"What again?", Paul asked, he didn't quite catch that, 'Workout? Is that what he said?'
"Brother, I came here to improve myself by getting advices to you, fellow practitioners.", Rin cupped his fist and bowed a bit politely. It sounded sarcastically because it is.
"Umm, okay.", Paul took it seriously and didn't how to respond, "…. Then…", His eyes rolled left and right. He sweated, unable to think what to respond. "I will advice you!", Paul assumed a stance and said something that he thought was appropriate.
Rin held his laughter from his stomach and followed Paul and assumed a stance. He then said, "I will take your advice carefully, fellow practitioner!", behind the facemask was a huge smile. Paul might be acting stupid but it was still funny how he took a sarcasm. It greatly threw what Rin's first impression of Paul off the track.
However, Rin was still in trouble. He didn't know how to deal with a Second Stage of Focus. He deeply thought how he defeated Dragger back then. How he successfully hid his [cheat].
"Oh…", Rin's smile widened and at the same time his body suddenly thrust forward and gain momentum, 'I just need to fight with all I got!' he readied his fist.
Paul just stared at him but then after observing his opponent, he closed his eyes, "I see that you're strong", Paul nodded agreeing with himself, "But only in terms of pure physical strength!", he too then punched forward in where Rin's punch was directed at while Paul's body glowed blue.
Pa!* both fist smashed to each other but Rin lost with a huge margin and bones cracked again. In this time, however , in Rin's fist before he was sent flying a meter away after the first round of exchange.
In the spectator's eyes, Rin was already a dead man. In fact, a stupide dead man. Why would he choose to fight a Second Stage of Focus Practitioner while being in the First Stage of Focus while being aware of it? However, to those who've witnessed the fight between Rin and Dragger in the Level 1 cage, they knew that the fight won't end that easily.
Only a night and day have past when they last saw this man fight. It was unexpected and blood boiling! When they heard the name Rin, a bell immediately rang inside of their head and a thought appeared in their mind, 'The Zombie!'
They kept their calm and just watched silently along with all the others who are silent too.
Inside the cage, Paul sighed while looking at the pitiful state Rin was in.
Rin held his arm, again in pain. He didn't want to show any of the abilities. The fact that he can't die if he include that as an ability but was really safe to assume that it was a cheat along the forced Natural Energy with it. He also have no idea if it was a common knowledge to direct all Natural Energy into one place to heal a specific part of the body but then again, he's the only one he saw who have done that so it is better to hide it as well.
Rin wondered one thing: He already showed his golden eyes but nobody in the stadium caused an uproar concerning that it was the Mark of a Godslayer which is a legend based on his knowledge. Paul even asked what trick it is. Rin concluded that this legend was not a common knowledge or at least, to these level. However, he chose not to reveal as much as possible.
In front of Rin, Paul sighed, "I was looking forward to show everyone my favorite skill but it looks like I wouldn't have the chance to..", he looked down on Rin but Rin didn't care since the result of the fight isn't concluded yet.
"Hehe", Rin laughed lightly, "Please continue. I still have a lot to learn.", he didn't hide his pained expression.
"Hmm, at least you have a will… But I want to show my skill to everyone so I need a much stronger opponent!", Paul didn't conserved his mentality and used Natural Energy again. As a Second Stage of Focus, it was easier to use Natural energy but it was still taxing.
Paul wanted to slap Rin on the face but Rin barely dodged it but Paul didn't stop and continued an attack after another. Rin barely dodged all of the incoming attack while being pushed back.
'Huh?', Rin realized something. There's a pattern how Paul attack. He didn't know what exactly it is but by continuously dodging, he was adapting to Paul's speed and attacks purely by body instinct. Overtime, it was getting easier to dodged.
Paul frowned and threw a kick in agitation when none of his attacks were getting in contact. That kick was out of Rin's expectations that it landed.
Paul whose getting irritated by the fact that all his attacks were useless smiled when that last hit came in direct contact, the blue glowing disappeared, "Hah!", he panted for a while and weeping his sweat, "You're one lucky bastard, aren't you?", his raised his fist and was about to attack again but Rin was fast enough to surprisingly thrust his left fist before Paul does.
Paul just looked at the incoming fist and panicked in the last second but he only closed his eyes without doing anything. Ug* Rin successfully punched his opponent for the first time!
Paul stepped back and felt pain in his stomach. He actually didn't use Natural Energy at that time but luckily, Rin was only using his left hand while his right hand was unusable.
Paul took damage. He thought that if Rin used his right fist, it'll turn much worse than just a damage. Paul glared at Rin while his body glowed blue again, "I think I shouldn't waste my time on you and show you my skill!", he frowned so much that it made his ugly.
Rin stepped back and smiled behind the facemask, 'Who would've thought that I have more experience than him?'