye Tian was no different!
Even as the king of the night, possessing formidable martial power in the human world, nearly invincible, in the face of nature’s forces, Ye Tian was nothing…
Human power was simply too insignificant.
“Aaahhhhhhh~~~~~”
Due to water breaching the cabin, the cruise began to tilt, and a sailor tragically fell into the sea, disappearing without a trace.
And the others had no better chance; in such stormy conditions, survival seemed impossible!
The waves, mountainously high, crashed down on the cruise again, the ship, like a tiny leaf, completely defenseless…
“Wham!”
The ship capsized, and everyone on the cruise was inevitably plunged into the sea…
“Boom, boom, boom~~~”
Seconds after the cruise capsized, lightning struck, shattering the large vessel into pieces.
With the ship itself destroyed, those who fell from it naturally had no further thoughts of survival.
Nature was too terrifying, a battle against nature meant a dead-end road for anyone…
Ye Tian, however, had also fallen into the sea.
Unlike the others, Ye Tian wouldn’t give up so easily; no matter how strong the forces of nature, he would fight to the end!
Ye Tian started swimming in the sea.
He slowly swam up to Xia Ya, who at that moment had lost all her will to survive, her eyes filled with tears.
“Follow me!”
Ye Tian grabbed Xia Ya’s arm, but Xia Ya pushed him hard.
“We’re going to die anyway, where can we possibly go?”
The violent storm was terrifying.
Xia Ya, being a pirate and having lived on the sea for so long, was also powerless against it, losing her will to continue living.
“As long as there is hope, we can continue to live!”
Ye Tian spoke loudly, as shouting was the only way Xia Ya could hear him amidst the storm.
Despair filled Xia Ya’s eyes; she simply did not believe what Ye Tian was saying…
How could humans possibly battle nature?
But Ye Tian grabbed Xia Ya, swimming while pulling out the wooden knife carved from the core of a millennium ancient tree from his body.
“A wooden knife?”
Although the wooden knife was very exquisitely made, in Xia Ya’s view, it was merely an object for display and would be useless.
However, Ye Tian gave a slight smile; he channeled all his energy into the wooden knife.
Suddenly, the knife handle began to glisten with sparks…
Xia Ya watched all this in amazement.
Could it be that Ye Tian’s knife was electrified?
While Xia Ya was still in shock, Ye Tian had already used all his strength to strike fiercely at the thunderclouds above!
“Boom!”
A loud noise ensued, unclear whether it was the sound of the thunder or Ye Tian swinging his knife.
When Xia Ya looked again, she was speechless from astonishment!
She saw the enormous thundercloud above split in two under Ye Tian’s knife, and from within the split cloud, blinding sunlight was visible!
Ye Tian’s ability to split the thundercloud with a wooden knife—who exactly was he?
Xia Ya watched Ye Tian dumbfounded, not knowing what to say, while Ye Tian carefully put away the knife and continued swimming eastward with Xia Ya…
With no thunderclouds to trouble them, the sea became much calmer.
Ye Tian, a former elite soldier with extraordinary strength, swam rapidly; his speed and endurance were unmatched by ordinary people.
Xia Ya was no slouch either.
Thinking she was surely dead when the storm hit, she had given up on survival.
But now, with Ye Tian having split the thundercloud, and seeing a new hope, along with her background as a pirate with excellent swimming skills, her speed was comparable to Ye Tian’s.
The two of them swam fast and in less than half an hour, they were out of the storm zone.
At that moment, they were temporarily safe.
“Who exactly are you?
Why can you even split the sky?”
Now that they were safe, Xia Ya could ask the question that had been on her mind.
Ye Tian’s ability to split the thundercloud with one stroke was unheard of by Xia Ya, as if he were a god!
“I am merely a martial artist.”
Ye Tian smiled and did not say much to Xia Ya.
Looking back at where the storm had occurred, the thundercloud had split because of Ye Tian’s fierce strike, reducing the storm’s intensity, which was now gradually subsiding.
“I hope they are safe!”
Ye Tian said with a wry smile.
As sailors, they were supposed to know survival skills at sea, but at this moment, Ye Tian had no time to turn back to rescue others.
“Yes, I hope so too.”
Xia Ya sighed and said.
The pirates, who had followed her for many years, faced an uncertain fate in such a storm.
As their leader, Xia Ya could only hope that everyone had managed to escape successfully.
“Where do we go now?”
Xia Ya asked Ye Tian, since her life had been saved by him.
Ye Tian glanced at Xia Ya and asked, “Xia Ya, do you remember the coordinates I gave you?”
After thinking for a moment, Xia Ya replied, “I remember clearly, and I can pinpoint the exact location of an island on the sea without needing a navigator.
The coordinates you mentioned are in that direction, about ten more miles to go!”
Saying this, Xia Ya pointed into the distance!
“Good!
Let’s head there now!”
Ye Tian stated directly.
Although the cruise ship was destroyed, he needed to rescue Wang Bingbing and all the passengers on flight K541 as quickly as possible.
“But, swimming any further will drain our energy!”
Xia Ya expressed her concern; after all, human energy is not endless, and with her current strength, it would be hard for her to swim to the island Ye Tian mentioned.
“We just need a plank of wood!”
Having said that, Ye Tian found a floating plank on the sea, probably a door panel from the interior of a ship.
“Swoosh!”
Ye Tian suddenly leaped from the water and gently landed on the plank.
Xia Ya stared at Ye Tian perplexedly.
What kind of lightness skill was this, something she had never seen before?