Yun Che was slumped on the ground and covered in so much blood that it looked like someone had spilled ink all over a piece of paper. The crimson stains spreading across the gray abyssal stones were spine-chilling enough, but Shenwu Yi was also standing in front of him and pointing the Heartless Sword at him, the sword tip mere millimeters away from his throat. Anyone witnessing this would have thought that Shenwu Yi had grievously injured Yun Che and was currently in the middle of taking his life.0

The moment Hua Caili saw this, every string in her soul pulled taut to the point of snapping, and her beautiful eyes shattered into countless lights of fury. The next moment, the Glass Cloud Sword exploded with the maximum amount of Heaven Breaker Sword Intent and shot straight toward Shenwu Yi’s most vulnerable spot.0

This was the first time in her life that Hua Caili had unleashed a killing blow with such total resolve, without any hesitation or reservation whatsoever. Such was her terror and fury that the flying Glass Cloud Sword emitted a shrill, almost piercing vibration.0

The blindingly fierce sword beam cleaved the gloomy world in two like the first light of dawn, reaching Shenwu Yi’s back in just an instant… but Shenwu Yi did not move, did not summon the Profound Exquisite World or the Glazed Glass Ice, did not even emit a wisp of profound energy as if she didn’t sense the attack at all.0

Shred—0

The sword pierced through her heart and shot out of her chest. Such was its speed that the blood hadn’t spilled out yet. Yun Che’s pupils contracted instantly.1

It wasn’t an afterimage that the Glass Cloud Sword had pierced. It was her completely defenseless body. Not only that, during the instant the sword was passing through her body, the Heaven Breaker Sword Intent had erupted mercilessly and grievously injured her internal organs. Her meridians, especially, shattered into countless pieces.3

In fact, Yun Che sensed Hua Caili’s approach a...2