The sky over Mary Geoise had already been stained a patchwork of colors by the flames of war.
High atop Pangaea Castle, two figures faced each other from afar.
This was the Celestial Dragons' slave arena. Over eight hundred years, countless slaves and rebels had been brutally murdered here. Their blood had soaked the corridor's white jade paving stones, bearing witness to the Celestial Dragons' darkest atrocities and twisted tastes. Exquisite reliefs of angels adorned the corridor's edges, yet they could not conceal the evil flowing beneath them.
Now, in this arena built specifically for slaves to duel for the Celestial Dragons' amusement, a Celestial Dragon and a general of Hua Country were dueling instead.
One figure wore a green brocade battle robe beneath Golden Chainmail Armor, with a Blue Dragon Helmet on his head. His face was dark red as a ripe jujube, with Phoenix Eyes, thick, arched brows, and three strands of long beard falling to his chest. In his hands, he held a Green Dragon Crescent Blade measuring three zhang and six chi in length. A lifelike azure dragon was engraved on the blade, gleaming with a cold blue light in the sunlight. Tall and straight as a pine, he stood at one end of the corridor, radiating an awe-inspiring righteousness, like a Martial Saint descended into the mortal world.
The foremost of the Five Tigers of Hua Country Generals, Guan Yu, also known as Guan Yunchang.
At the other end stood a tall man in a black military uniform trimmed with gold. Roughly three meters ten or twenty tall, he had exactly the same build as Red-Haired Shanks. His long blond hair was tied into a high ponytail, its tips tinged faintly black. An elegantly fashioned rapier hung diagonally at his waist, with a gold, engraved