Two minutes earlier,


    "Hu! Hu! Hu! Hu!"


    Mantle and Luke stood in front of each other with bloody bodies and started breathing heavily. Their eyes were showing tiredness. But both of them had a strong sense to stay awake.


    "Mantle, even though you increased your strength, you still can''t defeat me." Luke held his sword and spoke with pride in his eyes.


    "Who said I was going to defeat you? I just wanted to kill you." Luke took out his tongue and wiped the blood off his lips. He made a creepy smile and spoke with killing intent bursting out of his eyes.


    "Give up, Mantle! You can''t kill me. With your current strength, I can easily counter any of your attacks." Luke shook his head and spoke.


    "Oh! Then, how about this?" Suddenly, he clenched his right fist and ced it on his left palm. At the same time, the dark purple me erupted out of his body, surrounding him and Luke.


    "Hahaha! Hahaha! Luke, you truly believed that I can''t kill you. All this strength, all of this hard work was just to kill you and that bastard. No matter how much hardship I''ve to suffer, no matter how much price I''ve to pay, I will definitely kill both of you."


    "Am I a maniac? No! Am I an idiot? No! I just have a reason. And that reason is enough to push me to the limit. Luke, if you have anyst word, you can say now." Mantle spoke while releasing more mes around them.


    Luke didn''t understand why he was making a circle of mes so thick. Although he had done this previously, he wasn''t showing any sign of creating an attack out of these mes. Luke was ready with both of his swords guessing that attack wille from the direction.


    "Since you don''t have any words, die!" Mantle saw Luke gripping both of his swords and spoke. Suddenly, the circle of me contracted. Seeing this, Luke''s expression changed. He unsheathed both of his swords and swings his upper body followed by his sword and lower body.


    "Heavenly Dragon Sword- Second Form"


    "ck Dragon Hurricane"


    His swords produced a massive hurricane that pushed back the mes. But when the mes were touched by the hurricane, a cruel but satisfying smile appeared on Mantle''s face.


    "True Sun Self-Extermination"


    Boom!


    In an instant, the entire circle of me exploded. The power of the explosion swept the buildings, and other people away. The massive crater was formed beneath the circle of me. The hurricane also exploded into nothingness.


    At this moment, everyone''s mind went nk. Even Daniel couldn''tprehend what Mantle did. The explosion was as powerful as twenty E-Rank Star Explosion Grenades. The dark purple me kept burning even after a minute of explosion.


    "Let me go! I want to save my brother." Hundreds of meters away, Lucas cried as he tried to rush towards the explosion. But the mes hadn''t cooled down. So, n and others held Lucas tightly, not letting him leave.


    "Giant Rain Drop!" One of the females from n''s group came forward and released her ability energy into the sky. Her blue ability energy represented water as it formed a giant raindrop over the explosion.


    Ssh!


    When the giant drop of water fell over those burning mes, everything started cooling down by the massive flood. Everyone gave that girl a grateful look and finally let go of Lucas.


    "Brother! How could you lose? You were my hero. How could you lose?" Lucas rushed towards the body of Luke. Tears filled his eyes and fell from his cheeks as he rushed towards him. His legs were shaking as he reached closer. A thick cloud of white gas surrounded the body of his brother.


    "Luke!" Suddenly, Mike shouted from far away. He ran towards Lucas and Luke but Harry stood in front of him. The Brute Force exploded in his fist, the thick killing intent burst out of him as his eyes turned red, filled with tears.


    "I can''t let you go." Harry was also stunned by Mantle''s act. But somehow he believed that Mantle''s wasn''t dead. Even though it was aplete suicidal explosion. But he also understands even if Mantle survives this explosion, his body would be very weak.


    That''s why he can''t let Mike go. If Mike sees Mantle''s alive, he would definitely kill him.


    "Go away!" Mike''s clenched his hand, the veins popped out of his hands as he lifted it. When Harry tried to block him, Mike punched straight into his face. The Gravity Control was released out of him, suppressing both of them to the ground.


