Chapter 23: The Showdown

Liam sat on the cruise ship heading back to shore, taking a long breath into the night air. "I should lay off these flashy moves. Just one slash drained a third of my true essence." That move looked cool with all the Internal Force, but it really took a lot out of him. Liam could only pull it off after reaching Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage, and even then, he could only do it a couple of times at full power. "If I weren't trying to scare Adler into falling in line, I wouldn't have bothered...