MY HIDDEN TALENT IS FORBIDDEN BY THE HEAVENS-Chapter 212: SOVEREIGN RECOGNITION

Chapter 213 — SOVEREIGN RECOGNITION

The sky above the hospital district had become an ocean of power.

Clouds no longer drifted naturally. They twisted and spiraled as if pulled by invisible tides, caught between two opposing forces colliding in the air. Emerald light from the Jade Dragon washed across the sky like a rising storm, while black-gold void energy radiated quietly around Long Hao like a silent eclipse.

Below them, the city trembled.

Sirens continued to wail through the streets. Emergency teams worked frantically among broken buildings and shattered glass. Yet despite the chaos, many people had stopped moving.

They were looking up.

Watching something they could barely comprehend.

Two beings fighting in the sky above them.

One a dragon the size of a mountain.

The other a man standing alone against it.

High above the skyline, the Jade Dragon hovered with slow, deliberate wingbeats.

Its enormous emerald eyes studied Long Hao carefully.

Not like prey.

Not even like an enemy.

But like something familiar.

"You carry it."

The dragon’s voice rolled across the sky like distant thunder.

Long Hao floated calmly several hundred meters away.

The void energy surrounding his body flickered faintly as the wind moved through the clouds.

He tilted his head slightly.

"Carry what?"

The Jade Dragon’s wings spread wider.

"Authority."

The word carried weight.

Below them, the Eight exchanged uneasy glances.

General Han Dae-Woo scratched the back of his neck.

"Did the giant dragon just say ’authority’?"

Commander Rafael Ibarra folded his arms.

"I heard it."

Astra Nyx narrowed her eyes.

"That word matters."

Above them, the Jade Dragon continued speaking.

"You carry a fragment of sovereignty."

The emerald light beneath its scales brightened.

"The remnant of a broken throne."

Long Hao stared at it for a moment.

Then shrugged.

"That sounds dramatic."

The dragon’s eyes burned brighter.

"You do not understand what you are."

Long Hao cracked his knuckles slowly.

"That’s kind of been the theme of my life."

The Jade Dragon’s aura expanded.

Clouds spiraled outward across the sky as pressure filled the air.

"You were born from a shattered authority."

"An incomplete Sovereign."

Long Hao’s expression finally shifted slightly.

He remembered the system.

The fragments.

The dreams.

The girl whose face had always remained hidden. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

For a moment, his voice softened.

"...Longyu."

The dragon’s eyes sharpened.

"You name the fragment."

The Jade Dragon inhaled slowly.

Emerald light pulsed across its enormous body.

"She is part of the Anchor."

Below them, Kovács froze as her drones scanned the dragon’s energy patterns.

Her voice crackled through the comm channel.

"Energy readings are rising again."

Han groaned.

"Of course they are."

The Jade Dragon lowered its head slightly toward Long Hao.

"Only the Anchor may oppose the Anchor."

The dragon’s voice deepened.

"And you..."

Its wings beat once, sending violent winds across the city skyline.

"...are incomplete."

Long Hao sighed.

"Yeah."

"I was afraid you’d say something like that."

The dragon moved.

Not slowly.

Not cautiously.

It exploded forward through the sky with terrifying speed.

Its claw descended toward Long Hao with the force of a falling mountain.

Long Hao raised his arm.

Void energy surged around his fist.

"Void Breaker."

The two forces collided.

The impact cracked the clouds apart.

A thunderous shockwave rippled across the city.

But this time—

The dragon did not stop.

Its claw forced through the void energy and slammed into Long Hao’s guard.

The impact launched him backward across the sky.

He skidded through a wall of clouds before stabilizing himself again.

The Jade Dragon did not pause.

It surged forward again.

Tail.

Claw.

Wing.

Each attack came faster than the last.

Long Hao dodged the first strike.

Blocked the second.

But the third hit his shoulder.

The impact hurled him through the air.

He rolled once before catching himself again.

Below them, Han stared.

"...Okay."

"That one looked like it hurt."

Nyx’s voice remained calm.

"The dragon is adapting again."

Above them, Long Hao rubbed his shoulder slightly.

"Yeah."

"Definitely felt that one."

The Jade Dragon hovered nearby.

"You grow."

Its emerald eyes glowed brighter.

"But not fast enough."

Long Hao exhaled slowly.

"You’re starting to sound like my old instructors."

The dragon’s wings flared wide.

Emerald energy surged across its body.

"You were never meant to defeat me."

The creature’s voice deepened further.

"You were meant to become me."

For the first time—

Long Hao’s expression changed.

The dragon continued.

"The fragments exist to rebuild the throne."

"The Sovereign must return."

Below them, Rao’s eyes widened.

"That explains the system."

Nyx looked at him.

"You’re thinking what I’m thinking?"

Rao nodded slowly.

"The fragments are pieces of a broken authority."

Above them, the dragon spread its wings wider.

The clouds twisted violently.

"Your system."

"Your fragment."

"They were always meant to reunite."

Long Hao’s gaze hardened.

"Not interested."

The dragon tilted its head slightly.

"You reject sovereignty?"

Long Hao shrugged.

"I reject becoming you."

The Jade Dragon roared.

Its emerald aura surged across the sky.

Then it attacked again.

This time with brutal speed.

The dragon’s claw tore through the air toward Long Hao’s chest.

Long Hao met it with another strike.

"Eclipse Impact."

The collision blasted both fighters apart.

The dragon recovered first.

It lunged again immediately.

Its jaws snapped toward Long Hao’s torso.

Long Hao twisted sideways.

The dragon’s teeth missed him by centimeters.

He countered with a kick to its jaw.

The strike cracked several emerald scales.

But the dragon barely reacted.

Instead it spoke again.

"You fight well."

"But you remain incomplete."

The dragon inhaled deeply.

Emerald light surged inside its throat.

"Without the Anchor..."

"...you cannot win."

Long Hao watched the energy building inside the dragon’s mouth.

Then he sighed.

"Yeah."

"I figured."

Below them, Han frowned.

"That didn’t sound confident."

Nyx watched Long Hao carefully.

"No."

"He’s thinking."

Above them, the Jade Dragon’s energy continued building.

The emerald glow intensified.

Clouds across the sky turned green.

Long Hao hovered there in silence for a moment.

Then he looked at the dragon again.

"So that’s the problem."

The dragon’s eyes narrowed.

"You finally understand."

Long Hao nodded slowly.

"Yeah."

His voice grew quieter.

"But I don’t like the solution."

The Jade Dragon spread its wings.

"You have no choice."

Long Hao clenched his fists.

Void energy surged around him again.

"Guess we’ll see."

The dragon roared.

The sky shook.

And the battle entered an even darker stage.

[Chapter ENDS]