Caught off guard, Su Shi'er was struck directly by the lightning.
After circling once over Su Shi'er's body, the lightning bore terrifying destructive power as it charged straight for his internal organs.
"Puh!"
Struck by the thunderbolt, Su Shi'er's body trembled, and he sprayed a mouthful of bright red blood across the statue before him.
The splattered blood vanished directly into the statue the instant it touched it.
At the same time, a mysterious aura seemed to circulate within the statue, making the entire figure appear even more lifelike.
The array seal that had surfaced below was affected by this mysterious aura and vanished without a trace.
Though there was no further bombardment from the lightning, Su Shi'er's body swayed, and an expression of extreme agony appeared on his face.
"Hiss... It hurts! That was close!!!"
"I never expected a formation traced from lightning to be concealed beneath this statue!"
"Had I not cultivated the Five Thunders Orthodox Method, with remnants of heavenly thunder still hidden in my lungs and entrails, any other cultivator ambushed by that lightning would likely have had their five viscera and six bowels shattered on the spot, their physical body perishing thereafter."
"Even so, I was first injured by the backlash of the pool's Natural Formation, and now struck by lightning again. Though I narrowly survived, these injuries covering my body... will be difficult to handle!"
"But what kind of lightning is this? It is clearly vast and mighty thunder, yet it contains an astonishingly frigid power?"
"I wonder whether the Five Thunders Orthodox Method can refine this lightning and turn it to my own use! Mm... I shall find a way to try after leaving this place!"
As Su Shi'er's thoughts whirled, before he could figure out what was happening—
His expression suddenly changed