The target of this strike was Gu Lie, and he sensed it at once. Though it came unexpectedly, it was not enough to make him lose his composure. Gu Lie slowly extended an arm. Starting from his forearm, golden light flared brilliantly in an instant.
Then that hand shot out like lightning, directly seizing the core of the thunderbolt. The might of a high-star Dou Sheng's golden light firmly suppressed the lightning, and in the end, Gu Lie clenched a lightning arrow in his right palm.
"Hmm?" Gu Lie was clearly quite surprised by this attack. This was no ordinary Dou Sheng's handiwork. It was more like a probing strike from a hunter skilled in such methods.
The moment he gripped the arrow, its shaft suddenly contracted inward and rapidly shattered. Electric currents burst forth like pythons, instantly breaking free of the golden light's restraints and shooting in all directions! This energy was not aimed at Gu Lie, however, but served as a signal. The previously cloudless sky had already filled with dark clouds as the arrow shattered, and a pillar of lightning, as though guided, descended from the heavens like a dragon and struck Gu Lie head-on!
Even with Gu Lie's heaven-reaching cultivation, the sudden blow forcibly drove him downward. Though the blazing golden light protected him from harm, the irresistible force of impact still left him looking somewhat disheveled. After falling a hundred zhang, he sharply twisted at the waist and broke free from the lightning pillar's direct bombardment.
At this, all three of them turned to look toward the source of the earlier strike. Though it was too far away to see anyone clearly, their soul senses could detect the aura.
"Ten Thousand Mile Thunderstring, Lei Qingyue?"
On a small hill nearly a hundred li away