Journey of the Dragon

Chapter twenty four : The Brute Force

 The opening match in the semifinals of Togu City Tournament is about to begin. In this match, Gill and Master Big Hit will meet as opponent. The match between the two of them was something that all Tournament spectators, both in the stands and at home, had been looking forward to it, because they were the two most favored fighters in the event. So the host immediately called the two of them to go up to the arena of the match. The arrival of the two of them was really greeted with great fanfare by the entire audience. The two of them walked onto the arena bravely, while being flooded by the support and cheers from their respective fans, who were very numerous there.

 After they both had arrive and stood up above the Arena. The two of them were already facing each other in the arena, and ready to attack each other, the atmosphere of the entire Stadium became silent in an instant, as the two fighters were looking at each other with serious gazes. Not many words came out of the two of them. But a Moments later Master Big Hit started a conversation.

 "I am happy, because I can get the opportunity to face you. Mister Gill. " Said Master Big hit.

 "Hmm. Usually such words are always said by the people who will be your opponents. " Gill said.

 "Ha ha ha. Yes. That is true." Master Big Hit laughed slightly in response to those words.

 Meanwhile, Dragon was seen in the special stands for the participants. He was alone there with Zhoei sitting beside him, but in a position that was a bit far apart. When Dragon turned his head towards Zhoei, she immediately looked away. Because Zhoei considers Dragon to be her enemy, as well as the opponent she will face after the battle between Master Big hit and Gill ends

 ("Geez, her pride has really gotten worse.") Said Dragon in his mind.

 Return to the fight between Master Big Hit and Gill. The referee declared that their fight had started, then the whole Stadium thundered, as the crowd cheered to give their support to the two fighters.

 "OK. Shall I start? " Gill said as he ran towards the Master Big Hit with his right fist that he was ready to punch.

 Then the Master Big Hit smiled slightly and immediately prepared his fist as well, which he would smash into Gill who was running towards him. With the strength-enhancing glove that Gill wears on his right hand, the strength of Gill's punch can be increased many times. As for the Master Big Hit, by using his inner power techniques, especially his power-enhancing moves, his attack power will also increase many times over. So when the two punches of Gill and Master Big hit collide each other, then a quite powerful wave explosion finally occurred immediately. The wave even made the referee's body bounce backwards.

 The two of them actually landed such a heavy blow against their respective opponents. And it looks like the strength of their punches is quite balanced, the two of them are still clinging their fists, as well as pushing each other's fists. Both of them looked so serious in terms of the power contest.

 Then suddenly, the Master Big Hit began to move his other hand, to be launched towards the face of Gill who was right in front of him. But quickly, Gill avoided the hit from the Master that is very deadly. Then because Gill's body began to become shaky because he had made an evasive movement, the Master Big hit could easily push a punch from Gill's right hand, causing Gill's body to be pushed and fell backwards.

 But Gill immediately stood up again quickly, because he knew that his opponent was unlikely to stay still, when Gill had experienced a fall. And it turned out that it was true, Master Big hit was suddenly near him again to launch his next attack, namely the deadly blows of his power-enhancing moves.

 But with agility, Gill can avoid the blows that lead to him. After that, when he found an opening, Gill immediately slammed his right fist into the Master's stomach, very hard.

 But it seems like it's pointless, because Master Big hit can anticipate it by using body hardening moves, so that his physical endurance increases, thus making his body less susceptible to any physical attacks, including a powerful punch from Gill's right hand.

 After the Master successfully blocked the attack from Gill, without much ado, Master Big Hit launched another punch attack against Gill, which Gill immediately avoided. Likewise, Gill also launched another punch against the Master Big Hit, but the Master managed to hold and block it.

 The two of them attacked each other and avoided each other's attacks. The battle between the two of them looked quite fierce. Gill kept trying to attack with a punch from his right hand, but was always managed to be blocked by the Master Big hit. So it seemed that right now it was Gill who was having a little trouble.

 The opponent that Gill was currently facing, was very difficult to overthrow, because he didn't shake even though being hit by a very strong blow from Gill was also deadly. Besides that, the Master also has an equally deadly punch from his two hands. So that it becomes something very troublesome for Gill.

