Chapter 1143: TSSSUUU!

Mae couldn't help but cover her mouth, her pupils trembling. She could only barely feel the oddity of the strike, but the result of it was more than enough for her heart to quake. 

The other spectators felt the oddity as well and something in their hearts told them that there was simply no way of dodging. In fact, if they had been in Ryu's position, let alone an arm, they might have very well lost their heads. 

Mae bit her lip, hard. As much as she was feeling suffocated by Starlight's pressure, she felt even more resistance to the idea that the man she had just given herself to would die just like this. She hadn't even gotten a chance to know him, to truly know him, would things really end like this. 

Arcs of lightning surged around Ryu and his body became almost incorporeal. The stump of his shoulder connected to his spinning arm via a flash of radiant blue and when he came back to form, half of it had been reattached.