"To treat all life as straw dogs... I am the same. A pity you should have never, ever tried to forcibly perform the Gathering Spirit."
Dugu Jiu wiped two fingers along the edge of his Ancient Sword. The bloody starlight reflected on its blade suddenly flared.
The moment he slashed toward the Observatory, sword marks appeared across the grounds of the Seventy-Two Districts. His Sword Qi forced nine streams of Earth Vein Dragon Qi out from the earth, which coalesced above the Imperial City into the struggling, illusory form of a dragon.
The Empress's Nine Dragon Canopy shattered with a BOOM.
Her black and gold Dragon Robe billowed out, and the twelve strings of jade beads on her crown whipped before her forehead like swords.
A jade-like luster suddenly appeared on her right hand as she gripped her sword. The instant the Golden Brilliance Sword left its scabbard, the Profound Iron foundation of the entire Observatory began to tremble with a dragon-like cry.
"CLANG!"
