Chapter 63: [Weekly Bonus - 1/2] Despair (2)
Red was surprised that Adrian didn’t dodge as he had before, even when he could have and allowed Red’s metal claws to sink into his shoulder. However, in the next instant, Red understood Adrian’s plan.
"A hit for a hit," Red mumbled and the next moment, Adrian took his shot at him.
He swiftly slashed Red across the chest. Red managed to leap back just in time, narrowly avoiding a potentially fatal blow. Instead, he got away with a mere flesh wound. But the strike was too close for Red’s comfort, and he immediately kicked Adrian away.
"Tsk, I almost had you," Adrian clicked his tongue as he got back to his feet.
Red didn’t see it coming, but everything was happening just like Adrian wanted. Even when Red dodged his attack, it was all part of Adrian’s plan.
"You did... and that’s the closest you’ll ever get to defeating me," Red replied, licking the blood from his chest wound before looking at Adrian’s wound and he realised it was already healing. "How the hell..."
Red was confident he had left a deep wound on Adrian’s side. But when he checked, the wound was almost completely healed. Not only that wound, but each punch or claw strike he inflicted on Adrian slowly vanished before his eyes.
’One final push and the bastard would be at my mercy,’ Adrian thought as he looked behind Red and found a weird creeper plant there.
Red probably didn’t know about that plant, but Adrian did. He remembered Yellow Musk well, also called Yellow Death. It was the only natural plant that had ever killed one of the heroes.