Incident during Reflex Test

In the first try, Lance couldn't adapt to the movements of his body and tripped on his own leg as the first strike came.

Sounds of laughing came from the crowd that was watching. As contestants started to finish their tests or wait for their tests to be scheduled, they had taken to viewing others to see how they would fare.

The crowd around Lance was especially large as he was relatively famous in the group-both for being last before and being in the top three of PP in the present day rankings.

There was one laugh which sounded the most mocking of them all. Lance looked into the crowd to see Apollo with his blonde hair laughing his ass off almost kneeling on the ground.

Lance's eyes turned red as he remembered Apollo stepping on him before.

In front of him was the leather wrapped one eyed creepy figure, behind it was the obnoxious guy he so wanted to take revenge on.

He got tunnel vision as both targets aligned in his mind. As the robot came towards him with a sweeping strike to his legs, Lance roared and punched at its chest with all his mind and soul. At that moment, he felt the golden ball in his dantian quivering as a tiny bit of starlight went from his energy construct into the ball. The ball in turn shined with a blinding golden bright light, and Lance felt his whole body entering into a higher state of activity as each and every cell was set ablaze, outputting their maximum potential.

"THWACK".

The robot was covered in leather to protect the initiates, but it ended up protecting the robot itself. Lance had punched with so much force that the robot which weighed over 500 kilos was sent flying backwards.

Either by design or by luck, the robot flew straight towards Apollo who was outside the ring laughing uncontrollably.

His eyes were still closed when he felt a leather figure first hitting his head with such force as to snap it backwards before continuing to pummel into him with the rest of its momentum.

Apollo couldn't help but also be blown backwards along with the robot. After flying for a few feet more, the two figures, attached together fell down with a "THUMP" with the robot lying spreadeagled on Apollo.

Apollo only felt a sharp pain in his head then his body as he saw his surroundings pass by him with a blur. The impact with the ground was the last straw, making him faint oblivious even to the half ton robot weighing down on him.

The whole crowd stared with their jaws open at the incredible sight. Only the last "THUMP" served to bring some back to their senses.

They turned to look at Lance who still stood in a punching position with his arm outstretched, also staring.

"Monster!", they mouthed, knowing how heavy the robot was.

Darius and Entsy were also in the crowd but had had to hold their silence as the others were laughing.

Seeing this scene though, they couldn't hold in their excitement. Lance had told them about the episode with Apollo in the crowd, and both of them had vowed to help him take revenge.

They never expected that Lance himself would take revenge in such a spectacular manner.

They whistled and clapped, bringing the whole crowd back to their senses. Most of the rest of the crowd joined in the clapping. The people who weren't clapping either looked at him with a puzzled look or with a strong sense of competition.

With this incident, people started viewing Lance as a serious competitor to take 1st place, as opposed to the fool who came last and had no potential.