For the first time real emotion flits through the shining eyes of your opponent. A pure, striking sense of bafflement as the mineral digimon stares at its unmoving hand. Stopping its attack dead cold like that should have been impossible.
And indeed it
would have been, had you not mastered a certain technique.
Mantra Chant, a move primarily used by Andiramon for offensive striking, has become so much more. Instead of just a mere arm or a leg, you've managed to harden your entire body all at once. And Gogmamon's approach relying on pure strength is worthless against a mon that's both tougher and heavier than itself.
The mineral digimon shoves forward against your grip, trusting its superior brawn to win out in the end.
Zeha, foolishness.
Not only do you hold fast against the pressure, with a grunt of exertion you
shove his arm back.
Your foe's strength may be greater as a whole, however in a struggle of its one arm against your entire body? The winner is obvious.
Gogmamon stumbles back, struggling to regain its balance even as you step in. The swirling wind falls away from your left hand, as instead the silver blades are set to oscillate.
"Eraser Claw!" The fiercely vibrating claws cleave upwards, gouging a small handful of crystal from the ore digimon's chest. A minor wound in truth, but even that is enough to give the golem pause.
Cyberdramon's move does more than simply shake your hand at high speeds. Their species' unique technique disrupts the very bonds between bytes of data, bypassing a large portion of a target's defense.
In other words… Eraser Claw is the very worst matchup for an opponent relying solely on its innate toughness.
Seeming to realize that fact Gogmamon goes on the retreat, throwing a desperate jerky swipe to try and force you off. An attack you effortlessly duck before hitting him again… then a third time, then a fourth. Bits and pieces of Gogmamon's crystal carapace rain across the cavern floor, chipped away at a far faster rate than can be replaced.
You feel your turbines redouble their speed, fighting spirit rising with every blow struck. It's only a matter of time before you tear away enough of him to-
The sudden change in Gogmamon's stance gives you pause, which is the only thing that stops you from running chin-first into the mineral digimon's right straight. Instead the compact punch stops mere millimeters away from your face, the wind pressure alone enough to throw your mane backwards.
Your opponent plants his stubby legs, arms closing into a tight guard. Rudimentary, but effective given the sheer size of its arms. Clearly, whatever intelligence is in control is changing tactics now that you've proven its initial strategy to be a failure.
Instead of full bodied haymakers, the Ultimate lashes out with a series of tightly controlled jabs, keeping you at a distance and leaving no opportunity for another full force counter. Avoiding the colossal fists proves easy enough (its form is still painfully predictable) however closing in to attack is another matter entirely. With arms longer and thicker than even your legs, getting in before the guard is raised proves difficult.
It's attempting to stall me while it heals. A clever tactic.
How unfortunate for it that you've already adapted to this new strategy.
As Gogmamon advances with a short hook, you duck onto all fours and
pounce. Highland Fang carries you towards, and then past his left leg. And while your teeth don't manage to do more than scratch his armor, your
claws rip free a chuck of ore and leave a festering wound on its knee.
Not to be deterred, your rocky foe pivots in place and throws out another heavy jab-
-that's intercepted halfway by a swipe of your claws, throwing the punch wide. A simple sway is enough to avoid the following cross, before you close in and activate Mantra Chant a second time.
Screw Claw drills into Gogmamon's partially regenerated torso, only this time carrying twice the weight behind it. Instead of piercing mere centimeters, your hand sinks in until the palm meets crystal.
The scene from only seconds ago replays as you once again force the mineral digimon backwards. Your opponent's guard is forced open, and step by step, piece by piece, you begin to tear it apart.
Every rending strike is ever so slightly faster than the last, every so slightly more powerful as your fighting spirit nears its peak. Living whirlwinds erupt from your turbines, lending every targeted swipe a corrosive touch.
Finally Gogmamon raises both arms skyward, forgoing the useless blocking for another explosive smash. Desperation pushing it to try and create some distance.
Just as you foresaw.
"Vortex Kick!" Your kick fully empowered by Fighting Spirit and
Mantra Chant crashes into Gogmamon's damaged leg, sweeping it aside and forcing the golem into balancing precariously on one stubby limb. And with its balance disrupted, you come down into a crouch, then unleash a rising
Tai Atari.
The simple tackle, buries your pauldron into Gogmamon's gut and forces the unbelievably hefty Ultimate skywards, knocking him a full dozen meters into the air. Without the ability to maneuver, it's left to hang there, utterly defenseless.
More importantly however, it gives you enough time to stomp down and
pivot.
"Shishi!" With a roar the fighting spirit you'd built up over the match funnels down into a single turbine. On your second spin
space itself begins to warp around your fist. Then the third and final pirouette completed, the newly formed gravitational field pulls Gogmamon down into your technique. "
Jūhazan!"
『The King Of Fists』
Your most powerful attack collides with the purposefully weakened structure of Gogmamon's torso, shattering the crystalline carapace before boring straight through. Every iota of your fighting spirit is discharged with the strike, and with a final roar your fist erupts out of the ore digimon's back.
The air is calm.
For a long quiet moment the two of you remain in place, victory swelling in your digicore… then something hard smashes into your forehead protector.
The unexpected headbutt flings you back a score of meters, and you roll back up to witness something shocking. Not only is Gogmamon still standing, but it seems completely unaffected by the hole you made in its stomach. Which is even now starting to slowly fill back in.
Your shock lasts only a half second before being replaced by a surge of excitement and mirth.
=== Choose One:
[]Your path forward is clear, in order to defeat him you need to use more
Power.
[]Where raw power has failed, flawless
Technique will overcome.
===
"Gogmamon":
Strength 120,000
Fortitude 110,000
Endurance 105,000
Agility 70,000
Special 80,000
Spirit 95,000
===
AN: Here's the second part of the fight. Don't worry, the next update will end things. Things were kind of rocky at the start of this update, but fortunately I managed to get fasterafter a few paragraphs.
