The underground training hall was thick with tension.
Alex stood in the center of the sparring area, shirtless and calm. Opposite him, the four men — Damien, Dimitri, Andre, and Pavel — had surrounded him in a loose but coordinated formation.
They attacked together.
Damien came from the front with a sharp combination. Pavel swept low from the left. Dimitri rushed in from the right with a powerful knee strike. Andre waited for the perfect opening from behind.
It was a flawless, multi-angle assault.
But Alex moved like he had already seen it all.
He slipped Damien's punches with minimal movement, stepped over Pavel's sweep, deflected Dimitri's knee with his forearm, and spun just in time to meet Andre's incoming strike with a precise counter-elbow that sent him stumbling back.
In less than three seconds, he had neutralized all four attacks without taking a single hit.
The four men's eyes widened.
