22 Overwhelming strength

"You won't be able to break my defense. Just give up already. If you beg for my forgiveness, I might consider giving you a less painful match." Hamza said with a mocking face.

Adam didn't respond, he was still looking for a way to win against him. He clenched his right hand tightly. It was giving him some pain after it had clashed with Hamza's stone abdominals. If hadn't reached D-rank, his arm would have been broken by now.

"Let's have some training," he said after he thought of a plan. "Endurance will be good training for my body strengthening technique."

"I was willing to forgive you, but you refused. So don't blame me for sending you to the hospital."

Hamza rushed toward Adam, then started Attacking furiously. He put more power in his fists now, fighting more serious.

But Adam dodged every blow easily. His opponent had a far stronger attack and defense. But Adam was faster. He had the senses and reflexes of D-rankers.

While dodging, Adam kept looking for openings to Attack. Whenever there was a flaw in his enemy's movement Adam would counterattack.

His opponent's fighting style was reckless, he never dodged or covered with his arms. That's because his body can automatically petrify the parts that are being attacked.

"HaHaHa! Stop your pathetic attempts. You are just tickling me."

Even though Adam's counterattacks weren't doing any harm to his opponent. They made him activates his petrification skill over and over again. And that's exactly what Adam wanted. He is making his enemy consume his Inner energy quickly.

Hamza stopped Attacking after he hadn't managed to land a single blow After dozens of attempts.

''You damned bastard stop fighting like a scared girl and show me what you got," Hamza said through his clenched teeth. He was so angry because he wanted to overwhelm Adam. And show his girlfriend how strong he is.

"Gotcha!"

He grabbed Adam from the jacket to make sure that he won't be able to dodge anymore. He was ready to push him. But in an instant, Adam managed to wear off his Jacket and threw it on Hamza's face. At the same time, he launched his heavy right toward the enemy's abdominals.

Hamza bent from pain, as he was about to vomit. Adam folded his hands around the back of Hamza's head then stroke his nose, which was still covered by his jacket, with his right knee.

Hamza leaned backward then took a few steps away while uncovering his face. Two streams of blood were flooding from his broken nose. "Ahhhh!" he groaned from the pain.

"As expected, his automatic petrification won't activate if he can't see where are the attacks coming from."

"This is Impossible, brother hamza is losing." one of the boys said to his friend.

"No, the fight isn't over yet. After all brother hamza is one of the best fighters in our class."

"Hamza, What the f*ck are you doing? Get up and finish him now, or I am going to break up with you." Amina who was so annoyed threatened him.

Hamza stood back furiously, then he wiped his bloody nose. He looked at Adam like a mad man. He was too angry that he seemed about to explode at any time.

"I gonna kill you!"

"Full Body Petrification." Hamza finally activated his strongest technique. Every part of his body started to turn into a stone-greyish color as they stiffened. After one breath he had turned into a stone statue.

He rushed toward Adam like a mad bull, leaving a path of deep footmarks on the wooden floor.

He threw a barrage of fists that came from every direction. But he still missed his opponent every time. He was too angry to stop, so he kept launching hits again and again. Every fist was stronger and angrier than the one before it.

Facing all this hatred, Adam was smiling at his enemy's stupidity. In this statue-like mode, his Hamza had increased his defense and Attack power. Yet, he became even slower than before. "If you couldn't hit me before, there is no way you will manage to do it in this state."

It was just a matter of time before Hamza's inner energy was drained. He had used too many skills during this fight. More than an E-ranker can bear.

Unwilling to give up, he aimed his last fist toward Adam's face, just to be blocked midway. Adam grabbed Hamza's clenched fist with his left arm. And looked at his pale exhausted face emotionlessly. He leaned back as dark energy glowed around his right arm. He launched his fist with all his power not holding anything back. "INNER ENERGY FIST!!".

Hamza was sent flying away. He slammed the wall that was 10 meters away from the ring with his back as he coughed blood. Then he fell to the ground unconscious.

The crowd's mouths fully opened due to the shock. They have never seen such a crazy strength among first-year disciples.

"That's impossible!!"

"Who is this man?"

"He is very strong."

"He was just toying with brother Hamza all this time. He could have finished the fight with one move."

The students weren't the only ones that were surprised. Adam also didn't believe what he had seen. "Inner energy fist shouldn't be this strong," he thought. Then he remembered his other technique Inner energy refinement that he trained in the History class. "Yes, it must be because of it. Now, my Inner energy is purer and stronger than the other D-rankers."

Everybody was looking at Adam in new lights. Today, he hasn't only proved that he belonged to Independence high schooler. But, that he is also one of its geniuses.

Only one person didn't seem to accept what had happened. She was no other than Amina. She was clenching her teeth from rage, her face red, and her eyes looking at Adam with murderous intent. Suddenly, she couldn't bear it anymore. She dushed toward Adam with astonishing speed. White sharp claws had appeared of her fingers. She wanted revenge.

Adam who became exhausted again after using all his inner energy in the previous attack. Failed to sense the upcoming danger.

_whoosh_

A strong wind blow that came from the side, pushed Amina away.

Amina and the other students looked toward the origin of the wind.

It was Yassmine. She was able to sense Amina's murderous intent that was targeted toward Adam. thus, being able to interrupt the attack.

"Yassmine, what's the meaning of this?"

"How dare you sneak attack him like that?"

"It's not your business. This is between me and him." Amina frowned.

"He is my friend. I won't let you attack him when he's at his weakest states."

"So you have chosen him over us. You should be also punished for taking his side."

"I dare you, fight me."

"Don't think that I am afraid of you just because you are the heiress of the white lotus family. I will teach you a lesson so that you will never turn your back on us again." as soon as she finished her sentence, her blue eyes shined, her fangs grew and her claws got even bigger.