If the corrosion continued, the next affected area would be his bare skin. However, should he choose to take off his inner robes, his flesh would melt away in the poisonous gas without any layer of protection.
Turning back seemed to be the only option. They needed to leave the swamp as soon as possible. Nonetheless, they had spent almost half a day traveling to the core of the swamp. If they chose to return, all the walking and traveling would be in vain.
Zhu Duqing did not want to become a burden to Gu Xijiu, so he proposed to take a risk. "The poison may not necessarily corrode my inner robes. Let us walk some more; perhaps there will be a place where I can stop and change my robes."
"How many times have you been here? Are you sure that there is a place where we can stop?"
"I have been here three times, but have never made it this far." Zhu Duqing had only been to the outskirts, so he had no idea how the depths of the swamp actually looked like.
