Twelve golden-dragon war-chariots roared down from the clouds of the First Supreme Heaven like twelve falling meteors.
Each war-chariot was forged from heavy black-gold tax-iron and pulled by a pair of armored, fire-breathing Chaos Wyverns. Their spiked wheels tore dark sparks off the clouds as they charged straight down Lane 5,000 toward the central toll balcony of the Rainbow Sanctuary Highway.
Standing in the lead chariot was a portly young nobleman in brocade robes stitched with golden abacus emblems—Young Master Ba (Goodness: -55/100), Deputy Chief of the Outer-Heaven Tax Inspectorate and brother-in-law to Overseer Lord Wuji.
Beside him stood his scarred personal bodyguard, Elder Tie-Gu (Goodness: -49/100), resting a hundred-pound chaos-steel war spear across his armored shoulder.
“Brother-in-law Wuji, get up off the ground!” Young Master Ba bellowed through a dragon-horn amplifier, his arrogant voice echoing across all ten thousand lanes. “Who gave these lower-realm bumpkins permission to pave over an official Heavenly Plunder Bank tollbooth?!”
Down on the tiny stone island in the middle of Lane 5,000, Lord Wuji scrambled up and pointed a trembling finger at Lin Mo and Su Wan on the elevated toll balcony.
“Brother-in-law Ba!” Wuji wailed. “They used an illegal financial system to pay off Old Keeper Cang’s indenture deed, exposed my casino tabs across all thirty-three heavens, and turned my tollgate into a free ten-thousand-lane highway! Crush their ship and seize that boy’s black-gold card!”
