The poison in the wine erupted with such ferocity that it surpassed even the Flawless Fruit Zhang Tie had once swallowed. There was no buffer, no warning—it exploded in an instant, like the force of an alchemical bomb being unleashed. At the moment of its eruption, Zhang Tie nearly thought he had died, because he felt his body had been completely shattered. But then he realized that what had been shattered was not his body, but the connection between his consciousness and his body.
In that instant, Zhang Tie had the feeling that the poison in the wine had "blasted" him out of his own body. His entire body vanished in an instant, and he became pure consciousness.
In the shortest possible time, the poison's effects completely sealed off his Sea of Consciousness and the void of his qi sea, thoroughly severing the connection between his consciousness and his body, as well as the void of his qi sea and the space of his Sea of Consciousness.
Zhang Tie had been torn "into four pieces" by the poison in an instant. Apart from his consciousness remaining lucid, he could not control even a single cell of his body.
The poison in the wine was so tyrannical and bizarre that it beggared imagination. Moreover, it seemed to have been designed specifically for Knights. Zhang Tie vaguely remembered hearing the name of this poison at the Mountain of Light.
This was Soul-Severing—the most extraordinary poison under heaven.
With a clatter, Gu Caidie and Yuan Ziyi both collapsed onto the table, knocking the bowls and plates onto the floor. They had also fallen victim to it, but unlike Zhang Tie, who could still remain conscious for the moment, neither of them was a Knight. Under such tyrannical poison, they could not even retain