After only a few rounds of combat, a thin line of blood erupted from the brawny swordsman's chest—a wound inflicted by the Gudiao.
The Gudiao was a metal-attribute Demon Beast, its plumage sharper than steel. Each feather was comparable to a Middle-Grade Magical Artifact, and when hundreds of them rained down at once, even the sword-wielding Golden Core Cultivator struggled to parry.
But this was only because he had been caught unprepared. Thanks to one of Fang Qingyuan's Divine Techniques, the Gudiao had pinpointed the foreign Golden Core Cultivator's aura and launched a surprise attack, leaving him in a sorry state.
However, once the sword-wielding Golden Core Cultivator recovered, he grew serious. He raised his longsword, and its light shone as pure and clear as water. As his sword's presence unfurled, all sound within a three-mile radius seemed to sink to the bottom of the ocean. Waves of Sword Qi surged, visibly warping the flow of Spiritual Qi in the area.
