Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 2098

Henry was the second to escape from the collapsing chamber, right behind Nicholas.

Eric followed close after. Last of all came Andrew, still locked in a deadly contest of inner strength with Alistair.

Both men surged upward out of the pit, their bodies wreathed in violent waves of energy.

Alistair's black robe whipped and snapped without wind as he barked coldly, "Dorian, take the saintess and guard her well. As for Andrew… today I will make him pay in blood!"

He was able to suppress Andrew with just one hand. Then, with his free hand, he sent both the stone platform and Shiloh straight toward Dorian.

With both hands now free, Alistair conjured a ball of black mist in his palm and slammed it toward Andrew.

The two forces collided: Alistair's dark, rolling power against Andrew's blazing heat.

At the martial saint level, the competition was no longer just about techniques. What was truly deadly was the cultivation of true power itself.

Relying on nearly a century of martial cultivation and the dark arts of the Crimson Flame Cult, Alistair's attacks rolled with darkness, his momentum reaching overwhelming proportions.

Meanwhile, Andrew held firm within a three-foot radius around himself. The protective energy around his body alternated between crimson red and deep blue.

He was simultaneously channeling both the flame power of his Inferno Strike and his own internal cultivation to resist Alistair.

'He actually mastered two different sources of power,' Alistair thought, his heart pounding in shock. 'He cannot be some nameless figure in Holtrien. He must be cut down today. If I cannot kill him here, then I will have him hunted down and erased. Otherwise, he will grow into a mortal enemy of our Cult.'

As the thought raced through his mind, Alistair's hands came together. In front of his chest, a massive sphere of energy condensed, compressing tighter and tighter until it was no bigger than a clenched fist. Then, he thrust it straight at Andrew.

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