Section 134, Chapter 132: Warriors Against It

The third battle of the elimination tournament is underway.

"That Aguya guy, he's really steady..."

Watching the battle unfold, Hanon sighed with admiration. Aguya was truly adept at defensive tactics, often turning the fight into a counter-offensive even when the opponent's attacks couldn't actually reach him.

Indeed, Imai Kosou is a genius in martial arts. Even without using chokeholds, his striking techniques and power surpass those of ordinary fighters, demonstrating a cross-weight class performance. If his opponent were not Aguya, he would definitely have an amazing effect.

It's a pity that the opponent is none other than Aguya.

The "Great Shield" has incredibly high defensive capabilities. In addition, Aguya is already broad-shouldered, and his taut arms are almost as thick as Xiao Chang's waist. When placed in front of him, it is truly like a wall, isolating all attacks from Xiao Chang.

The disparity was so vast that even Adam in the stands couldn't stand it anymore: "Fvck, this is utterly pointless. Does this boy really want to win with striking skills? He'll be exhausted if he fights any longer."

However, Xiaoyuzhou remained patient, advancing and retreating with strategy, never greedy for a blow, and striking only when he could, launching a steady attack as if victory was already assured.

Well, I do occasionally steal chickens.

During one of the attacks, Xiao Changyu suddenly leaped up and tumbled behind Aguya. Then, he launched a flying kick at the back of Aguya's head. Aguya was no Pasain, so that spot was obviously a vital point that could win the fight—provided the kick actually hit.

Aguya had already sensed the attack and dodged it by slightly lowering his head. However, when he turned around to deliver the counterattack, he saw that Xiaoyu had once again jumped far away.

"Trying to be clever..." The enemy was slippery and unpredictable, and Aguya was getting a little anxious. He urged in a low voice, "Hiyama, haven't you finished analyzing yet?"

"Aguya, please be patient a little longer, we're already 70% done." Hiyama's voice came through the hidden earpiece. She was clearly a little anxious, but the necessary work couldn't be neglected: "Imai Kosuke's movements are much faster than in the previous match recordings. I need to get used to his rhythm from the beginning, and I'll need a little more time."

"Accept the mission." After learning about the progress, Aguya readjusted his mindset: "Then let's delay a bit longer... and launch an attack."

Kiyoaki Aguya has finally started his attack, or rather, his counter-attack.

When Xiaoyu swung his fist again, Aguya flicked his wrist, leaving a cut on Xiaoyu's arm from which blood instantly seeped out.

This injury wasn't much, but his muscles were still a bit stimulated. His inner psyche instinctively pulled his hand back, and Aguya seized the opportunity to deliver a powerful punch, forcing him back several steps.

"It's here, it's this move." Hanon sighed softly. When she fought him, Aguya had used this move before. It was a knock-off version of Razor. Unlike Rito and Hanon, it didn't use the fingers to generate force. Instead, it used the rotational force of the fist to leave a shallow wound on the opponent. Although it was an unfinished version, it was enough to scare away Cosmo.

As expected, Cosmos's attacks became more cautious, while Aguya's defenses became more aggressive. The balance between offense and defense was gradually broken, and Aguya began to take the initiative to attack, which Cosmos found very difficult to handle.

After struggling to kick Akoya's knee and stop Akoya's advance, Imai Kosou's breathing became somewhat disordered, and Akoya Kiyoaki's movements... came to a halt.

"How strange!" exclaimed Katahara Sayaka from the commentary booth. "Akoya suddenly stopped moving! What is he going to do? Ah, that's it!"

Aguya quickly regained his stance, leaning forward with his hands at his sides... the stance for an arrest technique.

"It's started." Hanon, in the infirmary, squinted and whispered, startling the others beside her, including Souyuuin Shion, Wu Jialouluo, and Dr. Eicho: "What?"

Hanon didn't explain much, just casually replied, "He changed his posture, he's definitely going to attack," to fool everyone. But deep down, she knew that Aguya's greatest strength wasn't the "Great Shield," the "Fake Razor," or his powerful physique, but rather the ultimate combat technique that he could only use in combination with Hiyama: the ultimate biological clock combined with ultimate reaction speed.

In Japanese martial arts theory, there are concepts such as "the one who strikes after the opponent" (后之先), "the one who reacts and counters the opponent's moves in an instant" (对之先), and the highest level of "the one who anticipates the opponent's movements" (先之先). The combination of Akoya and Hiyama is essentially the result of combining their individual extraordinary talents to create the strongest "the one who anticipates the opponent's moves" warrior.

