Chapter 101 - 100: The Reason for Backstabbing the Beloved

Lana Florian was completely dumbfounded the moment she saw Doctor Jenkins!

She vaguely knew about what her brother, Jett Florian, had done. She knew that the renowned young genius of The Jenkins Family had been poisoned by her brother and couldn’t use his Ability until he was cured.

Yet right now, he exuded a formidable aura. He didn’t look poisoned at all.

Moreover, he had suddenly descended from the sky. This meant he had arrived via an Invisible Flying Device, making it highly likely that his companions were right behind him.

Jared Jenkins possessed a Fifth Tier Spirit Ability. As a renowned young genius, his capabilities were undoubtedly at the very top among those of the same tier.

She was already overwhelmed and couldn’t even fend for herself right now. If Jared took out his anger on her over her brother’s actions, heavily injuring her while she was vulnerable and capturing her to threaten her brother, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Panic seized Lana. Making a prompt decision, she raised her hand and unleashed a patch of Ice Mist, blurring everyone’s vision.

By the time Doctor Jenkins snapped back to reality, she had already vanished from sight.

Fleeing in a wretched state, Lana was filled with immense regret. This time, she had truly suffered a double loss. Not only had she failed to obtain Rick Kaye’s core, but she had also lost two fiercely loyal followers in the process.

Had she known this would happen, she never would have coveted the Ability Awakening Gene Potion promised to her by Jasper Stowe.

Jasper Stowe was a genius scientist who had made a name for herself before the Great War—the youngest academician in the history of Planet Veridia.

Ever since the death of Master Stone, she was the only person who had successfully developed this kind of Genetic Potion.

Lana had seen with her own eyes an Ability user awaken a second Ability after taking her medicine.

Aside from her public Ice Ability, Lana actually possessed a hidden Light Attribute.

Unfortunately, this Light Attribute had never truly awakened. It could only serve as a supportive tool to enhance her Ice Ability.

Therefore, she desperately wanted this Genetic Potion. She believed that drinking it would definitely allow her hidden Light Attribute to truly awaken.

When that time came, her combat prowess would increase tremendously!

However, that medicine was exceedingly precious—priceless and impossible to buy on the open market.

The only condition Jasper Stowe had given her was to exchange it for Rick Kaye’s core.

When she first heard this condition, she had nearly screamed out loud!

A core was an Energy crystal condensed within an Ability user’s body, similar to the Crystal Core of a Mutant Beast. Once it was extracted, the person would undoubtedly die.

Lana harbored a vague suspicion that this Genetic Potion definitely contained the essence of an Ability user’s core.

Even though she knew such a medicine likely involved cruel and bloody methods, her desire to awaken a second Ability was far too overwhelming. She could only pretend to be ignorant.

If it had merely been a single bottle of this medicine, it wouldn’t have been enough to make her betray Rick.

What truly pushed her to make the decision to betray him was the appearance of Jasper’s nephew, Quentin Stowe.

He was the most perfect man she had ever met in her entire life—handsome, powerful, and exceptionally knowledgeable. Even someone as outstanding as Rick paled in comparison to him.

She fell for Quentin, but he had always maintained a hot-and-cold distance with her.

She could feel his admiration for her, and she figured he was only restraining his feelings because of the existence of her fiancé, Rick.

As long as Rick died, she could obtain the Genetic Potion for a secondary awakening, become even stronger, and simultaneously clear away the obstacle between her and Quentin.

Lana admired the strong, but her ambition was even greater. A faint premonition lingered in her heart: as long as she joined forces with Quentin, the entirety of Planet Veridia would bow at their feet!

If Sev Steele could read her mind, she would definitely sigh in realization. Once the male and female leads met, it was just like the old saying—when the autumn wind and the morning dew meet, they eclipse all the mundane encounters in the human realm!

What did over twenty years of childhood friendship and life-and-death camaraderie matter in the face of so-called "true love"?

Flynn Jenkins and Scarlett Thorne assumed that Lana was unleashing her Ice Fog Skill to create an opportunity to ambush Doctor Jenkins, and they were preparing to lend her a helping hand.

