Chapter 73: The Sovereign's Judgment on Celestial Peak

The stench of ozone and burnt flesh still hung in the air, a grim perfume of victory over the Azure Association. But Christian Yale felt no elation, only the cold, sharp focus of a predator closing in on its final target. The war was not over; the battle for Ivan Zorn's soul had merely been the prelude. The true symphony of destruction was about to begin. As his car sliced through the city's glittering veins, his phone buzzed, a trinity of messages confirming the coordinated assault. The first...