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Chapter 38 - The Fist VS The Tiger

Qiang continued to throw a barrage of blows that Ken continued to block perfectly. Qiang shouted, "What's wrong, Cant fight back?"

He suddenly swapped his barrage of fists to a dangerous left kick which Ken promptly blocked once again. This time however he grabbed the attack while launching a black flash right into his gut. The attack sent him flying back as he struggled to breathe.

Qiang slowly picked himself back up while applauding, "So your team isn't completely filled with weakl-"

Just as he was about to finish speaking Ken quickly followed it up with another black flash but this time to his face. His body is sent flying back to the arena's walls creating a wall of dust. 

Then while slowly walking towards him Ken spoke, "How can you call yourself a man after brutalizing a woman like that?? How can someone like you call yourself a man after mocking my team like that?? Scum like you doesn't deserve to be called a Jujutsu sorcerer!"

As the dust cloud slowly cleared up, it revealed a completely intact wall. Surprisingly Qiang's heavy fist then slams into the side of his head sending him a decent distance away. As he tried to recover Qiang quickly followed up with a knee to the face and then another kick. Oddly one of his tattoos appeared to have disappeared.

Qiang then spoke, "I hit you with all of that, and you're almost unharmed? I will admit that your reinforcement is truly at another level."

Kens' reinforcement was unique, Unlike typically just reinforcing the limb or the whole body, he was able to concentrate all of his cursed energy into a single point of contact allowing him to reduce most physical damage by 99%. This amount of control was only possible for him who had landed an outrageous number of black flashes in his lifetime.

Ken not waiting another moment throws a stone enhanced with cursed energy, which Qiang easily dodges. He quickly follows it up with a left hook that is then countered by a right kick. Instead of blocking it, however, he tanks the damage and instead grabs it meaning he would no longer be able to avoid his attack. Ken then raised his arm high in the air and prepared to karate chop Qiang. Ken then chanted,

"Scales of the Dragon"

As his arm drops Qiang attempts to block it with his right arm, but then surprising even the audience his arm is instantly cut off. Qiang was able to break free from Kens' grip but now he was left with a heavily bleeding arm. 

Qiang, "I was wondering why you didn't use a black flash for that earlier hit, but still, how did you do that? A hidden Cursed tool?"

Without speaking Ken continues his onslaught of attacks. This time he attempts to strike him in his now armless side but predicting his moves, Qiang grabs his attacking left arm. Ken then shouts at him,

once again, "SCALED OF THE DRAGON"

Now with his right arm, he once again chops off Qiang's other remaining limb. Qiang was now breathing heavily as both his now torn-apart arms bled liters of blood. Ken then Shouted at him, 

"SURRENDER, I HAVE COMPLETELY DISARMED YOU."

Qiang only looks at him laughing, "You're exactly where I need you right now."

Somehow he seemingly teleports behind Ken and now with his reconstructed right arm lands a black flash square in his face sending him crashing into the ground. And then not relenting with his moves he kicks him with his foot reinforced with cursed energy sending him flying back into the wall. The last tattoo on Qiang's body began to fade as he explained,

"I got really lucky with that black flash, I only planned to take you by surprise but it seemed that must have done the most damage."

Ken could only think in a half-hearted daze. He wasn't able to fully block that attack like he usually did, and he took that hit without defending. His ribcage was completely shattered, not only that but his consciousness was fading. Qiang continued to speak,

"You truly are amazing, That slashing attack that you performed wasn't your innate technique right? You must have crystalized your cursed energy like a barrier with that chant from earlier. But even then the attack still should have been incredibly dull. Unless you somehow gave it an edge? Your control over cursed energy is truly remarkable, It may even surpass that of lord Haoran. It's unlucky that this is as far as you go."

As his eyes closed his mind soon fell into the abyss. it was then that he thought,

"If I fall here then even if Aniki wins the Master tournament we will only be able to tie with China. I must keep pushing, I must draw every upon every bit of strength from my body, I MUST KEEP FIGHTING."

Miraculously he rose from the rubble while looking at Qiang. Once again his gang in the corner began to cheer loudly for him until being quickly silenced by the shouts of the audience telling them to shut up.

Both of Qiang's tattoos had now recovered.

Ken then began to quickly analyze the area and noticed some inconsistencies,

"Did he heal with the reverse cursed technique? That can't be the arms that I cut off have disappeared. And the destruction that he caused had too from crashing into the wall had also recovered. And not only that but his tattoos that were slowly disappearing also regrew?"

His neutral face then turned into a look of determination as he shouted at him,

"I'M NOT LOSING HERE!"

As he charged towards Qiang he also followed suit. Ken prepared once more to karate chop while chanting, but now expecting the attack Qiang instead charged his face straight toward him while shouting,

"IF YOU KILL ME WITH THIS ATTACK YOUR TEAM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE TOURNAMENT."

Just before his hand made contact with his face however Ken turned his arm into a fist while shouting the following chant,

"SCATTER"

The cursed energy suddenly bursted as he delivered another black flash straight into his face once more. Qiang who was sent back quickly regained his footing while Ken continued to advance towards him. Then Suddenly Qiang somehow teleports behind Ken once again, but this time Ken was expecting that move.

One of Qiang's Tattoos dissipated along with the injury when he reappeared. But now that improvement quickly worsened as Ken delivered another devastating black flash into his gut sending him flying up into the sky. 

Qiang then teleports once more but this time in front of Ken as he launches another desperate jab into his already fractured rib cage. But as he did Ken Spits a ton of his blood directly into Qiang's eyes blinding him temporarily.

As he did he then grabbed onto his arm while stating,

"Your Innate technique allows you to make save points. You can return to those points whenever you like which will heal any damage that you had taken after its original creation. Upon use, you will automatically return to the position in which you had created that save point as well."

Desperately Qiang attempted to get away from Ken but his grip on him only intensified,

"However, those save states have limited use until you can use them which is marked by the number of tattoos on your body. Tell me how many Tattoos do you have left?"

Unable to speak he simply shouted while punching Ken with his remaining arm, but yet for some reason, it was like he was punching a mountain.

Ken continued to talk, "You said a lot of stuff about my friends. What was it that you called us again... weak?"

Qiang then shouted at him, "LET ME GO" so Ken responded with a normal punch to the face.

Ken then told him, "You weren't this noisy before!."

He then barraged him with a flurry of black flashes breaking any record that he had set before. This technique was the Black Storm.

As he finished his black flash-filled combo the destroyed body of Qiang collapsed to the floor. Ken stood over his unconscious body while raising his fist into the sky. As he shouts the arena follows suit.

Frosty Whipp then shouted into the microphone, "AND THE WINNER OF ROUND 4 IS DOJIMA KEN FROM THE JAPANNESE TEAM"