Awakening of Supernatural Abilities

Gao Ming turned around and saw Li Qing lying on the ground, leaving a long and shocking bloodstain on the wall. He rushed to Li Qing's side frantically, lifted her up. The back of her head had suffered a blow, blood gushing like a fountain, her breathing feeble, teetering on the brink of life and death.

In a panic, he used his own adult belt to wrap the wound on Li Qing. Whether she would survive or not was impossible to predict; the only thing he could do was to minimize the blood loss. At this moment, he felt a despair like never before. He realized he was powerless, truly pitiful, unable even to protect his own family!

Gao Xiao remained idle, watching with a hint of amusement. It seemed he didn't care much about the recent events. For him, one life was inconsequential!

After bandaging her, Gao Ming had Li Qing sit against the wall, her fate uncertain. He turned around, glaring at Gao Xiao with resentment. Slowly, he approached, his eyes even turning bloodshot. Gao Ming felt a moment of blur, his useless supernatural ability activated. The surroundings were filled with a dense, gray mist, unprecedented in thickness. However, in the thick haze, Gao Xiao's figure remained strangely clear. In Gao Ming's field of vision, it seemed like only Gao Xiao existed.

Gao Ming's emotions could only be described as an overwhelming fury. He had completely lost control, forgetting even the words of the old man.

"Gao Xiao, I'll fight you with everything I have!"

With Gao Ming's furious roar, he seemed to transform into a vengeful tiger, fists clenched, fueled by boundless anger, charging towards Gao Xiao. Although he knew all of this was futile, he just wanted to die like a man.

In the blink of a thousandth of a second, Gaoming suddenly felt a surge of intense emotion erupting from the depths of his heart, as if a volcano that had been building up for millions of years suddenly erupted at a crucial moment.

The volcano, dormant until now, became earth-shattering upon eruption.

A blaze of intense red light ignited on Gaoming's body surface, quickly spreading into the surrounding air. In an instant, Gaoming was enveloped in a fiery red flame.

Several youths, overwhelmed by this intense aura, retreated to a distance as if they had seen a ghost, only feeling relief after being far enough away.

Gaoming, who was originally disdainful, had a sudden change of expression on his face. It quickly turned into a deep seriousness. A dangerous instinct caused a chilling dark glow to emanate from him, swirling around his body.

Gaoming swiftly approached and suddenly threw a punch. The blazing flames around him converged towards his fist. At this moment, Gaoming seemed like a flame god swinging his fist, and the momentum was truly astonishing.

Splatter~~~~~ Flames splashed!

A muffled sound of a fist colliding with flesh echoed. Gaoming's fiery fist slammed into Gaoxiao's body. Although the flames on Gaoming's fist appeared fierce, they rapidly dissipated upon contact with the dark glow surrounding Gaoxiao. 

Nevertheless, Gaoxiao's body continued to retreat several steps before coming to a stop. A hint of pain flashed across his face. Hastily, he used the Dark Light Affinity Technique. Even though it withstood Gaoming's attack, the opponent's assault was too fierce, breaking through the Dark Light Affinity Technique in one fell swoop. The fiery fist, with its lingering might, thundered into his chest. Even with the strength of his physical body, he couldn't bear it to some extent. Of course, it was just discomfort and not actual damage.

He was inwardly shocked. He hadn't expected this seemingly useless waste suddenly to awaken extraordinary abilities, and it was a powerful fire-based ability at that. How was this possible? What shocked him the most was the terrifying strength of the just-awakened ability. It seemed even more potent than those born with innate abilities.

A glint of coldness flashed in his eyes. If such a terrifying potential ability user appeared again in the clan, his own position would become even more precarious. Taking advantage of the fact that not many people had discovered it yet, he decided to act first, kill him, and eliminate any future troubles. As for the others, silencing them directly would suffice.

He knew that once Gaoming's awakened ability was acknowledged by the clan, he would undoubtedly receive special attention and training within the family. Awakening an ability at this age was already a miracle, let alone such a powerful fire-based ability.

With a rising intent to kill, Gaoxiao quickly retreated. A dazzling black glow burst from his eyes, and a thumb-thick, foot-long dark arrow rapidly condensed in front of him. It shimmered with a chilling cold light. The temperature in the corridor, initially intensely heated by Gaoming's flames, suddenly dropped. Even the line of sight seemed disturbed by the deep black dark arrow, casting an eerie shadow over the once brightly lit corridor.

This was a second-level dark ability—Dark Arrow.

Only dark ability users at the level of an ability fighter or above could cast it. The Dark Arrow was formed by condensing dark energy and possessed penetrating and corrosive attributes.

Gaoxiao's use of this powerful second-level ability revealed his intention to kill Gaoming. It was worth noting that even though Gaoming's fire ability had just awakened, despite its immense strength, he lacked any knowledge or experience in handling abilities. He was, essentially, a rookie who didn't even know how to control his abilities.

Undoubtedly, Gaoming had no ability to evade the Dark Arrow; once hit, it would be certain death. In the midst of his rage, Gaoming snapped back to reality in the instant the Dark Arrow emerged. Amidst the excitement of his sudden ability awakening, he found it peculiar because he realized that the flames around him were formed by the transformation of the gray mist. Indeed, Gaoming could even distinctly sense the process of the gas turning into flames, as if the gas were ignited by fire.

It was truly miraculous.

There must be some inexplicable connection between the awakened fire ability and that seemingly useless one.

Since the fire ability had awakened, Gaoming naturally couldn't afford to confront Gaoxiao head-on. He had just awakened his ability; how could he be a match for someone like Gaoxiao, who had awakened his ability over ten years ago!

He wasn't reckless. There are many ways to seek revenge, and for now, preserving his own life was the top priority. Gaoming was clear-headed; Gaoxiao, who was cunning and ruthless, had initially intended to kill him. Now, with his ability awakening, it was even less likely that Gaoxiao would spare him. After all, leaving behind a massive potential threat was not something a smart person would do. Undoubtedly, Gaoxiao was an exceedingly intelligent ability user.

Therefore, when the Dark Arrow, which gave Gaoming an extreme sense of danger, appeared, he immediately halted his movements and swiftly retreated. At the same time, he controlled the flames in front of him to condense into a fire shield. Although he had just awakened his fire ability, that seemingly useless ability had been awakened for six years. In his boredom, he had been manipulating the gas to form various shapes and compressing it to pass the time. So, when it came to controlling compressed abilities, he had a bit of experience.

Since the flames were formed by the conversion of gas, they should be controllable in the same way.

Indeed, it proved to be the case; it was no different from controlling the gas.

Gaoxiao's eyelids twitched, and his mind was shaken. He had never been so shocked before. Gaoming effortlessly controlled the fire energy to form a fire shield, which was something a novice awakener should not be able to achieve. Gaoxiao felt that Gaoming's threat to his position in the clan was probably even greater than that posed by Gaoyan.

Therefore, he couldn't afford to let him go. If he was given time to grow, the consequences would be dire!