Riu sucked in a deep breath as he stood on one end of the field, clutching his stomach. Misora hadn't dealt any wounds to him.
She had only palmed him through the gut in a single strike but it felt like his organs were still shaking afterward like someone had reached inside his body and rearranged everything, then put it back slightly wrongly.
'What a monster...' Riu thought with his breath coming in ragged gasps.
The roots had lashed out instinctively, surrounding the field and attacking her to protect him so right now, they were thrashing wildly with dozens of them as thick as tree trunks, whipping through the air like angry serpents but Misora was barely even moving to avoid them.
She stabbed her hand to the side and a shockwave of mana followed outward, radiating from her palm in a perfect circle.
The roots that were caught in the blast simply exploded shredding into splinters and sawdust, scattering across the arena floor like confetti.
Riu winced.
