Frank glanced at Cindy, surprised that she was there too."Hey, I'm talking to you, you hear?!" Cindy demanded with a scowl, striding up to him since he ignored her.Frank retorted flatly, "Is that any of your business?""Hah!" Cindy snorted, rolling her eyes. "You're just here to watch the fight, aren't you? What a shame that the Turnbulls are going to fall soon. Let's see how you're going to strut after that, gigolo!""Word of advice—don't start trouble over nothing. I don't want to hurt you today." Frank leveled her an icy glare.Hughie walked up to them just then, asking in curiosity, "Who's this, Cindy?"Cindy folded her arms before her chest and snorted, "My cousin's ex-husband. A piece of shit, really—she divorced him because he was so far beneath him, so he quickly hooked up with Vicky Turnbull."Hughie nodded, relieved to hear that Frank had nothing going for him. "So you're just a gigolo, kid. Now apologize to Cindy."Frank snorted. "Why should I?"Hughie frowned. "K
Hughie immediately felt a pang of pain in his kneecap, while his own inertia sent him crashing headlong on the wall!There was an audible thud, and he was promptly bleeding freely from the forehead."Oh!" Cindy gasped as she turned pale and ran up to Hughie, asking in concern, "Are you alright, Hughie?"Hughie was left clutching his head as he growled through his teeth, "I'm fine, I'm fine… I just slipped."He actually had no idea what happened, and his knees were still very much in pain!Wheeling on Frank, he snapped, "You bastard! Why did you dodge?! Weren't you going to fight me?!"Cindy was frowning at Frank too. "Yeah! Why did you dodge?"Frank laughed coldly. "What, am I supposed to just stand there and wait? Why are you blaming me for being slow? Though it's hilarious how you crashed straight into the wall.""Bastard!" Hughie was livid, but even as he tried to get up to attack Frank, he realized he had no strength in his knees at all.Cindy saw him stumble and quickly a
Drake smiled at Vicky's request. "Of course."Vicky was taken aback that he would accept so easily, just as Drake added, "If we win, you'll give us all of Grande Pharma's shares. Do you have any issues with that?""Of course not." Vicky shook her head. "And if we win, you and your family will never harass us again. Naturally, we'll welcome you if you're willing to do business.""Sure. Shall we proceed to the ring?" Drake smiled.Vicky had already sensed that something was wrong with that enigmatic smile of his but just could not put her finger on what.Guess she would just have to wait and see…-Vicky only realized that the Chandlers had invited many bigwigs in Riverton to watch the fight. All of them were staring at the Chandlers and her group as soon as they entered the hall."Hey, who do you think is going to win?""I'm not sure… but I hope the Turnbulls do.""What? What good would come of that?""The Chandlers promised to make public the Rejuvenation Pill recipe once th
With those words, Wilf charged his technique and leapt toward Yara.Yara energized her Boltsmacker in turn, and they clashed with fists and palms, exchanging dozens of blows in a split second!As the fight intensified, the crowd around the ring cheered in excitement."Didn't think the doll would last that long against Wilf!""The governor's daughter is really something…"Wilf was actually seething—he was older than Yara and a man at that! The fact that she lasted this long against him was humiliating!He would have taken her down with a single move and was caught off guard that Yara was that strong and armed with an extraordinary technique.Nonetheless, Yara was only in her twenties and lost greatly in terms of her experience.When Wilf deliberately left an opening, she took it unsurprisingly, prompting him to laugh. "Too young, too naive…"Yara's face fell, but it was too late to escape—Wilf had suddenly caught her wrist and slammed his palm on her shoulder!"Oof!" Yara grun
"Well, that just happened…"The crowd around the ring was also left staring blankly.Meanwhile, Vicky's eyes were round and wide in disbelief. "What are you doing, Mr. Lepley?""Nothing, just conceding." Boran shrugged nonchalantly."I paid you thirty million to fight for us!" Vicky snapped furiously. "And you just concede?!"Boran laughed and folded his arms before his chest. "You did, but the Chandlers paid me fifty million—of course I'm on their side. Why don't you top up another twenty mil? I swear I'll be neutral about that.""You're despicable!" Vicky screamed as she pointed at his face.She was convinced Boran would observe the virtues of martial artists, but it turned out that she gave him too much credit!"Hahaha!!!" Drake laughed out loud right then. "That's another one point for my side, Ms. Tunbull! Your champion just conceded, too… Do you have anyone else to send in?"Vicky gritted her teeth, her knuckles clenching.What could they do when the Chandlers have two
At some point in time, Frank had already grabbed Boran by the wrist, holding him in place!"Is that all you've got?" Frank slowly looked up at him in disdain."What?" Boran exclaimed, his cheeks suddenly pale."It's tradition—traitors do not get off scot-free, and the same goes for you," Frank growled.And with those words, he swiped his palm against Boran's arm!Swish!Boran's arm was sliced off clean, and blood gushed out like a geyser!"Argh!!!" Boran screamed—this was not how it was supposed to go!Frank did not stop, however.Crack!He grabbed Boran by the shoulder and crushed his bones into powder before kicking him out of the ring!The entire exchange did not last more than three seconds, even as Frank nonchalantly flung Boran's dismembered arm on the floor!Boran kept screaming even as he held his bleeding shoulder, "Give me back my arm… Give it back to me…"Frank snorted. "It seems that the Cloud Mover style shall be lost on this day."And with those words, he ja
