Oh Cho was fast, Cho was faster than Tre'Yan had ever given him credit for because the man was able to avoid that swift, powerful uppercut that came from below, and only managed to get a glancing blow. Two fingers out of five connected, but even Tre'Yan could feel the power behind the blow.
Cho flew to his left behind the punch, and slammed to the ground in dramatic fashion, rolling across the dirt once or twice before coming to an abrupt stop. Tre'Yan didn't drop his guard, the man had proven fiesty before and he would not make the same mistake. From across the battlefield, he watched Cho get to his feet and immediately drop. If this were a boxing match, he would have lost the match then and there, a technical knockout, victory for Tre'Yan, money in the pocket.
Alas, this wasn't a boxing match and that made it all the more deadly. Cho managed to get back to his feet and seemed to be having a conversation with that wicked knife that had all but killed his left arm. Then the man did something wicked, placing the blade on his bleeding hand.
Even from the distance, Tre'Yan could tell that Cho wasn't feeling one hundred percent; the man was just lucky it wasn't Dyayun punching him. Pound for pound, and even in catchweight, Dyayun had the hardest punch that Tre'Yan had ever felt. No, Cho was lucky he was facing Tre'Yan.
The man was unsteady on his feet, his brain had to be rattled, and he was sure he felt something in the head of the man fracture, if not outright break. Yet the man still managed to walk forward, even if it was unsteady.
The man talked, but Tre'Yan didn't answer.
It was time to put Cho down, and put him down for good. That knife was a problem, but Tre'Yan had one more trick up his sleeve. He lifted his right arm, forward as if executing an orthodox stance of right hand lead, left hand guard. Instead of the left guard, however, he began bouncing side to side.
He was going into the early stages of Speed Hell. The speed of his movements picked up steadily, his right hand tossing feints; straights and jabs. In a moment, Cho would see two of Tre'Yan, then after that four, and so on and so forth. The most deadly aspect of Speed Hell was that it left afterimages of the user, used to confuse the opponent and allow for unpredictable attacks.
The downfall was that it exhausted the user, and even Tre'Yan's high grade of stamina couldn't maintain it for long without feeling the strain. Didn't have the proper training with the weights.
Draw'em in.
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