No more words. No more analysis. The space between them vanished.
They moved at the same time. A golden blur and a crimson comet collided in the center of the rocky plateau.
BOOM!
The shockwave flattened the stunted trees for fifty yards in every direction. Stones shattered into powder. It wasn't a punch or a kick. It was just the impact of their auras slamming together.
Then the real fight began.
Nero, with his draconic strength, threw a straight punch. The air screamed in protest. Subject #009 didn't dodge. She caught it. Her golden talons wrapped around his scaled fist. The sound was like two mountains grinding together. She used his momentum, pivoting, and tried to throw him over her shoulder. He planted his tail, the scaled appendage digging a trench in the stone, and held firm.
