By SEM observation and EDX analysis, the relation between the fracture mechanism and the high toughness in the liquid-phase sintered (LPS) SiC ceramic with high toughness was revealed. The effects of two kinds of sintering methods, pressureless (PLS) and hot-pressing (HP), on their microstructure features and the characteristics of fracture mode were investigated. The results show that both the crack-break ways along the grain-boundary and the transgranular fracture were together enable the toughness higher in the PLS specimen, and the crack-break way along the grain-boundary was the key reason for the higher toughness in HP specimen.