Honestly, judging from the martial artists that Kanon has seen, she herself is naturally countered by this fighting style, and Kuroki Gensai probably has a way to deal with it. Among the rest, even the Fang of the Destroyer, Kana, might have a tough time against the Aguya & Hiyama duo!

"Analysis complete, Aguya, let's go!" Hiyama, who had been quietly observing the battle from the corridor, had finished analyzing Imai's cosmos.

The usually silent and rigid Akoya then issued an arrogant declaration of victory: "You have nowhere to run now, Imai Kosou."

"Damn it, this guy..." Xiaoyuzhou was panting heavily, and before he could refute him, he saw Aguya rushing towards him.

"coming!"

Xiao Yuzhou dodged to the side, but unfortunately...

"Imai's Cosmo will dodge to the left in a second, and we can block his path from the right." Hiyama made the judgment instantly, and then pressed the button to transmit the signal. Aguya followed the signal and hit the Cosmo from the side. The whole process only took a fraction of a second, and the Cosmo only had time to raise his hand slightly to defend.

"Hmm!" With a muffled groan, Aguya's defense, though not fully effective, was still damaged by the huge difference in weight between the two men, causing massive damage from Aguya's heavy punch.

The excruciating pain spread from the point of contact all the way to his brain, driving him backward. However, even retreating was now a luxury. Aguya's pursuit was fast and fierce, and more importantly, his pathfinding was extremely accurate. Every strike appeared at the angles that were hardest for his brain to defend against. Imai endured more than a dozen punches in a row, narrowly escaping defeat, which was a testament to his genius-level adaptability.

"Wow, amazing!" Xiao Yuzhou exclaimed inwardly. "The elimination tournament is full of monsters! But it's precisely these kinds of monsters that deserve to be defeated!"

Despite being at a disadvantage, this young talent still maintains absolute confidence.

On the other side, Aguya was whispering to Hiyama: "Several attacks just now should have hit, Hiyama, correct your judgment immediately."

"Hmm..." came Hiyama's voice through the earpiece: "This kid is really amazing. His reaction speed keeps improving. This is probably what they call breaking through in the heat of battle! His adaptability is truly amazing, but it's a pity that it only goes so far."

Hiyama's figure was icy cold: "Aguya, it's time to give him a quick death."

"Understood." Under Hiyama's "guidance," Akoya spotted the weakness in the cosmos and threw a powerful punch, which he put all his strength into and was heavier than any of his previous attacks.

However, despite receiving such a punch, Imai Kosou's mood brightened: "I've been waiting for this for so long, this is it!"

Author's Note: This battle will end today.

Section 135, Chapter 133: Ferocity

Aguya Kiyoaki's heavy punch came, and Imai Kosou flashed, blocked twice, and then parried three times, negating several attacks in succession, barely managing to stay alive... That was all he could do; he was left only to cower in defense.

However, Aguya's partner, Hiyama Shunka, noticed something amiss: "Imai's cosmos has been lowered in its center of gravity?"

Finally, when Aguya's punch charged towards the Cosmo with unstoppable momentum, the young genius fighter revealed a ferocious expression.

"I've been waiting for this moment for so long!"

In that instant, Imai's cosmos vanished from Akoya Kiyoaki's sight.

"What?" By the time Aguya Kiyoaki came to his senses, he was already locked in his cosmos.

"Triangle choke! That's an incredibly powerful choke, a triangle choke!" On the commentary platform, Sheath and Jerry slammed their fists on the table and shouted.

"That's amazing!" Jerry Tyson exclaimed in genuine admiration. "Imai-kun's previous striking techniques and passive play were all traps, all set for this sudden attack! Now that Aguya is locked in the 'Strangler King's' triangle choke, even someone as strong as the 'Executioner' can't break free, right?"

"That was absolutely fantastic!"

Not only the commentators, but also Imai's superb tactical execution, which instantly reversed the tide and turned defeat into victory, made the entire stadium erupt in cheers.

Guan Linchun laughed heartily: "Amazing! Little Universe, you did a really good job!"

The samurai Wakatsuki beside him also affirmed, "That's right, Imai's ZONE is indeed very powerful. I guess even Akoya Kiyoaki himself didn't realize he had been hit... Imai's 'domain' is really difficult to deal with."

The so-called domain is the ability to see through the opponent's movements the instant they attack, react quickly in less than 0.1 seconds, and launch a surprise attack from the opponent's blind spot. It is also a unique tactic of Imai Kosou, who is known as a super genius.

After a period of restraint, once he unleashed his power, he was unstoppable. Imai's cosmos had grasped the key to victory.

"No way..." Hanon shook her head: "It's a pity that Imai is up against Akoya."

Aguya Kiyoaki has unparalleled reaction speed, not to mention that there is a super creature, Zhong Huishan Shunka, standing behind him.

