Part-179

  Summoning the st reserves of his strength, James pushed forward. Arad smirked, fident that James was weakening. But James had o trick up his sleeve.

  "Let’s see if you hahis," James muttered under his breath, as he activated Bear Grip.

  As Arad charged in for a final blow, James sidestepped, grabbing Arad's arm in a vice-like grip. With all the strength he could muster, James twisted, f Arad to his khe pain was evident on Arad's face as James's Bear Grip locked him down.

  "You should’ve stayed down," James said coldly, his eyes locked on Arad’s. Though James said that, he was already in his knees.

  As Arad stumbled bad fell to the ground, he gred at James, who was now on his knees, visibly drained from the intetle. The strain of maintaining Crisis Mode and using Sloth View was taking a toll on him, making each breath feel borious. His muscles felt like lead, and his vision was beginning to blur. Despite his exhaustion, James tried to push himself up, but his body refused to cooperate.

  Arad, sensing victory, cracked a menag grin as he prepared to deliver a powerful kies’s face. The anticipation of nding the final bloalpable. Arad’s foot was already in motion, aiming for a decisive strike. Just as Arad’s kick was about to ect, a sudden intervention came from an ued source.

  Dwip, who had been the fight from a distance, decided to act. Though primarily known as a hacker with a reputation for breaking into systems rather than physical frontations, Dwip’s boxing skills were no less formidable. Standing at just 5 feet 2 inches, Dwip's stature belied his strength and agility. With a swift, precise movement, he nded a powerful pun Arad, catg him off guard.

  The impact of Dwip's punch was sharp and forceful, causing Arad to stumble sideways. The sudden distra disrupted Arad's focus a him reeling, momentarily abandoning his atta James. Dwip, though smaller in stature, used his agility and speed to his advantage. His boxing skills, hohrough rigorous training, were evident in the accurad power of his strike.

  Arad gred at Dwip with a mixture of surprise and anger, momentarily losing his posure. This gave James a brief window of opportunity to recasping for air,

  Dwip eyed James with a mixture of irritation and amusement. "Look at what you’ve done," he said, his toh incredulous and exasperated. "You called me here, and now I've wasted my energy. I hope you’re prepared to make it up to me for this."

  James grinned, his expression unruffled. "We’ll make it right, don’t worry. But, holy, I thought you'd join us from the start."

  Dwip raised an eyebrow, a smirk tugging at his lips. "Actually, I was here from the beginning. But I was intrigued by the spectacle of yht. I decided to watch the show unfold before stepping in."

  James raised an eyebrow, then spat out a bit of blood from his mouth, the fight clearly taking its toll. "Well, if that’s the case, let's this up ale our business."