Hever collapsed to a knee near the corner of the court. To everyone but Rui, Hever's defeat was certain.

"It's over."

"Well, he put a good fight."

"Nel's gonna knock him out."

Nel didn't even hesitate, he blasted forward faster than he ever had. But Rui didn't pay attention to him. He was staring at Hever intensely, wondering if he was right.

It was then.

Just the smallest of smiles crept onto Hever's expression.

CLASP

He intercepted Nel's attack, and fell back as he got up to his feet, using that momentum to throw Nel flying behind him. This was a launching maneuver that could only be performed starting from one knee.

This was his goal. He wanted to get onto to his single knee stance near the corner of the ring. However, he could not simply walk to the edge, and get down on knee. Even the most simple-minded fool would realize that this was a trap.

Therefore, he had begun working ahead of time. Feigning fatigue. Ceding ground as if he was starting to weaken. He redirected and threw Nel exactly where he wanted him. And at the end, he collapsed to his knee like he was at his very limit.

All so that he could executed a maneuver that would launch Nel outside the ring.

('I fucking KNEW it.') Rui mused excitedly when he saw Hever successfully intercept Nel's haymaker. He fell back as he got up, using the upward motion to lift Nel and the backward motion to launch Nel flying behind him outside the ring. This was why he had let himself get pushed to the edge.

smooth. Nel was

The plan had succeeded!

And then, it failed.

CLASP

hour. No, the final

found a way to salvage

by the breakthrough to the Martial Apprentice Realm, was truly immense. In this one particular area, his reflexes were on par with Kane despite not being a

managed to catch

threw Hever a shit-eating

open as

off. He was simply

WHOOSH

took to the air as Nel guffawed out loud midair with

BOOM

outside the ring as the

For a moment...

for several

shocked. The only noise that broke what would have been absolute silence was Nel uncontrollably

was awesome!" Nel grinned, turning to Hever. "Hey, let's do that again some

...

Hever sighed resigned. "Sure."

commotion broke amongst the Martial

would end in this manner. Rui was speechless beyond words. He was extremely impressed with both of them. Nel's physical prowess had

other hand, had a level of mastery that made Rui envious, this sheer mastery had allowed him to compete with Nel. He had crushed all of Nel's offense and initiative and landed every

well-planned. Rui was relatively certain that he was the only one who had figured it out ahead

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