Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 323: Hands-on Training (3)

In the year 2057, the world has become a corporate-run utopia for the super-rich, and a hellhole for all the rest. Catherine 'Cat' Leblanc is an orphan that is about as far from super-rich as one can be. When the Incursion alarms start blaring and the sky starts raining hungry xenos, it's just another blemish on an already piss-poor afternoon. A cyberpunk magical-girl alien-invasion LitRPG.It’s exactly as wild as it sounds.

Unite the Clans? Create an Empire?Atrox Soryu thought he was destined for greatness… until he wasn’t.Born into the smaller Soryu Clan, Atrox was a prodigy, praised for his unparalleled swordsmanship and relentless ambition. He vowed to become Emperor of the Eternal Skies, a title that hadn't been claimed in centuries. But on the day he was to manifest his Order Mark—the source of every knight’s power—everything went wrong.Instead of the revered Holy, Elemental, or Mystic Orders, Atrox was branded with a Forbidden Order: Something twisted and wrong. A death sentence in the eyes of the world. Branded a monster and exiled by his own father, Atrox was cast into a brutal labor camp where the weak are crushed, and the strong are barely tolerated.But exile isn’t the end—it’s the beginning. In the harshest of conditions, Atrox awakens the full potential of his forbidden powers, powers that could rival even the strongest Knights. He will forge alliances with the forgotten, turn his enemies into allies, and rise from the shadows to build an empire from nothing.Betrayed, exiled, and broken? No. Atrox Soryu is building an empire—and the Eternal Skies will bow to him.

[ Fusion Successful ][ Water Toad + Sky Dragonfly + Nightmare Moth + Bluefang Hyena= Nightmare Hydra ]----Yuki Igarashi, once a terminally ill boy confined to a hospital bed, dies with a silent wish for strength and freedom.That wish is mysteriously granted when he reincarnates into a fantastical new world. Not as a human, but as a newborn Frost Dragon.With his memories intact and curiosity alive, he is soon greeted by a mysterious system called the Dragon God System, which mistakenly binds itself to him, claiming he is not its original host. Still, it is now eternally bound to him.Despite his infant form and weak body, Yuki discovers he can extract bloodlines and skills from other creatures using the Dragon God Codex, and fuse them within a mysterious space called the Fusion Lab.Even more shocking, a glitch in the system allows him to repeatedly Fuse bloodlines without depleting them, opening the door to limitless growth.

Enemies always meet on a narrow road and when they meet war breaks out.

They met as kids and fought but Zi Han lost.

They met in the army as recruits and even then Zi Han lost.

He lost again as he remained a sergeant while Yi Chen was promoted to the position of Marshal.

Even when his dark history swallowed him whole and shifted allegiance to become the Universe’s most infamous assassin he still lost to Yi Chen.

Zi Han, “Damn it! Why won’t you let me win.”

Yi Chen, “I can let you win in bed if you like?”

Zi Han, “……”

When did enemies graduate from rolling in the dirt fighting to rolling in the sheets….. fighting? That’s the million-dollar question.

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