The bluestone beneath Gu Zhan’s feet shattered inch by inch. With a final step, he stamped down hard, leaving a deep pit in the stone and halting his retreat.
And at that moment,
Liu Yong’s saber had already arrived,
Gu Zhan’s eyes narrowed slightly,
and in that fleeting instant, his will called forth the system.
[ Use 5000 experience points ]
[ Celestial Inquiry Three Slashes has advanced to Great Success Realm ]
At the nick of time,
Gu Zhan struck—lifting his blade in a slanting cut,
seemingly casual in appearance,
Yet this one slash,
made the confident Liu Yong’s heart jolt with terror,
This blade seemed to draw all things into annihilation!
Gu Zhan suddenly lifted his head, and in his eyes was no trace of human light—only deep, unfathomable darkness, as if his gaze pierced straight into the Nine Netherworld Hell, strange and terrifying.
Saber light rippled along the blade,
A dreadful white saber light tore through the night completely, as if scoring a bloody streak across the endless stars above,
and at the same time, shattered Liu Yong’s seemingly dazzling saber strike into nothingness.
Celestial Inquiry Three Slashes,
The third slash—Questioning Heaven!
Across from him, Liu Yong’s eyes filled with boundless shock—not at death or life, but at a slash that upended everything he knew, everything he expected,
If only he had known of this blade earlier?
For that one slash of the human world,
tearing open the night, challenging the blue sky,
after the slash, all was gone—scattered like smoke.
Liu Yong stood rooted in place—his saber shattered in his hand, still wearing a mask of shock. He muttered, "You... were hiding your strength all along... what deep cunning..."