Both Wang Zen and Yin Zheng fell through the air. Zen regained his senses and looked above him, to see Yin Zheng falling along with him.

“Dash Tackle!” he began to rise up and tackled Yin Zheng into the air and through a large piece of debris.

Yin Zheng sailed through the air.

Zen did not let up, already charging his next move. “Dash Tackle!”

Zen flew towards Yin Zheng. Zheng stepped on a piece of debris behind him and pushed off, dodging Zen who crashed into the same debris.

Zen recovered and looked around to find Zheng, still falling but now, he was below him.

“Dash Tackle!” Zen once again flew towards him. Mid flight he had an idea. He should instead try to end the fight with Meteor Kick. He flipped around and charged his ki, changing the path his ki was flowing in. His ki flared to life, his Meteor Kick became 2 times stronger than it was before. Zen was amazed as he flew through the air but then the energy vanished.

His momentum still moved him forward.

Yin Zheng looked at the oncoming Zen and activated Shuddering Shield Aura.

Zen’s attack slammed against Yin Zheng. Zheng easily parried and grabbed Zen but they hit the ground before he could finish him. They both had to dodge the debris falling after them.

Zen hid behind a pillar. He could already hear the vibrating aura that surrounded Yin Zheng. He needed a way to beat it. He doubted destroying the floor would work again. He clicked his tongue, frustrated at himself. His one chance to finish the fight and he failed to end the fight.

He closed his eyes. Remembering that powerful Meteor Kick he performed. It was almost as if he was blending Meteor Kick and Dash Tackle together, creating a powerful move stronger than both of them combined. Surely a move that powerful would overcome the Yin Zheng’s Shuddering Shield Aura. However, it only lasted mere seconds and Zen doubted he had the ki to maintain it, not to mention he did not exactly know how to do it again. He had combined inadvertently combined two techniques. Something he had never down before.

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There was a Boom!

“That’s it!” he said to himself. “I need to mix two techniques together to create something strong enough to beat Shuddering Shield Aura. Just as Yin Zheng combined Stone Fist with Shuddering Shield Aura to create Shuddering Stone Fist. He just needed to figure out how to beat him or maybe, create an Aura technique of his own to counteract Zheng’s own Shuddering Aura.

If he was not in such a dire situation he would have laughed at himself. He, could not even figure out the complexities of Shuddering Shield Aura and gave the manuscript to Yin Zheng in hopes that his friend would be able to make some money from it for himself. Now he was hoping to create his own aura to counter act that technique.

He thought of what techniques he should combine. He knew that Dash Tackle would be one. It already had some aspects of Shuddering Shield Aura in it, as it does cover the whole body with ki and rather it then Meteor Kick which took longer to form. But what technique to combine it with? He needed a technique that would give it more form, enough to stand against the Shuddering Shield Aura.

That’s when he had an idea. “Swirling Swath,” he thought to himself. If he could combine the power and effect of Dash Tackle with the form of Swirling Swath.

“Come out, Zen’er!” Zheng shouted as he looked for him. “Come out so we can finish this.”

“Soon,” Zen said as he sunk to the floor, with his legs crossed. His hand signs took those of Cracked Earth as he began to focus.

Off white ki began to surround him, forming a tail as if it was being blown back by wind. Zen resisted the effect to move forward as the ki for Dash Tackle formed around him. He focussed on his meridians, moving the ki for Dash Tackle and forming Swirling Swath. The ki around him grew into a swirl of energy.

Zheng could see it as the pillar Zen was meditating behind did a poor job of hiding his ki.

Zen tried to calm down his ki, raging around him. Decreased it to a manageable amount and form. That is when he knew he had mastered it. The power of Dash Tackle furiously rotating around him thanks to Swirling Swath ki technique.

He got up and stepped from behind the pillar.

“The moon?” Zheng said when he saw Zen step out from behind the pillar, wreathed in rotating ki. His eyes also glowed with power. “What is that?”

“My new technique.” Zen said. “I call it… Moon Aura and it is the key to defeating you.”