After comprehending everything that I was able to from them, it was finally time to end this once and for all, Charging Tiger was used and I directly took off into the air then I directly used Crouching Tiger and Gliding Swallow all at once and didn't pay the notifications in my mind any thought .
Surprisingly there was clearly less notifications than before now, which can only mean that I had gotten better, my speed had at least doubled and unlike before, my reflexes was finally able to cope with how fast my agility was currently .
The figures had already been reduced to 4, I had managed to snipe 3 of them using Solid Rock Fist and Thunderclap Fist, they had turned into light and this time they had disappeared unlike before .
The remaining figures took fighting stances and prepared themselves for my offence, but it was meaningless now even if they did, integrating Gliding Swallow with Thunderclap Fist allowed me to gain even more speed, momentum and strength .
One second I was in front of the four remaining figures, the next I was piercing the body of one of the remaining ones from the back, they being made of light made doing this quite easy, if I'm not mistaken, they were made like this, so that after the person who come to whatever this space was, he can beat them easily after they finally comprehend the meaning they were trying to explain .
I was one of those lucky ones who were able to catch a glimpse of the trick needed to defeat them, the one currently being pierced through the chest by my fist which had both Fluidity and Integration meaning inside it dissolved into light and it ceased to exist .
Seeing their kind being dealt with like this, or maybe they were just carrying on with their orders, the other 3 flashed like ghosts and appeared before me, then another feverish battle started to happen between me and the remaining 3 .
Evading their attacks was now as simple as drinking water, but just as I was conceited a punch happened to hit me in the chin and I was knocked out in the air and instantly all my arrogance vanished on the spot, being conceited will affect my future achievements and might even lead me to my death directly .
In this space, these things didn't have the ability to hurt me, but in reality a punch like this might render me vulnerable to even more powerful attacks and injuries, I need to always keep that in mind, I thought like this and finally crushed the head of the last of the remaining shadowed figures beneath my leg, finally putting an end to this incredulous and blood boiling battle .
I couldn't help but fell on the floor exhausted and unable to even move any muscle in my body, I felt as if I had already exhausted everything I have in my body, to the point that my body was now craving nothing but to be given some time to finally rest .
But that wasn't possible, as I looked at the dark scenery surrounding me, I recalled what I was being doing before appearing in this weird space, the fight with Chu Cheng, Gu Yi fighting with Chu Jian, all that should be still going on outside with me still trapped in here, at least this should be over by now .
I couldn't help but look at the scene in front of me and started to sigh, thinking that it might be better if I were to stay here for some more time and as if destiny seemed to hear me, I saw that my wish was granted but in a way that I wouldn't have even imagined .
I saw that the shrouding darkness around me began to gather around, it seem that the darkness here was about to give birth to something, my heart couldn't help but become a bit tensed at this, I could have almost jump out of wariness, if not for the fact that my body was too heavy to move around from exhaustion .
I no longer understood what was happening, but much to my bewilderment, it seem that this still wasn't over just yet, I saw that the darkness seemed to gather into the shape of a ball or was that a cocoon, I wasn't sure, but what I was sure about, was that this may be the final thing to do in hope of breaking out of this place .
I continued to watch as more and more darkness gathered into that ball like thing in front of me, the scenery around us was also getting brighter, it was as if the darkness here was being absorbed and a scenery made of bright white light was starting to replace it .
I couldn't help but squint my eyes due to how uncomfortable I felt at the sudden change in the background, after some time seemed to pasd and I finally saw all the darkness being assimilated by that ball like thing, I managed to notice that 7 balls of light seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, then they sunk into the ball of darkness as well, then directly after that I saw two bulbs like eyes appear inside that ball and were looking at me .
I suddenly got chills and wanted to get up, but there was nothing that I can currently do or use to do that, I didn't know what this thing being brewed was, but whatever it was, I know that it was dangerous for me to stay here, just as that thing opened his eyes, the ball of darkness started to crack and the cracks extended all over its surface .
Then I saw a hand reach out of that weird ball and that hand cracked the whole ball open, then darkness started to dissipate, making the figure inside that ball appear more clearer than ever, I saw that it was me who stepped out of that ball .
