Terror of the Soul

Test of Glory

[Paradise Coliseum]

"Let the battle begin!"

Not even a second after Keem signified the start of the fight, he vanished from everyone's sight. They all backed up into each other and looked around restlessly.

"Bruh there's no way he moving like that y'all we are FUCKED!" Matty called out.

Keem reappeared back in a blur right in front of Clout and clotheslined him through the group, blasting everyone away from each other. There was no longer time to talk nor think, only react. Now that the 4 were split up, they could also not depend on each other's defense.

"I will be picking you 1 by 1 now."

Instead of waiting for their opponent to attack them, the squad began to predict where Keem would be next. Although he was fast, his presence was incredibly visible, allowing the team to sort of envision where Keem would be next.

Matty twisted his body and spun around the meteor hammer, releasing it in front of Eli, where Keem stood with it in his hand.

"Almost got his ass!" Matty called out while pulling the chain back.

Eli charged up his fist in a ball of blue flames and punched Keem with all his might. It didn't even leave as much as a scratch.

"That kinda tickled! Keep it up!"

Keem grabbed Eli's arm and threw him into Matty, who still couldn't pull his weapon back to him. They crashed into each but quickly recovered. Jerry and Clout ran from behind the other two fallen men and charged at Keem, who was ready for the next assault.

Jerry swung his sword prematurely at Keem, which obviously missed and Clout followed up with an overhead punch to the skull. The sound of impact from Clout's fist meeting Keem's cranium was deathly; anyone would've been killed from that.

"Let's sync up now guys!" Jerry called out.

Clout began a barrage of eletrcity-amped attacks to boost speed and power for a moment. Keem was flinching from the attacks but no damage seemed to be sticking, nor were there any scratches on bis body. Immediately after Clout started his rush, Eli flew up in the air and charged a giant ball of flames. Jerry pulled back as he noticed the extreme heat emanating from above.

"Clout move!" yelled Matty. He pulled back Jerry with his ability but Clout was slightly out of range. It was evident that Eli was beginning to struggle with holding the weight of charged condensed heat over him.

"What wonderful heat! I can feel this heat up the entirety of Paradise!"

Eli sent the giant heat ball at Keem, who was still trading blows with Clout.

"Damn it! I don't want to burn him alive!" Eli called out.

Everyone watched as it slowly fell into the tiles and both the fighters faded. The sphere devoured the ground and everything below it.

Matty, Jerry, and Eli stared in disbelief. They definitely thought Eli just vaporized their friend.

"Y'all think he finna get out of that?" Clout said from beside Jerry.