From outside of your window, the gale of wings roared, a thunderous bellow resonating underneath the clouds. Is anyone familiar with Wind Lance from the Hobbit? You might need it outside of your house before the Smaug scorches the entire terrain! Not Smaug, but Huoju's relative is! Lots of violence throughout chapters incoming!

GrayZeppelin


Episode Finale: Heaven and Hell (47 - 58)


Chapter LIV

Dragon, Part One

Huoju's Wrath, Act One

The almighty screeched. It spread its wings, and both feet sprang forward into the sky. This creature what no one had ever seen the dragon for centuries: the only one brought the knowledge of survival, food, and people to harvest China. Only in the Realm, the Dragon Warrior could summon his dragon, despite what the panda enhanced his Qi.

This new ambition from Huoju, the Prince of Darkness conspired this plan. Now after all else fails as half of his army brought down to their knees, his sister entered the play. One final snarl from It, the dragon spat it gore of fire in the western edge of Gongmen City's hilly sanctuaries. It spilled more of the breath and down toward the sea, burned twenty junk ships.

Was the voice from Xing's sword ever lie? The proof struck to the white tiger's core; he never liked this catastrophe that fire brought his memories flash. The inferno killed his father. The silent arrow silenced his mother's agony. And the giant, gloomy Ox figure behind the forest fire revealed in Xing's eyes.

The panda's paw forcefully patted Xing's back. "MOOVE! RUN!" Po screamed.

Numerous wails swarmed across the roads and dark alleyways the villagers and warriors sprinted. There was nowhere else to go. Only the rest could do is run. The Five dashed behind the panda; the Lord of Gongmen followed.

Both Lotus and Xing heard the warlord grunt inside the tent. "YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME HERE!" the bull screeched. "Little kitten! What is that screaming outside?!"

The white tiger quickly observed the black dragon circulating south to the north. He rushed in the tent. "Your buddy's got a freaking dragon! It dooms us all!" Xing snapped in horror.

Kai quivered the chi ropes that suppressed his powers with yielding. "Break me free! You want my help, then the Mighty hunts that Ox's chi!" he solemnly demanded.

The sky stormed the dragon's screech, the fires flickering down the air. If I should let Kai help, my responsible depends on everyone's fate, either him or Huoju! Xing horrified, rambling three steps back and two toward Kai the white tiger shook his head. What could go wrong if Huoju soon defeats, then Kai flips the table? What could happen if Kai was not here, then Huoju might win?

"KEEP GOING!" Po yelled, his left paw grasping Tigress's hand they including the Five behind them sprinted as all gathered the villagers and soldiers. Another cry from the dragon thundered, the fires spitting the southwest district.

The Prince of Darkness, riding behind his sister's back, he jerked the creature's two fins, pulling her long neck and reptilian head up to the sky. His red cape billowed with a continuous slant up and down, and side to side. How insanity and psychopath Huoju became, loving the music of screams and fires. Banking his sister left and yielding down, Huoju roared and thrust his sister's fins.

Wugu (reincarnation), the black dragon, breathed her ember chest and billowed the tongues of fire. On the ground, every villager ran and watched the fire-breathing dragon spit the blaze like a hot water spill. Their screams faded, but the burns boomed with the fire thrusting the houses, apartments, roads, the northwest province.

The Dragon Warrior held Tigress's paw when fleeing toward the safety path. "Huoju is not stopping!" Po shrieked. "That dragon's gonna burn Gongmen and all of us if we stay here!"

"Curse that bovine beast!" Lord Shen spat, dashing next to Po.

The dragon gave another bellow. The monster spread its bat-like wings Huoju glided her. They floated close to the sea when the dragon continuously flipped her forelimbs. Another thrust from Huoju's grasp, Wugu spat her drake-fire — one junk pirate ship scorched to embers as the crew of twenty cried into the flames, and only five plunged into the depths.

