---- Chapter 2000 "Tt looks like the Driscoll family really spared no expense for you." Andrew observed with interest. Scarlett felt more confident, and her arrogance swelled again. "What''s wrong? Getting scared already now that we''ve just started fighting? Too bad it''s already toote for regrets." Her martial arts style followed a vicious path, with energy in the same dark category as Victoria''s.<fnb8cd> This text is hosted at find·novel</fnb8cd>
However, Victoria''s pure Pale Specter''s energy, while Scarlett''s was a murderous aura cultivated through killing. The two werepletely different in nature. ''The pressure in the lobby of the Driscoll Corporation''s first floor spiked, making the surrounding ss creak and rattle. Scarlett attacked in a relentless storm, her wed strikes aiming straight for Andrew''s vital points. Unfortunately, even with her improved fighting power, she was still quite weak in Andrew''s eyes.
Andrew pushed out with one palm, timing it perfectly to strike just as Scarlett''s strength was exhausted. She immediately let out a muffled grunt and could not help ---- but slide backward, feeling both shocked and furious that this little bastard had also improved his abilities. Though she had grown stronger, it seemed like Andrew had be more powerful, too. Her heart started pounding wildly with growing unease and fear. Andrew did not give her time to dwell on it.
He moved with wide, open strikes,unching his Inferno Strike straight at her. The scorching heat in his palm made her relive that same life-or-death terror she had felt before. ''The memory of that technique weighed on her like a curse. Snarling, she met him head-on, but as expected, her hand felt like it had been plunged into fire. The bones shifted under the impact, and she let out a scream as her body was hurled across the hall.
Andrew gave a cold snort and stepped forward, his figure blurring as he leapt high and swung a brutal whip kick toward her head. Scarlett instinctively curled up and screamed, "Mr. Gurney, are you just going to stand there? If I die here, have you thought about how my dad will react?" ---- This was her way of pressuring Franklin. If he had seen enough, he needed to step in and help. Otherwise, if something happened to her, Maurice definitely would not let him off the hook.
Franklin chuckled and took a step forward, pushing his speed to the absolute limit. A series of afterimages faded away as he struck from behind, arrivingter but attacking first, sending his palm toward Andrew''s skull. He was attacking the enemy''s weakness. If Andrew killed Scarlett, his own brains would be sttered everywhere. However, Andrew, who had been charging forward, suddenly turned around without any warning, as if he had nned this all along.
As he spun around, both palms struck out wildly, directly targeting Franklin''s face. The scorching heat from the Inferno Strike even made the air shimmer and distort slightly. Franklin snorted coldly. "I knew you were waiting for me to make a move all along!" He had used a single palm while Andrew used both, and Andrew had gone all-out from the very first strike. That meant one thing: Andrew had never truly been focused ---- on killing Scarlett. He had been waiting for Franklin from the start.
Franklin growled, catching one of Andrew''s palms. In the split second that followed, he threw his other hand forward, meeting Andrew''s other strike. Aburst of sparks erupted as Franklin''s Mighty Beast Palm met the Inferno Strike. His hands felt like solid steel,cking Andrew''s mes but matching in raw force. ''The two were knocked back, barely a second apart, before Andrew''s eyes went cold and he lunged forward again like a predator. "You think I''m afraid of you?" Franklin roared.
''The hall thundered with deafening impacts as the two collided again and again. Inferno Strike against Mighty Beast Palm, speed against speed, power against power. Scarlett''s heart trembled as she watched, realizing just how far beneath them she truly was. Facing Franklin was one thing; he had been a legendary master for decades, on par with Maurice. However, Andrew was Joe''s age, yet he had already reached the absolute peak. ---- For the first time, Scarlett wondered if making an enemy of this man was truly a wise move for the Driscoll family.<style>
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