A doppelganger of me is more accurate to describe the person in front of me, it had the exact facial features as me, it was even wearing the exact same clothes, but weirdly enough it had antlers similar to the ones that were worn by the people in my dream, the antler had half part of it in gold and the other was purple, but this wasn't all, his hand also seemed to be fitted in a Golden Scaled Gloves, that fitted him like a second skin .
Looking at him and wondering what exactly was going on, I saw that he seemed to be thinking of similar thing, he didn't say a word, he just stood there looking at me and seemed to be completely motionless .
" Who are you and why you are here ? .
Nothing came out of this try of mine to have say anything that might be of any help in me getting out of here, he kept standing there like as if he was some sort of a statue, even his breathing was quite shallow as well, I couldn't help but wonder if he even able to talk .
Just as I thought of this he actually moved, he took a step forward and the instant he did, I saw him disappearing and the next second I sensed a gush of air and saw him standing behind me, coincidentally or not, I sensed that my body seemed to recoverd its valor second after that gush of air hit me .
Wasting no time, I stood up and the next second, my body got punched in the chest from the front, he appeared in front of me as if teleporting, then he punched out, I was sent flying by that punch and all I managed to see before falling unconscious was his cold face and eyes .
After a few seconds or maybe hours, I finally woke up and sensed that my chest and bunch of my Internal Organs and not a few numbers of ribs seemed to have been broken, I couldn't help but grit my teeth in hope of the pain going away, but it was just too much for me to handle .
I looked at the creature in the distance and saw that he was still standing there, completely unnerved by seeing me like this, I kept on coughing blood, but at least luckily he didn't seem to come and finish the job, even though one of the darkest thoughts that I was currently having, was a plead for him to come and do so .
The pain was just unbearable, as I thought like this, I felt a weird unknown energy seeping into my body and mending my injuries and wounds, I was guarded at first, but after seeing what it did I felt relieved to some extent .
As I healed up, that damn thing moved once more and instantly closed the distance between us, this time I was more ready, blessing myself with the Thunderclap Fist Essence through the concept of Fluidity, this time I evaded his punch, but before I managed to celebrate, I got greeted by his other punch .
That punch was aimed towards my face, it had also seemed to have gathered more strength, I saw that as it was closing on me, air torrents seemed to gather around it, that was how powerful the punch was, as It got more and more closer, all my nerves and muscles in my body was screaming at me to evade and that was all I managed to do .
Barely before it managed to hit me, I forced my head to lean backwards, ignoring the notifications telling me that my actions were reckless, I was still forced backwards by the air shockwave that combusted after the punch found no target to hit .
Sensing dangerous again I directly jumbed backwards and after I landed, I saw that the creature's kick was now piercing through the head of the afterimage that I had left with my sudden movements just now, my body and my mind didn't calm down, the creature once again closed the distance, then started to relentlessly attack me .
Forcing me against the wall and have me completely focused on defense, I managed to evade his attacks and finding that I won't be able to get rid of of him on my own, I stood against one of his attack, it wasn't me arrogantly thinking that I would be able to bear the strength of his attack, but I had a plan in mind .
After seeing him deliver a Palm to my chest, I found finally a chance and used Crouching Tiger and Gliding Swallow to appear behind him and gain some room to breathe, his palm attack made him unable to move for a second or two before adjusting .
I focused all my mind on trying to find away that can help me win against this force of nature, he had inhuman strength, his body defences was top-notch, I wasn't even able to do the slightest bit of damage even after I gave him a taste of the strongest attack currently at my disposal, the integrated Solid Thunderclap Fist, it didn't affect him in the slightest .
I had managed to gather some info regarding his moves, like before it was similar to the moves I saw the figures from before execute, but he was more versatile with the applications of the skills integrated, that weird form of his made fighting him head on quite the impossible task, what exactly was that form, why these golden scales sound familiar .
Why unlike before, this thing had actually a physical body that was capable of inducing damage unlike the 7 guys from before, wait, the balls of light just now, well this can make complete sense now, he absorbed the experience of those 7 guys who fought me before, that's why I can't even to land a clean hit on him, it's because he was familiar with my basic fighting style .
Just as I was thinking of this, I suddenly saw a red light coming towards me and forcing me to come back to my senses, so he finally used it, Tiger's Strike, this was the move that I had still not cracked all of its secrets myself and hadn't been able to use, else it would have become my new trump card, so him being able to use most of everything that I know seemed more and more clear by now .
