492 Overwhelmed (1/2)
Rather than those silly reasons, I simply decided that it was finally the point where I could start nailing it down to everyone's head that I didn't come here to have some fun nor to save the Penguin sect, but to achieve my own desires!
But despite how tense both the arena and the entire crowd below it that could watch the proceedings reflected on the barrier that surrounded this entire place, neither I nor the old man made our moves.
With how I never really invested myself into developing my energy visions, I realised that if this opponent of mine would attempt to hide from my sight, then I would have no way to deciphering his steps just like this monkey that dared to kill my witnesses managed to escape my attention before.
That's why, while doing my best to appear as if the elder's menacing face was drawing my complete attention, I fully focused on all my other senses, long ago maxed to their previous limit and now itching me to invest in them and pull them all the way up to their new quality along with more points in my perception statistic.
But rather than doing so, I simply allowed myself to clear my mind from all the spare thoughts, allowing my senses to fully enter my consciousness rather than blocking them out in an attempt to retain my sanity.
In a split of a second, the entire world seemed to turn completely black, silent and cold, only to erupt in the plethora of information all at once. All the tones of the colours seemed now far more vibrant, saturated, with the shadows cast by the distant flying beast dancing gracefully on the wind only to fall down on top of the rocky disk and attract my attention.
Plop.
The sound of made by the falling of the droplet of my own sweat as it freed itself from my body and jumped joyfully in the air, tearing through the wind currents despite their screams only to end its life when it turned into a myriad of its offspring shattering on the small, stone protrusion.
”Do you need a moment?”
Only when I heard those words did I realise that in this beautiful world of details where every single smallest thing showcased how intricate the world surrounding me was, I failed to keep my consciousness straight, completely ignoring the fact that I was in the middle of a fight!
”Yeah, it was a while since I last used my full strength.”
Not directly admitting to the fact that I was hiding my strength, I forcefully retracted my attention from all those details, focusing myself solely on anything that would break the flow of all the elements around me. While one could hide from someone's eyes, some tracks would still remain from his footsteps through the chaotic swirl of wind all the way to the change of temperature!