The hurling ball flew near Huoju as he dodged it, the dragon diving where the shooting came from behind. Wugu's claws seized the black junk ship's middle and back masts above. Forcing the vessel into the sky, Huoju jerked his sister's neck to the left, freeing the dragon spin three times the sail men leaped and fell. After the third, Wugu hurled the ship toward the city after her snarl.


Xing and Lotus sprinted into the complicated streets, thronging with random villagers and warriors they ran ahead of them. The white tiger locked his right paw on the wolf's paw for dear life. Something in the air gave an angry wind to Lotus's top right as Xing searched both oxen Niu and Ox race along both crocodiles in front. The black ship spun out of control in the air.

"LOOK OUT!" Lotus feared.

Embracing from the impact, both Lotus and Xing hit the floor; four warriors leaped to their left side they took cover behind the summer apartment. The ship cracked many pieces — the sails billowed and shredded. A gray form fell from the junk's shroud ropes and crashed toward the road.

The Nine's Pirate roared — a piece of wooden mast like a shape of the dagger plunged Shou's left waist.

"SHOU!" Xing cried. Both Lotus and Xing rushed to him when the bull student struggled to rise. His knees bent wildly.

"Sink me (Damn)! I shall split that creature's pretty head off!" Shou bellowed, groaning at once Lotus and Xing spread his arms and laid their necks behind.

The kung fu master gestured after leaving the apartment from skulking. "GO! GET TO NORTHEAST, NOW!" Master Storming Ox shouted.

The young warriors Niu and Zhao held Shou's arms both Xing and Lotus gave in. "Is there a way to hide from Huoju, Master Ox?!" Xing urged.

"There is!" he bellowed, pointing the outer rim of Gongmen City. "We head to Shanghai about fifty miles!"

"We don't have more time to get there, Dad!" his son Niu countered. "The clan will outnumber us, and kill us all!"

"Unless the Dragon Warrior defends us!" Master Ox uttered, hastily eying on his right shoulder. "Where's the panda?!"

A clamorous question indeed; however, the roads gave complex paths and long distances to search only one warrior: Dragon Warrior. Xing and Lotus had followed but raced other ways despite roaring flames. "We gotta find him!" the white tiger flailed his head, darting next to Ox. "Po will give us more time! He's our only chance to save us all!"

"Do you know where he is at?!"

"No! Let's catch up to him fast!" Xing shouted. "If we combine ourselves, then we can fight Huoju back!"

"It's chaos out here!" Master Ox rejected, dazzling his crimson eyes. "Defending the city is suicide!"

YOU—WILL—BURN!

The Prince of Darkness raced his dragon down, his sister blowing her fire winds ahead of the Masters. All slid their feet onto the pavement and retreated; Wugu's mouth widened as the blaze struck the roads about two blocks away.


The fire gale continued forcing into the apartments. Further down, the Masters of Gongmen leaped their cover in the dark alleyway. The fire slammed the concrete above them. One piece about the size of cannon's wheel collapsed, hitting the avian's right leg and wing.

Crane painfully bellowed. "CRANE!" Tigress reached her paw.

Po rushed next to him. He heaved the collateral concrete. The weight was heavy enough to crush the avian's fine leg and wing. The smokes past over them — Mantis to Crane's left, he carefully seized his left arm. A thunderous cat roar swirled behind Crane. The concrete split its light blue cracks into pieces. Brushing the debris off of Crane, Tigress heaved the bird she glanced to her right shoulder.

Tai Lung, the Great Dragon rose his chin. Behind him, his nephew scurried. "Hang on, buddy!" Po hushed Crane's severe agony. The wing tendered and his good long leg and feet misplaced with an injury. "We're gonna get you out of here!"

"Where are the others?! The Nine?!" the young leopard Peng hastily demanded.

The panda panted. "I lost sight of Xing and Lotus!" Po hollered, swimming his head on both sides of the destructive bounds. "They must have scattered anywhere!"

"Where's Shifu?!"

Tai Lung's anxious, consternation demanded the whole masters. The Five whirled their heads while the dragon growled within the white clouds. Po and Tigress gazed their jade and honey eyes at each other to a horrific pale. "Oh, no —" the panda quivered his lips, meeting the Great Dragon's glance. "THE UNDERCITY! My dads and Shifu are still inside! We better find them before Huoju crushes everyone!"


