Waking Up a Wreck

In the dark vacuum, two enormous monsters fought to the death.

One had gleaming golden wings, hooked talons, and piercing eagle eyes.

The other was a humanoid clad in insect armor. Black bony spikes covered his powerful frame, and his savage aura was unmistakable. His huge, pitch-black eyes still bore traces of the Little Grey.

They were Jia Wen and Feisi.

When Feisi had charged into the supernova blast, the Tai Wei Hand he carried had proved the final straw. It pushed the hexagonal Snowflake Force Field past its limit, shattering the enemy's barrier like a knife.

He had flown faster and faster, finally escaping before his armor failed completely. The Quantum Divine Core took the brunt of the shock waves, while he slipped through a snowflake-shaped gap.

But Jia Wen had escaped the worst of the explosion too.

He and Chi Xiang had both seen Feisi's flight path and immediately followed. Before they could build up speed, however, the torrent behind them swallowed them whole.

Chi Xiang had taken most of the damage for him. Only after Chi Xiang had been reduced to ash had Jia Wen managed to escape.

And so Feisi and Jia Wen had flown far from the battlefield, one after the other. Like stragglers cut off from the fighting, each was determined to kill the other.

They had fought ever since. Armor fragments littered the space around them, and broken weapons drifted, dark and useless. Reduced to a desperate brawl, both were on their last legs.

"Never thought you'd be a mongrel. Everyone else breeds with powerful races, so why'd your lot pick the Little Grey?" Blood covered Jia Wen as he dug his talons into Feisi's chest, arcs of electricity lashing wildly.

His wings radiated energy, spraying fine needles of light like a hail