 When blocking an attack from Gill, Master Big hit using a body hardening stance, but when he was about to attack Gill, the Master used a power-increasing stance. This means that he uses the two moves in turn. He can't use the two skills at the same time, unless he uses a third skill. Namely, the body limit break moves. If you use this move, your physical endurance and attack power will both increase. However, the body limit break moves has quite a dangerous risk for its users.

 The three moves, namely the hardening body, the power increase, and the body limit break, are the entirety of the Inner power technique. That is What Master Big Hit teach and taught his students at West Star dojo.

 Gill was always holding back blows from Master Big hits, using punches from his right hand, then he also continuously landed his punches on Master Big hit's body quite hard. But still the result is the same, Master Big hit's skin still doesn't look scratched at all. Master Big Hit can balance the use of hardening body moves and power increasing moves on a regular basis. So from that it seemed like he didn't need to use a body limit break move, to deal with Gill's every attack.

 Gradually, it seemed like Gill was starting to experience a little fatigue, causing him to let his guard down for a moment. And apparently this negligence could have fatal consequences for him. Because Gill's stomach was immediately knock by a hit from the Master, until Gill vomited, then it was Gill's face to get hit. Until it caused Gill's body to fly away and land hard on the edge of the arena floor.

 The whole audience was shocked to see that, as was Dragon. Finally Gill was hit by a fatal attack from his opponent. Then, teetering, Gill tried to get back up. He looked at Master Big Hit with a serious gaze, then pulled out the sword behind his waist, which was shaped almost like a butcher knife. Gill said.

 "Help me, H butcher sword."

 Everyone was wondering in his mind. Why didn't Gill use that sword in the first place? Why did he just take it out now? And it looks like Gill has his reasons for that. Gill started talking in his mind. ("This guy's strength is really insane. I thought I could deal with it just by using the power-enhancing gloves, but it seems like I also have to use the H butcher sword. But this sword will drain my strength drastically, so I didn't use it in the first place.") Gill said in his mind.

 The body of Master Big Hit is indeed very difficult to injure. But maybe by using the H butcher sword, Gill could change things a little. Dragon also thought so. Even the Referee immediately rushed into the stands, knowing that things would be very dangerous.

 When Gill gripped his sword with both hands, suddenly the air around him moved away, as if pushed by the surge of power from the sword, he growled as if he was preparing to carry out an attack. Master Big hit who saw this, immediately alert, and prepared himself to face the attack from Gill, with enthusiasm, Master Big hit waiting for the attack.

 Then, surprisingly, Gill darted quickly in front of the Master Big Hit, to land a s***h on his opponent. The Master who sensed the danger of the attack, immediately crossed his arms to block the s***h from Gill, and he was so sure that his body hardening moves was able to withstand the attack absolutely. Then Gill quickly slashed Master Big hit's hand using his H butcher sword.

 After that, a very surprising thing happened. Master Big hit's two hands immediately drained blood after being hit by That s***h, then his body was suddenly pushed backwards. With a face that looked very shocked, Master Big hit seemed as if he could not believe what had just happened, while watching his two hands, which were injured, from being slashed. Not only Master Big hit, the entire audience in the stands was also very surprised after seeing this. This was the first time they had seen the Master getting hurt.

 "How could it be? I had used all my body hardening moves to withstand the s***h. But you managed to break through. " Master Big hit said to Gill with a questioning expression.

 “My gauntlet increases the strength of my hand 10 times. As for my H butcher sword, it increases my power to 100 times! ” Gill said to the Master Big hit.

 “Oh, so that is your ultimate weapon, huh? Interesting. All those weapons you have, they sure are terrifying. Even for users of inner power techniques. Hmm, but now I'm so excited. " Said Master Big hit.

 Then after saying that, an aura of anger started to emit from the Master's body, he began to use a body limit break moves, to simultaneously increase his physical endurance and attack power to a drastic increase. It seemed that now he had decided to fight with all the strength he had, so he could immediately defeat Gill.

