165 A Calm Respite

The moment his palm touched her body, the world became silent—her face pale as Asura's red pupils looked once more at the woman who ruined his past life.

A sudden thundering howl boomed.

Like distorted thunder, the world turned monochrome when the intensity of his flames exploded from her back.

The explosion and beam lasted less than a heartbeat as they flashed, and a calm silence greeted the room.

"a...g.h..... ughk..... buh..." 

Verena tried to speak, her mouth bubbling with blood as she gasped and choked. Her eyes dilated as her body trembled.

She desperately looked at Asura with pleading eyes filled with tears, a single hand attempting to reach his face.

Yet without power, it dropped to the side as he removed his palm from her pelvis, revealing a huge bloody hole. "So you weren't even pregnant when you mocked and killed me... what an amusing woman you were."