    Harry didn''t dodge it. The gravity was affecting his movement. If he tries to dodge it, he might be misbnced. So, he let Mike punch his face while smashing his palm on Mike''s chest.


    Bang! Bang!


    Although Mike didn''t take as much damage as Harry, he lost his lifespan. But at this moment, Mike was no longer thinking about it. His heart was beating very fast. He stayed risking his life. Why? Because he wanted to protect his friends.


    He didn''t want them to die. But now, someone died behind him while he remained useless. It wasn''t his fault. But Mike still med himself. Because at this moment he didn''t know how to face Lauren. His heart was beating with fear and hatred at himself.


    He wanted to cry but if he cries, then what about Lucas? His big brother died in front of him while he uselessly watched everything. Mike''s heart was filled with fear as he no longer thought about his life span. After getting the punch, Harry didn''t stop.


    Although he was coughing out blood, he still stood upright after falling on the ground. Mike who was desperate to see Luke only thought of punching Harry to the ground.


    Each punch carried emotions and brute force. Although he was filled withplexity, his body still used several skills on different punches, each leading to the deeper poison. Stealing lifespan was just like poison.


    Although he seeds in breaking most of the bones in Harry''s body, he couldn''t run towards Luke. Harry was still blocking him. At the same time, his lifespan had decreased a lot.


    Behind them, Lucas was crying while holding the dead body of his brother in his hand. He cried like a baby andpletely forgot about his surroundings. While he was sobbing, a figure covered with ck dust and several burnt skins walked behind him.


    The red blood and ck dust were making his wounds horrible. There was a dark purple me on his hand. He stopped few meters away from Lucas. He clenched his fist, infusing the dark purple me in it, and punched out.


    "String of Imprisonment!"


    Suddenly, thousands of strings appeared over his body. Mantle who had survived the explosion was in weak condition. These strings sessfully bind him as he no longer could move. But the dark purple me burned those strings into ashes.


    "Bone Shattering Punch!" A girl appeared behind Lucas and hardened her skin and muscles. The ability energy erupted from her hand as she punched towards Mantle.


    "Barrier" Bang!


    When those words fell, a yellow ss barrier appeared in front of Mantle. The fist collided with the barrier but couldn''t break it. At the same time, Daniel appeared behind Mantle and chop on Mantle''s back neck. Mantle instantly fell unconscious as Daniel murmured.


    "Synchronizing eighty percent with one''s innate ability is not an easy feat to achieve especially when youe from such a poor background. Fortunately, his Innate Ability was only B-Rank otherwise he wouldn''t seed in synchronizing so much with his innate ability."


    "I can''t let him fight anymore. His main consciousness has already fallen asleep. I can''t let his Devil''s Will control his body. He has a lot to learn. It seems the future days won''t be boring at all."


    "Teleport!" Daniel spoke and teleported behind Harry who was beaten to the pulp lying on the ground. As for Mike, he wasn''t injured too much but his lifespan was now only thirty minutes. His heart had started beating very slow. He was also lying on the ground


    "Let''s go! He will die in thirty minutes. His other enemy was killed by his own hands. Our mission is fulfilled. Let''s not get any more injuries." Daniel whispered in Harry''s ears.


    "You are out of fuel, right?" Even though Harry was severely injured, the smile on his face didn''t fade away. He chuckled after hearing Daniel''s words.


    "Yes, I can only teleport once. Not to mention, he needs to heal faster otherwise he might be cripple." Daniel nods his head and caught Harry''s hands.


    "Teleport!" With the next word, three of them disappeared. Mike slowly got up and didn''t find Harry. There was not a single trace of a smile on his face. He dashes towards Lucas who was weeping over Luke''s body.


    He walked near him, fell on his knees, and forcefully pressed Lucas''s head in his shoulder. Not a single word came out of his mouth. But the stream of tears didn''t stop. Both of them pressed their head in each other''s shoulders and cried.