Ethan's fist drove toward the Titan Sovereign's chest at the same moment the Titan Sovereign's knuckles crashed down toward Ethan's shoulder.
Neither of them gave an inch.
They stayed glued together in brutal close-quarters, trading fists, elbows, knees, shoulders—every strike carrying energy compressed to the absolute limit.
In the span of a blink, they'd already crossed hundreds of blows.
With every collision, the world let out a low, vibrating hum. Space itself was ripped open by their movements, then forced to stitch shut again before the next hit arrived.
Golden energy and transparent lightning kept detonating in tight bursts. The aftershocks swept across the upper sky, forcing every nearby warship and powerhouse to pull back and widen the distance.
And down below, the battle between the two armies had fully tipped into a white-hot frenzy.
After all this time of growth, Emerald Castle's overall strength was no longer what it used to be.
