Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 1274

Rio's head was buzzing. He could not believe that his Seven-Tailed Centipede had failed.

Andrew raised his foot and slammed it into Rio's chest. With a splatter, a large gush of blood burst from Rio's mouth as he flew back a few yards, crashing hard into a flower bed.

This impact finally knocked some sense into him. As he struggled to get up from the ground, his eyes bulged with rage.

"Andrew, this isn't over. Just you wait…" Rio let out a miserable scream through his blood-filled mouth.

He never imagined his usually foolproof poison attacks would fail. Even more unbelievable was that he, Mosby's senior apprentice—skilled in both medicine and martial arts—had been reduced to such a severely injured state.

The tearing pain on his face and the burning sensation in his chest with every slight breath made Rio realize how badly he was hurt. These injuries might even leave him with permanent damage.

With this thought, his murderous intent toward Andrew expanded endlessly. He secretly swore that after escaping and healing his wounds, he would not care about the Keller family anymore—he would personally tear Andrew to pieces.

"Thinking of leaving? You'll have to get past me first," Andrew uttered coldly as he watched Rio turn to flee.

His speed suddenly increased as he fired another golden needle, aiming directly at the back of Rio's head.

Rio's fleeing body came to an abrupt halt as a vicious grin spread across his face. He laughed and said, "Kid, you fell for it! Now, die!"

He grabbed his shirt with both hands and violently tore it apart. Immediately, dozens of poisonous snakes, centipedes, and scorpions that had been hidden inside his clothes swarmed toward Andrew in a dense, crawling mass.

So, he deliberately pretended to escape, intending to lure Andrew into pursuit. Once the distance closed, he would suddenly stop and counter-attack.

'With so many venomous creatures, even if you were immortal or indestructible, you'd still die from festering wounds...' Rio thought smugly.

To his astonishment, he watched wide-eyed as Andrew passed through the swarm of poisonous creatures, leaving a trail of dead bodies on the ground.

Andrew himself was completely unharmed, without a single visible wound on his body. Before long, the distance between them was just a few inches.

Rio could not believe his eyes, as if seeing a ghost. "How is this… possible?"