"In your dreams!"
It was a woman's sharp cry!
What should have been a relatively gentle voice rang out with a general's iron-blooded ferocity.
Standing atop the golden dragon he had conjured, just about to take flight, the Emperor Yongle suddenly felt a stabbing pain between his brows!
The instincts honed through years of fighting on battlefields as a mortal made him reflexively step back!
With only a single step to spare, a razor-sharp halberd swept right past his eyes!
Bronze!
The powerful wind it raised left the Emperor Yongle's eyes aching.
But he still caught a glimpse of its color!
"I opposed this from the start! Your court officials spun lie after lie and hoodwinked my Yin Xiang! And now, after barely any time at all, you've shown your true colors!"
In an instant, the halberd swung back with overwhelming force!
The Emperor Yongle only had time to trace a cross before his chest, where a faint image of the Zhenwu Taiji Diagram appeared!
Bang!
An enormous golden dragon-tortoise instantly plummeted from the sky!
In the blink of an eye, it smashed through a whole string of pavilions and towers!
His opponent seemed somewhat enraged, but not enough to hurt the innocent.
Thus, even though the Emperor Yongle smashed through a vast stretch of palace buildings in an instant,
The maids and consorts inside all survived, sheltered safely by some protective force!
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Amid the billowing dust, cracks spread across the Shadow of Zhenwu that the Emperor Yongle had hastily summoned. He struggled through several coughs, then looked gravely up at the sky.
A woman!
A female general wearing a red cloak and black armor, her long hair tied back!
Emperor Zhenwu's pupils contracted. His gaze turned solemn, and he spoke that name in a trembling voice.