Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 48
,"BEGIN," The announcer said as the room went silent. Apollo and Noah ran towards each other, Noah took the first initiative. He threw a right hook directed at Apollo's face, Apollo maneuvered under the punch but got slammed with a knee to the chin BAM. Apollo stepped back and retold himself in his mind (Control the distance, Control the distance, Control the distance). He stepped in and threw a jab, Noah swerved past but Apollo followed that up with a roundhouse kick to the knee which didn't do as much damage to Noah as it did to Apollo. (DAMN HE'S DURABLE) Apollo thought as he prepared for more damage.
Although Apollo lost on pure power alone, his technique and adaptability mid fight was where he shined anyways. So that's what Apollo did, he focused all of his energy and brainpower to beating Noah in technique. As they fought, Apollo was analyzing Noah's technique as he continued to increase his percentage of blows either dodged or countered, finding Noah's openings. Noah, noticing this, grinned and further increased his output of ki to compensate. Apollo, although not wanting to use his ki so early on into the fight, had to activate his Art: Battle Mode which included the following Arts: Memory Amplification, Reinforce, Telekinesis and Sense Enhance…
Cias and Devan knocked onto the doors THUNK THUNK THUNK ,"HELLO, ANYBODY HOME!!!" Cias said. Someone replied on a speaker system ,"Not for you guys, so prepare to die!!!" Then they sensed two very strong presences behind them ,"Hello boys, how ya doin?" A woman said standing next to a man, supposedly twins. They both wore suits, had black hair and many scars on their faces. ,"Who are these raggedy ass motherfuckers?" Devan asked Cias ,"No clue," he replied. ,"We shouldn't waste time, let's just put them down Elena," the man told his sister ,"SHUT IT JUDAH, I WAS JUST GETTING TO THAT!!!" the sister replied.
The sister pointed at Devan ,"I'll get afro head, you get blonde," ,"Anything you want, I just want to get this over with and get paid." So the two groups separated, getting their own areas to fight. Devan followed Elena and then they stopped. Elena turned around to face Devan, she then activated her technique Art: Sound Wave and screamed SCREEEEEEE FWOOSH BAM. Devan was hit by this sound and his ears immediately started to bleed after having been ruptured, he also got sent flying backwards because of the speed and the force of the waves. Devan had surpassed the speed of sound long ago, so why was this wave so fast? This was the effect of amplifying the sound waves via imbuing her energy into them, making them far faster and stronger.
Cias was following Judah, Judah then turned around whilst pulling out a combat knife and brass knuckles. ,"It's nothing personal, just business," the man said with an unenthused look on his face, unlike his sister. Brass knuckles in his left hand, a knife in his right he began to approach Cias as Cias turned the head of his spear towards him…
Apollo Hit Noah with an uppercut to the jaw BAM, a hook to the abdomen BOOM, a kick to the thigh BAM and another hook to the liver BOOM. Noah fell back about a foot and came back to send out a flurry of powerful attacks, half of which Apollo dodged. Unfortunately a 7 piece combo to the Jaw, temple, thigh, liver, ribs, chin and stomach ensued in rapid succession BAM BOOM BAM BAM BAM BOOM KABOOM. Apollo felt every single one of them send shockwaves throughout his body. Although Noah was already powerful, Noah continued to increase his output with each attack.
Apollo sent out a few Art: Ki Blasts that were dodged in quick succession by Noah. Noah punched the air sending a shockwave that reached Apollo. Apollo flew back from the massive amount of force put into the punch. Apollo then activated Art: Recovery to heal the wounds he received up to this point. Noah was still barely damaged and the ferocity of his punches were nothing to sneeze at. Apollo knew he had to do something. Apollo thought (MORE ENERGY!!!) and bolted at Noah, determined to inflict massive damage. He connected with a side kick directly on Noah's ribs BOOM. Noah then doubled over for a split second and said ,"NICE KICK!!!"