Chapter 19 - Pencak Silat ( 2 )

Cyril doesn't know the name of this person yet but it wasn't important for him.

Anyway, since he wanted to see his skills, it means that he shouldn't have to worry about the point system in the match.

He just has to perform a real Pencak Silat in front of him.

That's right, unlike some martial arts that stress spirituality and self-perfection in their art, the Pencak Silat is about one thing, and that is violence.

This martial art would not be called one of the deadliest in the world if not for its reputation.

Crack~ Crack~

The man cracked his knuckles as he walked at the center of the ring.

As soon as they get into the distance, Cyril got into his stance.

By seeing the man's large figure, he knows that he won't be able to easily beat him with his current physical strength.

His striking power may not be effective against him. His opponent is probably aware of this as well after seeing his small figure. This is why he's confident about facing him without doing a proper stance.

'Since he's an Awakened, he must've gone into many real battles already… I can't treat them like those young ones...' Cyril thought.

However, he has a plan. He opened his legs and raised his hands at the level of his head. His palms are facing his opponent as he started to slowly circle the ring. With his current stance, the man would be warry of his grappling techniques aside from his kicks.

Cyril couldn't hear anything outside of the ring as he remained focus on the movement of his opponent…

As expected, the man seems to be taking him too lightly.

Cyril noticed him bending his upper body a little as the man wanted to hit him with a kick.

'Probing, huh…'

They were not wearing any protective gear so their strikes can be really dangerous. The man had probably thought of this so he attacked Cyril without exerting too much strength.

However, this is not a good move in front of Cyril who always ends his match in a couple of moves.

In the split second that the man kicked with his left foot, Cyril used his right hand to catch the man's leg…

Then, his left hand grab the man's shoulder swiftly and used his left foot to strike the man's leg that was maintaining his balance.

Bam!

The man was thrown on the ground forcefully. He also cried in pain as his left leg that was caught on Cyril's hand seems to have broken…

Apparently, during the takedown that he executed, Cyril didn't let go of the man's leg and perhaps twisted it a little.

No one truly noticed as the fight happened extremely fast.

"You! You're going too far!"

"Isn't this just a friendly spar?!"

The two other Awakened that was together with the man shouted in anger. They immediately helped their friend…

Nevertheless, before Cyril could answer, one of them already challenged him again.

"Let's fight… My friend had gone easy on you but I won't!"

"Alright, let's just settle this in a battle..." Cyril replied as he glanced coldly at the man. He doesn't want to bother explaining to them since they are already angry with what happened.

Of course, he doesn't have any grudges with the three so he didn't want to make them his enemies. He just did as he was told and that is to perform his best in the battle.

However, they seem to be angry now that he showed his skills in their match.

Dalton was also unable to stop them from continuing their fight.

"What's going on?"

"Sheesh! Lower your voice. Cyril is beating up people again."

"Let's just watch… Kekeke… He's fighting with older men now. I'm sure he'll be finally defeated today!"

"Ha! Didn't you see what happened just now?"

"Che! That's because they're underestimating him. Now that they know how fast Cyril moves, they'll be prepared."

"Hmph… Anyway, I just want to see him defeated at least once."

Their "friendly" sparring started making a crowd as all the practitioners stopped their practice and gathered around the ring…

However, their wish for Cyril to be defeated was for naught.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Cyril's moves weren't unique in Pencak Silat. His kicks and grappling techniques were moves they can perform as well.

However, what was terrifying about him was his precision in every execution of his moves. He knows when to time his actions as if he can see the future…

Dalton, who was watching everything from the start couldn't help but admire Cyril. He knows that the man can predict the movements of his opponent by observing every subtle action they made.

"There were no wasted movements... His grappling techniques are on an advanced level… Aside from that, his palm strikes and kicks accurately land on his opponent's pressure point, he's on a different level. Just what kind of hellish training did this kid do to achieve this?"

The man said after seeing Cyril defeat the two other Awakened he brought here. He didn't hide his admiration for the young man's skills.

Luckily, the two are wearing their limiters and couldn't use their aura and they also don't have personal Artifacts with them or they'd probably used it on Cyril already.

"Alright… That's enough!" He finally said after the last man collapsed in front of Cyril.

The young man just defeated three 25-year-old practitioners of Pencak Silat! It was such an incredible feat considering their age gap!

The crowd was awed by Cyril's performance as they quickly went back to practice what they've just seen in the fight. While it's still fresh in their minds, they want to recreate the moves he made to see if they could effectively use it as well.

On the other hand, Cyril decided to stop for now and headed back to his house…

Dalton watched the young man leave and he couldn't help but shake his head.

"Haa~ It's too bad that you only have a few years in your life…" He muttered as he ordered his staff to quickly treat the three injured practitioners.