The city was a dark place, filled with dust and flying debris, as if the world itself refused to look at the destruction beneath it. The once towering skyscrapers were now nothing but twisted steel frames, fires blazed from the ruins, and the streets were littered with shards of glass mixed with drying blood.
Amidst the ruins, a man in a crumpled and torn military uniform stood tall. Blood dripped from the corner of his lips, but his eyes remained sharp, staring straight at the figure standing a few meters in front of him. The figure was tall, clad in gleaming black armor, his black cape fluttering like a living shadow. He raised his hand upward, and from his palm a red light radiated. Instantly, cosmic beings appeared, howling ferociously as if waiting for orders.
Then, the armored figure gave the signal to attack. The man in the military uniform raised a pistol in his hand, a weapon that pulsed with bluish energy, either a technological creation beyond its time or a gift from the forces of nature itself. A barrage of blue bullets slammed into the monsters, blasting them into ash.
However, his gaze never left his primary target— the armored figure. The man's eyes were filled with rage, and blue veins began to protrude from his body. Blue flames blazed in his left hand, seething like a desire that could no longer be contained. His right hand, meanwhile, still held the pistol.
He stepped forward resolutely, even though his body was already torn apart. A flash of a little girl's mischievous smile flashed through his mind. "Stop! It's dangerous! "He's already fused with the Hybrid Abyss! Your attacks will only kill you!" shouted a newly arrived man, his voice echoing through the ruins.
However, that didn't stop him. "This has nothing to do with you, Yan Cheng. Let me... kill him myself." The man continued to run, ignoring the gates of the afterlife that might open today especially for him. His finger continued to squeeze the trigger of the gun in his right hand, releasing a barrage of blue energy that was aimed at the figure who was now his enemy.
On the opposite side, the armored figure continued to grip his cybernetic sword tightly. Then, his cybernetic sword emitted a fiery red light. Blue flames against a red light. The collision of their powers created a ball of light that continued to expand.
Then, there was a huge explosion.
"ZHAO ZIWEN!" shouted the man named Yan Cheng, his voice drowned in the blinding light.
"No one can understand the weight of revenge, except those who have lost everything. I still remember the peace of this city, at least... before this peace, was snatched away again.'