Gu Hai realized that all of this was no illusion. It was a single attack. A single attack that was coming for him.
The spear revealed itself and rushed toward Gu Hai. He quickly put up his saber to defend, but the spear no longer behaved like one.
It was like water, flowing, and evading the saber, bending around it, and trying to pierce Gu Hai.
Splurt!
Gu Hai coughed out blood as the spear stopped right in front of him. It stopped at his chest, and couldn't pierce any further.
He ripped apart the robes that he was wearing to reveal that there was an armor underneath. But even that armor had a few cracks around the place where the Ethereal Spear hit him.
And even though the armor did protect him, it gave him significant injuries internally. Directly taking an attack to the chest was no joke, and he could feel his internal organs shake.