"After taking it, damage from thunder-attribute attacks will be reduced by thirty percent, but it will only last for the time it takes to burn an incense stick. Once the medicine wears off, you will have a half-hour period of weakness."
Gu Xiao took the bottle, poured out a crimson pill, and swallowed it without hesitation.
As the medicine entered his stomach, a wave of heat spread through his entire body, and a faint red flush surfaced on his skin.
He clenched his fist and felt the thunder-attribute soul power within him become far more active. His fear of thunderbolts also lessened considerably.
"Let's go."
Entering the Thunderstorm Zone proved more difficult than expected.
The closer they came to the canyon, the denser the lightning became. Gu Xiao walked at the front with his Mystic Thunder Tiger Martial Soul Possession activated. His seven soul rings spun at full force, drawing the lightning striking at the group onto himself.
His Mystic Thunder Tiger Martial Soul had a natural affinity for the thunder attribute, but the stray lightning released by an 80,000-year Tiger Emperor was no joke.
Every bolt that struck him felt like being hit head-on by a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
After traveling less than a hundred zhang, his clothes had already been scorched black, and his skin was covered in fine burns.
"How much farther?" he asked through gritted teeth.
Gu Ci's Heavenly Eye pierced through the thunderclouds and saw the canyon entrance. "Three hundred zhang."
Three hundred zhang would ordinarily have been no more than a few steps away.
But in the Thunderstorm Zone, every step was torment.
Dugu Bo spread poisonous mist above their heads, forming a dark green barrier. Poison mist did not conduct electricity, temporarily blocking most of the lightning.
Yet the Tiger Emperor seemed to