The Mind Demon then said, "I already know! How about this? If we lose, we'll find the way to the door for you."
And hearing this, Briny thought a little, looked at Lina and Raja, who smiled at her, and then said, "Okay, we have a deal, but no over-fighting."
The Mind Demon then said, "Sure. When it's obvious who's going to win, we'll stop the fight."
And Briny said, "Ok."
The Fist Demon then approached and said, "Ok. Who of you is going to fight me?"
Briny turned to Lina and Raja, and then Lina said, "I'm the one who's going to fight you."
And the Fist Demon said, "Great. Let's get started then."
"Okay, let's go."
Everyone then gave the two some space, and the Mind Demon said, "Ready?", and both of them nodded.
"Ok, then you can start."
Hearing this, the Fist Demon started to move toward Lina and said, "I'm sorry about this, but I'm not going to take it lightly. I can't afford to lose two fights on the same day."
And Lina said, "Do what you want. You don't have to tell me."
"Okay, I will."
His hand then started to glow. He punched the air in Lina's direction and then said, "Air punch.", and right after that, a gust of air started coming towards Lina.
Seeing that, she thought a little bit and punched towards the gust of air while thinking, 'Let's try to hit it head-on first to see what level he's at.', and then her hand collided with the gust of air, which pushed her back a little bit.
Lina then steadied herself and thought, 'Damn. He's a lot stronger than I was expecting. Looks like I'd better dodge his blows.'
The Fist Demon then kept coming closer while punching the air, but Lina dodged all the gusts of wind that came from the punches and began to approach him as well. The two then quickly met and then began to exchange punches.
Both the Fist Demon and Lina kept punching each other for some time, with neither of them getting out of place.
Some time then passed, and the Fist Demon said, "Hahaha, you're taking more than I expected."
And Lina said, "I can say the same for you."
"Hahaha, I can take a lot more than that."
The Mind Demon then said, "Fist!", and then both he and Lina looked in his direction.
The Mind Demon then said, "Are you going to play games again? Do you want to risk losing?"
And the Fist Demon said, "No, but-"
The Mind Demon then said, "No 'buts'. Just get it over with."
And the Fist Demon said, "Okay.", and then he turned to Lina and said, "I'm sorry, but this fight ends here."
Lina then said, "I wouldn't be so sure if I were you."
The Fist Demon then closed his eyes and was silent briefly. He continued like that for a few seconds and then opened his eyes and got into a fighting stance.
He then looked at Lina and said, "Good luck surviving this blow.", and then his hand began to glow.
The Fist Demon took a deep breath and then quickly went towards Lina. When he got close, he punched her with his glowing hand and said, "Air Destroyer."
The punch was quickly coming toward Lina, but she managed to jump back and dodge it.
She then thought, 'Whew. Thank goodness I had time to dodge it. That punch looked very dangerous.'
She then looked at the Fist Demon and realized that he was also looking at her. Still, he carried a smile on his face, which made Lina have a bad feeling, and a few seconds later, a big gust of air came at Lina, hitting her very hard in the chest, almost knocking her down, and pushing her back quite a bit.
The gust of air continued for a few seconds, and after it ended, Lina thought, 'I'm glad that punch didn't hit me. If the wind alone did that to me, I can't imagine what it would have been like if the punch had hit me. Thank goodness I was using resilience. Otherwise, I would have been on the ground by now. I better take advantage of this opportunity to attack him. Otherwise, I might not have a chance. I underestimated him too much because Gen defeated him so easily.'
Lina then went towards the Fist Demon, and when she got to his side, she punched him in the stomach.
When he saw that, the Fist Demon quickly punched Lina back, and seeing this, Lina thought, 'Great! He's fallen into the trap. Good, that was the only chance I had of ending this quickly, and it may be my only chance of victory.'
She then continued with her punch, with no intention of dodging his punch. Just as they were about to hit each other, a red mist came out of Lina, covered her hand that was punching his stomach, and also covered his hand that was punching her, and then she said, "Lethality exchange."
Lina's hand then turned a strong reddish color, and right after that, she punched him and received his punch.
Her punch made the Fist Demon bend over and almost fall to the ground, but his punch didn't do much to her. She then took advantage of the fact that he had ducked and landed another blow on him.
Lina was about to hit him in the head with one punch, but he managed to dodge it by falling backward. Seeing this, Lina quickly went after him, but as he was falling to the ground, his hands started to glow, and he then slammed them into the ground as he fell, which caused the ground around him to shatter, destabilizing Lina and giving him time to get up.
He then said, "I really have to stop underestimating others. I almost lost because of that punch in the stomach. That's enough of that. I'm going to end this fight now."
His hand then started to glow, and he went toward Lina. When he got close to her, he threw a punch in her direction and said, "Air Destroyer!"
Seeing him use the same blow as before, Lina dodged to the side this time and said, "Not this time. Last time, I only got hit by the air blast because I dodged backward."
And the Fist Demon said, "Good job understanding that, but it doesn't really matter now.", and then he used his other hand, which was also glowing, to punch towards her, and then said, "Air destroyer!"
A blast of air then went towards Lina, and this time, she couldn't dodge it because she wasn't expecting it. She then put her hand in front of her face, and just then, the blast hit her body and started to carry her backward. Lina couldn't stand it, so she knelt on one leg and stayed like that until the blast was over.
After the blast was over, Lina began to get up from the ground, but halfway up, she lost her balance and almost fell. She then looked forward and saw that the Fist Demon had both his hands glowing again, and she thought, 'Damn, can he still use that blow?! I can't use resilience anymore!'
He then started to punch toward Lina, but halfway through, Briny said, "That's it. This fight is over. She clearly can't beat you anymore.", but even after hearing this, the Fist Demon continued the movement, finishing his punch, and sending a blast of air in Lina's direction.
Seeing this, Lina put her hands in front of her body to protect herself and then received the blow.
The blow hit Lina in the chest again, and this time, she was thrown backward. As Briny saw this, she created water around her and directed it to catch Lina before she fell to the ground.
Briny then brought her close to herself and, looking at Lina, realized that she had passed out.
Briny then said, "Hey, what do you think you're doing? That wasn't our deal! She was clearly exhausted and in no condition to fight!"
And the Fist Demon said, "Oh, I'm sorry. In the heat of the moment, I overreacted, and you took too long to speak. Because of that, I couldn't stop my blow anymore."
"Even if you couldn't stop the blow, you still could have missed it."
The Fist Demon then said with a little smirk, "Oh, that's right. I didn't think of that."