The next moment.
The winds surged, and the clouds churned.
Countless streaks of matte black light burst from Liu Di's sleeves, pouring toward the ground before erupting from the earth and converging in the sky.
In an instant, the sky darkened.
An enormous saber condensed above Liu Di's head. Its spine was broad and heavy, its edge razor-sharp, stretching over a hundred meters and casting its shadow across half the street below!
Gu Xiao stared wide-eyed at the sky. "Damn it. What the hell is that?!"
Liu Di pointed skyward.
The great saber trembled, and the sky rang like steel!
"Strike."
At Liu Di's low command, the great saber came crashing down, blotting out the sky and sun as though it could split the heavens apart.
A fierce aura instantly poured forth, filling the entire area.
Though the two hundred armored cavalry were devoted to protecting their master and feared neither life nor death, the fiery steeds beneath them panicked. They reared up with shrill neighs, then broke free of their riders' reins one after another, carrying their masters as they scattered in a crazed flight!
Boom!
Just before the great saber struck the ground, it suddenly stopped.
The bluestone pavement remained completely intact, but the air currents surged and dust flew everywhere. The banners outside the roadside shops snapped violently, nearly tearing apart!
Because their horses had scattered, the two hundred Gu Manor cavalry had not faced the blade directly. No one was injured.
On the entire street, only Gu Xiao remained, frozen stiff and too late to flee.
The great saber now pointed diagonally at the ground, its sharp edge less than two centimeters from the top of Gu Xiao's head.
Swish.
His crooked topknot suddenly came undone, naturally because one of the jade hairpins in it had