Rising from the Ashes (Andrew and Lauren) novel Chapter 1072

As Andrew stepped back, he widened the distance just in time, causing Aidan's furious iron punch to swing through thin air. It felt like punching into a pillow—no resistance, nowhere for the force to go, leaving him frustrated and thrown off.

A strange, muffled crack echoed through the air.

Andrew flicked his fingers lightly against Aidan's face. In an instant, half of Aidan's cheek swelled up, skin split and bleeding. The sheer precision and power of the move left everyone in the Rhodes family gripping their chests in disbelief.

Andrew followed up with a sharp elbow strike, landing squarely between Aidan's shoulder blades.

Aidan roared, his body crackling with strain as he unleashed every ounce of strength he had left, determined to go down fighting.

Andrew just smirked with disdain. With another palm strike heading toward Aidan, he suddenly shifted mid-motion. What had begun as a soft open-hand strike transformed instantly into a straight, vertical knife-hand blow.

"You bastard!" Aidan howled, realizing he was inches from death. He twisted his body at the last second, barely dodging a lethal hit to the heart, but the edge of Andrew's strike still slashed deep into his shoulder blade.

Aidan let out a twisted cry. "You little punk! Since you're so determined to kill me, then I'll make sure you don't walk away whole—say goodbye to that arm!"

He gathered every last bit of strength and hurled a vicious blow straight at Andrew's arm.

Tiana shouted, panicked, "No! Pull your hand back now!"

However, Andrew did not move an inch. Next, almost unnoticed, his fingers spread, revealing a needle pinched between his index and middle finger. With a casual flick, he sent it flying.

The needle shimmered faintly in the air, almost invisible. Just like that, the fifth-ranked name on the Underworld Index, the unbeatable powerhouse Kenny and Sherily relied on to drop dead.

The cause of death was Andrew's needle had pierced directly into Aidan's temple, killing him instantly.