The God of Gravity part 2: Olympus

Leonide Versus Darius part 1

I'm already walking in the passage that leads to the ring. I feel my feet heavy with every step. After I exited the passage, I can see the crowd cheering on me, but my ears are ringing, so it seems that I can't feel the intensity of their noise as strong as their gestures. I feel a bit of shaking in my fingers, so I squeezed them into a fist. I jumped high to step on the metal ring, and I see Darius on the other side.

He has bruises, scars, and wounds all over his body. He looks pale. I can tell that his breathing is weaker than usual and his blood pressure is lower. He must have sustained plenty of blows from his opponent. She must've made him bleed - making him stronger and eventually lost o him. Philip told me about this. He says that as Darius loses blood, he becomes stronger. The only solution to beat him is to knock him out without making him bleed - but that would be hard.

My ears stopped ringing as I put up my stance, my fists, and arms in front of me, my right foot forward, and my chin tucked in as the ring sounded. I leaned to the right and sent a left hook to his face after he dashed towards me in an instant. His head bashed on the floor. I took advantage of his collapse.

"Fist of Three: Meteorite!"

The solid metal crumpled as I missed after he dodged while on the ground, then he grabbed my hand and slammed me on the ground. I grunted in pain before I stood up before him. I charged while he's off guard as he is trying to get on his own two feet.

"Gaghhh!!!" I gasped in pain when he punched me in the stomach. I stepped back and he punched me in the face, but I used DT to absorb it and I got knocked away to a distance. I rolled on the ground and I can sense him charging towards me. I quickly regained balance and stood on my ground. He's coming towards me with full force.

He leaped up with a downward strike with his heel. I dodged to the left and he pursued me with his left hook that I ducked to avoid. Then another with his right but punched him with 3rd DT with my left fist on his right body. He stumbled to his left and he blocked my right uppercut following a spin as his elbow hit my face.

My ears rang and my vision got darker.... I need to breathe or..... "Argh!" I cried when I suddenly got knocked down from his punch - that I don't have the time to know where it hit me. I just felt pain in the whole body. I can still make sense of what's going on while my vision is not clear and I can see him running towards me while I realized I'm lying on the cold metal ground.

Using 3rd DT, I kicked his stomach with my left foot. It made me slide farther from him as he knelt down in pain, giving me time to stand up. He charged once more after not more than a second. He missed his kick from his left leg when I stepped back to dodge. I predicted that he's gonna do another kick after spinning clockwise with his right leg. It was a fast tornado kick, so I blocked it with my arm using 4th DT. It hurt me badly.

Then with his left fist, he tried to punch me but I stepped and leaned backward only to spring back again with a right jab at his face, followed by "Fist of Four!" - a left body shot after I dodged his right uppercut by moving to my left. Then he spun counterclockwise with a spinning back kick I couldn't dodge so I blocked it and felt my bones on my right arm cracking.

"Arghhhhh!" I cried as I fell down the ground, feeling my right arm numbing in pain! I am running out of air! I can't concentrate because of this pain! What do I do?!! I don't know! He's charging! Then I fell confused that he suddenly tumbled forward slamming his face on the ground. He sat up then touched his right rib cage - where I punched him earlier. He frowned in pain.

I stood up having only my left hand to help myself. The pain throbbed when I tried to raise my right arm. I can't fight with only one fist so I focused to get rid of the pain by focusing to not let my nerves on my arm send signals of pain. It helped me a great deal but can't use my right arm well anymore.

Darius stood up while gasping indefinitely. His broken rib cage must be causing him pain as he breathes, but then his breath regulated and I guess he knows how to control his body too.

"Damn you!" he growled at me with a smirk that he almost felt glad about it.

I somehow felt that he means he's enjoying our fight. I put up my arms for my stance. We charged towards each other and I waited for his move. He lunged his left fist forward in a jab, I dodged and countered him with a 2nd DT right jab - that hurt my arm, then a solid left 3rd DT hook at his jaw at the same time he managed to hit me with his right fist, against my face.