Drake quickly threw up his hands to parry the kick with every bit of vigor he had, but within a split second, he could feel a terrible shockwave vaporizing his vigor!His arms were left numbed from the blow, and he was struggling to stand as he wobbled backward and fell out of the ring!There was a dull thud as he dropped on the floor, and Drake was left staring up at the ceiling, his face pale as a sheet.He felt blood in his mouth and a gag reflex but managed to stop himself in time, stilling his churning meridians."Sir…?" "Are you alright, sir?!"Wilf and the other Chandlers turned pale too, horrified to see Frank knocking their elder out of the ring with just one kick!Drake gulped as he sensed his blood welling up his throat but waved them off. "I'm fine…"Meanwhile, Vicky, Cliff, and Yara were all trading glances."Whoa…""Oof… Wasn't Frank saying that he's not Earthrank? How is he having such an easy time against Earthrank?"That was when Yara suggested, "Maybe he's
Drake did a double take and demanded, "Then what do you want?"Frank growled imposingly, "Vicky spent thirty million dollars for this fight. Pay up."Vicky's heart could leap out of her throat at Frank's words—the Chandlers would never agree to such an unreasonable demand! If anything, she would be plenty happy to have the Chandlers out of her hair!To no surprise, Wilf snapped furiously, "You're out of line!""That's enough!" Drake bellowed at him. "It's just thirty million. I'll pay."Vicky and Yara froze right then, and the same went without saying for Wilf and the other bigwigs."Sir… Don't you think that's too much?" Wilf asked skeptically.Drake glared at Wilf and growled, "Are you telling me what to do?""Urk… No, of course not.""Then shut up."With that, Drank quickly had one of his men transfer thirty million dollars to Vicky's account. "This concludes all business between us. Our families shall stay out of each other's way from now on."And with that, Drake strode
Frank snorted. "Alright, I'm hanging up. I'm getting started over here soon.""Yeah. Good luck," Jouri replied.Hanging up, Frank looked up at the waterfall overhead, and then at Skyler, who was standing beside him. "So? Is it time yet?""Almost… Now!" Skyler's eyes were glowing even as she stared at her watch."Alright."Frank looked up just as the skies abruptly darkened. "Ah, there it is—the eclipse."The sun seemed to disappear, and the world was suddenly shrouded in darknesses.And beside him, a stone door imbued with the power of the spiritron vein also rumbled as it parted."Got it!" Frank rushed inside without another word as soon as he saw it."Hmph. I'm surprised that you could reach this place." A cold, wrathful voice resounded inside even before Frank got a hold of his surroundings.Looking up, Frank found a youth in a black cossack and sporting grey-white hair, standing upon a cliff as he looked down on him.Frank chuckled. "Hehe. Like I said, I've come to kill
Frank narrowed his eyes. "Is that so?'Crane shrugged. "I don't mind giving it to you straight—members of Torrent are actually… Ahem. A part of Torrent himself."Frank paused. "What's that supposed to mean?""You don't get it, do you?" Crane grinned. "Then let me put it to you this way—every member is a clone of Torrent.""A clone?" Frank gasped in realization."Yes," Crane nodded. "That's why I believe that challenging Crane is just suicide. You have no idea how powerful he is—only death awaits you down that path."Frank smirked. "Oh, but I don't think so."Crane rolled his eyes. "Fine, whatever—now listen closely. You will find Torrent in the Mystic Trail, but you would only find that place when the sun and moon coincide, and the entrance is beneath the waterfall south of Horton."As he finished, he snorted coldly. "I have no idea if you can actually do it, but I'm hoping you do kill him… Heh. I'm getting tired of being stuck under his control for so long."Then, waving off
Frank abruptly turned, immediately noticing one of the Cranes crouching, ready to spring forward and blindside him."Got you!" He laughed."Hah! You fell for it!"Just as Frank swung a punch to pulverize that Crane, he suddenly burst into pus that splashed at Frank's face."Damn it!" Frank took a step back, surprised that the clone's presence was identical to the real Crane, and a trap on top of that!"Die!"The Cranes around him each whipped out a dagger, all of them stabbing at Frank at the same time."Get off!" Frank bellowed, unleashing a shockwave that sent all the Cranes flying across all directions."Frank! Above you!" Skyler suddenly shrieked."Yes! I'm right here!" A strange laughter sounded above Frank just as he wiped the pus off his face.Crane was suddenly directly above him, launching an aerial kick straight at Frank's head, and Frank had no time to dodge!"Die!" Crane's smile curled into a twisted angle as he saw that too.He was very confident with this kick
