CHAPTER 199 — NINEFOLD SOVEREIGN ARRAY (PART I: ALIGNMENT)
The sky had turned emerald.
Not metaphorically.
Literally.
The Jade Dragon's evolving aura had spread so wide that the clouds above the battlefield now glowed with a faint green tint, like the heavens themselves had been stained by its presence.
Below that sky—
The Nine stood.
But they were no longer standing as individuals.
They had reached the limit of fighting alone.
The dragon's second form had made that brutally clear.
Dean Xu Canglong stood at the center of the broken plain, his long silver hair swaying in the wind created by the dragon's immense wings. His sword remained lowered for now, but the blade hummed faintly with restrained power.
He studied the dragon.
Then spoke.
"We cannot defeat it with separate attacks."
No one argued.
General Han Dae-Woo spat blood into the dirt and wiped his mouth.
"Yeah. I figured that out when my last punch bounced off like I hit a mountain."