If we say that Imai's "domain" is a skill that is somewhere between "being ahead of the opponent" and "being ahead of the opponent," half like a technique and half like a talent, and is not yet fully developed, then it is really hard to say whether it is superior to the strongest "being ahead of the opponent" fighting style of Akoya Kiyoaki and Hiyama Shunka, who have the strongest reaction and the strongest biological clock prediction!

"Oh!" Commentator Sheka also noticed something was wrong: "Aguya wasn't locked in a triangle choke. He managed to place one hand across his neck in time, protecting his throat and his hopes of victory!"

"How is this possible!" Imai Kosuke, one of the parties involved, was even more shocked. He never imagined that Aguya could make an effective defense in less than 0.1 seconds.

Little did Akoya know that Hiyama was complaining: "This man's 'domain' is famous, why didn't he adjust in time and make me change course?"

Hiyama gritted his teeth and apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, Aguya. Although I noticed that he lowered his center of gravity, I didn't expect his domain to activate so quickly. Our prior observation was not sufficient. We will definitely correct this next time!"

At the same time, another person also noticed something was wrong.

Xiaoyu's employer, Nishihama Haruaki, the boss of the Nishihama Police Station, vaguely sensed the strangeness in Aguya's state: "Although Aguya is a very strong warrior, there's something off about his fighting style. It's as if he knew Xiaoyu's movements in advance..."

Ironically, the two presidents of the two companies participating in this battle had the same thought at the same time: "It would be great if we met each other in the second round, so we could observe each other in advance and make it easier to investigate each other's information."

Phew, since we've already clashed in the first round, there's no point in thinking about it anymore. Although he didn't succeed completely, his cosmos did form a triangle choke, dragging Aguya into his area of ​​expertise. What follows is a battle of skill in ground techniques and locks between the two sides.

Surprisingly, Akoya, a master judoka from the Metropolitan Police Department, did not choose to dismantle the techniques, but instead opted for a more direct and effective way to break the move: brute force.

Akoya mustered all his remaining strength and actually managed to lift Imai Kosou off the ground. The audience could clearly see that Kosou's back was a bloody mess.

Adam clenched his fist: "Fvck, I can tell that Boy's skin is the type that bleeds easily. This is a real disadvantage in ground combat."

However, Adam was wrong. In a battle with such a huge disparity in scale, Imai Cosmo had no choice but to fight on the ground and had no intention of ending the situation that he had dragged into with such difficulty.

With practiced ease, he shifted positions and climbed onto Akoya's back. Imai Kosuke's choke technique changed from a triangle choke to a rear naked choke, and amidst the crowd's admiration for his skillful technique, he sent Akoya Kiyoaki to his doom.

The strangulation of the King of Stranglers is not something that can be easily escaped.

"Aguya!" Hiyama was taken aback. Her biological clock was very useful in combat that mainly relied on striking techniques, but it was useless in close-quarters combat with locking techniques. All she could do was pray for her lover.

"It's alright." Aguya's voice was clearly not happy, and he was even struggling because his trachea was being compressed, but he did not lose consciousness or his mind, because he still had a way to deal with the naked choke of the Cosmo.

The answer is simple: brute force.

With a "splatter" sound, Aguya's fingers, which were originally pulling outwards to resist the rear naked choke, now turned into steel clamps that dug deeply into Xiaoyuzhou's muscles, leaving Xiaoyuzhou's arms a bloody mess.

"Wow—that's so cruel!" Sheka could hardly bear to look: "Aguya's finger is embedded directly in Imai's arm. That kind of damage is as terrifying as Rito's razor!"

This was a situation that Imai Kosuke had never experienced before. Unable to bear the pain, he had no choice but to release his arm and abandon the rear-naked choke. In doing so, he was back in the scene of sparring with Akoya Kiyoaki...

Next up is the performance of Akoya and Hiyama's "double swordsmanship".

While Xiaoyu was still celebrating that his arm tendons hadn't been torn, Aguya's heavy punch came again. Xiaoyu tried to dodge, but couldn't avoid Hiyama's prediction, so he was hit by Aguya repeatedly, suffering terribly.

The successive blows shook Xiaoyu's confidence. His expression became panicked, and his movements became erratic. This resulted in more attacks and injuries, which in turn accelerated Imai's morale collapse. In just a minute or two, the once-genius fighter seemed to have become a completely different person, his body trembling and swaying precariously.

Aguya's final attack arrived, but Xiao Changyu seemed oblivious.

"Xiaoyu!" President Nishihisa stood up and shouted. His prompting triggered his inner cosmos, and Imai's inner cosmos immediately activated the "domain" again.

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