Adrian was filled with intense anger at the thought of this. He refused to allow the enemy to use the lives of innocent people as leverage against him.

He snarled, "I didn't expect you to use their lives as a source of power. I'll make you pay for this with your blood!" He took to the air.

Mark let out a furious shout, and a powerful energy converged in his hand. It gathered into a hundred-meter-long spear of blood and slashed toward Adrian.

Adrian quickly summoned a barrier to withstand the