The Masters of Gongmen and five of the Nine darted through the devastating, hilly roads they followed most of the villagers and soldiers clamoring together to head northeast. The cloud spat the black figure of enormous wings and reptilian head, billowing the fire gale down to the south district. "KEEP GOING!" Master Ox roared, waving his right hoof.

Further down, Xing's feet seemed meeting the pavement that rumbled with screech tones. The hole breached its underground level where the scream came from and —

Slowing the pace and glimpsing the hole, Xing gasped.

The pandas, villagers, Shifu, both of Po's dads, and white tigress Ming crawled their paws toward the hole. "MASTER OX!" the master heard Xing call he glimpsed back and returned to him. "Everyone's stuck in Undercity! Somebody grab the bamboo ladder!"

As Master Croc did from the constructive bamboo restaurant behind the she-wolf, both Lotus and Xing heaved the ceiling bars. The red panda and white tigress bounded out of the ceiling hole; Masters Croc and Ox placed the bamboo ladder within. "Climb out of there! One at a time!" Ox stormed, signaling the people.

About ten people they climbed, the hurricane stormed the roofs nearby, the breath bellowing. Ox and Croc escorted into the bamboo construction, Shifu and Ming dragging Po's dads and two students Xing and Lotus behind the solid structure. The dragon slid its claw-wings onto the buildings and its feet pressuring the road after landing, the wrecks crashing loud.

Huoju let his dragon sister amble forward as if Wugu released her fangs and hot breath she snarled. The panda teenager from the hole stretched her head; Lei Lei widened her eyes and breath storming in her throat Xing hushed her, gesturing his finger toward his lips.

The Prince of Darkness riding behind his sister faced forward. WHO— ARE— YOU?! I CAN SENSE THE TWO OF PURE LIGHTS AMONG ME AND MY SISTER!

Huoju was demanding to whoever he confronted, as the black dragon crawled forward, her left claw-wing slamming one apartment next to the bamboo, ceilings, and connection sticks nearly collapsing. The wing thrust the wind in each step of the creature's forelimb. Gesturing Lei Lei quietly, Xing mouthed at her. Come—come—come.

As Lei Lei tip-toed toward Xing, the dragon's pointy tail swirled and slammed the two-story house to its right; the white tiger caught Lei Lei she nearly squealed. Li Shan held on the girl. The rest including masters sensed warriors demanding. The voices were not mistaken Shifu recognized. Xing and Lotus trailed near the hole — Mei Mei climbed the ladder she grasped both paws the wolf, and white tiger silently pulled her.

The villagers sneaked to the sides of the road after crawling out of the hole of Undercity Tunnels. Master Storming Ox guarded the white tiger and she-wolf they pulled a few people. "We run the other way around. You cannot let Huoju see us," Ox whispered to Xing.

As reluctant to this circumstance, sneaking and moving over to the safety path should guide the people out without burning alive. Glancing others, Xing checked every corner of the pavement side. Behind him, the red panda sidled behind the golden column, towering his head — shouting voices thundered at a few blocks away.

"Keep gathering them, Lotus. I'll go check with Shifu." Xing urged after palming Lotus's back.

The white tiger readied his red bow, the arrow nocking on the original string he crouched and strolled toward Shifu. The crocodile master followed the Nine's Leader. Wary, Xing's sensation climbed to a halt, his spine blowing with coldness. "Master?" he anxiously murmured.

The master's reaction became priceless as his whole jaw fell, his heaven eyes widening. Xing's back met the complex structure, now stretching his head where Shifu witnessed down the broad road. The Five stumbled their fighting stances; Monkey and Tai Lung grasped Crane's wings they supported; Tigress and Viper froze their ground, facing and held their heads high against both evils.

The black dragon Wugu stretched her lips, giving a threatening look of her sharp fangs. The Prince of Darkness squinted his flaring eyes.

