Shi Meiyoung screamed in pain as the sword dug into her while she was distracted. She was already wounded, and this one was particularly bad too, but on top of that, it also dug right into where her Beast Core was.
Qing Tianchui moved at once, slamming his tail into the Empress, tossing her away to who knows where. He came closer to his wife and saw the sword that was stabbed into her.
The Azure Dragon looked at the stab in shock and horror. He could tell, even without using his senses that the sword had stabbed directly where his wife's beast core was situated at.
"Meiyoung, your—"
The Heavenly Judgment fell for the second time and the Azure Dragon immediately put up the best defense his distracted self could.
The lightning strike still landed on him, leaving behind a brilliant light and a shockwave that tore through the ground and trees on either side of him.