"I'LL KILL YOU!"
The words exploded from Adrian's throat, raw and venomous.
He couldn't endure it anymore. The humiliation. The mockery. A mere gigolo standing there taunting him like he had any right...
Adrian's cultivation base detonated outward.
Peak Enhanced power flooded every muscle, every nerve, compressing into a single devastating strike aimed directly at Alex's skull.
Crush. Kill. Destroy.
One move. That's all it would take to end this insult.
"ALEX! WATCH OUT!"
Victoria's scream tore through the air... desperate, terrified.
But Adrian's fist never connected.
It stopped. Mid-strike.
Three inches from Alex's face.
Caught in Alex's hand like it was nothing.
"What?" Adrian's eyes went wide with something beyond shock. Beyond surprise.
Absolute, reality-shattering disbelief.
'How?'
'How can he... '
A mere mortal. No cultivation signature. Nothing that suggested power beyond baseline human capability.
'How can he stop me?'
