Tahir was practicing with his sword when he sensed a hand reaching for him. Spinning around swiftly, he grabbed the hand tightly. Bale was stunned by Tahir's reflexes. Does he know Qi? Or is he really the prodigy the master spoke of? It didn't matter. I'll finish this quickly, Bale thought.
"I'm here to give you a warning and make you bleed. You don't get to be with her. She's mine," Bale said, enhancing his legs with Qi to boost his speed. In an instant, he closed the distance between himself and Tahir, slamming a punch coated in Qi into Tahir's chest. The blow lifted Tahir off his feet, slamming him hard into the wall behind him.
A large dent marked where Tahir had been thrown. His head hung low, blood dripping from a wound, making it clear he had sustained an injury from the impact.
