Chapter 0255

As the story unfolded, time marched relentlessly on.

Outside Jackman’s Pharma, Matthew lay in a pool of his own blood. The gashes from Alexander’s lethal cash

no longer bled, but his breaths were shallow and desperate.

Nearby, one of his four bodyguards was down to his last breaths too, his head a gruesome mess from

Alexander’s handiwork, flies buzzing in a frenzy that sent shivers down his spine.

“Kid, you…” Despite his fading strength, Matthew’s glare was murderous. “Don’t get cocky. My big brother is on his way, and he’s a beast. Ranked eighty-three in the Chart of Fighters, he’ll take you out with ease!

“To insult the Jackman family is to sign your death warrant. Even if you’re tough as nails, you’re a dead man walking!”

Alexander stood a stone’s throw away indifferently, and he looked at Matthew like he was already a goner.

To the average Joe, Matthew was untouchable royalty, the Jackman family’s golden boy. To Alexander, the War Temple’s top dog, he was just another bug to squash.

The screech of tires ripped through the silence.

A sleek Maserati skidded to a halt in the plaza, and out stepped a smirking Leandro in his fancy Croc shoes. He sauntered over.

Each step was measured, a perfect rhythm. He walked like a man charging up for battle, his presence alone

enough to make even the toughest fighters think twice.

Ranked eighty-three and not to be messed with, Leandro was a force of nature.

Matthew’s eyes sparkled with hope as he watched his

wild look in his eyes, screaming, “Don’t bother talking, just kill him! He had

this, to insult the Jackman

bother to look at his disgrace of a brother. He stopped a few yards away from Alexander with a sinister smirk. “So you’re the one stirring up trouble at the drug factory,

as he calmly stated,

Compensation?

waste my time

had to lift a finger. You must be pretty skilled to hurt people

slow breath, shaking his head with a

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him had gone ghostly white, shaking

overwhelming presence.

“Alex!”

“Let’s just drop it, okay? We’ll head back to the village. You can explain to Amber, and we won’t drag

out of

spoke, he tried to pull Alexander away, aiming to retreat

Alex? Amber?

his eyes lighting up with recognition. “Oh! So you’re the

washed-up soldier, Alexander?”

if his feet were planted in the earth, unyielding to

said, “So you knew it was me. What’s it

it’s you, that makes things

loudly as a visible

going to have a little talk with Amber, convince

Looks like I can skip that

his right hand out, sending five razor-sharp inner power slicing

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