Chapter 85
BOOM
A deafening shockwave tore through the night.
Two crescent arcs—one silver, one blazing red—crashed mid-air, colliding in a brilliant flash that painted the scorched battlefield in harsh, flickering light.
The ground trembled under the clash, and at its center, energy rippled like heatwaves, distorting the air itself.
Five meters apart, two figures stood in the aftermath.
Kai's body swayed, barely upright.
His entire left side was a charred mess of blistered flesh and torn muscle, the scent of burnt skin clinging to him like a curse.
The clean, chiseled lines of his face were marred—his once-handsome features broken under the fury of fire.
His clothes was ruined, clinging to him in scraps, fused with his flesh in places where the flames had melted clothe and skin together.
But he did not flinch.
He did not scream.
Pain pulsed through him, sharp and unrelenting, but Kai's expression remained unreadable.
