The reunion of the four Heavenly Talents was a tense affair, held in a neutral zone, a desolate, uncharted asteroid field far from any of their established territories. No one truly trusted the others, not completely. The air crackled with unspoken suspicions, each of them wary of hidden agendas, of potential betrayals lurking beneath the surface of their forced alliance.
Raizel was the first to arrive, a swirling vortex of abyssal darkness coalescing into his humanoid form. His obsidian eyes scanned the desolate landscape, then settled on the other three as they materialized one by one – Feng Xuan, radiating restless crimson energy; Altan, his golden aura a little dimmer than usual, perhaps a lingering effect of his encounter with Wang Jian; and Gorthan, a hulking mass of draconic power, his scales shimmering like a thousand emeralds in the faint light of distant stars.
