Unlike conventional fights of the past, AFC fights didn't have rounds; they just continued going until there was an eventual winner. Their energy was beyond that of typical fighters, and giving one a chance to rest didn't make much sense in a lot of Altered fight cases.
Fights would either end very quickly or last a long time anyway. Yet it was quite clear that from the beginning the fight had picked up a gear. Harvor was throwing punches left and right, and Gary was avoiding them as he moved around the ring.
In some cases, Gary had leapt back as Harvor delivered a kick. Gary could still feel the force of the kick through the wind, but he had avoided it completely. Only Harvor had been chasing him somewhat like a madman as he leapt over.
He threw an overhand punch, and Gary had decided to move in at the same time, pushing his leg up off the ground. He delivered a strong hit, an uppercut right to Harvor's chin.
Gary followed up there, throwing an overhand, hitting him on the head, pushing him back slightly with his raw power.
"ARGH!" Harvor shouted as he charged forward. He had pushed hard off the ground with both feet, and the canvas had flexed inward, causing him to bounce straight at Gary.
Using his fast reflexes, Gary was already on the move and had leapt to the side, causing Harvor to continue going forward until his whole body had crashed into the metal side of the arena.
The moment he crashed, the metal had bent outward and continued until it broke apart, and Harvor had fallen out of the ring. Harvor rolled to the floor before quickly getting up and looked at Gary, who was still in the ring.
"Harvor is out of the ring!" The commentator shouted. "I repeat, Harvor has managed to get himself out of the ring!"
Although Harvor had broken a few of the sides of the special reinforced cages before, it was the first time he himself had broken out in this way.
Stanley, who was watching the fight from the side of the ring, didn't show a change of expression, but inside he was deeply concerned because he had never seen Harvor act this way.
'He's usually hot-headed, but he comes out on top. This is too wild even for him. Honestly, I'm surprised he hasn't transformed with how many times he's been hit already, and not having landed one himself.' Stanley thought.
He knew the reason why—the people were watching. Harvor had built up an incredibly strong reputation without having to transform to beat his opponents, and maybe this was also part of Gary's tactic since he hadn't transformed himself either.
Harvor then jumped up from where he was and had leapt over the metal cage, landing on the inside. His expression was still full of anger, and there were a few light scratches on his skin from the metal in the cage.
He looked at Gary's body, who was in pristine condition, who still showed no fear on his face.
"This is annoying," Harvor said. "Very annoying. I can't even land a single hit on you. This has never happened before, but can you really win like this? You haven't even hurt me. Why don't you just transform and try to get on with it?"
It seemed like Harvor was trying to taunt Gary, but Gary wasn't falling for it, and he didn't even come in to attack either.
That's when Harvor shrugged his shoulders and decided to just walk forward towards Gary. He didn't charge forward; he didn't look like he was going to fight anytime soon. Instead, he just walked toward Gary, and it was in a similar fashion to what Gary had done to him when they first had entered.
Gary started to move back slightly and then looked to his right. He was ready to move, but the moment he did, Harvor had dashed to that direction and started to walk in. He did this again.
Harvor not once dashed towards Gary, but instead had moved in every direction his eyes went, until Gary's back was up against the corner of the cage again.
Seeing this, Gary had no choice as he moved forward, going to hit Harvor at the side of his head. However, things didn't turn out as he expected, as a heavy hit had landed right on Harvor's temple.
Shockwaves going practically through his body as it hit, and Harvor's head only going slightly to the side. Then Gary lifted his leg and went to kick him in the stomach.
The moment he did, Harvor grabbed onto his leg and held onto it tight.
"I know I can take a lot of hits from you. In your human form, I can take hits all day every day from you," Harvor said. "But how many hits can you take from me!"
Harvor allowed himself to get hit for this situation and then pulled Gary in via his leg. Gary threw his arm out, hitting Harvor right on top of his forehead. It flung his head back, and it was slightly red, but Harvor still seemed very strong, and then delivered a hit right to Gary's stomach.
Gary's body was lifted off the ground, but he wasn't lifted into the air, as Harvor held onto his leg and pulled him back down.
[-34 HP]
'This isn't as strong as when he was transformed, but with my endurance at this level and him this strong, I can't keep taking hits like this!'
Harvor then threw another fist this time towards Gary's head, and with a twist, Gary knew it would be a big one.
'I wanted to try to do the same as you, Jayden, out of respect for you, but it looks like this is as far as I was able to go.'
[Partial transformation has been activated]
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