MY HIDDEN TALENT IS FORBIDDEN BY THE HEAVENS-Chapter 192: THE NINE

Chapter 192 — THE NINE

Five cities had fallen.

Not damaged.

Not partially collapsed.

Erased, crystallized, folded into emerald silence.

The Jade Dragon moved like a continent deciding to walk.

Missiles had failed. Railguns had failed. Naval fleets had vanished beneath jade tide. The military had done what humanity could.

It had not been enough.

Deep beneath the capital, inside a reinforced chamber designed for extinction-level events, the final protocol was activated.

General Arvind Rao stood beneath low white lights, hands clasped behind his back.

No theatrics.

No speeches.

"Summon the Nine."

The air shifted.

Nine encrypted lines opened simultaneously.

Nine of the strongest individuals in the country.

Not an organization.

Not a team.

Nine singular forces who normally did not stand in the same room—physically or politically.

One by one, their projections formed around the circular chamber.

1 - Dean Xu Canglong

Azure Dragon Academy

Tall. Silver hair pulled back. A long, narrow blade resting across his shoulder even in projection.

His aura did not flare.

It cut.

"Report."

Vermilion Phoenix Academy Dean

2 - Dean Feng Yanrui

Still as radiant as ever

3 — Headmaster Suryavansh Rao

Solar Lotus Institute

Draped in white-gold robes that shimmered faintly with solar resonance.

He did not sit.

He hovered slightly above the floor.

"The jade resonance disrupts radiance structures," he said quietly.

The next six appeared.

They were not educators.

They were power centers.

5 — General Han Dae-Woo

Supreme Military Vanguard

Broad-shouldered, battle scars across both arms, chest reinforced with embedded resonance plating.

He leaned forward.

"That’s the thing that flattened my artillery lines?"

5 — Astra Nyx

Black Horizon Syndicate

Face half-masked. Dark suit tailored for mobility. Eyes sharp, unreadable.

Dimensional distortion flickered faintly around her projection.

"I’ve reviewed the footage. It occupies space inefficiently."

6 — Grandmaster Tenzin Dorje

Patriarch of the Stone Veil Monastery

Barefoot. Simple gray robes. The room felt heavier around him.

"Foundation law precedes system law," he murmured.

7 — Commander Rafael Ibarra

Ocean Vanguard

Naval uniform torn and salt-stained.

"My fleets are gone," he said bluntly.

8 — Dr. Elena Kovács

National Quantum Research Directorate

Hair tied tight. Data streams scrolled beside her projection.

"I’ve isolated rhythm gaps in its lattice structure."

9 — Kaito Veyron

Independent Rogue Sovereign

Black coat. Metal chains coiled around his arms like living serpents. No allegiance badge.

He smirked faintly.

"So we’re finally doing this."

The room settled.

General Rao brought up a holographic projection of the battlefield.

The Jade Dragon’s form filled the center of the table.

Scale length: over six kilometers.Resonance output: unquantifiable.Urban loss: catastrophic.

"It erased five cities," Rao said plainly.

Silence.

Then—

"It did not absorb energy," Dr. Kovács added. "It redefined bonding constants."

Astra Nyx leaned forward slightly.

"Meaning?"

"It doesn’t block attacks. It invalidates them."

Grandmaster Dorje nodded.

"It is not resisting force. It is rewriting what force means."

General Han cracked his knuckles.

"Can it be broken?"

Vice Dean Liang adjusted the projection.

"There."

A zoomed section of dorsal joint.

A faint fracture line.

Barely visible.

"Military saturation created micro-disruption."

Dr. Kovács nodded.

"Every nine-point-seven seconds, that joint misaligns rhythmically."

Astra’s eyes sharpened.

"I can cut space at that joint for half a second."

Headmaster Rao added calmly,

"I can inject solar destabilization during that window."

Commander Ibarra spoke next.

"I’ll redirect shockwave vectors outward. Keep it from leveling the region."