Yet, they discovered that once the Ice Mist dissipated, their leader had completely vanished.

While Scarlett was still looking around to find where Lana might be hiding, Flynn’s face had already turned ashen. He knew that Lana had abandoned her two companions and fled all on her own.

A Fifth Tier Ability User would always have a few life-saving tricks up their sleeve. If she had chosen to run the very first moment the Thunder Bird attacked the three of them, they all would have had a chance to escape.

But at that time, Lana was still obsessing over Rick’s core and naturally couldn’t bear to retreat. Flynn and Scarlett, in turn, stayed behind to endure the onslaught alongside her.

They figured that Rick was visibly at death’s door. Once an Ability user truly died, any Ability attack they had conjured would dissipate.

They could certainly afford to wait it out.

But now, a helper for Rick had arrived, and Lana had ditched them without so much as a word. Flynn’s heart turned icy cold.

As a Fifth Tier Earth Element with unexceptional talent, he had absolutely no chance of winning against an extraordinarily gifted Fifth Tier Spirit Element.

He decided to use that idiot Scarlett as a meat shield.

"Scarlett—Burst of Passion!" he shouted loudly.

Burst of Passion was a Skill Scarlett had comprehended after breaking through to the Fourth Tier. It could compress a mass of water to its absolute limit in an instant before causing it to violently explode outward like a spherical fountain.

The offensive capability of this Skill was actually quite formidable. Unfortunately, as a mediocre Fourth Tier Ability User, Scarlett could at most exert twenty percent of its true power.

Rather than an attack, it was more of a flashy display—it looked intimidating, but its lethality was pitifully weak.

Scarlett thought Flynn was asking her to provide cover for Lana to create an opening for an ambush on Jared Jenkins, so she foolishly raised her hand and executed the Skill.

To draw Jared’s attention, she even yelled out at the top of her lungs, "BURST... OF... PAS... SION!"

The splash of water suddenly exploding right in front of his eyes really did startle Jared. He instinctively stepped back a few paces, simultaneously deploying a Spirit Power Protective Shield.

With his attention diverted, the restraining force on Flynn weakened considerably. Since they were of the same tier, Flynn was by no means a complete weakling either.

He immediately seized the opportunity to break free from his restraints, cast an Earth Shield Technique, tunneled underground, and swiftly fled into the distance.

Doctor Jenkins hadn’t had time to greet the members of The Stone Family before rushing out ahead, but Butler Stone didn’t immediately follow him into the fray.

He knew that given the doctor’s capabilities, he definitely wouldn’t be in any danger for the time being.

Although Crystal Stone was impatient, she didn’t dare act on her own without the Family Head giving the word. She could only look at Brandon Stone with an anxious expression and ask, "Family Head, should I go help?"

"Alright, go follow him and assess the situation," Brandon Stone replied.

As the Family Head, he had to uphold his status. It was inconvenient for him to show his face before fully grasping the situation.

With Rowan Stone serving as the Chief Manager of the Stone Family, his seniority was quite high. Therefore, having a junior like Crystal scout ahead was the most appropriate course of action.

Crystal stepped off the aircraft carrier, casually conjuring an ice slide as she dove toward the ground.

Before she even landed, she witnessed the scene where Flynn tricked his companion, Scarlett, into running interference while he abandoned her and fled.

Crystal despised such despicable cowards who sacrificed their companions at crucial moments more than anything else in life. Even without fully understanding the situation, she attacked without hesitation.

Although the Earth Escape Skill seemed stealthy, Crystal was at the Sixth Tier. Her ability to perceive Ability fluctuations far exceeded that of a Fifth Tier, allowing her to anticipate Flynn’s escape trajectory in advance.

Her strike was swift, precise, and ruthless. Flynn, who had only managed to flee a few dozen meters, was instantly skewered through the foot by an Ice Cone that pierced through the soil layer. He was pinned in place, unable to move a single inch.

His miserable screams echoed from beneath the ground, making Scarlett’s heart pound with terror.