>>6134000“But you're too confident in your own strength!” you shout, aura blazing as you dash forward before she can. Catching the woman by surprise, shocking her with your sudden burst of speed.
“Wh-?!” she exclaims, eyes widening as your left jab catches her square in the face. Snapping her head back, leaving her body wide open for your right shovel hook to the ribs. Slamming into her side just under her elbow, causing her to wince as you draw your left back for a hammer fist overhead. Which she sees coming, raising her arms in an 'X' block to intercept your blow. Your forearm slams into both hers, breaking through her hasty defense and slamming your fist down onto her right collarbone. “Gahk!”
“Come on, defend yourself!” you call out tauntingly, following up on the doubled-over woman's body with a right knee to the guts, folding her over and following up with a backwards right elbow to the back of her head. Sending her flying down to the ground, slamming into the crater your transformation caused and disappearing in a cloud of dust. “Is this all you've got?”
Silence hangs for several seconds, then your instincts warn you of incoming danger. Looking down at the thinning smoke you see twin points of glowing red light, flying back away from them a split-second before twin crimson beams of light shoot out from the cloud. Easily avoiding them, Galatea flies up out of the cloud, the red glow fading from her eyes as she rushes back at you. Right drawn back, projecting her next strike. Drawing your guard up you deflect her right with your left forearm, diverting her fist over your left shoulder, missing your head while twisting your upper body. Driving your right fist up into her guts, turning the full power of her charge back into her. Stopping the woman in her tracks.
“Khlurk!” she coughs, spitting up a few flecks of blood in her spit before you follow up your right with a left hook to the jaw. Knocking her back a step, Galatea stopping and resisting the force and coming back with a snarl and heavy left hook. “Khh! KRRR!”
“Hmph!” you exhale, firing off a lightning-quick right straight, fist slamming into her jaw. Your strike lands before hers does, snapping her head back. Which causes her body to recoil, her left fist missing your face by inches. Following up your right with a left uppercut to her left side turned to you, then another right straight to her jaw, staggering her once more. “Too slow!”
“GRRRR! HOW?!” she snarls, stopping her backwards flight and righting herself, reorienting on you. “Why? You're not that fast, I've hit faster fighters. So why can't I hit you?”
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