The God of War Awoke, Shaking the West Blue; Beneath the Red Line, a Young Heart Hung in Suspense!

West Blue, Chang'an City, the sleeping grounds beneath the imperial palace.

The Forbidden Grounds, usually silent year-round, were now shrouded in a terrifying power of the utmost intensity. Dark red death energy surged like a tsunami through the sealed space. Black patterns flashed wildly across the stone coffin, every pulse making the thick dark iron floor hum under the strain. Even the foundations of Chang'an City trembled faintly.

The imperial guards stationed outside the Forbidden Grounds were deathly pale, their weapon-bearing hands shaking nonstop. They could clearly feel the terrifying pressure rising from deep underground, as though it would devour all life. Even through dark iron walls dozens of meters thick, it chilled their bodies and made their souls tremble.

Inside the Forbidden Grounds, Liu Bei and Xun Yu stood side by side, energy barriers raised around them against the surging power of death. Xerneas's green light of life circulated at full strength around Liu Bei, its gentle life essence continually soothing the rampaging death energy, yet cold sweat still seeped from his temples.

"Wenruo, General Bai Qi's power is even more terrifying than we expected!" Liu Bei's voice held a trace of gravity. "Yveltal's Source of Death has fully awakened!"

Xun Yu stroked his long beard, his eyes filled with excitement and solemnity. "Do not worry, Lord Liu Bei. This is the final upheaval of his essence before he awakens. After ten years lying dormant, absorbing ten years of death energy from wars across the sea, General Bai Qi will awaken as Hua Country's undisputed God of War! With him here, we will have another unstoppable blade when the time comes to settle accounts with the Celestial Dragons and destroy the World Government!"

Before his words had faded, the pitch-black stone coffin floating in midair suddenly gave a deafening