When Combo flashed to within about ten feet of him, Chen Long suddenly saw what looked like bright mirror shards flickering before his eyes. His vision blurred for an instant, and the scene before him split into reflections.
Three identical figures lunged at him from three different directions.
Anyone else would have struggled to fend off an attack from every side.
Yet Chen Long, who looked as though his old bones might fall apart at any moment, moved with astonishing fluidity!
In a split second, he swept both arms through the air in a perfect arc.
Combo attacked from the front, back, and side at the same instant, but that perfect circle blocked every strike!
Smack! Smack!
The figures before and behind Chen Long shattered like mirrors the moment they struck his arms. The figure at his side was sent flying by the force of the collision.
The young man known as Multi-Combo flew more than thirty feet before slamming hard into the ground.
Their first clash was over in a flash.
Only through the slow-motion replay on the giant screen could the spectators see what had happened.
Combo's strange, dazzling attack drew murmurs of amazement. Some spectators finally understood what had puzzled them.
No wonder he was called the Offensive Kaleidoscope.
If "Multi-Combo" meant he could create mirror-image doubles when he attacked, then three doubles were clearly not his limit. That triple strike had likely been no more than a warm-up.
But Chen Long's flowing defense impressed the crowd even more.
Such smooth, fluid movements had come from the hands of a man who looked close to death.
The spectators realized the technique was not merely graceful. It carried tremendous force: it had completely neutralized an attack from every direction and swept Chen Long's opponent away.
The power contained