The lightning surrounding Amon was like the calm before a storm. The moment he delivered a kick towards Ricard, the lightning around him transformed into a vibrant red.
Ricard reacted quickly, raising his arms in an X in front of his head to protect himself, but the impact of Amon's kick was even more devastating than being hit by a truck at over 100 km/h.
"Boom!"
At the moment of impact, it seemed as if time had stopped. The sound produced echoed repeatedly, reminiscent of thunder shaking the sky, combined with the explosion of a grenade.
"Crack!"
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"
When time seemed to return to normal, the sound of bones breaking echoed, followed by Ricard's sharp cry of pain.
"Son of a bitch!!" Ricard screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Insane!"
Minerva wasn't the only one who thought so; Frank and Lan shared the same reaction.
The scariest part of it all was that, even when this blow was executed, as strong as it was, the power level of the black-haired boy, now surrounded by red lightning, was only at the peak of the Grandmaster Rank.
"How can a Grandmaster be this strong!?" Minerva exclaimed, completely incredulous. There was no way she could believe it, even seeing it with her own eyes. It was simply insane.
Worse still, if it were against a person in the common Star Rank, fine, but as much as she hated to admit it, Ricard was not common; he was a genius among geniuses with a high ranking at Phoenix University.
What was more surprising was what they saw next. Losing sight of Amon, when they looked, he was already in front of Ricard, who was sent flying. With a punch enveloped in lightning forming a fist larger than a basketball, his punch struck hard at Ricard's chest, who could not defend himself.
After all, who would imagine that someone could move so fast as to appear instantly kilometers away in less than a second?
Observing the scene, especially the fact that they could relax without being pursued by the monstrous beasts from before, it became clear to her that all the suffering and loss they had faced were caused by Ricard. How could she help such a scoundrel? She would rather eat dirt than do such a thing!
Frank shrank timidly, "I won't go..."
Lan laughed a little but soon her expression became serious as she saw the boy enveloped in lightning flying through the air and falling like a meteor towards the crater formed by the mountain's collapse.
The others might not have noticed, but Amon did. With his senses enhanced to the maximum and his emotional genes, he detected Ricard's turbulent emotions. In other words, he was still alive!
Knowing this, Amon flew even higher into the air and began to fall in freefall, increasing his body weight and intensifying his speed as he enveloped himself in lightning. Propelling himself with thrusters on his feet and hands, his speed increased so much that flames began to surround him.
"Whoosh!"
If it weren't for the protection created by the lightning around his body, even he wouldn't be able to escape unscathed from being surrounded by the flames produced by reaching a speed of over 100 km per second!
To the observers, it was an almost beautiful scene: Amon's body formed the center of a meteor, surrounded by flames and brilliant lightning. The lightning crackled so intensely that it produced sounds similar to the cries of birds, while the flames burned so fiercely that it seemed like they were standing next to a bonfire.
And then, it happened.
"Booooooom!"
The sound of the collision was so loud and powerful that it caused an earthquake, making even the air around vibrate at a frequency that disoriented Minerva and the others. They screamed in panic at such a scene.
"Suicide?"
That's what they thought seeing it. Throwing himself directly into such a direct confrontation, becoming something akin to an almost nuclear bomb... It was simply psychopathic, even...
If even they, who were kilometers away in the air, were affected, they wondered: Would this boy still be able to survive?
And more: Ricard died for good this time, right?
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