The farther they went, the stronger the storm became.
The gale tore at the sails of the "Sea Suppression," and the thunderous roar rolled in from the horizon where the sea and sky met.
But what shocked everyone even more was the terrifying whirlpool ahead.
The Guard Captain of the Crown Prince Mansion pointed toward the whirlpool, shouting amid the storm, "Young Hero Li, that is the 'Dragon Sucking Vortex!' Last time, when I followed the Navy and accidentally entered, it was only by being swept by the undercurrent that we narrowly avoided the vortex."
"We seek treasure, and this is our greatest obstacle!"
Li Yan gazed ahead with focus, seeing the sea surface several miles away stirred as if by an invisible giant hand.
In the terrifying vortex with a diameter of over a thousand feet, inky blue seawater whirled wildly, and the center sank deeply like a bottomless abyss with dozens of feet high arc-shaped water walls rising at the edges.
