BANG! Forty second punch landed on the unshakeable boulder and a wave of pain washed over Zax. BANG! BANG! BANG! … ‘It’s getting worse!’ So much that he felt like the bleeding fingers of the wild man. ‘Deduce! I’ve got to deduce what’s happening in order to be eligible for whatever comes next!’ He steeled himself. Ultimately, no amount of pain can match the torment he suffered during his Evolutionary Ascension. Quite the opposite, pain was like a wakeup call for his repressed Infernal nature. Most importantly, down below, closest to the wild man and fraught with the most intense pain was Heyxin, deadbent by her expression to pass this test of the preliminaries. If she could bear it, how could he shy from the challenge? BANG! The sixtieth punch hit and crackling was heard from the