The spectator seats around Ring C quickly filled up.
The giant Andre was something of a name on the fiftieth floor. Standing over two and a half meters tall with a tank-like build, he radiated menace just by being there.
His opponent, Zushi, was a boy who looked barely into his teens. Beside Andre, he seemed especially small and pitiful.
"Hey, isn't that size difference a little ridiculous?"
"That brat's going to get flattened with one punch."
"Andre broke his last opponent's bones. Poor kid."
The chatter from the audience had no effect on either fighter in the ring.
The instant the starting bell rang, the giant Andre let out a beastlike roar and charged at Zushi, his heavy footsteps carrying him forward like an out-of-control truck.
His massive fist whipped up a vicious gust as he swung it at Zushi's head.
Faced with that devastating blow, Zushi reacted in a way no one expected.
He neither dodged nor retreated. He simply spread his feet slightly, lowered his body, and settled into a plain horse stance.
Then a nearly invisible film of aura, rippling like water, enveloped his entire body.
Thud!
A deep impact rang out.
Andre's heavy punch landed squarely on Zushi.
Yet the expected sight of shattered bones and flying flesh never materialized.
Zushi swayed slightly and slid back less than half a step before planting himself firmly.
Andre, meanwhile, felt as though he had punched a slab of super-resilient rubber heated to a scorching temperature.
A burning recoil traveled back up his arm, leaving the whole limb numb.
"What?!" Andre's eyes widened in disbelief.
The audience fell silent too. Everyone stared, unable to believe what they had just seen.
"What... what's going on?"
Gon watched, dumbfounded. "He took that head-on? That big guy's punch looked stronger than