The Three Kings could only stare in disbelief as the Dragon Slayer Sword they had combined their strength to summon dissolved into nothing before their eyes. The phantom forms of their Taixu Ancient Dragon bodies scattered like mist under a morning sun. The force of the backlash drove their human forms several steps backward each footfall heavy in the charged air.
Above them in the endless vault of the sky the small dragon of violet gold hovered high above Dragon Island. Its gaze swept the lands below with the calm authority of a sovereign born to rule. To the eyes of those watching it was not a phantom not an illusion but a true emperor made manifest.
A stunned voice broke the silence. "The Dragon Emperor has been born"
For one breath the entire island was still as if the world itself had paused. Then the stillness shattered replaced by an eruption of voices that rolled like thunder across the horizon. The cries were not merely shouts they were declarations of recognition. More than half the gathered clansmen now looked upon Zi Yan with eyes alight. From her bloodline alone they had accepted her as their rightful Dragon Emperor.
The violet gold dragon gave a single resonant hum before dissolving into shimmering patterns of dragon lines. These flowed like streams of light back into Zi Yan's body. Her face had paled but she remained standing straight shoulders square her bearing that of a queen who could command the entire Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan.
The Three Kings had been defeated.
In their eyes the unspoken decision was already made. This woman could not be allowed to live.
A tremor ran through the air. From the void a cold black sword of forged iron thrust forth aimed directly at Zi Yan's throat.
Her expression tightened and she began to move but before she could act a massive black hand formed in the air. It seized a figure clad in black iron armor from the very void itself. The armored assassin and his weapon shattered in an instant with a sound like splintering stone.
"Foolish" Hun Miesheng brushed his hands together as if dusting away the remains of an insect. With a fluid motion he stepped down from the throne landing between Zi Yan and any further threat.
A faint smile touched her lips. For the first time in the day's events she felt a flicker of safety.
"The contest for the Dragon Emperor's seat is over" Hun Miesheng's tone was even his gaze sweeping the assembly. "Is it not time to announce the result"
The expressions of the West King the South King and the North King darkened. Murmurs rippled through the forces of the three islands. The air was thick with unease.
"This duel does not count" The South King's cold voice cut through the noise as he stepped forward upon the air itself.
So the true confrontation begins.
Hun Miesheng regarded him with calm amusement his hands clasped behind his back. "And why does it not count"
"Many among the three great islands know each other yet we have never once seen either of you on East Dragon Island" The South King's voice rose as the pressure of a late three star Dou Saint and the oppressive might of royal dragon blood flooded outward. "I suspect you are not of East Dragon Island at all"
The army of nearly ten thousand barbaric dragon warriors behind him advanced in unison. A suffocating aura of bloodlust swept in all directions.
Hun Miesheng gave an exaggerated shrug. "We came in a hurry and did not bring anything to prove our identity. Are you saying we must first return to East Dragon Island to verify it"
"Return" the South King's voice curled with malice. "Do you think you still have the chance to return" His gaze slid to the West King and North King.
"Eliminate East Dragon Island's representatives first. We will divide its territory among the three of us. The matter of the Emperor's seat can be discussed later. What say you"
The West King and North King exchanged glances. They had seen the terrifying potential of Zi Yan's bloodline. She was but a three star Dou Zun and already she had achieved such a feat. If she were allowed to grow they would have no place left in the clan's future.
"Together then. That man's strength may be near five star Dou Saint" the West King muttered to his peers.
The South and North Kings both stiffened at the words. Of them only the North King had barely touched the threshold of four star Dou Saint.
"Seal the space" the North King barked.
Gold dragon lines flared around all three as they roared in unison revealing their true draconic forms. Space rippled and then darkened as their combined power locked the world itself. The armies of the three islands surged forward until the sky and ground alike were choked with armored bodies sealing every avenue of escape.
Zi Yan drew a sharp breath. "I can break the seal on this space" she said. She brushed a loose lock of hair from her forehead and took a step forward preparing to unleash the power of her violet gold eyes once more.
Hun Miesheng crossed his arms and gave a slight smile. "With me here you need only watch"
Her eyes softened and she nodded.
From the side Xuan Mo sneered. "Flirting even on the brink of death"
"Attack"
The three colossal dragon forms coiled high above then dived their movements churning the very clouds. The air thickened as torrents of Dou Qi gathered at their maws. Three immense pillars of energy lanced toward Hun Miesheng and Zi Yan from three directions converging in a storm of force.
The impact shook the entire island. Waves of raw energy blasted outward scorching the land into a burning wasteland. A vast crater yawned where the attack had struck.
"Are they dead" one voice muttered.
A faint blue glow flickered within the smoke.
"They still live"
A sphere of black blue light floated untouched by the devastation within it Zi Yan unharmed at its heart.
"Where is the man" the North King began but was cut short by a voice drifting through the air.
"What are you looking at"
They craned their necks upward. On the very crowns of their draconic heads Hun Miesheng stood robes billowing in the high wind.
"Your strength is too lacking" he said with a shake of his head. His fingers closed into a fist and the sealed space cracked apart like brittle glass.
"Submit"
The word rolled through Dragon Island like the voice of a god. The full weight of a Dou Saint of eight stars descended along with soul power at the peak of the heavenly realm and the crushing might of ten thousand jin. The pressure drove into every soul leaving them trembling at the core of their being.
The Three Kings roared in agony as their titanic forms were slammed to the ground. In moments their bodies shrank back to human shape pinned helpless under the weight.
"Dou Saint of eight stars"
Their faces were pale their eyes wide with despair.
"This cannot be" the South King rasped. Such power was rarer than the fingers of both hands across the continent. To encounter it here was unthinkable.
Hun Miesheng floated above them like a dark god. "Your turn" he said to Zi Yan with a nod.
She stepped forward each pace radiating the dignity of a monarch. Violet dragon armor flowed across her form and her eyes turned once more to violet gold. The weight of her bloodline ignited the blood of every dragon present. Phantoms of the ancient dragons filled the air bowing low before her.
All dragons bowed.
A violet gold sword formed in her grasp blazing with the authority of divine judgment. This was the true Dragon Slayer Sword. With a single stroke its radiant edge fell.
The three dragon heads were severed in one instant.
"From this day forth I am the sole Dragon Emperor of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan"
Her violet dress flowed in the wind her hair streaming like a dark waterfall her figure radiant with sacred majesty.
(End of Chapter)
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