"We understand those consequences, Huoju!" Tai Lung pressed, snapping as his dark shoulders fluffed. His only good eye glared. "This wrath is not what you can burn this city! Do you burn everyone?!"

I concern none of the people, Tai Lung. My raid was impossible to ignore half of my army's yield. This patience game poked the cherry wine out of the glass bottle. Huoju threatened. Where is the Dragon Warrior?

"Even if I don't know where he is, your thing might have burned him alive somewhere!" Tigress defended.

Even the untruthfulness you try to lie to me, perhaps the fire shall sear your feet.

The black dragon breathed her intense fire underneath Wugu's long neck. The bird's cry interfered, the wings soaring to Tigress's right. "That's enough, Huoju!" a daring voice stopped Wugu from herself nearly blowing the fire. The albino widened his wings — the Prince of Darkness dragged his sister's two fins.

Shen! The red panda almost screamed under his throat, luckily not hailing. Master Croc squared his yellow eyes. Xing observed the Five and Shen as the black and white bear was not seeing, neither skulking anywhere.

Where did Po go?! Xing insisted, still readying the bow and arrow.

"Huoju, end this now! You have done enough severe damages to my city!" Lord Shen accused, his wings currently spreading. Tigress made an instant growl, but Wugu screeched her threatening, warm air. The Five and the albino froze.

The deal was for you to reclaim Gongmen City, and I take over this world! Have you recalled the discussion?! Huoju reminded.

That was true indeed. The deal was on the script to both Shen and Huoju, hard to ignore the facts they planned to conspire not only China to claim as conquerors, but the people to bow their feet were part of persistence. As by glimpsing the side of Huoju's conspiracy, Shen could discern of the people's fate, envisioning only the fire scorch the whole.

Guiltiness to Shen crumbled him, knowing this madness plan could kill thousands. He tightened his throat. "Yes, we have had," he quivered his voice, glancing down a little as thoughts swarmed the decisions he and Huoju promised. He raised his chest, glaring at Huoju hard. "I have changed my thought. I don't accept, Huoju."

Shen's defiance closed Huoju's eyes, every color of rose falling to pieces the Prince of Darkness bent his muzzle. "FATHER!"

Inaudibly gasping from familiar peacock's cry, Xing peeped at the downhill farther back. The dragon and her brother swirled and fixed in unrelenting glare at one, helpless, horrifying Prince of Gongmen City. Lao's father cawed.

"Lao!" Xing whisper-shouted, brightening his mother's eyes. Beside the young peacock, his mother and one bunny stood — both Xia and Hong squealed, Lao's mother wrapping her son's body he dragged him. "No-No-No!"

Shaking his frightening head, Xing let his body jump forward — Master Croc's right arm surrounded Xing's chest, shoveling him back sidling against the wooden structure. "No!" Shifu whispered and guarded Xing; the red panda gestured to a halt. "They'll see you, and burn us all!"

Because if the white tiger made another sudden move to defy Huoju and the black dragon from burning anyone alive, Wugu could easily scorch everyone all the sudden. The black dragon ambled four steps ahead — Master Croc and Xing signaled their hands at Ox and the villagers to hide. As they did vanish behind the alleyways and on the side paths, the Prince of Darkness rumbled his throat.

Is that your child? And your lovely wife? Such a pity. Huoju widened with a surprised glance, stretching his wickedness lips. He glided his sister's fins to the left, freely glaring at poor, helpless albino lord. Did they perceive the destruction of pandas?

"LEAVE THEM OUT OF THIS!" Shen countered. "I WILL NOT LET YOU KILL MY FAMILY!"

THEN THEY WILL BURN LIKE ALL THE OTHERS! Huoju squirmed both fins. And his sister blazed her long throat.

"NO!"

Xing bellowed. The yellow light from Wugu's left side flashed and blinded them both, booming the panda's battle cry. Thuds and blows wrecked over the gongs and architecture apartments. A clang buffeted the enormous creature, casting her and Huoju away.

