Wow he is like totally dead, guys, like there is no way that is just an afterimage like literally every single time someone has been shown "recieving" such an attack. Yep, the guy who was the focus of so many chapters died just like that, the author is korean G.R.R. Martin.
Truly a shocking development, thanks God the author chose this extremely appropiate moment to end this chapter, surely it won't be a shitty cliffhanger and it will pay out in the next chapter with his tragic death.
11/10 writing.