Sensing the aura radiating from Masato, the azure flames around Tian Dou immediately turned deep blue!
That was the most defensive flame of all—the Black Tortoise Flame!
Whoosh! Masato gripped Tian Dou's right fist with his left hand, then drove his blood-aura-wreathed right fist into Tian Dou's abdomen!
Crack!
Spiderweb-like fractures spread through the space around Tian Dou's abdomen and back. Blood-colored wild pythons erupted from those cracks, churning Kibi's Kojima and the skies above!
Though the pythons roamed the heavens, Tian Dou's internal organs felt as though they had been thrown into a raging sea!
Several seconds later, the skies cleared.
The flames around Tian Dou dissipated. His eyes rolled back as he fell toward the ground!
"Tian Dou, junior brother!!!"
Might Guy lunged forward and caught Tian Dou!
"Even with the Black Tortoise Flame protecting him, his internal organs were still crushed? And once the Eight Inner Gates Formation is opened, it won't end even if the heart is shattered. Yet Masato's single punch knocked Tian Dou, junior brother, out of the Eight Inner Gates Formation and back to normal..."
"Flames are nothing but flashy tricks. They are not true strength..."
Hearing the contempt from overhead, Might Guy looked up.
There, Masato clenched his powerful fist and said coldly, "And I can shatter everything with nothing but the fists of my flesh-and-blood body. That is true strength..."
Lowering his fist, Masato said, "I never slaughter the weak. Take him away while he still has a breath left. He might yet keep his life!"
With that, Masato turned to leave!
Watching his departing back, Might Guy said in a voice like struck iron, "Techniques are the ladder by which those unwilling to remain weak improve themselves. Their purpose is not to bully others, but to protect what is important!"