The steel knife went through the air, and it was very fast!
But the old monster ran just as fast. He felt blastments scream behind him, a looming crisis, and the old creature ducked, barely avoiding the deadly blade.
His right arm was injured, and his reaction time was slightly slower.
Just a moment!
Not half a second!
His right arm was cut off by the knife, and the half of his arm below the elbow fell to the ground with a crash.
“Damn it!”
Growled the old monster, slowing down a little, but not daring to stop and bend down to pick up half his arm. He stormed out of the Rodriguez family mansion.
“You ran pretty fast. Lucky for you!”
Sean didn’t go after him. After all, he was also badly hurt. His left shoulder was pierced by the spear, bleeding, and it had great impact on his speed. The sun was setting and it was late afternoon. It was time to get off work and the streets were busy with people and cars. Even if he did, he would have a hard time catching up.
Sean took a deep breath as he stared in the direction the old monster had fled. His face was grave.
This old monster knew he was the General Wolf of the North!
And he seemed to know there was something else behind his retirement!
He was not simple.
The identity of this old monster was not simple!
The identity of the master behind the old monster was not simple, too!
Sean had a vague intuition that the old monster had repeatedly asked him to use all his strength against him, but he wasn’t trying to kill him so much as to test him!
He wanted to know what level of strength he had reached!
Why?
What kind of man cared so much about his true strength?
“Could it be... him?”
Suddenly, Sean thought of someone and a possibility. His grave face became even more grave. If that were the case, the consequences of the old monster’s escape would be unimaginable!
“Sean!”
Zackary Campbell walked over and asked, “How are you?”
“I’m fine. Nothing serious.”
Sean shook his head. He had stopped the bleeding with Dark Energy, but the piercing wound of the spear was so large that he could see the bones inside.
The wound wouldn’t heal for ten and a half days.
But he had been in combat before, and Sean had been wounded so many times that he was used to it. He didn’t think it was a big deal if he didn’t die.
Owen Sanchez was heading this way, too. He looked at the gash in Sean’s shoulder, his eyes red as he remembered the blow that had saved his life. He did not hesitate to get down on his knees for Sean and he said, in a very firm voice, “Thank you, Mr. Mason, for saving my life.”
“Thank you, Mr. Mason, for avenging my son!”
“From now on, my life is yours, and I will do anything for you.”
Mr. Brain followed, kneeling beside Owen Sanchez.
Although he did not say anything, but as a 60-year-old Master of Dark Energy, this kneel was enough to say everything!
“You can get up.”
Sean shook his head, “I didn’t save you for your loyalty or your reward. I didn’t kill Luis Sanchez, but he died because of me, and I owe you that one.”
I didn’t kill him, but he died because of me!
On the way here, Sean said that by the time he got Ladies Star Grass and saved Phyllis’s life, the feud between him and Luis Sanchez would be over.
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