"Disgusting…" Skyler murmured through her hand.Despite being skinned and scalped, the women were all still alive and singing to the music that was playing despite their anguish."Talk about a terrible fetish."Frank was scowling too—why were all the members of Torrent such sick deviants? It seemed like his plan to wipe them out was absolutely correct!"So, you killed my clone?"The lanky man on the couch slowly turned to level his bloodshot eyes at Frank.His lips were wet with bed as they curled upward into an eerie smile."Clone?" Frank narrowed his eyes."Hehe. It's a sage art."Crane shrugged as he stood up and wiped the blood off his lips. "It's only natural that you don't understand… Still, you deserve praise. If you can kill my clone, that means you're not just slightly stronger than Ghost."Naturally, the man was none other than the real Crane.Still, as Skyler studied him from a corner, even she could notice the strange twitch of his fingers, and his veins were pro
Even as Crane ran, he was looking over his shoulder, his heart pounding. "No… I won't win in a one-on-one!"No, as long as I get back to my real body… we can do this together!" He frowned, having seen how Frank sliced off the pinkies of those hood rats. It hence quickly dawned on him that Frank was not just slightly stronger than Ghost, as Torrent had put it!"Almost there!" He gasped when he saw the signboard of Pegasus Showtown in the distance. "As long as I get there and rendezvous with my real body, that brat will lose—"That was when he turned and saw that a shadow had caught up with impossible speed."What?!" Crane's eyes almost popped out in bewilderment. "What speed is that?! Are you kidding—"Even as he spotted the shadow, the shadow turned into a youth with an impassive visage.His fist outstretched, he was clearly punching toward Crane's forehead!"Argh…"Even as Crane looked on, the youth's punch slowed down by tenfold, but his fist kept closing in.Then, whe
Seeing Skyler sigh, the tattooed thug presumed that his extortion worked.He strode up, grabbing Frank's shoulder. "No one's gonna help you, boy. Pay up, or you're not leaving.""Exactly! You're not getting away!" the crowd of hood rats hollered. "Last chance."Frank's eyes were cold and fixed on Dani, however. "Are you going to intervene? If you do, you can keep that check. If you don't…""Ugh. Fuck off! I don't care!" Dani spat, her expression smug as she folded her arms before her chest. "Who do you think you are to threaten me?!""Exactly! Pay up, and you can leave!""Yeah! Ten grand, at least!""You probably don't know my boss Wyvern, but when he's here, you won't get away with just ten grand!"Even as the crowd closed in, Frank shook his head. "Well, you had your chance. Don't blame me for what happens next.""You're giving us a chance?! Hah! Who—argh!"Even before Dani could finish gloating, Frank was suddenly in front of her, grabbing her viciously by the wrist."Arg
"Five grand?! Did you hear that?! He just threw five grand!""Must be a rich kid coming here for a secret rendezvous, out of prying eyes? Those types are the easiest mark!""Fuck! And Dani got one of us… It hurts me more than losing at the races!"Frank could hear the buzz around him but ignored it as he strode past the men flanking him and headed toward the street that stank of blood."Stop!" A big tattooed man grinned sinisterly as he intercepted Frank.As his buddies encircled Frank as well, Frank snorted—it seemed that they took his reaction for a sign of weakness and thought that he could be cowed.The tattooed man rubbed his chin as he leered at Skyler's voluptuous figure, chuckling. "Look, boy. I'm short on cash, so let me take a loan. I'll pay you back some other day, how about that?"His friend laughed. "Exactly! You just gave Dani five grand, and we won't ask for more… just four, how about that?"Skyler scowled in turn and glanced worriedly at Frank beside her—was he
Frank himself had just stepped out of the nightclub when his eyes narrowed."Blood," he murmured, his nostrils twitching."Blood?"Skyler sniffed the air, puzzled. "I can't smell it.""It's from the opposite street… I smell the blood of over a dozen people.""A dozen?!" Skyler did a double take.He could identify the number of people who were killed?! That was just ridiculous!"Come on, let's take a look."Just as Frank led the way toward the source of the stench, a woman suddenly came up, catching Frank off guard and throwing herself into his arms."Hmmm?" He looked down to see that she had thick makeup, average looks, and a rather pudgy belly."Argh! He touched me!" she pointed at Frank and shrieked even before he realized what was happening."What?!" Skyler was staring at the woman too, mystified."Oh, sister! You just didn't see it!"The woman kept hollering, pointing at Frank's face. "Your boyfriend grabbed my ass! Is that how you teach him manners?!""Teach him ma
Wyvern screamed even as he clutched the stump that was his hand, screaming so shrilly one might mistake his voice as inhuman."Oh, just shut up." The lanky man glowered and launched a kick, reducing Wyvern into puddles of blood and pieces of innards, splattering all around the lobby. "Argh!!!" the devilish lady screamed as she watched the carnage unfolded."Another sound, and you'd end up just like him." The lanky man turned and frowned at her impatiently."Hngh…" The devilish lady promptly clasped a hand over her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes as she trembled."What the hell?!"Outside, Wyvern's lackeys heard the screams and ran inside, looking for him. "Hey, where's Wyvern?!"However, the lobby was too dimly lit for them to notice the blood and guts scattered around the walls, and they only sensed that terrible stench."Hngh…" The devilish lady was too scared to speak, and tears trickled out of her eyes."Fuck!"One of the lackeys strode up and seized the lanky man