“Shut up!” Elgado slammed his palm into Skyler’s back, and she immediately spewed a mouthful of blood, her face pale as a sheet. “Stop!” Jared’s brow furrowed. His eyes filled with a murderous glare.
“Listen to me, young man. You can save the girl’s life if you behave; otherwise, she’ll die…” Elgado threatened Jared once again. Emiliano and Avery were also repulsed by the tactics employed by the guardian. However, given the current situation, there seemed to be no other viable option to rein in Jared.
“All right, I will surrender, but you need to release her!” Jared nodded. The golden dragon beneath him instantly disappeared, and he landed on the ground.
As soon as Jared’s feet touched the ground, Emiliano’s aura burst out, propelling him forward and making him vanish from sight. Without giving Jared any time to prepare, Emiliano fiercely struck him in the back with a powerful palm strike.
The strike was extremely powerful, producing a loud bang as it landed on Jared’s back. The brutal force caused Jared to fly backward, blood spewing from his mouth as he landed on the ground.
His rage was palpable as he stared daggers at Emiliano. However, the latter was unfazed and sneered, “Come on, Jared. Get up and fight me again. If you so much as lift a finger, Skyler will die instantly!”
Jared glared at Emiliano, but he didn’t dare move. He knew that if he acted now, the guardian would surely kill Skyler. So he stayed put, seething with anger but helpless to act.
Seeing that Jared was too afraid to move, Emiliano laughed in triumph. He immediately leaped into the air and delivered a devastating kick to Jared’s abdomen, sending him reeling backward.
Boom! The impact was devastating. Jared’s organs were jolted, and blood continued to pour from his mouth. He was clearly severely injured.
Skyler watched in horror as Jared was brutally beaten, unable to bear the guilt of being the cause of his suffering. She cried out in despair, “Mr. Chance! Mr. Chance, don’t bother about me! Just leave me…”
Even though Skyler begged Jared to fight back, he couldn’t ignore her plight. After all, he owed her for saving his life. He couldn’t bear to watch her die! When Emiliano saw that Jared was too afraid to retaliate, he put down his guard and pounded the latter with punches and kicks.
Emiliano continued to vent his anger until he tired himself out, leaving Jared severely injured and barely able to stand. Elgado tossed Skyler aside and instructed Emiliano, “All right, let’s get the Spirit Connecting Fruit and deal with this guy later.”
Since Jared’s injuries were so severe that any skilled warrior could easily finish him off, the guardian was no longer worried about dealing with the man. “Okay. We’ll finish him off after we split the Spirit Connecting Fruit.” Emiliano nodded in agreement.
Elgado’s true motive for preventing Emiliano from killing Jared was to gain possession of the latter’s body and strength. He knew that by absorbing Jared’s power and taking over his body, his own power would increase significantly. However, he couldn’t reveal his true intentions at the moment, for fear that Emiliano and Avery would become suspicious of him.
“Mr. Chance, Mr. Chance… it’s all my fault. If I hadn’t been captured, you wouldn’t be in this situation,” Skyler uttered as she approached Jared, gently wiping away his blood.
Feeling overwhelmed with grief and self-blame, she hated that her weakness had caused so much trouble for Jared. “There’s no need to blame yourself, Ms. Loulland. I’m fine. I won’t die so easily,” Jared reassured her with a weak smile.
“Keep an eye on them and make sure they don’t get away!” Emiliano commanded his men to watch over Jared and Skyler, then trailed after Elgado to the Spirit Connecting Tree, pondering their strategy to acquire the Spirit Connecting Fruit.
