BANG!
The clouds above cracked like glass, the energy keeping them together splintering like a porcelain doll.
Ryu crashed into the ground below, suddenly finding it impossible to continue standing on the raging winds. However, even as he coughed up a mouthful of blood and nearly crashed to his knees, he still glared upward.
It seemed that he had been correct. There was a core of energy up there, likely sent down by the Seventh Heaven to the First Heaven, which then targeted Ryu. Under normal circumstances, Ryu would have to wait for the energy to run out, and then he could be considered to have passed.
However, did Ryu seem like a person who would just obediently be a punching bag? So he just decided to destroy it, using its own power against it.