Grandmaster Dorje folded his hands.

"I will suppress foundation density locally."

General Han grinned faintly.

"And I’ll break it."

Kaito Veyron rolled a chain slowly around his fist.

"I’ll bind the breach if it opens."

All eyes turned to Dean Arcturus.

He nodded once.

"Liang and I will maintain civilian containment."

Mei Ying was not present in this room. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

She was still stabilizing the academy perimeter.

This was different.

This was the country’s last blade.

General Rao spoke carefully.

"This is not a committee vote."

He looked at each of them.

"This is the final line."

Silence.

Then—

Dean Arcturus stood.

"We move immediately."

The Strategic Breakdown

The battlefield projection shifted.

Evacuation corridors glowed blue.

Active jade expansion zones glowed green.

Projected dragon trajectory line glowed red.

Dr. Kovács initiated rhythm countdown simulation.

"Nine-point-seven-second disruption window. We strike at seven-point-two for compression effect."

Astra Nyx’s projection flickered slightly as spatial distortions rippled around her.

"I need proximity within fifty meters."

General Han nodded.

"I’ll create that."

Commander Ibarra spoke next.

"The roar is the real threat."

Headmaster Rao responded.

"I’ll layer solar harmonic counterwave."

Grandmaster Dorje added quietly,

"I will ground the earth beneath us."

Kaito Veyron leaned back slightly.

"If it adapts?"

Vice Dean Liang answered him.

"It will."

No one argued.

General Rao closed the session with one final statement.

"If you fail, there will be no second mobilization."

The projection cut.

Deployment

Across the country—

Nine trajectories activated.

General Han launched from a military carrier platform, the ground fracturing beneath him as he accelerated.

Astra Nyx stepped into folded space and vanished.

Grandmaster Dorje simply began walking.

Each step moved him kilometers.

Headmaster Rao ascended in a column of concentrated solar light.

Commander Ibarra rode a rising tidal column from the fractured coast.

Dr. Kovács deployed harmonic drones across projected combat radius from a mobile airborne lab.

Kaito Veyron stepped off a rooftop into open air—

And did not fall.

Dean Arcturus and Vice Dean Liang departed together from the shattered academy grounds.

Nine converging vectors.

The Jade Dragon Notices

The dragon had reached the outer edge of the sixth city.

It did not hurry.

It did not rage.

It reclaimed.

Emerald veins pulsed brighter as it moved.

Its eyes shifted.

Nine sovereign signatures converging.

Its massive head tilted slightly.

"Insects gather."

The sky darkened faintly.

The planetary ring flickered.

Two.

Still two.

The dragon inhaled slowly.

Emerald energy began condensing in its throat.

Grandmaster Dorje arrived first.

He raised one hand.

The earth beneath the battlefield stilled.

Cracks halted mid-spread.

Foundation density increased.

The dragon’s forward step slowed by a fraction.

General Han impacted next.

He struck the ground like a meteor, shockwave rolling outward.

Astra Nyx appeared mid-air near the dorsal joint.

Dr. Kovács’ drones activated harmonic interference grids.

Headmaster Rao flared solar resonance across the sky.

Commander Ibarra raised tidal pillars from fractured waterways.

Kaito Veyron’s chains extended across open air.

Dean Arcturus drew a blade of pure light.

Vice Dean Liang expanded containment arrays outward to protect civilian sectors behind them.

Nine.

Aligned.

Dr. Kovács’ voice echoed across their secure channel.

"Window in five seconds."

The Jade Dragon’s emerald beam condensed.

General Han crouched slightly.

Astra Nyx poised.

Headmaster Rao’s aura flared brighter.

Grandmaster Dorje’s hand trembled under suppressed weight of foundation law.

"Three..."

The dragon opened its jaws.

"Two..."

Emerald lightning crawled across its horns.

"One."

The Nine moved as one.

And the sky detonated in light.

[Chapter ENDS]