Cough, cough.
Gladius spat out a mouthful of blood and struggled to look toward the dust left by the explosion. The moment he realized he had been defeated, he had decided to severely injure his opponent even if it meant both of them going down together.
But Gladius was clearly disappointed. As the figure walked toward him step by step, Gladius discovered in despair that the other man's clothes were merely torn, and he did not seem seriously injured at all.
"You're still far too weak." Dawn looked at the bedraggled Gladius and curled his lip disdainfully.
"You..." Gladius seemed to want to say something, but Dawn had no time to listen to his threats. A side kick sent him flying into the ruins.
Gladius fell unconscious, filled with unwillingness.
Although those words had been useful for looking cool and taunting an opponent, they were also the truth for Dawn.
At the very least, Dawn had not suffered much damage in that final explosion because he had developed an upgraded version of Resistance Aura.
It was similar to Kuma's compressed air, except it was released as a skill. It had truly become a Resistance Aura, and it even possessed destructive power.
After putting an Air Shield around himself, Dawn had continuously released Resistance Aura around its outer edge to offset the shockwaves caused by the explosions. Only then had he been able to approach Gladius under the protection of the Air Shield and defeat him in one stroke.
Although he looked completely unharmed, Dawn's physical exhaustion was more severe than it appeared. His entire body ached, and he felt weak.
Honestly, Gladius's ability was not especially bizarre, but he was difficult to get at, like a hedgehog. After fighting him, Dawn found that the other man's ability boiled down to