The greed and savagery in the Azure Dragon's eyes turned to bewilderment.
It did not know why Jing Jiu had stopped, or why he had said those words.
Still less did it understand why it could not rise just a little farther and bite him to death.
Only when its head turned downward and it saw its own body did it understand what had happened, and let out a piercing dragon cry.
The cry was soundless, yet its anguish could be felt, because the pain in its eyes was far too intense.
The black dragon's body suddenly went taut!
It was as though someone below were pulling hard on it.
Ice crystals carried by its dragon breath floated in the Void Realm.
The Azure Dragon smashed through those ice crystals and plummeted toward the ground.
Throughout its fall, its eyes remained fixed on Jing Jiu, filled with resentment and fury.
Countless eyes watched the Azure Dragon leave Chaoge City and pursue that black speck.
Its enormous black head vanished into the sky, presumably having entered the Void Realm, while its tail remained beneath the ruins of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. Its black body spanned heaven and earth like a tornado, at least dozens of miles long.
Xiang Wanshu and the other Zhongzhou disciples watched this extraordinary sight between heaven and earth, their faces pale and their eyes burning.
Beyond their fear, they felt even greater pride, for this was the Zhongzhou Sect's Mountain-Guarding Divine Beast, their ancient ancestor-the Azure Dragon!
The miraculous, magnificent sight shook many people, and silence reigned inside and outside Chaoge City.
Consort Hu was shaken most of all. Pale and trembling slightly, she could barely remain standing even as she leaned against His Majesty the Divine Emperor.
The Divine Emperor suddenly smiled without