408 First part

Gen then

quickly raised his arms to defend himself, and then was hit hard, being thrown away as he crawled across the ground. This created a large cloud of dust in the way, which eventually blocked everyone's view for a few moments.

After a while the dust began to subside, and it was possible to see that Gen was standing at the edge of the arena with one knee on the ground.

Rika then said, "What a surprise. I was sure I would have knocked you out of the arena with that one blow. I seem to have underestimated you."

Gen then spat out some blood, gave a smile, and said, "Don't be surprised. You haven't seen anything yet.", and then the dust settled a bit more, showing a five-line trail that Gen had left on the ground when he was thrown.

Rika found this a little strange, and then looked in Gen's direction, but as she looked, she saw something that made her eyes widen.

She then said, "You .... how did you manage to do that?"