Tigress guarded her arm down from the light she observed. The Five cheered, and Tigress gave a melting smirk. "Po!"


"THIS IS AWESOME!"

The black and white bear soared, his yellow cape behind him billowing. His chi had crystallized the surrounding lights Po motioned his energy all around him. His light dragon appeared, coping the Dragon Warrior's movement as he grinned, his avatar repeated at the same time.

Lord Shen raced to the street as his son embraced him. As the peahen lady followed, Shifu scurried toward his students while the panda and his avatar glanced at Tigress. "You guys get our people out of here as you can!" The Dragon Warrior urged the Furious Five and his colleagues. "I'll hold this guy off for a long as I can!"

"Not without you — he'll take you away, and don't let me see you die in front of my eyes!" Tigress cried.

"It's not your destiny, Tigress!" Po held Tigress's bold move. He held his jade tears, glancing toward the apocalyptic hill lands. Both the black dragon and Prince of Darkness sprung, and Wugu quivered her body from debris. "Do save my dads for me!"

The Dragon Warrior slithered his chi dragon, soaring in the breeze. His avatar attacked when launching his head. Fortunately, Wugu rotated her body, swinging her long, pointy tail as the surprise attack. A violent swing, however, slammed Po's dragon avatar, crashing both the light creature and the panda through the wreckage alleyways, and over fifty apartments.

A difficult decision from Tigress he disliked leaving her partner again, the Five's alpha swiveled back to the group. "Get our people away from this city! Mantis, Monkey, Viper, keep guiding the villagers with Masters of Gongmen! We follow Ox and Croc where Huangdi is at!"

Po's avatar clenched its teeth into Wugu's long neck. Her whimpering scream thundered, racing Huoju jerk his creature's fins away. As Wugu pulled back, Po launched toward them both. The black dragon stretched her sharp, light red teeth, biting Po's avatar again she revolved and hurled the light dragon.

Clanks wrapped the tail and the whole belly the dragon yelped as if the Prince of Darkness groaned annoyingly. Catching the sight of chains somewhere in the city district, Huoju shone his crimson eyes, the tense of hateful reaction his stomach burned more he glared.

The bull warlord created his chains a green wave his hooves brilliantly yanked forward with his empowering jade. Steadying his feet when hailing, Kai dangled the black dragon, hurling it and Huoju through the southwest of disastrous, city ruins. Both Wugu and Huoju rolled into the crashes at the farther direction Kai would prefer bothering them than handling the rest of chi.

"WHOOAH!"

Booming cheer let General Kai awkwardly glance back at the Dragon Warrior, and the panda pointed both paws at him. "That's what I call dramatic entrance—Wait, how did you—?"

The warlord grunted when waving his hoof. "Get over it!" Kai trailed off, shaking his head. His hooves heaved the metal links the blades sang over the breeze. Both knives returned to the bull Kai quickly grasped both.

"You got a change of heart, maybe?!" Po asked as he spun his jade staff of yin-yang.

"Not doing this team for you. I do it whatever stands in my way —" Kai pointed his right blade in front of Po near the panda's muzzle, "— you and I deal this damned bastard, then I'll consider your kitten's deal!"

Under this confused proposition, the difference between an ally and an enemy to Po, he had only one hope. And the only concern: The hero cannot be alone when the bad partners the good to defeat the greater evil. Such bringing this ironic team (for now), Po curled his lips to the side. The black dragon rolled to her normal stance it shook the dust off and so to Huoju screeching the wind.

Both Beast of Vengeance and the Dragon Warrior glared at them. "I'll distract Huoju's thing, and you snatch that dragon's belly you did like thirty seconds ago!"

"You don't order the mighty General rank, PANDA!" Kai towered his head above Po. "Deal with that monster!"

A few paces to the Dragon Warrior, he bounded, shifting his dragon avatar. The Collector spun his chains, wrapping on both wrist guards before snatching the swords' grasps. Once Po's dragon snaked into the wind, the black dragon harshly breathed out her fiery gale, aiming to the right. Caught off guard, Huoju banked left when clenching fin bones. He heard Kai bounding from one hill to the next. His sister spat her red velvet fireball — the bull landed the second story complex in between the brown tiles. Kai sidestepped and vaulted from the blast the fire plunged the other side.

