Adrian now gone

" Hahahaha!!! "

Shu's laughter was heard across the entirety of the forest, echoing through the trees and rocks like thunder would in the sky, loudly and terrifying like

" Why are you laughing!?!? "

Adrian yelled as he hurled a straight punch toward Shu who would simply grin, mimicking the man, hurling a punch of the same magnitude and strength, clashing with the other, causing an explosion as the two would then disappear in a blur of speed, appearing at the north end of the forest

" Because fighting is fun!! "

Shu replied, weaving one of Adrian's straight punches proceeding to grab the man's wrist, smiling diabolically while he did it, only to then land a quick and powerful jab at the man's nose, causing blood to squirt out of it, tainting not only Adrian's teeth but chest also

" Ugh- "

Adrian groaned, as Shu let his hand go, whilst the boy pulled his own arm backwards, charging his right hand with an ocean blue type of aura

" And u———p we go!! "

Shu yelled, chuckling right after to then punch the man right in his stomach, sending him flying higher into the sky, smiling whilst watching the man go

" And while I wait.. "

He whispered, slowly raising his right leg, whilst the aura that once surrounded his hand began to engulf his leg, rapidly spreading across his leg's skin, surrounding it in mere seconds

" Alright.. "

Shu added as he then looked up, watching the man fall, to then smirk as the aura on his leg began to shake and tremble aggressively, only to burst into thousands of stars

" Taekwondo Style… "

The boy said to himself as Adrian continued to fall, getting closer to the boy as he fell quicker

" Himura kick "

Shu continued, slowly tilting his head backwards whilst raising his leg as high as he could, grinning as best as he could the moment Adrian fell down to his range

" Bringer of punishment!! "

Shu yelled, twisting his buddy backwards, doing a back flip, to then swing his leg down, striking Adrian right in the back of his.

The stars around Shu's leg would then begin to light up, shaking for half a second before they exploded the moment Shu's leg made contact with the man's head, hurling Adrian's body toward the ground.

As soon as Adrian's body made contact with the ground, it shattered, only for it to bust to an oblivion half a second later, deleting the entire forest, leaving only a crater filled with debris

" Huff "

Shu exclaimed, exhaling a little as he landed on the ground, placing his hands on his hips whilst looking around

" Man oh man, I'm really terrifying huh? "

The boy said to himself as he began to walk around, looking everywhere to see how far the impact of his kick reached, only to find out that the entirety of the forest they were once fighting on no longer existed

" Sheesh, I wonder what happened to the animals "

Shu whispered as he placed his finger on his chin, jumping on top of a small Boulder

" Ugh—dammit.. what is happening, I can't—I can't fight back "

Adrian said as he stood up from the ground, pushing the pieces of rocks and dirt that was on top of him to a side with his body

" Oh, you're aliv—oh.. "

Shu said, pausing as he took a good look at the man, he was bleeding from almost every part of his torso and upwards, his head squirting blood, tainting his face and shoulders, as for his clothes he had nothing but pants filled with holes

" You look like shit man, but I'm glad you survived, we can continue to.. "

Yet again the boy would stop, seeing as Adrian took a step forward, his legs shaking, trembling in exhaustion and pain

" Yeah.. let's continue our fight.. "

Adrian replied, glaring at the boy whilst an intense amount of blue energy began to surround the man's body, covering him like an intense storm

" Hmm—man, I didn't really want to do this "

Shu said to himself as he began to walk toward the man, slowly raising his right hand as he did so.

As Shu got closer a pure blue aura began to surround his hand, as that part of his body became pale. The closer the boy got the more powerful the energy around his hand felt.

Adrian knew that he was no match for this boy, right now he was being defeated, it didn't take long, not long at all, he had no choice but to resort to his spiritual awakening, but this of course wasn't going as planned.

Shu wasn't going to let this man live, and he didn't want to use his own spiritual awakening to fight this man, not that he needed it but if something were to happen he didn't want to waste his energy fighting this man.

" I really love fighting, I enjoy it, to me this is equal to relationships and family, but, if I want a more intense feeling, I have to get rid of you, the more we fight the more energy I lose.. "

Shu whispered, slowly placing the tips of his fingers against the man's chest, slowly penetrating his skin, and soon his bones, bypassing the man's biological defenses, reaching and grabbing onto the man's heart

" If we had this fight in other circumstances I think we would've both enjoyed it, we would've both had blast, but, unfortunately fate is cruel "

Shu added, as the aura around Adrian began to intensify, it was obvious he didn't want to die, he wanted to continue fighting, he was improving, he was—-

His heart was destroyed, Shu didn't give him any time to reflect upon his mistakes or improvements, all that he could think of as he fell into the ground was the first memory he'd every received from Romulus.

In his mind his younger self was receiving a hand from Romulus, a hand that would hold onto him tightly and pick him up from the ground

" Thank you Romulus sir, and I'm sorry, I wasn't much of much help to you.. "

Adrian whispered, landing on the ground with a thud and a smile on his face

" Oh well, guess im— "

Shu couldn't finish his sentence as the man's body suddenly blew up, releasing enormous amounts of energy, which would evaporate the debris that were left over by Shu's attack

" Oof—that was close "

Shu said to himself as he appeared in the air in a blur of speed, sweating nervously as blood dripped from his right shoulder.

That explosion had gotten rid of a portion of his skin, and if he hadn't gotten out of there, the same would have been for his entire body

" Damm im lucky "

Shu whispered, as he took in a deep breath, proceeding to fly off, leaving the once Forest as nothing but a crater.

While that happened, Romulus held onto a blue orb, his hands glowing as he stared at it

" Hmm—Adrian's energy is gone, I guess he's dead huh? Oh well, I have no use for him anymore "

Romulus said to himself, as he continued to stare at the orb which began to pulp, beating like a living heart, glowing with each beat.