This was my first time seeing this move in action and it was me who would bear its burn as well, three claw marks appeared to be heading towards me, they were similar to those flurry blades back in the underground cave, they carried some pressure into them .
Weird enough, they also seemed to crackle with thunder voices that kept dispersing any action that I was trying to make and made my body feel numb, then seeing that there was no escape, I put my hands forward and tried to use my Spiritual Qi, urging that force seed in my body, I covered myself with a layer of spiritual energy .
Before I kept on trying to do that, but everytime it ended in failure, but now it seem to be working again, I tried to activate my secret skills the Dragon-Tiger Transformation and it worked, I couldn't help but miss my Retribution Sword, without it I won't be able to use my other secret technique, but at least the gap between us might be closing down slightly now .
I couldn't help but have a headache while thinking about the damage that might befell me after that attack hit and it finally did, the second that I clashed with those 3 energy slashes, a shockwave came from our clash and the Panel notifications kept on keeping me notified that the attack kept on trying to seep into my body and devour my life force .
Luckily it seem that even though his technique contained spiritual energy as well, it was no much for mine, the spiritual energy contained in that attack was being absorbed by me, the force seed seemed to be quite content about the energy it absorbed, there was even a leaf blade started to grow from it, but I had no mind to recognize this sudden change .
I devoured the energy attack and felt a sudden enlightenment about how I might actually be able to win this fight, instantly a plan suddenly started to be devised in my mind, then with the attack finally dying out, I started to see the person in front of me differently, the guy who looked as steady as mountain before to me, now looked actually beatable, if my plan worked, I should be able to finish this up .
As I thought of this, he came again towards me and started another onslaught, I was able to evade thanks to Thunderclap Fist, the Panel had helped me with the side effects that came with the overuse of concept like Fluidity with that skill, he had this ability too, but he had no Panel and even when he used it, with my eyes, I can pinpoint when he will be using it and the two would just cancel each other effect, then I will use it again while he can't .
My idea had been fully formed, best case scenario this battle would end in my next offensive, worst case scenario, I would die, everything was on line here, but for some reason I felt confident about this plan of mine, this life-threatening situation gave me more than enough insight already, whether will dying here be the same as dying in the real world, well this is left to be seen .
Just as I was still evading his attacks, kicks, punches, elbows, all kinds of attacks that had integrated Tiger's Strike together with so many different skills in it, each of his attacks was enough to badly injure me internally, if not for the Panel existence .
Understanding that this won't do me any good if it was to be allowed to continue, the longer the battle, the smarter he become with his moves and attacks, he had already landed more than a few hits on me, if not for the fact that I kept on diverting his strength diligently to make it cause the smallest bits of harm, I might have already be beaten badly .
Using the same trick I used before to divert his attention, I saw that he had already learned from before and his palm attack was recalled and he actually turned his body and used his hand as a slash to attack me, seeing a one-time opportunity in this, I opened my arms for this attack and decided to completely accept it .
I could have been able to evade, but seeing that even though what I decided to do was quite dangerous, I couldn't help but also decide that it was now or never, I was hit by his attack and I had already understood that those were his actual arms, they were no gloves or anything like that, I finally got a taste of his arms that looked to be even more sharp than steel .
Two bloodied streaks appeared on my barless chest now, those two streaks made me groan in pain, but they acted as fuel to the madness I was about to let loose, I steadied my legs after bearing the force behind those two slashes he made and seeing that his body was twisted in a weird angle to unleash those two attacks, I urged every ounce of strength inside me and got ready to deliver a single one final attack .
Integrating Solid Thunderclap Fist and Tiger's Strike together, together with using spiritual qi, I gave him a chop to the neck, the body in front of me stood there for a second unmoving, then his orifices began to bleed out, then his body started to glow then he suddenly started to crack as if he was made of glass, then he exploded from the inside out .
I couldn't help but cover my eyes from the blinding lights that came out of the explosion, after the light seemed to get a bit more normal for me to open my eyes, I saw a ball of blue light hovering before me and without giving me any chance to do or say anything, it directly sunk into my body .
Then all the scene I was seeing in front of me seemed to break apart as well, here I was back to the reality of my current state and situation, laying down on my back, motionless .