The feather Gu Diao shot before departing possessed a power extending for miles, and it flew faster and faster through the strata, entirely turning into a streak of light. Yu Ci was also within the attack range, and he instinctively opened his Flawless Sword Circle to diffuse the incoming momentum of the feathers.
Shadow Ghost's warning was ultimately a step too slow, and Yu Ci abruptly realized that the feathers released by Gu Diao actually possessed a barrier-piercing effect; any sword Qi defense was utterly useless, and only then did he try to dodge. He was proficient in movement techniques and his reaction was also fast, and seeing that most of the feathers were dodged, who could have known that subsequent bad luck would befall him? Lying across his fleeing path was unexpectedly a patch of metallic mineral veins. Although it could not block his way, it caused his movement speed to plummet.
Then came a miserable groan.
At the critical moment, Yu Ci forcibly swung sideways, embedding half his body into the metal-bearing strata, and finally avoided the vital spots. Then he struggled to sit up, but his left leg could not move anymore. At least three feathers were stabbed into it: two in the lower leg, and another—which was also the most perilous one—was pressed right against the base of his thigh, piercing straight into the leg bone. If it had deviated by just two or three tenths of an inch, Yu Ci probably would have been able to slit his throat and die!
By this time, his entire leg along with his left hip went completely numb; Gu Diao's innate divine ability still carried poison!
Yu Ci hurriedly pulled out the feathers, crushed an antidote pill, and sprinkled it on, but the effect was poor. He hastily