The Invincible Full-Moon System

Chapter 87: Meeting a Friend

ʼNew Challenger!ʼ

The other end entrance opened revealing a masked guy not wearing any armor just like Rex,

He wears a black tank top with a necklace decorating it, combat pants that hugged his legs tightly, and his body is jacked, unlike the usual lean students.

From a glance, Rex can already feel this guyʼs dominating pressure.

He somewhat felt the guyʼs aura is familiar, ʼDid I know him?ʼ, Rex thought with a frown.

The guy started to walks inside the Arena with steady steps,

His demeanor tells Rex that heʼs not impressed with Rexʼs feat before, his long strong stride adds a confident aura around him making Rex feel annoyed.

The guy stops about five meters away from Rex, his back is straight as an arrow.

Rex is trying to figure out the familiar guy in front of him, he just canʼt put his thumb on who this familiar guy is.

”Whoʼs that?”

”Masked student? I never saw him before”

”But his demeanor looks similar to that guy, the first-year top three ranker”

”Now that you said it, he indeed looks like that guy. He even has a gold orb”

The guy stares at Rex from behind his mask, ”You changed, Iʼm quite surprised that you have become this strong. It also shocks me to see you here, I thought you will not be interested in this kind of tournament”, he said with a muffled voice.

Hearing this, Rex becomes more certain that this guy is someone he knows.

Before Rex can even answer,

ʼBegin!ʼ

The hologram screen announces the start of the fight, the guy instantly dashes towards Rex.

He wears brass knuckles similar to Rexʼs, the decisive dash and movement are all telling Rex that this guy is an expert!

BAM!

Rex blocked the guyʼs right punch, he can feel his force barrier trembling for a bit.

ʼThis guy is strong!ʼ, Rex thought, he then jumped back to create a distance between them trying to restart the match.

Rex knows that the first one to close the distance will have the momentum in hand-to-hand combat, so heʼs trying to restart the fight.

Looking at Rex jumping back, the guy smirk.

Swoosh!!

The guyʼs body glows with a red aura, his movement becomes even faster as he rains a flurry of punches towards Rex.

BAM!

BAM!

BAM!

Rex got pushed back because of the punches, it is way heavier than P-1ʼs attacks before.

He dodges the guyʼs left hook and counter with an uppercut towards the guyʼs chin, Rexʼs counter is flawless and it is very hard to dodge or block it.

Just before the punch landed, the guy suddenly jump dodging the punch by a hairʼs length.

ʼWhat?! His reflex is pretty good, heʼs even better than any students I foughtʼ, Rex thought, he was surprised that his counter got dodged easily.

The guy landed a couple of meters away,

ʼThis is my chance!ʼ, Rex thought as he dashes like a shadow, he arrived in front of the guy in mere seconds.

Rex can see the guy is surprised, he then rains punches towards him.

Every punch he sent is targeted and decisive, it should overwhelm any opponents he fight even during his military times against veterans but the scene in front of him shocked him to the core.

The guyʼs defense is rock solid, he blocks and dodges every punch and even has the time to counter some of them.

The crowd was mesmerized by the fight, even the other fight stops after seeing Rexʼs.

”Oh my god! Theyʼre even!”

”I donʼt know which one to root anymore, theyʼre both good!”

Trevorʼs eyes glued on the fight, it is his passion to become an expert of hand-to-hand combat.

Hera was also shocked, she canʼt believe that someone can be on par with Rexʼs hand-to-hand combat that even no students in Ochyra University come close.

Rex dodges the guyʼs counter and sends a kick towards his right kidney,

The guy noticed that he canʼt dodge it so he quickly twists his body and sent a spinning back fist towards Rexʼs head.

BAM!!

Both of them got hit,

Rexʼs kicks landed on the guyʼs back because of the guyʼs movement, while the guyʼs spinning back fist got planted right on Rexʼs face. They got flung a couple of meters before stopping.

Blood leaked out of both of their mouths, the attack they receive is heavy and it definitely hurt them both.

After a brief pause, they dash to each other again.

ʼHis defense is rock solid! I need to aim his legsʼ, Rex thought, during the military, he is taught to aim at the opponentʼs legs if they are turtling. It will make them opened up and do mistakes.

Rex swing a low kick but suddenly,

Grab!

Before Rex can even aim at the guyʼs legs, the guy already anticipated this and grab Rexʼs leg and push him to the ground.

ʼShit!ʼ, Rex fell to the ground.

The guy quickly get on top of him pinning Rex down,

Rexʼs hands is held by the guy, heʼs in an unfavorable position with his chest exposed to attack.

Just as Rex wanted to get out of the position, he saw the guyʼs mouth started to get fiery as fire mana concentrate.

In the nick of the moment, Rex manages to pull his leg and kick the guy off of him.

Rex then rolls backward and stand back up with his battle stance, he then said, ”Thatʼs cheating, I thought weʼre fighting using fist only”

The guy didnʼt respond,

Looking at this, Rex decided to also use his skill.

Force started to gather on his hand fiercely creating a white hue, it makes the wind flutter. Because of Rexʼs Force Manipulation skill, he can control the amount of Force in his Force Beam and he can even use all of the force in his body to gather on his arm.