Without saying much else, Gill immediately ran towards the Master Big Hit to launch another s***h attack. Likewise with the Master Big Hit, who immediately ran towards Gill, with a body resistance and attack power that was more dangerous than before.

 When the two of them faced each other, the two of them immediately launched attacks on each other. A brutal and fierce battle is inevitable, an exciting battle between s***h attacks and devastating punches. The entire arena of the competition where they were standing, suddenly crushed to pieces, and scattered in all directions. The waves of attack from the two people who were fighting were so great.

 The whole audience became very shocked and amazed when they saw this happen, fortunately the surrounding stands had been covered by a transparent protective shield, so that no one was injured by the impact of the scattered floor debris.

 "Seriously. Gill. " Dragon said while focusing on watching the large amount of debris scattered in all directions.

 The two of them slammed into each other and continued to attack each other mercilessly, until large explosions ensued. After that incident, now the entire arena was covered in smoke and dust, the result of the fierce impact of their battle, so that the audience could not see what was happening right now. However, there was a sound that was quite clear from the middle of the arena, namely the sound of metal clashing with some kind of hard object. And the sound continued to be heard quite clearly by the entire audience.

 It was the sound of the battle between Gill and Master Big hit, which was still on going, without stopping. The sound of the sword that Gill slashed at the Master Big hit punches, as well as the sound of the Master hitting Gill's sword, continued to sound like shouting at each other. They both continue to attack each other and clash of strength. The two of them put up a very fierce and balanced resistance to one another.

 Over time, the smoke and dust that covered the two of them, finally began to gradually disappear. So that the audience can see again the tense battle, the two of them hold back attacks from each other in turn. Gill was seen to have bruises to his head and several other body parts, and his clothes also looked torn. Meanwhile, the body of the Master Big Hit appears to have suffered slashing wounds in several parts, such as the back, shoulders, chest and calves. His clothes also look really worn.

 So far, Gill is a fighting opponent who can make Master Big hit like that, so the Master faces him with gusto. Until then Gill got a very hard blow against him, even though Gill had withheld the blow with his sword, but still Gill's body was immediately knocked far away, and landed until it hit the wall quite hard.

 It seemed that Gill was overwhelmed to keep up with the ability and strength of the Master Big Hit, which was very difficult to match. The whole audience became pessimistic about Gill's victory, it seems that Gill's struggle is only enough to end here. Then the Master Big Hit immediately walked limping over to get to Gill, as well as to launch a final attack on his opponent. Gill's supporters who witnessed this, immediately lowered their heads because they did not want to see their idols had to lose. Likewise with Dragon, he closed his eyes hoping for a miracle to happen.

 Then suddenly Gill tried to stand up with difficulty, with his head bent down, and his right hand holding the H butcher's sword very tightly. Everyone seemed stunned to see that. Whereas the Master Big hit who didn't stop his steps at all and continued walking towards Gill. Then the most shocking thing happened, the H butcher's sword began to give off a pitch-black aura, which spread across Gill's right hand to his shoulder. After that, the purplish-black aura started to solidify, making Gill's right hand seem like it was changing into a monster's hand.

 The right hand was clad in a kind of purplish black deposit, with the H butcher sword that popped out at the tip, making Gill's right hand look both strong and sinister.

 Gill introduced the shape of his hand with a short word, while showing it to the Master Big Hit.

 "H butcher Grood hand." Gill said.

 Instantly, the steps of the Master big hit who was approaching Gill, suddenly stopped. The Master seemed surprised after hearing the name of Gill's hand. Meanwhile, the audience seemed amazed after seeing the change of Gill's hand, without knowing the meaning behind the name of Gill's hand.

 Master Big hit spoke, "Grood hand ... Do you mean that, is the Grood monster that ravaged the west region ten years ago?" Asked the Master Big Hit nervously.

 “Yes, the 16 foot tall monster that destroyed the 3 Great Cities in the West, 10 years ago. My teacher and I managed to defeat and destroy that monster, then made an H butcher weapon from the remaining parts of its body ... By using the full potential of this sword, my hands will fuse with the power of the Grood monster within it. Thus, my attack power has increased even more. ” Gill said.

