Xiao Bai felt as though his ears had gone deaf. That bolt of lightning smashed viciously into the Thunder Net Little Bing had transformed into, releasing a tremendous peal of thunder.
He seemed to hear a faint cry of pain from Little Bing within it. It had blocked the first wave of that unstoppable force, and its contribution was undeniable; the lightning's might had been reduced by twenty percent at its peak.
After the lightning shattered Little Bing's Thunder Net, it continued striking toward the barrier laid down with Soul Strength. The lightning glow hung in the air, and the barrier, originally invisible to the naked eye, could now be seen clearly as circles of ripples spreading through the air, electric light flickering across it.
After holding out for a few breaths, the ripples vanished. Xiao Bai let out a muffled groan as a stabbing pain shot through his head. That was the result of the Soul Barrier being broken, but right now he had no time to sense the state of his soul. He stared at the lightning with all his focus.
The lightning continued toward Xiao Bai. Compared with its original power, it now had less than fifty percent remaining.
But his face was grave, his expression solemn. The real test had arrived!
Before this, he had relied on Little Bing, as well as the Soul Strength he had always been proud of. But now, he had to rely on his Dou Qi cultivation to resist it, and his cultivation was only at Dou Shi!
The lightning crashed directly into his seemingly solid Dou Qi Gauze. In the blink of an eye, the gauze shattered outright, turning into pieces of energy fragments that slid down from his body.
And the lightning's might weakened another fraction. Although it was