His Force Beam skill grows stronger thanks to the Force Manipulation skill.

The guy didnʼt sit idle, Fire mana started to twirl around his fist before turning into a red hulking figure.

It stares at Rex fiercely before he dashes towards Rex.

Rex accepts the guyʼs challenge as he dashes towards the guy with intense Force swirling on his arm.

”Force Beam!!”

”Fire Titan Art, Colossal Punch!”

BOOM!!

Both fists collided creating a huge explosion of energy,

The explosion makes the sand burst creating a shockwave to the surrounding, it makes everyone inside of the Training Ground glance at the arena feeling the intense fight.

It blasted both Rex and the guy away towards the Arenaʼs wall,

BAM!!

They both got planted inside the Arenaʼs hall creating a huge crater on it, the Arena barrier even flickers because of the impact.

Rex gets out of the Arenaʼs wall with a smirk etched on his face, his full of injuries body seems to not hurt him at all.

On the other side,

The guy is also going out of the Arenaʼs wall, he also has a smirk on his face as his mask cracked.

”Itʼs been quite a while...Edward”, Rex said with a smile.

Edward scratches his head chuckling, ”I wanted to keep it a secret some more but you caught on too quickly Rex, Thatʼs no fun”, he said with injuries all over.

He then walks toward Rex before giving him a bro hug, ”How are you dude?”

”Hah! Iʼm fine. I was quite surprised and confused when you can hold against my attacks, but your military-style takedown gives it off”, Rex replied.

All this while, Rex never meets an equal in hand-to-hand combat. He was quite shocked at first when he found a pretty sturdy guy in this place but who wouldʼve thought that this guy was Edward all along.

”No wonder Itʼs hard, itʼs you all along”, Rex continues before tapping Edwardʼs shoulder.

Edward laugh out loud and said, ”Of course, they didnʼt call me Turtle King for nothing. Letʼs catch up, I know a place around here”

Rex nodded before they both walk out of the arena.

The crowd was speechless, the fight ended just like that. They both left the arena while joking with each other like an old friend, which makes the crowd confused.

Hera and Bennie follow from the back,

Hera was quite confused and shocked by Edwardʼs sudden appearance but Bennie doesnʼt, she then asks, ”Who is he?”

Hearing this, Bennie answered, ”Heʼs Edward, the other guy who got the same two medals from UWO just like Rex. Heroes of Dwight City”

”Thatʼs the Edward?! No wonder he can match Rex, How can every ex-military personnel be this strong?”, Hera said wryly, she still canʼt believe thereʼs another monster that can compare to Rex.

Bennie chuckles lightly, ”I donʼt think so, itʼs just them I must say. Heroes of Dwight City really lives up to their name”

After walking out of the Arena,

”Thatʼs the guy on the web! Rex Silverstar!”

”No wonder he knows our top ranker, Edward Rearta”

”Why are they so fierce, Military Personnel are so scary”

The crowd looks at them with different gazes, but one thing for certain. They will not mess with Rex.

”I never ask you where you are but who wouldʼve thought youʼre in Ochyra University after those injuries”, Edward said while shaking his head. He then continues, ”Now look at you, youʼre so strong and you can even match me without using your Awakened power. Thatʼs so cheeky of you, Noob Awakened”

Rex smiles, he then said, ”You notice I become an Awakened?”

Edward chuckles lightly, ”Really? Your elemental aura is reeking as if it was about to burst out of you”

”A lot has happened, Iʼm glad to see you”, Rex said genuinely.

”Hey, hey, Iʼm not used to you being like this. Usually, you wouldʼve said something like, ʼYes, I will use this power to kill Supernatural!ʼ, or something like that”, Edward said jokingly.

Rex can only chuckle wryly, remembering his days inside the Noob Box.

”Oh yeah, after the tournament we can visit Kyleʼs parents”, Rex said, he remembers the conversation he had with Edward before.

Edward widened his eyes and replied, ”I just remembered that, letʼs do that then”

Bennie and Hera were ignored on the back, they havenʼt said a word since they left the Arena.

Just as theyʼre talking, Rexʼs phone rings.

Ring!

Rex looks at it and saw Rosie calling him,

Edward saw it from the side and said jokingly, ”Is that youʼre girlfriend? Iʼm not surprised to see you fall to a girl knowing how long youʼre in the military”

”Well sort of”, Rex replied before answering Rosie.

Edward on the side was shocked, ”Wait, I just said that as a joke, a JOKE! I canʼt believe you really have a girlfriend”, he said with a surprised expression.

Rex ignores Edwardʼs shout, ”What is it?”

”Why are you so grumpy? Weʼre done packing our stuff, where are you”, Rosie shouted.

Hearing Rosieʼs shout, Rex can only put away his phone for a bit before answering, ”Iʼm going to catch up with a friend of mine, Iʼll send you the location later”

”Okay, donʼt forget to send it”, she replied before ending the call.

”Quite a sassy one you got, sheʼs perfect for you”, Edward joke.

Rex replied Edward with a glare making him shut his mouth completely, ʼHeʼs still as scary as everʼ, Edward thought.

Just as they wanted to leave the Training Hall, a voice called out to them, ”Ho, itʼs the hero of humanity Edward, whoʼs that on your side?”