Calm and Unhurried

Bruiser could barely see the sharpness of Ryu's gaze behind the curtain of his own blood. He was stunned as a wave of pain wracked his body. He didn't even quite understand what had just happened, or at the very least, he was step slower than everyone else. That was because from his perspective, everything about his attack had gone perfectly, so how had he missed? Even worse than that, how had he lost his arm?

The pain quickly became rage. His arms were the most important part of his body, they were what his Dao was built upon, what he had been training his entire life. And yet, just like that, he had suddenly lost one.

Regrowing arms wasn't impossible, but without investing a ridiculous amount, he would have to restrain the regrown arm from start to finish. If he wanted the exact same arm he had just lost back, he would require an even higher grade healing pill, one that it was uncertain if he would even be able to afford.