The Sun stood high in the sky.
Golden light flooded the battlefield — yet the land below still carried the scars of night. Blackened craters. Twisted gravity fields. Fractured air.
Sebastian stood within Zero Prime.
A radiant white sphere rotated around him like a compressed star.
Across from him—
Cassiel burned in Sunrise Sovereignty.
One half lunar silver.
One half solar gold.
Balance and destruction fused into one being.
For a brief second—
Silence.
Then the world exploded.
First Impact
Cassiel vanished.
A streak of golden light tore across the battlefield.
Sebastian reacted instantly — Zero Prime compressed inward.
They collided.
The shockwave split the clouds in half.
Air pressure detonated outward, flattening everything within kilometers.
Cassiel struck again and again.
Each punch carried solar detonation force.
Sebastian blocked with Zero Prime, but every impact forced him backward through stone and debris.
At WHU, monitors flickered violently.
Wang whispered:
"We can't measure this level anymore…"
Solar Cataclysm
Cassiel ascended into the sky.
He raised both arms.
"Solar Cataclysm."
The Sun above flared unnaturally.
Massive solar beams rained down like divine judgment.
Mountains liquefied.
The battlefield turned molten.
Sebastian expanded Zero Prime to shield himself.
The beams struck—
And dissolved into nothing.
But the volume of energy kept increasing.
It felt endless.
Cassiel's voice echoed from above:
"You create void. But the Sun is inexhaustible."
Sebastian's eyes sharpened.
"Even infinity… can be reduced to zero."
He moved.
Close-Range Destruction
In an instant, Sebastian appeared in front of Cassiel.
Zero Prime condensed into his fist.
Cassiel formed a blazing solar barrier.
Sebastian struck.
"Prime Impact."
The barrier cracked.
Light burst outward.
Cassiel was launched across the field, carving a deep trench before stopping.
He stood.
Smiling.
"You've grown."
He raised one hand.
"Lunar–Solar Convergence."
Silver and gold spiraled together.
This energy wasn't heat.
It wasn't cold.
It was cosmic pressure — the compression of dual celestial forces.
Sebastian's Zero Prime wavered.
For the first time—
Small fractures appeared along its surface.
Inside WHU, Lina froze.
"It's destabilizing…"
Cassiel stepped forward calmly.
"Your peak is temporary."
Sebastian wiped blood from his lip.
"And your harmony isn't eternal."
Speed Beyond Perception
They vanished again.
Now they were invisible to the naked eye.
Only detonations marked their movements.
Each collision carved new craters.
The sky rippled.
The Sun flickered unnaturally.
Even the faint silhouette of the Moon became visible in daylight — as if reality itself was reacting.
The Clash of Wills
Cassiel increased output.
Sunrise Sovereignty intensified.
Sebastian pushed Zero Prime to maximum compression.
Two spheres of absolute force collided.
At their center—
A massive vacuum formed.
Light, dust, fragments of earth — everything was dragged inward.
WHU lost signal completely.
For three full seconds—
Total silence.
Then—
The shockwave erupted.
Cities far away trembled.
Oceans shifted.
The clouds were erased from the sky.
After the Detonation
Dust slowly cleared.
Sebastian stood on one knee.
Zero Prime still active — but flickering.
Cassiel stood as well.
His solar aura fluctuated, unstable but present.
Both were injured.
Both breathing heavily.
Neither had fallen.
Cassiel looked at him with something new in his eyes.
"Now I see it."
He stepped forward slowly.
"You are my equal."
Sebastian forced himself upright.
"This doesn't end here."
Cassiel glanced briefly at the blazing Sun.
"No… it doesn't."
His aura surged again.
Sebastian's Zero Prime reignited in response.
The ground beneath them began cracking once more.
The air vibrated violently.
The war between Zero and Sovereignty had not reached its climax yet.
It had only escalated.
And the next collision—
Would decide everything.