Chapter 322: The Chief Judge's Chess Game

The scent of blood and ozone still clung to the air over the Dragon Family's estate, a grim perfume of victory. The fires had been extinguished, but the skeletons of scorched buildings clawed at the night sky, monuments to a day of earth-shattering change. Within the main hall, miraculously intact, Bruce Yale stood alone, his silhouette framed by a shattered moon-gate window. The adrenaline of battle had faded, leaving behind a profound stillness, a quiet hum of power that now resided permanently...