 “Hmm, 10 years ago, I still didn't become a master… The Grood monster's strength was so terrifying that no one dared to stop him at that time. But the news said that there was a great monster hunter along with his students who dared to fight the monster, and managed to defeat him. I never thought that the person in question was your teacher ... Surely he is a very great person, huh? " Asked the Master Big hit to Gill.

 "Yes, he is the greatest person in the world. And I'm trying to become a monster hunter as great as him. " Gill said as he prepared his hand.

 "Hmm. You make this battle even more interesting, but will your body be able to withstand that much power? From what I see right now, you seem like you are in pain. ” Master Big hit asked, because he noticed Gill's legs were shaking, as if they couldn't stand up.

 Without answering the statement from the Master Big Hit, Gill immediately shouted and then began to act to launch an attack on his opponent.

 "Get ready !!!" Gill shouted as he jumped far up. He put all his strength into one final blow against the Master Big hit.

 Then the Master Big Hit smiled, and he prepared to take the attack from the Gill, by putting all his strength to withstand the ultimate attack from Gill, Master Big Hit was so confident that he was able to withstand the attack absolutely.

 In the ultimate super body hardening technique he is using. Master Big hit increases his physical endurance many times, so that he can hold and block the s***h that Gill will deliver to him.

 Those two fighters literally bet everything they had on that moment. If Gill managed to break through the defense of the Master's body, then Gill would win, but if Master Big Hit managed to block Gill's attack absolutely, then Master Big Hit would win, because Gill, who had put all his strength, would definitely fall after doing the attack.

 Quickly, Gill's body, who was in the air, immediately slid downward while preparing his sword hand to cut down the master. Whereas below, Master Big hit is ready to hold the s***h. Then in an instant, Gill, who had reached the Master Big hit body, immediately landed a powerful s***h against his opponent's body, causing a wave of devastation that was quite powerful.

 A s***h with immense power, had hit the Master's body. So that it caused the destruction around where he stood, even causing the ground surface behind the Master's body to immediately split open, and the entire arena of the match became covered with scattered dust and debris. The spectator stands' protective shield which was hit by the waves from the attack also cracked and broke. So that it made the audience very shocked and panicked. But fortunately none of the spectators were hurt by the wave from the attack.

 Even though it happened in an instant, the resulting effect was quite devastating. Especially for the Master's body which was directly hit by Gill's Ultimate s***h.

 After that crazy attack, the Master Big hit seemed still standing opposite Gill, with the H butcher sword lying beneath the two of them. It seemed that after landing that attack, the H butcher's sword immediately changed shape again to normal, then released from Gill's grip, which was already feeling limp.

 Master Big hit and Gill are still standing without doing anything, while looking face to face with each other, so that the audience is curious about what will happen next. Then suddenly the Master who was still standing straight started to say.

 “ Gill ... What an interesting fight." Then, after uttering these words, the Master's body immediately limped, and fell backwards, lying unconscious.

 Meanwhile, Gill, still seen standing, with a disheveled condition. Then the referee immediately ran to enter the arena again. And after he saw the state of Master Big Hit who was completely unable to continue the match. So the referee immediately declared that Gill was the winner. However Gill was expressionless.

 Gill tried to stand upright while taking a deep breath. Accompanied by enthusiastic cheers from all the spectators who had watched his battle, and felt mesmerized by the power he had shown, he was able to defeat the Master Big hit. And above all, they cheered for the victory that Gill has won.

 A few moments later, Gill's body also suddenly collapsed to the ground, after which he became unconscious, just like Master Big hit. Then the medical wizards immediately arrived to take them both to the treatment room.

 With great difficulty, Gill finally managed to beat the Master from West star dojo, the Master Big hit. By using the H butcher sword which is his ultimate weapon, and has a power that turns out to be truly extraordinary. Then after their fight ended, the host immediately announced that Gill had the right to qualify for the final round.

 ( Gill ) ( Zhoei VS Dragon )