The Sun still shone above the battlefield.
But the light felt different.
Distorted.
Bent.
Sebastian hovered in the air.
His hair burned crimson, flowing like controlled flame.
Behind him, the red wings were not made of feathers or fire—
They were layered pressure fields. Folded dimensions of force.
This was not Zero Prime.
This was not a power boost.
This was conscious transcendence.
Cassiel took a step back.
Small.
But real.
The First Strike
Sebastian disappeared.
No explosion.
No energy trail.
He didn't move through space—
He overrode distance.
Cassiel instinctively raised a solar barrier—
Too late.
Sebastian's fist connected with his face.
There was no sound.
Only result.
Cassiel's jaw shattered.
Solar light fragmented.
Lunar energy destabilized.
Second punch.
Third.
Fourth.
Each strike wasn't releasing energy—
It was dismantling it.
Inside WHU, Wang's voice trembled.
"This isn't just stronger… this is structural collapse…"
Asher stepped closer to the screen.
"This is insane… Sebastian is unbelievable…"
Push the Limit — Controlled
Sebastian wasn't raging.
His eyes were calm.
Every strike was precise.
Calculated.
Sunrise Sovereignty depended on harmonic balance between solar expansion and lunar compression.
Sebastian attacked the transitions.
One punch disrupted solar flow timing.
Another distorted lunar resonance frequency.
Cassiel staggered.
For the first time—
He was defending.
"This is impossible…"
Sebastian said nothing.
He advanced.
The Complexity of Power
Push the Limit wasn't stable energy.
It was adaptive dominance.
Layers of red distortion formed and vanished around him.
Reality recalibrated in his proximity.
His power operated in three silent phases:
Analyze energy pattern.
Decode structural framework.
Collapse it from within.
Solar Cataclysm erupted again—
A massive solar detonation engulfed the sky.
Sebastian lifted one hand.
The explosion split in half.
The red wings expanded briefly—
Absorbing trajectory, not power.
Then redirecting it.
The solar blast curved.
Returned.
Cassiel was struck by his own attack.
Total Escalation
They collided midair.
Punch.
Elbow.
Knee.
Impact after impact.
Each contact generated shockwaves that rippled across continents.
The sky trembled.
The Sun itself appeared to bend under the pressure.
Cassiel roared and pushed Sunrise Sovereignty to maximum output.
Gold and silver spiraled into a massive celestial vortex.
Sebastian disappeared inside it.
One second.
Two.
Silence.
Then—
A red flash ignited at the center.
Sebastian tore through the vortex from within.
One punch.
Directly to Cassiel's face.
Bone shattered again.
Regeneration lagged.
Blood mixed with solar flame.
Wang stood up inside WHU.
"This is it… Lord is reaching his end…"
Asher's voice shook.
"Sebastian… you're… incredible…"
The Birth of Fear
Cassiel staggered backward in the air.
His face was broken.
Sunrise Sovereignty flickered.
Regeneration no longer instant.
Sebastian hovered calmly.
Red eyes locked onto him.
No rage.
No chaos.
That was the terrifying part.
Total control inside Push the Limit.
Cassiel felt it.
The shift.
For the first time—
Fear.
Not of power.
But of comprehension.
"You're not Zero anymore…" Cassiel muttered.
Sebastian finally spoke.
His voice was low. Steady.
"Zero was the beginning."
The Final Preparation
Sebastian slowly clenched his fist.
Red distortion gathered around it—
But this wasn't energy.
It was compressed existence.
Space itself tightened.
Gravity distorted inward.
Cassiel felt the change instantly.
And for the first time—
He stepped back deliberately.
A clear step.
An admission.
Sebastian moved forward.
The sky darkened despite the Sun.
His wings expanded fully behind him.
The battlefield trembled under silent pressure.
The war wasn't over.
But the balance had shifted.
And Cassiel understood something now—
Push the Limit wasn't breaking Sebastian.
Sebastian was redefining what a limit meant.
And that realization…
Was far more dangerous than any punch.