The black dragon shifted her wings she took off. Yielding the creature, Huoju pulled her fin bones as if elevating the height could sight both Kai and the Dragon Warrior. Giving a scissor maneuver before ending to the curve turn, the Prince caught General Kai spinning the jade knife into the breeze. The sword tightened the black dragon's feet; jerking hard, the other screech from the above dove. Po bent his avatar wings forward, advancing —

Chi dragon copied Po doing a sparrow kick, the tail battered Wugu's head, and the creature wrecked to the southwest province.


"What on Earth is that guy doing?!" Mantis argued on Monkey's right shoulder.

"Fighting against the Prince with the Dragon Warrior, Kai will!" Tigress dazzled her eyes next to the monk.

"Did someone reason him?!" Monkey intensified his demanding.

"There's no time to argue! We better move out before Kai or Huoju will spot us!" Master Shifu said, ordering the Five as they gathered many villagers, the rest from the hole behind the crowds mounted out — Mei Mei and Po's twin cousins heaved them.

Moments went by, so as more than a hundred people crawled out of the Undercity hole. The black dragon entranced the golden fire from her mouth and spat. The white dragon glanced at the line of fire circulating herself as if the warlord Kai jerked his chains, catapulting himself forward — after maneuvering into the complex, Po darted his staff, the chi beaming against Huoju and the black dragon.

"Xing, how are we doing over there?" Lao roared. Xing gestured his pointy finger meeting his thumb when observing the catastrophe clash. The peacock prince swiveled back, the jam of villagers including the masters in front of the crowds gathered. "Is that everyone?"

"Yeah!" the people roared.

"Then let's go!" Tigress flipped her paw to one side, leading Masters Ox and Croc forward, and Jade Palace masters followed — Tai Lung held on Crane.

The group of villagers thronged together they raced in front of all masters. Between the lanes, they searched the paths were no fires or wreckage lands of interference. The sprint was not easy as the rest of mothers carried children, guided children with their paws, and fathers leading their families go wherever trouble would come soon enough.

"Come on, brother! We must go!" Xing heard his brother shout, his mother including Ming grasped themselves behind their backs. As they followed into the crowds, Xing swerved and leaped into the street.

"I will follow! Just keep going!" Xing signaled, watching his back. He checked every person to discern all the survivors, his paws arming with bow and arrow. Only two peafowls entered the running crowds — the train feathers webbed against the wind it swerved to Xing's left.

A red train with black eyes sank into the hole. "My Lord!"

The peacock entered and rush in the Undercity Halls. He swam his head rigidly, his heart thundering across the hallway as if Lord Shen raced toward Undercity Halls. He browsed everyone's eyes that the people climbed out, but one did not arrive. He had only one who cared Shen the most. Xing slid onto the bamboo ladder, chasing the albino.

His continuous breath spread like a hellfire, dashing and cornering into long corridors. A sudden boom softly quivered the structures. Among the ceilings, dust poured in random areas — the dust rained on Shen's head; he shook and returned pacing. Behind him, he did not notice the white tiger followed him quickly. He ignored the tiger's shout, as both eyes squirmed to the left.

The right hall was where his former gorilla ally crushed to death — the debris blocked the entrance. The front Xing briefly looked covered whole he shifted his sprint to the left. The white tiger's chest froze as he slowed his pace. His thought stormed immediately, shared by Shen's anxiousness Xing stared and realized one of the people left behind.

The Soothsayer with her wooden cane sauntered toward Lord Shen.


Wrapping the chains over the black dragon was insane. Kai struggled to grasp his jade, his feet pressuring the pavement, left with the hooves trace. The black dragon snaked her head upwards, jerking Kai toward her and Huoju. Unexpected when soaring frightenedly, Kai caught the sight of the dragon's tail whipping, an uppercut. PLOW!

