Liu Xuance and Xu Lou struck in perfect unison!
Their decades of fighting shoulder to shoulder in Dragon-Slaying City had carved that understanding into their very bones.
No words were needed. One glance told each what the other intended.
Xu Lou's sword flashed like lightning, Heaven's Punishment Sword becoming a streak of black light aimed straight at Qin Shi Huang's throat!
Liu Xuance swung his great banner wildly. The Black Dragon Banner snapped in the wind, and the five-clawed True Dragon emblazoned on it seemed to come alive, opening its enormous maw to engulf Qin Shi Huang from above!
Two devastating attacks arrived at once!
Qin Shi Huang was still immersed in the desolate mood of "Recalling Qin E".
That flute, that Qin E, that Xianyang Ancient Road, those Han Dynasty Mausoleums...
His Great Qin, his Empire, the realm he had devoted his entire life to building-
Gone.
All gone.
In that instant, his heart held nothing but bewilderment and bitter refusal.
Sensing its master's lapse, the Li Dragon instinctively moved to protect him!
Its draconic body shuddered as it moved to shield its master-
But eleven Golden Men clung to it like maggots burrowing into bone, holding it fast!
Sword light interwove and runes flickered. Though the Golden Men could not hurt it, they could impede its movements!
The Li Dragon roared and swept its tail across!
BOOM!!!
Liu Xuance bore the brunt of the tail strike. He raised his banner to block, but it felt as though an entire mountain had slammed into him. He flew a hundred zhang backward and crashed into the wall, gouging a deep crater into the stone!
But the instant he was hurled away, Xu Lou had already closed to within three feet of Qin Shi Huang!
Heaven's Punishment Sword thrust forward!
That