Chapter 2149 - Shift in the World! The Black Dragon Manifests! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
As Li Heng stepped out, the earth beneath him shuddered. Cries of alarm came from the depths of the palace, from many of the palace maids and consorts who were frightened by this disturbance. Li Heng could even hear the shattering of porcelain tiles.
The Imperial Palace had fallen into chaos.
“Your Majesty, the palace is in turmoil. Why don’t we…”
Li Jingzhong looked hesitantly at Li Heng.
“There’s no need!”
Li Heng confidently waved his hand in refusal.
“We are the sovereign of the country. We will never leave so easily!”
Li Heng slowly raised his eyes to the sky. As the Son of Heaven of the Great Tang and the master of its Dragon Qi, Li Heng was extremely sensitive to shifts in Dragon Qi. When the heavens had shifted, Li Heng had felt his Dragon Qi pulse.
“Imperial Father, is this the moment you spoke of?
“We are not the sovereign of a vanquished country, and the Great Tang is not showing signs of being conquered. No matter what danger is coming, We will stop it and protect the country for the sake of its people!”
Li Heng’s robes danced around him, his eyes exploding with dazzling light.
To the southwest of the Imperial Palace, in the King of Foreign Lands Residence, Wang Chong’s original body was also observing the shift in the heavens.
Has the foundation of the world been shaken? Wang Chong asked himself as he looked up at the dark skies.
For Wang Chong, this was not some heavenly phenomenon. To the astrologers, there were many potential reasons for this massive shift in the Central Plains, including the drying up of Dragon Qi, but Wang Chong knew that all this had a very simple explanation.
The incessant surging of the cold wave in the north was due to the constant accumulation of energy from another world in this one. Once this energy hit a certain threshold, it would experience a qualitative transformation and begin to shake and eat away at the foundation of this world, resulting in all these shifts.
And all this was closely connected to Heaven and the men in black.
You won’t have it easy for much longer. One day, I’ll expose your true face and utterly destroy you. But before that…
Wang Chong slowly looked toward Youzhou.
Let’s kill your so-called Child of the World and end this war. An Yaluoshan, are you ready?
Rumble!
A lightning bolt blazed down from the heavens, streaking from the capital toward the distant northeast.
At this time, an entirely different scene was playing out in Youzhou.
Dark clouds obscured the sky, stretching all the way from the border with the Eastern Turks to the very tip of Goguryeo, a roiling sea of darkness. These seething dark clouds gathered around Youzhou, bringing Dragon Qi with them.
And if one looked carefully, one could see that the dark clouds had vaguely taken the form of a massive black dragon, coiling in the air with its claws bared in the direction of the capital as if it was cheering on An Yaluoshan.
Kacrack!
Lighting crackled within the clouds, making the black dragon seem even more savage and terrifying.
All the soldiers of Youzhou looked up at the sky in shock and awe.
All of them could see that the black clouds were most concentrated, the lightning the most dazzling, right above the Andong Protectorate headquarters, and that was also where the dragon’s head was.
There were even slender tendrils of lightning coming down from the ‘black dragon’ and landing on the Andong Protectorate headquarters, as if the two shared some mysterious connection.
As more and more dark clouds gathered, the black dragon grew larger and larger, exerting more and more pressure on those below.
It’s about time…
In front of the Andong Protectorate headquarters, Gao Shang slowly raised his eyes to the sky, a bright glint within them.
The world had shifted, and the black dragon had manifested!
Although Gao Shang had seen those records in his ancient texts, this was his first time seeing it with his own eyes.
This was not simply a congregation of black clouds. This black dragon contained the Dragon Qi that they had stolen from the capital, and also the Dragon Qi that came from Youzhou being the future den of the dragon. Their fusion had brought forth this black dragon.
Even though it was pitch-black, Gao Shang did not care. There was no strict difference between a black dragon and a true dragon.
This was because when the true dragon dominated the realm, only the black dragon had a chance of overturning the dynasty, clearing out the old and bringing in the new.
And once the black dragon devoured the true dragon, it would transform into the true dragon!
The difference between success and failure had never been a matter of destiny!