BEAT DOWN

[2...1...0]

[HOST HAS BEEN REVIVED]

Fang's vision returned to normal and the strange shadow was stood firmly in its place which was separated by a 1-meter gap between itself and Fang. Fang placed his hand on his neck to check whether or not his bones were still in place after getting assaulted by the shadow.

Fang felt nothing wrong with his neck even though he was positive that he suffered a powerful attack on his neck, but unfortunately, he didn't get the chance to identify what it was that ambushed him. At first, he suspected the mysterious shadow but after measuring the distance between them, he concluded that the shadow couldn't cross such a large distance in such a short period.

Fang's senses kept going off as if they were alarming him of a dangerous attack, but he couldn't sense where the attack would land or where it would even originate from. Fang's blood circulation increased immensely along with his heartbeat as his breathing became erratic, but out of nowhere a large foot appeared out of thin air and kept expanding as it got closer to his face landing straight on his lower jaw.

BAM!!

The kick was swift, accurate and powerful not to mention very robust as it knocked Fang off balance then a follow-up downwards kicks rained down on Fang's head. The kick carried the same amount of power and brute force as he first kick as it fractured his skull causing him to expel an agonizing howl.

AAHHHH!!

Fang screamed his lungs out, but the onslaught didn't end there as the attacker launched himself off the ground, twisted his body in midair like a small tornado to build up force then delivered the fearsome kick directly to his temple causing his vision to turn dark as his consciousness dwindled, but before he entirely lost consciousness he caught a glimpse of the shadow figure standing beside him as his body collapsed once more.

[HOST HAS PERISHED]

[NUMBER OF DEATHS(2)]

[TIME LEFT TILL DAWN: 7h:35m:10s]

[REVIVAL COOL DOWNTIME: 5s]

.....

Fang opened his eyes and stared at the shadow as his tone slightly twisted from one jammed with confusion into one of frenzy," so it was you all along," Fang spat on the earth wide the distance between his feet while simultaneously lowering his centre of gravity as if he was a crouching tiger ready to pounce on its prey.

Fang's battle stance was something wholly original as it was exclusive to him alone since he was the one who created it. Fang bent his right knee as he planted it firmly into the earth, and widened the distance between his feet to the point that his left leg was stabilizing itself with its toes with his index finger planted on the ground as if he was at the starting point of a race. Fang gathered the dormant power with his body and transferred a large majority of it to his lower half while the rest went into his index finger.

The shadow stared at Fang's strange movements but instead of attacking, it decided to face him head-on. The shadow stretched its limbs then opened a 3-foot gap between its legs and slid its right leg backwards before tilting its right foot at a 90° angle facing away from its tody. The stance was a bit strange, but when compared to Fang's it was relatively normal. Large amounts of mana flowed the shadow's mana circuit to the point where it started to leak out through the pores on its body.

A large amount of condensed mana filled the atmosphere resulting in the entire battlefield's oxygen turning extremely thin to the extent of being unable to breathe. The mana that was flowing through their mana circuits caused their blood to boil as well as the atmosphere to develop numerous small fractures, and a significant amount of wind to blow from both sides before colliding against each other shaping the strong gales into a single powerful windstorm.

After charging up Fang's figure blurred as it turned into a silver shooting star and aimed directly at the shadow with his nails that have turned into 5cm long silver claws that were harder than steel, but the instant the shadow noticed Fang about to dash towards it it's a figure also blurred as it turned into a black shooting star.

The two closed the gap between them in a fraction of a second. Fang raised both his arm into the air and brought them down violently upon the shadow, but the shadow wouldn't just charge to its death as it used the vast abundance of mana coursing through its legs to make a sudden lead into the air, twisted it's the torso and gathered every last bit of strength and mana into its right leg then hurled it towards Fang's neck. The attack was fast and lethal not to mention very powerfully as it was embedded with every last bit of the shadow's strength.

Fang was taken by surprise by the shadow's cunning and decisive nature, but it was already too late to neither block nor dodge and all he could do was watch the shadow's foot once again etch closer and closer to his face. The kick was unbelievably fast and in less than a fraction of a second, it landed on Fang's nose and directly tore his head from his body and sent it flying off into the distance as if it were a soccer ball.

[HOST HAS BEEN SLAIN]

[NUMBER OF DEATHS(3)]

[TIME LEFT TILL DAWN: 7h:20m:59s]

[REVIVAL COOL DOWNTIME: 5s]

[5...4...3...]

....

Fang and the shadow fought many rounds but in all those rounds not only has Fang been unable to win a single round he also hasn't been able to even land a single direct hit against the shadow which gave rise to a twisted personality within Fang whose whole purpose is to punch the shadow's face and crush it under his foot.

The time came and went but the beatings kept raining down on Fang's body as he was beaten, bashed, crushed and humiliated in all manner of ways as the system's death notification kept ringing in his head nonstop almost to the point of driving him insane.