Chapter 102: Paused Martial Arts Mastery. (1/2)

In the middle of of a blank white room. Two figures could be seen.

One of the figures belonged to Gray whereas the other figure belonged to a dark shadow with no specific form

The two could be seen with their weapons sheathed, ahead of one another waiting for the countdown.

[3… 2… 1… Commence.]

The figure of the two vanished as they kicked off towards one another.

Gray covered the furthest distance in the shortest amount of time. He appeared ahead of the shadow with a punch in motion.

The shadow, raised one arm blocking the punch.

Gray threw a hook from the sides which were open.

But missed as the shadow took a step back.

The instant Gray stepped in to begin his barrage, the shadow countered, sending a side kick to the side of his head.

Gray ducked to avoid it, and moved in for a sweep, only for his eyes to widen as a knee suddenly appeared before him.

The shadow had predicted that move.

*SwoosH!*

Gray had stopped in his tracks and tilted his body all the way back, barely avoiding the knee as it went right past him.

Regardless, now was the perfect opportunity to counter.

While it was still airborne, he grabbed it's leg before swinging it down to slam it onto the ground.

But to his surprise, the shadow wasn't budging.

It had gripped onto his shirt holding on tight to prevent it from doing so.

A pair of elbows suddenly followed after as they were thrust towards Gray's undefended head.

*BAM!*

A fist was suddenly caved into the shadow's face before it could do so.

It's figure could be seen sliding backwards as it wiped the blood of it's nose.

It raised it's arms into a mixture between a Boxing and Muay Thai stance.

One leg ahead of the other, slightly bent to allow for rapid movement and to be able to pivot for a kick at any given moment. Both arms raised up, to be able to defend whenever.

Gray imitated this very same stance.

A few seconds past and neither of them had made a move.

*Drip*

The moment Gray's cold sweat landed on the room's floor. They leapt.

*BAM!*

And clashed.

Their punch landed exactly on each other's fist, knocking their hands back.

Despite that, they punch and punch again.

Accurately landing on each other's fist with each punch.

Each punch made Gray's hands ache and tremble, they grew number from each clash.

But that was nowhere near anything that could stop him.

A barrage of punches followed, none of them landing a clean hit on the other as they were either parried or missed slightly.

The one to break the chain of punches was Gray who kicked at the shadow's face.

The shadow raised it's arm, tucking it in to it's head to block it as it stepped in.

[Pause Martial Arts: Trajectory Shift]