Chapter 1225: Master Assassin, One Arm Severed Again. The temperature of the flames surrounding Zost was over a thousand degrees.
Under such spontaneously generated flames, all cooling agents seemed utterly inadequate.
Even the fireproofing potion carefully prepared by The Hand could only last for a short while.
And that was only because of his noble status, which allowed him to obtain so much of it. After all, this fireproofing solution was far more expensive than Vibranium.
As Zost lunged toward him, the man in black turned and drew a slender sword twice as long as a short blade.
The intense flames before him made it impossible to see what lay beyond them. Everything in front of him was obscured by the searing fire.
But he still thrust forward with determination. Based on his combat experience, this strike would definitely hit its target.
However, the sensation of stabbing empty air still startled him.
With a sudden movement, he burst through the enormous, solid wall of flame before him.
That single action caused much of the fireproofing solution on his body to dry up.
Yet more pale-blue fireproofing potion slowly seeped out from somewhere within his black robe. The robe, which had begun to dry, became wet again.
But by then, Zost had already been retreating. By the time the man in black passed through the wall of flame, Zost was already more than a dozen meters away.
Clearly, he had never expected Rogers to withdraw from the battle so quickly.
He had still been preparing to get a weapon. After all, the short blade in the man in black's hand could cut through tempered glass as if it were nothing, and he could not withstand a slash like that.
Meanwhile, after being struck by that strange shockwave, Rogers had fallen toward