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"Aaaah—" Leo Chen's face was suddenly engulfed in a scorching, piercing pain. He cried out in agony, clutching his face and stumbling backward instinctively. The chili water was pressed from wild mountain peppers, notorious for their brutal spiciness. Leo Chen slammed into the wall, desperately rubbing his face as snot and tears streamed down uncontrollably. He looked utterly miserable!
Max took advantage of the chaos and darted toward the metal door, trying to twist it open and escape. But Shawn Young struck again, channeling his inner strength. With a flick of his whip—"Swish!"—he lashed it around Max's body. With a powerful swing—"Whoosh!"—Max was sent flying, hurtling straight toward Gerhard on the opposite side.
Gerhard raised his right hand—"Whoosh!"—and a ball of black-blue light appeared in front of his chest, instantly blocking the airborne Max.
"Bang!" The black-blue light slammed into Max's body, and the massive recoil sent poor Max flying like a log up to the ceiling. "Aaaah—" Max screamed as he crashed down, curling up on the floor like a boiled lobster, twitching in pain. After getting hit by both Shawn Young and Gerhard, he was in excruciating agony, feeling as if his bones were twisted into a pretzel and about to shatter!
Shawn Young didn't stop there. In a flash, he dashed over to the wall where Leo Chen was rubbing his eyes and battered face. Reaching out, Shawn grabbed Leo's waistband and, with a burst of force—"Whoosh! Waaah!"—sent Leo flying toward Gerhard.
Gerhard raised his hand again, and another ball of black-blue light swept out—"Bang!"—striking Leo Chen and sending him flying diagonally onto Max. The two unlucky guys instantly clung to each other, rolling into a tangled heap, wailing miserably.
Outside the metal door, Leo Chen's two bodyguards heard the commotion. They immediately drew their pistols and burst into the cell, just in time to see Gerhard send Leo flying. They quickly aimed their guns at Gerhard, but hesitated, exchanging nervous glances and not daring to shoot.
"Hmph—You want to mess with me!?" Gerhard barked coldly, clearly annoyed by the bodyguards pointing their guns at him.
"Damn it! Are you idiots blind? Didn't you see this bastard attacking Leo Chen? He's a lunatic! Shoot him already!" Shawn Young shouted amidst the chaos.
"Oh! Got it—" The two bodyguards, rattled by Shawn Young's shout, lost their heads and actually fired at Gerhard—"Bang—Bang—Bang—" Twin streams of fire spat toward Gerhard.
"Idiots! Courting death!" Gerhard was furious. With a snarl, he shook both hands, unleashing a surging black-blue blade of energy, laced with fierce dark power, sweeping across the room. The unstoppable force devoured the bullets heading his way and, with overwhelming momentum, surged toward Shawn Young and the two bodyguards.
Shawn Young quickly grabbed the belts at the backs of both bodyguards, yanking them in front of him with lightning speed—"Bang—Bang—" The brutal black-blue energy blade slammed right into their bodies!
"Aaaah—Aaaah—" The two unlucky bodyguards howled in pain, barely registering what was happening before their bodies were struck as if by lightning. They were hurled backward, rolling across the floor, unable to utter another sound as death claimed them. Their limbs and muscles shriveled, turning a horrifying shade of dark black.
"Heh heh—Such brutal dark power! Not bad at all!" Shawn Young stopped, eyeing the corpses on the ground and coolly addressing Gerhard. After testing Gerhard with live targets several times, he finally had a good sense of Gerhard's strength.
"Hmph! You little punk, you're downright despicable!" Gerhard finally realized Shawn Young was probing his strength, glaring at him with the vicious look of a hawk and snapping angrily.
"Heh—If I weren't a little despicable, I couldn't handle a freak like you!" Shawn Young shot back with a cold laugh.
"Bastard! Go to hell!!" Gerhard roared, his body tensing as he unleashed his full dark power. Instantly, the cell was swept by a chilling wind, the cold biting to the bone. Lights shattered from the shockwave, plunging everything into darkness. Gerhard knew Shawn Young had figured out his strength, so he decided to strike first, unleashing his most powerful dark energy to finish him off!
Shawn Young felt a surge of overwhelming dark energy rushing toward him. Realizing Gerhard was going all out, Shawn bit his tongue, summoned his true energy, and flicked his hand. The divine weapon "Thunder Cutter" appeared instantly, its blade drawn across his right middle finger. Blood spurted onto the hilt, then—"Pfft—" a mouthful of blood sprayed onto the blade. Shawn fiercely swung in Gerhard's direction—"Whoosh"—the Thunder Cutter tore through the air like lightning slicing through storm clouds, instantly cleaving through the raging dark energy and flying straight at Gerhard.
"Ah—" Gerhard stared in horror at the incoming Thunder Cutter, feeling the taste of death for the first time. He frantically jerked his head to the side and summoned all his dark energy, gathering a thick, inky-black mass in front of his chest to block Thunder Cutter's deadly strike.
Shawn Young seemed to anticipate this. Placing his left hand on his right, he formed a sword gesture and rapidly chanted: "Divine weapon blazes forth, Heaven and Earth unite, Thunder God strikes, Inferno Lightning Formation—Slash!"
As Shawn Young chanted "Inferno Lightning Formation Slash," his right hand flickered—"Swish—" A dazzling red light burst from his body, blazing like wildfire. It tore through the surrounding darkness, transforming into a brilliant golden glow that fused with the airborne Thunder Cutter!
"Whoosh—" The Thunder Cutter blazed with golden light, its unstoppable, razor-sharp force slicing through the black mass in front of Gerhard. Like a thunderbolt from the gods, it pierced straight into Gerhard's gaping, terrified mouth!
"Splat—" Gerhard's head exploded like a watermelon, the Thunder Cutter shooting through his mouth and out the back of his skull. The force dragged his body backward, slamming him into the cell wall—"Bang—" Gerhard didn't even have time to scream before he hit the ground, dead on the spot. His mangled mouth and wide blue eyes stared blankly, shocked even in death. As one of the top supernaturals in the JS, Gerhard clearly never imagined he'd die so gruesomely!