Swinging the warlord as the dragon did, Huoju writhed to his right. Po's avatar meandered against them. Wugu scorched her breath toward Po - the panda maneuvered and climbed into the wind. His pupils detected General Kai he fell along the jade knives and chains. Kai sought Po and the chi dragon soar below him; the avatar wriggled the warlord inside Po, and the panda snatched the Maker's right hoof, free from falling.

Unnoticing the screech, the black dragon dove her head into the sky, flapping her wings aggressively. "You go high, and I go low!" Po planned.

"THROW ME!" Kai spat.

The black dragon hacked her fire-drake gale. Po's avatar writhed upwards, hurling Kai among the white cloud, and clashed its beam of chi against the fire. The blaze and light crashed, spilling the white lava as the center dazzled like a star. Unaware thought as Huoju clenched his sister's fins to empower her fire-breath, dangle chains reeled above the Prince.

Kai roared, diving ahead of him and the dragon it stopped billowing her fire. The beast tackled Huoju, thrusting him and the creature fall. The jade blades marred Huoju's chest armor. Both warlords twirled, one in the opposite direction and the other circulated. Huoju dove toward Kai as the Maker swept his flowing green cape and his long mane was billowing behind his back.

He yanked the chains around Huoju, now dangled the ox beside him and blew his jade fist to the Prince's muzzle. For that hard blow could have shut him down, but Huoju casually quivered his head with a smirk, unimpressed. Kai reached Huoju's crimson necklace — the black dragon screeched, almost snaked behind the Maker's tail, and Po's chi dragon tackling the creature.

Kai's hoof began to rumble after clenching the red star necklace. He heard his wife's agony from the fire — catching the visions from the necklace Kai watched, memories of Wugu instinctively washed in the Collector's eyes.

The fire towered Kai's wife in their cabin house.

Kai sparred Huoju in pure double-sword to the Prince's flaming blade.

The rain showered Kai — he sobbed and glanced up to the storm, his mouth nearly covered in bovine blood as both hooves lied below the burnt body of she-ox.

The light green monument tomb of Wugu lied within the black room, shiver and small dancing stars perched elsewhere. Ahead of the grave, her brother pressed his forehead against his sister's stone lips.

The tomb floated within the splashes of red and light yellow gores — the MingMing Mountain had erupted. Huoju bellowed, his ruby hoof stretched to Wugu; the shadows let his sister awake with gleaming red eyes and form her transformation: a living reptile body, bat-like wings, sharp bone fins behind her back, and vicious velvet red teeth.

Wugu screeched her mighty dragon's gale fire.

Kai, so unpredictable when gasping in horror while in the air and falling, his arms had wrapped with smaragdine chains. Huoju pounded his feet. Once the Prince clenched, he jerked Kai and whirled him off limits. Over five times the Prince of Darkness roared, he flung the Collector.

Beginning to hurl across the city, Kai, screaming among the tiles and alleyways, rammed into the heart of Gongmen City, left with large, crater debris. PLOW!


"Soothsayer!"

The elder goat heard the peacock's cry in front of her. Lord Shen streaked to her he almost screamed under his throat. She was the last one who supposed to unite with the rest of villagers vacating the city toward the Northeast. Why did Mali stay behind — not the way too old for running, but her only reason she had to do: Shen caught the sight of the light blue glassy scroll to Soothsayer's hoof.

"Shen!" she half-praised, and half feared, reaching out and embraced Shen.

Within two seconds of hugging, Shen and Mali pulled back. "The city is under ruins! We must leave!" Lord Shen dreaded.

The surface of Gongmen City rumbled ghostly; Shen and Mali briefly heard the dragons' screeches, additionally Po's and General Kai's.

"Gongmen is your home, Lord Shen." Soothsayer's calm voice spoke out. Frightening at her, Shen studdered at her inaudibly — the goat roasted the scroll she gazed. "The fortune and legacy of peacocks could go on. The history of peacocks and the bloodline of royal peafowls will fall. Your ancestors built this gracious city. And —" she rose and glanced at the peacock's fearful eyes, " — you need to claim it for your father's sake."

