In the middle of the city, a portal and out of that portal emerged,green humanoid creatures with antennas on their head's they wore futuristic armour and held futuristic rifles. The moment they emerged from the portal, they started firing laser blasts indiscriminately, causing casualties.
But a moment after, every citizen was covered in cocoons made of darkness and was evacuated far from there.
"Go on Mark, let's see what you have learned,"said Eldrin while looking at the nervous Mark.
Mark took a deep breath and studied the green alien. Although those laser beams cannot kill him,they are still a bit of a bother. Mark quickly flew towards one flexan and grabbed him by the neck while cutting his hand, disarming him,mark lightly pressed a place on his neck.
Crack!
The flexan's body went limp, but if you were to look at its eyes, you would realise that it was not dead but paralysed. Mark lightly pressed its neck, crushing its windpipe and dooming it.
"They have similar weaknesses" thought Mark as he dodged the incoming laser blasts with ease.
Mark straightened his palms, shaping them like a blade, and started cutting down the flexans like they were made of paper.
Mark would occasionally use flexans as meat shields to block laser blasts.
His fighting style was efficient, causing no collateral damage; his whole body had become a weapon; his elbows and kicks were as sharp as blades, cutting through the flexans. His punches carried terrifying control and efficiency,punching them with just enough force to kill them, leaving their bodies relatively intact,and as for the ones that he killed using his elbows or kicks,they were cut into pieces.
Suddenly, 6 figures appeared; they were the teen team. However, when they arrived, the only thing they saw was the bodies of the flexans and a young man in a black and red combat suit shaking off the gore and blood on his palms,he looked a bit shaken.
"Well done Mark,now I believe you are ready to learn my combat style"said a man with black wing's and long, wavy black hair.
Mark's eyes lit up when he heard that Eldrin raised his hands and all the blood and gore, including the bodies of the flexan's, were disintegrated, leaving only one that was intact.Mark and Eldrin flew into the distance, their destination unknown.
Omni man was floating in the sky,he watched the whole fight and even he must admit,allowing Eldrin to teach Mark was the right choice.
Omni man then flew towards the direction that Mark, and Eldrin flew.
In a desert stood two figures looking at each other.
"Now, I must be honest with you Mark,this fighting style is most effective for killing; however, you could also use it to subdue and incapacitate others." Eldrin then walked calmly towards Mark,and Mark's vigilance was raised to the maximum.
He could feel dread; something about Eldrin's current demeanor felt off. Once Eldrin was close enough, he stopped. His hands were not raised at all; he seemed full of openings, but Mark wasn't stupid. His instincts screamed at him to run.
Eldrin suddenly spoke with amusement.
"There's something about this fighting style, something unexplainable, at first, I couldn't understand what it was, but then I thought,maybe the most important thing in a fight isn't to kill or defeat your opponent, but to intimidate him enough for him not to want to fight you, maybe it has something to do with a human's instincts, but then I thought, what would happen if I were to mimic the demeanor of an apex predator and integrate it into a fighting style"
Eldrin pointed at his eyes, which looked terrifying;nothing about them changed,but only the intent. Eldrin's eyes never left Mark's; his gaze was directly locked into Mark's,his body language was a mix of absolute calm and absolute ferocity.
Mark's instincts were screaming even louder than before when Eldrin's unblinking eyes slightly narrowed.
Mark, as if his life was in danger, ducked just in time to dodge Eldrin's extended hand.
Eldrin's hand starighted, mimicking a blade and he slashed downward at Mark's head,but Mark rolled away.
Whooosh!
Eldrin's palm cut through the wind. Mark tried to attack Eldrin by throwing two lightning-fast jab's but.
Eldrin caught the hand and pulled Mark closer. His hand mimicked a tiger's claws and he put it close to Mark's Adam's apple,ready to rip it off.
Eldrin said calmly without taking his eyes off Mark's.
"This's fighting style doesn't have any fancy moves,the first priority is psychological manipulation and intimidation, which will make an inexperienced fighter sloppy, hesitant,afraid and full of openings, Eldrin let go of Mark and looked at the sky where a Man floated. Nolan was intrigued; he could feel how effective this fighting style is for normal opponents.
Eldrin continued while looking directly at Nolan's eyes.
"But naturally, such trick's may not work on people like Nolan, which is why this fighting style has a second advantage.
Eldrin teleported three meters away from Noaln,his demeanor became more ferocious,his eye's norrowed further, as if he had seen another ape predator.
Nolan's eyes narrowed slightly and he took a fighting stance; both remained motionless, scanning each other for openings.
Eldrin suddenly rushed toward's Nolan with moderate speed so Mark could see.
Nolan's hand shot out, attempting to catch Eldrin by the neck. Eldrin grabbed Nolan's hand and turned his back, pulling Nolan's hand downward into a judo hand slam. Nolan was thrown toward the ground,but he stopped himself, creating his own leverage. He looked towards Eldrin with intrigue and rushed toward him at fast speeds.
Eldrin flew a bit to the left and his hand's shot out, grabbing the charging Nolan and spinning him around, redirecting his flying path toward's the ground.
Nolan stopped himself again and looked at Eldrin, a little bit annoyed. This time, he flew toward's him at maximum speed.
Eldrin's hand shot out like a spear, thrusting forward into seemingly nothing.
The flying Omni Man stopped just in time. Eldrin's hand was a couple of millimeters away from his neck; if he had not stopped in time, that hand would have pierced his neck,using his own momentum to make a harmless attack lethal.
Eldrin's Other hand straightened, mimicking a blade and shot downward toward Nolan's left shoulder, precisely where the left common carotid was located.
Nolan's eyes widened slightly. He created his own leverage and flew backward, narrowly dodging Eldrin's attack,which created a wind slash that cut the ground below.
Nolan's gaze turned serious and he charged at Eldrin and started throwing all kinds of attacks,but Eldrin made every attack of Nolan's feel like a life-or-death risk; he would deflect Nolan's punches perfectly and would attempt to sever his arteries, forcing Nolan to dodge. Nolan wasn't stupid enough to let those hands get close to his arteries; he knew if an attack was a threat to him or not.
Nolan's immense strength was useless against the power of deflection or redirection; Eldrin's defence used those principles to the maximum. Nolan tried to speed blitz Eldrin many times during the fight,but Eldrin seemed as if he knew the future,or more precisely, he knew were omni man would attack,even if he didn't, the sheer shockwaves from Omni Man's immense speed would have given away his location.
Nolan started getting genuinely impressed by Eldrin's fighting style. His moves looked basic, but the precision and effectiveness behind them made them terrifying.
Fear not the man who has practised one thousand different kicks, but the man who has practised one kick one thousand times.