The Grand Imperial Arena had transformed into something unrecognizable.
What had once resembled a grand tournament stage now felt closer to a living war zone split between two opposing worlds. One half of the battlefield burned beneath endless waves of crimson-gold sovereign flame, the air above it warped by violent heat that twisted space into shimmering distortions. The other half drowned beneath layers of deep eclipse darkness, where drifting shadows moved like living entities and cold spiritual pressure pressed against the soul itself.
Fire and twilight.
Domination and suppression.
Two entirely different authorities collided across the arena every second, grinding against each other in an invisible struggle for control.