Both feathers clasped to Mali's hooves. "I swear it by my parents' sake! They will watch me saving my city!" Shen vowed.

As he brought his wings back, hard and glassy item met Shen's hands. Noticing the shape of scroll underneath his long sleeve, the peacock opened his beak. "Li Han's script is crucial, Shen," Soothsayer urged him with solemnity, shaking her lips as both of her dawn eyes dazzled naturally. "The reincarnation of the Mightiest Warriors is in your grasp, and your son's now."

Rapid sprints close by behind Lord Shen — his name had called, and the peacock swirled to the north corridor. The white tiger faltered his breath when bending forward, meeting both paws against his knees. One of their lips opened before the mighty scream flew among them. It was Kai who cried, and the crash wrecked from many halls far down about ten blocks away.

The structures from long distance loudly quivered. The strike was from Kai's as they heard him from above. The rumble drew near, and near, and loud. Behind the Soothsayer, over ten ceiling windows farther, the halls collapsed to eruption. "OH, GOD!" Xing reached out the old goat's hoof, lifting her poor legs as the other arm held her back. Her cane met on her chest. "TIME TO BAIL!"

Soothsayer's weight became predictable how heavy she was — Xing's strength was bold to handle her! No time to stop! Both Shen and Xing raced back, the ceilings crashing near behind the white tiger. "Run!" Xing screamed. "GO!"

The albino hurtled, the sides of the corridors quivered with dust and small debris. Structures and columns ripped, the solids cracking thunderously from all sides. Xing sped with slow momentum, despite Mali's weight he could manage. A moment, Shen arrived at the bamboo ladder first before Xing made his final turn, with the Soothsayer the white tiger mounted her, cried in horror.

Shen wildly waved his feathers. "Come on!" he barked.

Xing tightened his lips, breathing his sinus heavily; within his arms burnt, and the collisions banged closer and approaching! Three steps away from the bamboo stairs, Mali climbed with one arm and two hooves as the other hand carried. One foot away from entering the light, the corridor turn where Xing had escaped, collapsed and the structures raced toward the exit.

Xing sprang into the light and guided Mali with Shen toward the street. The road and complexes sank, the cracks wildly ripped to random places. Xing's right foot landed a ruptured pavement, jerking his body forward to a fall. His reflex widened Xing's pupils, his paws crawling the edgy sidewalk while the quake pivoted to the left, the rocks crumbling to endless tears it ripped on its way.

"No!" Xing struggled. His arms locked against the edge as his feet slipped. He stiffly clawed the unpredictable pavement. Mali's cane reached to the tiger's paw; Xing clenched it, and Soothsayer weakly heaved him.

His knees pressed on the ragged edge — Xing luckily crawled out and scrabbled. He heard Mali thud as she perched next to Xing and Lord Shen, grunting. Coughing against the pavement, Shen writhed his body and checked Mali who towered her cane; their clothes enfolded with smoke debris to their backs, knees.

"Oh, damn—" Xing feared, panting his shaky breath. There's no denying the tiger's reaction as Shen could allow him, sharing the holy cramps moment. Shen trembled his feathers and head. The roads were not indeed to follow other safety directions to Northeast; the path where the people fled with the masters stood and untouched by the angry debris sheds.

Xing and Shen helped Mali rise, her glasses on the muzzle ripped, unable to let Mali sharpen —

The blades clanked to Xing's left side he glimpsed. The gray boar in a black vest and threatening orange eyes loomed out of the alleyway.

The gray boar hurled the silver hatchet. Xing flipped onto the pavement and streaked the bandit's upper ankle. Releasing the yell, Xing countered the boar's left hook, uppercutting on the other paw. Xing jerked both hooves and slammed him toward the pavement; the white tiger writhed close to the bandit's head, his fist clobbering the boar's right cheek.

It was a long quiet as if the debris scattered elsewhere, and both dragons screeching far to the south. Xing's black ears caught thuds from someone's knees crashing to the pavement, and the wooden cane clanged.