Loma: Don't u both dare fight against only 1 person.
Riven (impressed): Newbie is quite impressive.
Xoza (surprised): Thanks, Loma, u really have gotten stronger.
45 members of Azure Fangs are overwhelming 25 members of RDX. At this rate, they might be pushed back.
Loma takes a beginner boxing stance, fists tight, muscles coiled. Xoza returns to his Philly shell stance, calm but ready.
Orrin lunges in.
Xoza (thinking): He's open. I can go for an uppercut.
Xoza releases his precise uppercut.
BOOM! CRACK!!
Pain shoots through Orrin's chin, a fiery ache spreading through his skull.
Orrin (thinking): Is my chin broken??
He staggers—and BOOM!!—he hits an overhead vertical stick strike with his lead hand. The impact lands solidly.
Xoza's headache worsens. Pain shoots up his skull, shockwaves ripping through his brain. He tastes iron, vision blurring, blood dripping into his eyes. Every heartbeat echoes agony.
Without wasting a second, Orrin attacks Xoza with a side swing straight into his jaw. Metal hits his teeth, consciousness slipping. His body hits the ground with a heavy thud.
Loma (mid-fight): What??
While Loma looks away, Riven steps in.
Riven lands a solid JKD straight-line cross into Loma's temple. Loma staggers, a flicker of doubt creeping into his mind.
Riven: I'm your opponent…
Loma's phone starts ringing in his pocket, but he can't attend it.
Riven smiles, eyes locked onto Loma Doubt craves in and riven aura surges. Calm yet deadly, sharp eyes sending shivers down the spines of anyone who dares meet them.
That's Riven.
Chapter 35 end