Chapter 542 – An Ebony Hairpin (1/2)
Chapter 542 - An Ebony Hairpin
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
She took one step forward, bringing her to the very edge of the Dew Platform.
Night Pearls and the human world lay at her feet, the stars and fate above her head.
She slowly opened her hands, her broad sleeves hanging down and dancing in the wind.
She was like one standing before an abyss, cautious and small.
She was like one standing before the ocean, the scene majestic.
An extremely subtle and powerful Qi appeared on the Dew Platform.
With a shake of her wide sleeves, the night wind suddenly shifted directions and began flowing in reverse, heading towards the Burning Heaven Sword.
Strands of black hair brushed against her cheeks and drifted forward. It was somewhat disorderly, but this only added to her beauty.
With a shake of her hair, the ebony hairpin stuck within fell off, but it did not fall down. Instead, it flew into the night sky.
The entire world knew that the Divine Empress possessed an ebony hairpin. Regardless of the occasion, it would be thrust into her hair.
It wasn't because the hairpin was very beautiful, or because the Phoenix head carved onto it was so vivid and lifelike, but because it was no ordinary hairpin.
This was third-ranked on the Tier of Legendary Weapons, Wooden Sword Little Phoenix!
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An extremely clear and beautiful Phoenix cry, incomparably grave and solemn, resounded through the capital.
The ebony hairpin shot straight up from the Dew Platform into the night, transforming under the starlight into a graceful and beautiful, yet incredibly furious Black Phoenix!
This Black Phoenix was so massive that it seemed to obscure the stars. Extending a single claw, it straight away grabbed the blazing Burning Heaven Sword!
A terrifying noise reverberated ceaselessly through the world.
The Black Phoenix's right claw had snatched the fire dragon that was the Burning Heaven Sword!
The dragon scale–like starlight surrounding the Burning Heaven Sword instantly dimmed, then, with countless cracking sounds, shattered one by one!
But the Burning Heaven Sword seemed to have long anticipated this and directly pierced through those scales of starlight!！
Su Li's sword…had truly left its sheath!
An incredibly sharp sword intent covered the entire night sky. The scattered and shattered starlight was cut into even finer fragments and descended like snowflakes!
Several black feathers drifted up!
Another Phoenix cry rang out, even more tyrannical than before!
The Black Phoenix unfurled its several-dozen-li wings!
The Burning Heaven Sword thrust into its black feathers and its sharp beak fiercely collided against the tip of the Burning Heaven Sword!
A stream of light appeared—countless streams of light appeared! They contained flowing light and overflowing color, a magnificence nigh impossible to describe!
The night was illuminated and the world seemed once more to have returned to daytime. From the Imperial Palace to the Heavenly Dao Academy, from the Imperial Court to the Li Palace, the protective arrays of countless buildings were triggered and activated by the Qi spilling from the sky. Countless spheres of clear light almost simultaneously appeared on the streets and alleys of the capital.
This scene was truly far too beautiful, so beautiful that it was awe-inspiring, impossible to look at directly. In truth, few people could see this scene.
The stone pillars around the Li Palace emitted an ancient Qi. In the palace hall in the deepest part of the Li Palace, the Pope quietly stared upward at the night sky cut out by the sky well. As he gazed at the enormous blazing sword and that Black Phoenix he had not seen for many years, he exhaled a long sigh filled with some nigh-incomprehensible meaning.
The trees of the Mausoleum of Books exuded their own Qi, even more ancient than that emitted by the stone pillars. The elderly Divine General under the pavilion at the lower end of the Divine Path slowly raised his head, the dust of history on his armor slowly being shed. Even he of the tranquil heart and lonely Dao had his heart and soul shaken by tonight's battle.