A Man Like None Other (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 5231

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Ursan landed with a shattering thud. Blood sprayed across the shale, and a wet gasp tore from his throat. Terror overwhelmed instinct, and he crawled, claws scrabbling for purchase in a desperate attempt to flee.

“Run?” Kishor’s contemptuous chuckle cut the night air. He flickered again—then one boot crashed onto Ursan’s chest, nailing him to the earth.

“K-Kishor, mercy!” Ursan’s bravado dissolved into pitiful sobs. “I failed to recognize your benefactor. Spare me, I beg you!”

“Spare you?” Kishor leaned harder. Ribs splintered with a sharp crack. “Did you pause to spare him?”

A final kick slammed Ursan into a granite boulder. The impact silenced him forever.

The instant the threat lay still, Kishor turned, warmth returning to his features. “I hope that did not alarm you, Jared. You saved our lives,” Jared replied, gratitude thick in his voice. “Had you not arrived, Flaxseed and I would be corpses by now.”

Kishor waved the praise aside. “You once pulled me out of the Celestial Stairway’s jaws. I vowed then to serve you. Compared to that debt, tonight was nothing.”

His gaze shifted to the lean, sun-weathered man beside Jared. “And this friend is?” Flaxseed, a master of charms and an ally I trust with my life,” Jared said.

Flaxseed offered a respectful bow. “My thanks for the timely rescue, friend.”

Kishor’s laugh boomed again. “Any comrade of Jared’s is a comrade of mine. Consider Darkwind Ridge open to you both.”

Then his brows knit. “But why venture into level five so soon? With your present cultivation, these skies can be merciless.”

Jared laid out everything—how level four had turned into a battlefield, how the Flaxseed clan had been massacred, how Blackshade Demon Palace joined forces with the Crimson Coil Sect. He spared no detail, and each sentence drove Kishor’s fists tighter.