Chapter 384: Fire Punch

“Aghhhh!!!”

Gao Yang tightened his arms around his grandmother, shouting at the sky. His growl, brimming with heartbreak, burst out from his chest with powerful energy resonation.

[Teleportation levels up.]

[Level 4 Teleportation: Allow one to teleport 10 meters. Cooldown: 0.8 second.]

[Stats Bonuses of Level 4 Teleportation: Strength + 500, Agility + 900.]

[Added Perk: may go through simple obstacles and walls.]

[Fire levels up.]

[Stats Bonuses of Level 4 Fire: Willpower + 400, Charisma + 80]

[Maximum temperature increases to 1500 degrees Celsius. Grants full immunity to regular fire damage.]

[Comprehended: Fire Punch.]

[Status Screen updated.]

[Constitution: 226 Endurance: 237]

[Strength: 813 Agility: 1210]

[Willpower: 782 Charisma: 441]

[Luck: 565]

[You have a total of 785 Luck points.]

—Push Constitution and Endurance to 500. Put the rest in Luck.

[Constitution: 500 Endurance: 500]

[Strength: 813 Agility: 1210]

[Willpower: 782 Charisma: 441]

[Luck: 813]

Gao Yang gently laid down his grandmother’s body and closed her eyes for her. Then he brushed her frayed white hair neatly, putting the pink strawberry cake hairpin back on.

He stood up and instantly disappeared.

Lilia had lost the buff from the Element Rune Circuit, and her consecutive fights with Dragon, the Spectres, and Yun had taken a great toll on her.

Even so, with the perfect combination of the physique of Epilogue, the head of the pride monsters, and level 7 Elemental, Lilia was still incredibly strong.

She had entered a temporary weakened state after the Element Rune Circuit was taken by Yun by force, but soon, a wave of wind elements brought her off the ground.

She didn’t immediately attack Gao Yang, not because she was giving Gao Yang time to say goodbye to Yun, but because she needed time to get used to her physical condition—after losing the Rune Circuit.

Just when she recovered somewhat, Gao Yang howled with heart-wrenching pain, sending energy rippling outwards from him.

Lilia could sense that he had become quite a lot stronger.

Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t enough.

Rather than going after Lilia, Gao Yang did something strange: after laying Yun down, he took out something wrapped in tinfoil, gingerly opening it. The white sweet had long been rendered into powder.

He opened his mouth and popped the powdered sweet in, chewing carefully, unwilling to let even a little spill out.

Only after that did he get to his feet and look up at Lilia, a coldness flashing through his eyes.

Swish.

Gao Yang teleported to Lilia.

The fire wrapping around his fist reached 1500 degrees Celsius, nearing the melting point for steel. A simple touch would’ve melted a body of regular flesh and bones.

Which Lilia’s body wasn’t. Without access to Elemental Angel, however, she was no longer immune to all elements. Thus, she didn’t recklessly take the attacks head on, but instead dodged the punch by quickly leaping back.

Boom!

While Gao Yang’s Fire Punch hadn’t landed on Lilia, the flames around his fist shot out and licked at her.

Indeed, Gao Yang could now manipulate flames around him with precision.

Lilia was taken by surprise, but her quick reflex allowed her to dodge to the side before the flames could devour her. The flames continued to chase her doggedly and even take a turn with her before reluctantly dispersing.

Without the protection of elemental armor, Lilia’s cheek had a pink burn left on it.

Wasting no time, Gao Yang teleported to Lilia again. This time, both his fists were wrapped in blazing flames.

Lilia stopped dodging. Dragging this on would only make her lose her upperhand. The real threat to her wasn’t Gao Yang, but Dragon and Qilin, who could wake up anytime.

While the plan to kill all awakeners with Poison of Hell had failed, she simply needed to kill the two men before they recovered. Then she would be able to erase all awakeners and humans.

She must kill Gao Yang while he had yet to master his abilities and was overall weaker than she was, taking the Element Rune Circuit back.

The purple eye on her forehead widened, unleashing all the energy left in her.

Five kinds of elemental power rippled outwards from Lilia—blue wind, cyan fire, purple lightning, white ice, and red light. The elemental energies swirled quickly around her and converged in her hands endlessly, while the remaining elemental power built a translucent elemental wall behind Lilia to stop Gao Yang from teleporting behind her.

Gao Yang knew that retreating wasn’t an option.

This would be the final exchange, the final attack he would make!

In an instant, the flames around Gao Yang disappeared as he concentrated his energy to his right fist.

“Fire Punch!”

Gao Yang teleported and swung his fist at Lilia.

“Elemental Light!”

The five elemental powers unleashed from Lilia’s hands, converging into one giant beam of lush elemental light and shooting at Gao Yang.

Boom!

Red flames collided with the multi-colored elemental light.

In an instant, the crossroad paled, and powerful elemental gusts rippled, the various elemental powers running amok. Sharp shards of fire, ice, lightning, and light flew everywhere.

Three seconds later, it was Gao Yang’s fire that disappeared first.

Lilia’s elemental light had swallowed him whole and sent him flying tens of meters away.

Bam!

He slammed hard into a sedan parked by the road; the body of the car caved in, and its alarm blared piercingly.

Gao Yang was covered in injuries and bleeding everywhere. Embedded in the open gashes were elemental particles. He was almost blacking out.

Lilia’s chest heaved violently as blood trickled down a corner of her mouth. She collected herself and moved quickly to Gao Yang’s side in three seconds.

She reached out to grab Gao Yang’s neck with her right hand, slowly lifting him off the ground.

Gao Yang’s face was seriously burned, and his mouth filled with blood. One of his eyes had become fused with his melted eyelid, keeping it shut. His other eye narrowed slightly, barely making out Lilia’s figure.

No, I haven’t lost yet! I can still fight!

With the last of his strength, he raised his right hand and balled it into fist with difficulty, trying to make a swing at Lilia.

Splat.

Without hesitation and allowing no chance for resistance, Lilia thrust her left hand into Gao Yang’s chest.

Then she carved his heart out.

Thump, thump, thump...

The crimson heart was still pounding in Lilia’s hand.

The pain was so great that Gao Yang’s senses became dull and distant instead. His brain didn’t register the feeling, and he didn’t have the strength to scream in an undignified way even if he wanted to.

Hands dropping and one eye narrowed, he looked at his own heart weakly.

Their lives flashed behind their eyes—that was what people said would happen before one’s death.

However, the only thought that flashed through Gao Yang’s mind at this moment was a meaningless one.

So this is what my heart looks like. It’s so ugly.

Lilia crushed his heart.