Chương 74: Fury and Enlightenment

The Colosseum of the Sky hummed with anticipation as reality started already to bend and warp, to reshape the arena for the next battle.

Where once there had been a serene blend of temple grounds and Parisian streets, now a stark divide cleaved the battlefield in two.

On one side rose the windswept steppes of Central Asia, tall grasses rippling like a golden sea under an endless azure sky. The scent of horse and leather filled the air, and in the distance, the faint sounds of galloping hooves and war cries echoed across the plain.

Opposite this nomadic expanse, the cobblestone streets and imposing architecture of revolutionary Paris materialized. The air here crackled with the energy of change, tinged with the acrid scent of gunpowder and the metallic tang of freshly forged steel.

Where these two worlds met, reality shimmered and blurred, creating a no-man's land of swirling mist and fluctuating terrain.