When Zane stood, his aura pierced the skies.
“Eh?!” shouted Brom.
Zane slammed a fist right through the Chief’s shattered face. The meaty squelch burst through the yard.<...
2025-04-14 01:30:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Professor had barely finished his sentence when Zane's domain made contact.
And steamrolled those Tier 7 fields.
“What the—” was all he had time to choke out.
Then Zane ...
2025-04-13 01:30:06 +0000 UTC View Post3 hours until the Second Challenge…
Tyler and Becca were on the case. Behind them, on a giant split-screen, were all of Earth’s top Rankers. There was Eze polishing his g...
2025-04-10 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostZane didn’t know Noughtfire could get that angry.
That was awesome.
The sight of that pillar stayed seared in his mind.
That Dark Elf Prince had run through Empyreans. And Nough...
2025-04-09 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostZane tossed the Shard of Destruction around in his hand, feeling its weight.
What little of that light made it out was destroying the ground around him. Not melting, not vaporizing, not evapo...
2025-04-08 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe scene zoomed in—and there stood Zane, shirtless as usual, with his back to them, facing down an encroaching black sea.
Brom gave a start. “Is that…?!” he gasped.
He leaned a...
2025-04-07 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostZane pulled up the next challenge. The box glowed before his eyes:
Countdown to 2nd Challenge: 2 months
He’d get his first Shard of Destruction long before then.
<... 2025-04-06 01:37:00 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Editing mistake in previous chapters—Shards of True Destruction should’ve been adjusted to 12 System coins. Changed how event coins were awarded, so the price had to accou...
2025-04-05 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHis domain was a field of furious colors.
The red of the Red Giant—harsh and dense, seared through with the white of destruction, seared through with darker reds, the reds of battle blood. ...
2025-04-03 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostZane stomped. And brought the full strength of his domain to bear.
Magnetic Hotspot raged to life, bolstering his hammers; heavy Solar Winds tore out of the edges of his Axes.
They stru...
2025-04-01 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostBy the end of it, craters razed the dunes flat. The desert was a smoking wreck.
Warning!
Health under 75%
Calculating…
<...
2025-03-31 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N:
We're back!
//
The explosion snuffed out, and Zane stood.
The cyclops looked down, nose wrinkling, as if it smelled something very foul.
Zane loo...
2025-03-30 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn the first week, just two other Monsters' surges needed Zane’s intervention. He crushed both with little trouble.
+0.11 Credits
+0.24 Credits
World Rank #44 Gunnar Beck took a drill of a claw straight to the chest. His knotted beard splattered red.
His bracer shattered, its Steelheart sigil breaking apart before his eyes…
H...
2025-03-26 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostHe decided he’d head off right after he had one last lunch.
So he sat there stuffing in some of his new Dreamsteel on a beach, just enjoying the weather. A few seagulls looked at him funny....
2025-03-25 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Changed the incentive structure for the coming waves! Zane will have more chances to earn Credits. The Shard of True Destruction has been adjusted to cost 12 Store Credits
... 2025-03-24 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostA howling jagged void tore open. First down the middle of the sky. Then—in two violent rips—running down the horizon.
Zane’s eyes narrowed.
That aura…
It stained the skies...
2025-03-23 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Bonus chapter! Also, I a stat sheet to the last chapter!
//
By the 74th attempt, Brad started getting visibly impatient.
By try 82 he started pistol-whi...
2025-03-21 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“These bones have been preserved across Chaos Cycles,” said Reina, breathless. “Even million-year bones have a chance of fading away. But sometimes the System catches them.”
She showe...
2025-03-20 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostNo-one spoke up.
“Let’s take it down a notch,” said D’Angelo, giving Jason a dry look. But he was smiling. “We're on the same side.”
“I get the concern,” said Zane, stan...
2025-03-19 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostShe wore a dress that looked made of pure frost. Frost aura puffed out around her as she strode through. She made her way to the tower as though there were no crowd at all.
“She’s undergo...
2025-03-18 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Welcome, folks, to WRN's live presentation of the Summit of Heroes!”
There stood Tyler, Earth’s local longtime WRN anchor, in a fluffy parka. Right beside him was his co-anchor Becca i...
2025-03-17 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostNoughtfire took a sip of tea. He closed his eyes, a ghost of a smile on his face.
For the old Sage, it was never in doubt.
***
Out in the northern ice floes, the Titan Rhinos were...
2025-03-16 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostZane’s breathing was getting heavy. He'd been sliced up so badly it seemed a miracle he was still upright—a constellation of gory X’s ripping down his body.
“He’s got to be under ha...
2025-03-13 01:48:32 +0000 UTC View PostThere wasn't much room for him to get out of the way of their blows in this little crypt.
But it went the other way too. Once he laid out his Chains, they were stuck here with him.
He q...
2025-03-12 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Ladies and gentlemen,” said Jake, a slight tremor in his voice. “We just saw two hundred-odd Minor Gods wiped—just like that!”
He laughed—just sheer disbelief. “He’s warm now...
2025-03-11 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Begin!”
The first chamber lit up—a beacon of System-blue light, showing a nest of pale blocks. The rest of the planet went dark.
Zane kicked off toward it and landed.
Beyon...
2025-03-10 01:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Eclipse Stadium was one of the premier stadiums in all of the Dragonspire Galaxy, with a history of hosting era-defining events since the dawn of the Chaos Cycle. It had been transformed to hos...
2025-03-09 02:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Bonus chapter!
//
Reina looked up and considered Zane—just considered him. She had a curious look on her face.
“…What?” He blinked.
“Nothing....
2025-03-07 02:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Then we drank some spirits and I left,” Zane explained.
Noughtfire stayed quiet his whole story through, except to ask a clarifying question or two.
“…That,” he said slowly, ...
2025-03-06 02:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post