Chapter 125: Pit of Strength

I look around and it seems that I was transported in another location. I suddenly got grabbed by someone and then when I opened my eyes, the place I was before suddenly disappeared. The person before me is shrouded, hidden in their cloak.

They moved and suddenly disappeared. Only to reappear beside me. I lifted up my bare hands and tried to block it but I was sent flying leaving with an aching arm. "Heal." It's just a bruise but it's better to be careful.

They rushed at me but this time I plan to battle it out with them. "Come, Pugilist Gauntlets." And both of my trusted weapons appeared and just as they dived at me with a giant swing, I punched back trying to test both of our strengths.

We were both immovable by each other. Trying to push using only our fists against each other. A pit of strength.

They knew nothing will happen if we continued this battle of strength. They jumped back and took off the cloak. "You're strong. Who are you?" A man was revealed under the cloak.

"I'm Yefa. Yefa Reysh." I answered.

"I'm Jun Hufee. Come, let us see who's stronger."

Jun ran at me full speed and started off with a right punch. So he's specialized in boxing. I'll do the same. "Stance Change, Boxing." I dodged it and counter attacked with a left jab.

He then reacted to it and dodged. I threw a right hook in which he weaved to dodge and then attacked me with a one-two combination of a left jab and a right straight. It landed right at my body. I braced it and backed off.

"You do boxing too?" He asked.

"Well, a little."

Our match continues. I started off with 1-2-5-2, a combination of Jab, Cross, Left Uppercut and a Cross. It all landed but he chose to block it this time with his arms. I continued the pressure on him by unleashing a barrage of combinations in which he only chooses to block. Trying to break his guard, I tried to land a huge swing of uppercut in which he swayed back to dodge. I continued on and tried to land a right hook in which he ducked extremely low.

And behind that extremely low duck, was his fist. It rose up and using the strength of his legs, he redirected all that energy to his fist.A giant uppercut in which he jumped as he landed it at my solar plexus.

I can't breathe as I'm trying to grasp up air. It was such a powerful blow that I threw up blood. I'm still confused on what happened.

He dodged my hook, and then he ducked extremely low and jumped up in that position with an uppercut. "Th… that's clever." I said to him.

"Well there's no rules here. So I can use anything I want." He stated.

"Yeah I can see that." I stood back up on my feet. "This is just a mixed martial arts fight. I'll use everything I got."

"Come!"

"Stance Change, Taekwondo." I started off with a running drop kick in which he blocked since it came as unexpected. The next move I made was a roundhouse kick in which he was forced to make a shoulder block.

My kicks are too fast for him to react. I dashed into him while he was guarding his sides and used the C-Shape Punch against him for a strike in his face and body. He dropped his guard so I took this chance and used a front kick. A rising kick that strikes from below his chin and followed up with a combo using an axe kick. Using the momentum of the front kick that rises upwards and the downward kick using the axe kick dropped him down to the ground.

I was going to end it with another axe kick to the back of his head so I raised my right foot up. But he grabbed my left leg which caught me off-guard and I lost my balance and fell onto the ground and then he sat on top of me.

With his bloodied body from the barrage of attacks I gave him earlier, he can still move.

With him sitting on top of me, my hands were pinned down by his knees and it won't budge. He raised both of his hands and conjoined them and smashed it on my face.

"UGUAH!" I tried to bear with it but its way too painful. "Body Hardening!" This can only buy me a few seconds. He hit me over and over again but to no avail. He was the only one damaging himself. But his hits were powerful enough to create a large area destroyed on the ground. I wiggled around when he loosened up himself trying to figure out what to do and switched the positions. I was now on top of him.

"Explosive Fists, Stance Change, Boxing!" I hit him over and over again while he kept his hands up to guard him. I know I'm getting damaged too but he'll give out his arms soon enough.

But as minute passes by, he doesn't budge and my body is also getting damaged. This double edged skill I have has done more damage to me than him.

"That all?" Behind his guard, a grin formed on his face. "Then it's my turn. Bounce!" He formed a fist and slammed his elbow onto the ground in which it suddenly bounced up right back at me.

"Wha-" I was caught off guard so I was sent flying with that punch. That punch was destructive seeing how my arms felt extremely weak.

His arms suddenly bounced on the hard ground acting like a spring so his punch felt like I took a cannon blast head on but more powerful than that.

"Rock Pillars!" He casted and and a small arena surrounding us with rocks. Both of us were caged in that area. All we could do was punch and we can't move anywhere as if our feet were chained to the ground. Taking this challenge head on I started off with a left punch in which he easily dodged.

He grinned at me again and smashed his elbow on the rocks behind him and it launched his arm to me hitting my body and then retracting back to the wall and launching itself again. This heavy hitting barrage of punches I can't take.

I raised up my arms trying to guard this insane move. He launches his fist by using the spring powered arm of his to the wall then when it hits me, it goes back to where it was and launches itself again. This absolute barrage destroyed the wall behind me and my arms leaving me on the ground face up.

"Bounce. This spell can turn a part of my body or an object to be acting like a spring. If it hits something, it'll reset and go back to the old position. By using my elbow and fist and the wall as springs, it'll infinitely bounce back to each other as long as you can stand my punches. HAHAHAHA! My ultimate move. Though it'll be useless if my power managed to destroy what you're on." He was having so much fun.

"…" I'm trying to think of what I'm going to do.

"And by the way earlier, thanks for beating me up. I have the unique skill Maniac, my damage and speed will go up the lower my health goes. HAHAHA!"

"Then that must mean you're low on your health right?" I stood up slowly.

"I'm at 50%. But how about you? You can't use your arms. This is the end. I'll end your suffering for you."

"Dispel." I took off the Pugilist Gauntlets and my gazer form.

"What are you doing?"

"I need absolute power."

"It's futile."

"Then let's see. Come, Sinner's Punisher." A black gauntlet appeared on my arms and to my fists. "ARGH!" This gauntlet is something I obtained back at the two year training I had. This was forged by Ruf and Ruz using the body of that monster back at the forest. Its properties are just power. Absolute bonus strength that scales with me as I level up.

But it's incredibly painful to wear. It has a mind of its own. If my hands or arms are damaged, it'll do everything to close that wound. And right now I have a broken bone and it's trying to replace it.

"DIEEEEEE!" Jun rushed at me. "Rock Pillars!" Using the same tactic again. He bounced off both his fists to the wall behind him again and unleashed a barrage of attacks. I blocked it all with the Sinner's Punisher but this damn gauntlet is trying to fix everything inside so it absolutely hurts. I need to end this soon.

Using only one of my arms, I'm trying to block his barrage of attacks. "Stance Change, Tai Chi!" And with that single blow with my right arm, I pierced through his ultimate move and to his chest blasting his whole body away in one hit.

I looked at his dead body with a hole in his chest. "That was a tough fight."