"Gaia" Darius and "Spring" Entsy

Darius ignored the laughter as he gathered his power. Since birth, he had had a strong connection with the earth. As a youth, he used to spend hours and hours just lying on the ground, feeling the pulse of the earth. This worried his parents, but the smile of utter peace on his face stopped them from disturbing him.

When he had been taken in by his ancestor, he had found out that the connection he had was actually his intrinsic nature. From then on started endless training sessions, but he never complained one bit because he was the happiest when he was in contact with the earth.

As time went on, he learnt to be connected even if he wasn't in physical contact with the earth. Even on the tallest skyscraper, he could feel the link, strong as steel.

Entsy always had a panache for running. When he was a baby, his parents were shocked to see that he always ran more than he walked. This love for running and moving caused him to go down the path of efficiency, of figuring out a way to move and keep moving, however he wanted. His intrinsic nature stemmed from this desire to be as fast as an exploding bullet or as untiring as a stallion.

The twins started running toward them.

A smile spread across Darius's face as he felt his power coursing through his veins, being strengthened by his connection with the earth. It gave the power a feeling of weight, a feeling of dependability, a feeling of stubborn resilience.

He wound back his arm, and at the perfect moment that the power reached his fingers, he punched with all his might into Dimi's stomach.

Dimi was shocked. One moment, his fist was inches away from landing on Darius's face and the next, he saw a blur as Darius's arm was already planted in his stomach.

The earthy fragrance that permeates in the moments before rain graces starved soil could be smelled in the room. Everyone breathed in deep as this wonderful scent wafted all around.

As for Dimi, he flew across the room and with a loud "thud' hit the wall of the passageway before slumping down, listless.

On the other side, Domo could be found lying on the ground with two shoe marks on his face. People had barely registered that exchange as it had been much less flashier than Darius's performance. One moment, Entsy was bent, staring at his legs, as if preparing to high jump. The next, there was a flash as an image of Entsy was seen on the wall and the next thing one heard was a dull "thwak!" as Domo fell down. Entsy could be seen standing in his original place again.

Both of them looked towards each other as they smiled, panting. They had used their best moves and almost all of their power to take out the twins in one move. Even then, luck had played an important factor because they could take care of the twins' inattentiveness due to Lance's timely remark.

The crowd broke out in thunderous applause, in awe of the wonderful performance. It inspired many to work hard in cultivation and hopefully become as cool as these two.

Some of the people, who were more knowledgeable than others, hastened to share the information. "Do you know them?", they asked. "Its "Gaia" Darius and "Spring" Entsy! Ranked 2nd and 10th! One has a link with the earth that makes their every move carry the might of a thousand mountains! The other can vibrate his legs so fast that it cannot be seen by the naked eye! He stores this energy in his legs and can then burst forward, faster than a bullet!", they said as the people listening "aaaah!"ed and "ooooh!"ed.

Although these words were highly exaggerated, people understood that these were two people to look out for.

Stars shine eventually, whether they are momentarily hidden by sunlight or too far away to reach our eyes yet.