"Ten years honing a single sword, its frosty edge yet untested..."
Gu Changqing was hazy with drink, his words slurred.
Yet at that moment, they rang out like the resounding voice of the Great Dao, deafening and carrying an overwhelming pressure.
Haotian and Yaochi's expressions changed drastically.
They mustered the magic power throughout their bodies, preparing to block Gu Changqing's sword light.
But the sword light tore through the void and arrived in an instant.
Whoosh!
The unstoppable sword light pierced straight through Haotian's body in a flash.
A vast shower of blood burst forth, spilling across the high heavens and staining them a shocking crimson.
Beside him, although Yaochi had not suffered such a grievous wound, the sword qi still sent her reeling a hundred thousand miles before she barely managed to stop.
Everything had happened without warning.
In the blink of an eye, Haotian's face turned pale, and his tattered Daoist robes were soaked red with blood.
His hair was disheveled, his body swaying unsteadily.
Anyone who did not know better might have thought Haotian was the drunk one.
But all living beings knew that a single strike from Gu Changqing had severely wounded him.
Not only had it pierced his body, but the invading sword qi had also thrown the flow of magic power within him into violent turmoil, leaving it chaotic and impossible to calm.
He could no longer even rebuild his body and heal his injuries with a single thought.
At once, sharp gasps rang out throughout heaven and earth.
"Hiss... the Wine Sword Immortal really did attack Haotian."
"He pierced the Heavenly Emperor's body with one strike. What incredible power!"
"Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable!"
"Hmm... you all seem to have overlooked something. Why did the Kunlun Mirror's suppression have no effect whatsoever on the Wine