Andrew remarked, "One strike was enough to nearly take his entire life. There aren't many in Gabo Creek who could do that."

Eric interjected with another cold snort, "Not just Gabo Creek… even across the entire Holtrien Southern Martial Union, such top-level monsters can be counted on one hand. Unless it was Dad, no one else could have managed it. But he would have neither the reason nor the interest to kill Joe."

Joe's heart meridian had nearly been severed, so Andrew's first task was to pr