To have a high chance of winning, Devon had to do everything possible to score three points in the shortest time possible. She didn't want to underestimate Kim with strategies, given the rivalry she had with her opponent.
As soon as the referee's words ended, Devon quickly retreated, stopping at a safe distance.
"Escaping again?" Kim shouted as she moved forward.
Knowing how to defeat her opponent, Devon continued to maintain her safe distance as Kim approached again. While staring at Devon, who seemed to have run out of space to retreat, Kim involuntarily felt that this time she had the advantage. Knowing that, a powerful fighting spirit emerged, transforming into a series of punches directed at Devon.
Seeing how those blows were approaching, Devon could perceive that her vital areas were being targeted by those violent attacks. It felt like something was warning her from behind, something that alerted her to do something.
Devon took a deep breath and carefully watched the trajectory of those fast-approaching blows. She knew that if she countered correctly, she could score a point and win this round.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
While Devon pondered, those blows began to arrive, so she had to dodge them one by one.
Sharpening her observation, Devon smiled at each of those blows before noticing an important detail. "I found it!"
Just as Devon's body was about to be overwhelmed by that series of blows directed at her, her eyes widened with surprise. Ignoring some of the punches that would impact her defensive posture, she extended her palm that pierced through the punches aimed at her like a sharp lance through Kim's defenses in the same way Dash pierced Jack's defenses.
Thud!
In an instant, due to a series of complications, Devon's palm collided with one of Kim's punches, causing her to stop as she felt the peculiar way Devon was moving.
At the same time, a kick was directed towards Kim's face, who suddenly backed away, still impressed by Devon's ability to throw those kicks.
Kim was visibly surprised for a moment as she saw that Devon's kicks were from Taekwondo. Immediately, with a snort, her clothes extended forward with force.
But although Kim was cunning, Devon was not foolish. Thanks to her great perception skills, she realized what Kim wanted to do, so she turned around and unleashed a spinning kick that completely stopped Kim.
"Ah!" Kim fell backward, feeling the kick hit her stomach.
"Point!" The referee shouted, giving Devon the point as she stood.
Devon took a deep breath. This fight was more technical than anything else, so she hadn't had serious complications in the fight process. But what bothered her was the time it took to score points in each fight.
"Damn it!" Kim got up from the floor and looked at Devon, who maintained her serene expression.
The referee stepped forward and asked, "Ready? Fight!"
Hoo...
Devon knew she needed to be faster so she wouldn't waste time, and as soon as the fight started again, this time she didn't give Kim a chance to recover.
"Now!" Kim, who watched Devon approach quickly, kicked towards her face.
But Devon was faster and slid along the ground; at that moment, her hand changed to a punch and forcefully hit Kim's leg, who didn't have time to retreat.
Thud!
Without giving her time to recover, she slid her right foot down and brought Kim down. Devon knew that if she didn't finish the fight now, it would take her much longer to do so.
When Kim fell to the ground, Devon held both of Kim's hands with her left hand and attacked Kim's face with contained force as she tried to break free.
"Point, winner!" The referee shouted, seeing that Kim had been brought down and that Devon maintained control from above.
When the referee shouted the winner, the audience erupted in cheers of excitement.
Devon stepped away from Kim, but not before extending her hand toward her. She knew they were rivals, but that didn't mean they hated each other.
Kim, who had been completely defeated, pulled away from Devon's hand and returned to her place without saying a word. She had always won at everything she set out to do, but after meeting Devon, she knew she couldn't beat her.
Returning to her corner, Dash, who was waiting, hugged her and said, "That was impressive; well done."
"Yeah..." Devon smiled happily; this was an official victory, and by defeating Kim again, she proved to be the best in every aspect.
...
Soon the next fight began; now Miguel would face Jake, who had a history of leaving all his opponents in a terrible state.
"How does the wound look?" Dash was being checked by the doctors, and for now, they applied a special ointment.
"You'll be fine."
"Aaaaahhhh!!!"
At that moment, a painful scream was heard from the stage where they were fighting, and when Dash looked at who was on the ground, he immediately approached.
"Miguel!" Johnny ran towards the stage to check Miguel's eye that had been injured in the fight, and besides that, he also received a blow to the head.
"You did that on purpose."
Dash furrowed his brows, and at that moment, he looked at the replay, seeing perfectly how Jake had poked Miguel's eyes with an open palm strike.
"Shouldn't he be disqualified?"