CHAPTER 217 — THE SYSTEM AWAKENS
The sky groaned under the weight of two colliding powers.
Storms twisted above the shattered city as the Jade Dragon descended once more, its enormous emerald body tearing through the clouds like a falling mountain. Every beat of its wings rippled through the skyline, sending shockwaves across broken streets and burning districts below.
Long Hao hovered beneath it.
Bruised.
Breathing harder now.
But still standing.
Below him, the rooftop of the damaged office tower crumbled where he had landed moments earlier. Smoke rose through the air, and the faint sound of sirens drifted upward from the streets far below.
The Jade Dragon loomed above him.
Its newly transformed body looked far more terrifying now. The jagged crystal ridges along its spine glowed with concentrated emerald energy, and the sharpened edges of its wings reflected the burning skyline like massive blades of living jade.
Its voice rolled through the sky again.
"You see."