I woke up with a realization I momentarily passed out. I sat up with a feeling of dizziness. I was facing the crowd with the edge of the ring before my stretched feet. The crowd looks so noisy, but dead silent. My ears are ringing. I hear the echoing "Five... six.... seven..."

It's the count...

I gotta stand up.....

So I stood up...

The counting stopped.....

Now, what?

I forgot what I was doing as I looked at the crowd. What was I doing again?

I turned around and I remembered what it is. Darius charged at me fiercely. I kicked with my left leg, but he blocked it and he thrust his left elbow to my chest, but I held his elbow to avoid getting hit completely in the chest. It moved me closer to the edge. That's when he hit me with his right knee at my body.

"Gaghhh!" I gasped in pain but it gave me a little elevation to use "Leg of Three!" and with my right leg, I kicked his head.

I fell down on the hard ground on my side. He stumbled backward and fell on the ground, hitting the back of his head.

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Sander and Philip are stunned by the fight as they watched from the screen inside the clinic. Leo's parents had their eyes wide open, witnessing their son fight so relentlessly even with those injuries.

In the luxury box, Mila leaned forward from her seat to see what is happening while her sister, Aurelia stood before the glass panels and touching it with both of her hands to see closely.

"Leonardo is fighting with a broken arm!" exclaimed Aurelia. "That must hurt!"

"That fool...," quietly muttered Mila.

Juliet heard her but she decided to pretend she didn't hear and calmly observed as the two fighters standing up on their two feet with heaving breaths with their shoulders forward as they slouched.

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I am breathing too hard that I feel my chest is gonna burst. I put my hands on my knees and I felt a little better. I looked at Darius and he's preoccupied with breathing properly like me. I have bruises all over my body just like him. I can feel my face throbbing as my heart beats. My jaw feels like it will drop off from my skull. I feel my left eye getting narrower than my right. It's swelling. Darius's cheekbones are swelling too. I guess I made some damage to him, but not enough to knock him out. This Tournament will not end until one of us cannot stand anymore. I will not lose just like Darius doesn't want to, but I feel that our fight will not end like it did ago. I stood up straight and with my stance, I walked cautiously towards him. He just stood and waited for me to come to him.

"You look awful," he said to me.

"Say that to yourself," I answered.

"I will win this!"

"Like hell!"

I dashed with a faint left overhand punch, he bought it by blocking with his arms, and with a 3rd DT right uppercut, I punched his body. He used Sword Breaking to absorb it then kicked my leg. I fell out of balance and he punched me in the stomach but used my DT and got blown away.

I stood up with pain in my abdomen as he charged. I need to dodge, I feel that I can't use DT next time. My head is aching. I used it too many times in this fight. I need to end this fight before I faint. I kicked up my senses and dodged all of his connected attacks. I can barely dodge them all by walking backward. It'll be bad if I run out of space to retreat and I sense that it is what's going on right now as the edge is only a meter away from me. I stopped and jumped over him. He is fast and he went to me before I landed. I can't use my DT anymore so I can't dodge nor even block as he punched my body.

I felt pain as I opened my eyes, and I am flying backward and upside down. I tumbled as I landed while coughing blood. Darius is very tired, so he just stood there panting for a while. Then I remembered how I sparred against Lord Enzo. He always had tricks in his sleeves. He told me that if I used DT too much, I will pass out, or even cause serious irreversible brain damage, but I have an idea.

Okay....

I'll do it, even if it costs me my life. As his apprentice, I will not disgrace him! I have a trick of my own, something that I tried against Lord Enzo that surprised him. Although, he dodged it because he's too good.

I made my stance with my left fist at my side while my right foot is stepping forward, and placing my right hand forward.

"RYAAAAAGHH!!!" screamed Darius before dashing in an explosive speed.

"Fist of Five:"

Darius got punched in the face before I even moved.