WOOOOM—!
Redirecting with his finger, a translucent yellow ring materialized above Matthew's armpits, and below the sabre.
—Crack!
Making contact with the ring, the sabre broke the ring into millions of particles that diffused in the air. Fortunately, although it broke, it had served its purpose as Matthew's attack had pretty much been stopped.
By directly stopping the sabre midswing rather than at full swing, Ren was able to reduce the amount of force the ring was subjected to upon making contact with the attack. This was one of the things he had learned in his experience at the Monolith.
Tapping onto the ground with his feet, Ren shot back and distanced himself from Matthew.
"No, you don't."
With the sabre in his hand, Matthew chased after Ren. Fully knowing just how dangerous and powerful the Keiki style was, Matthew knew that he couldn't give him any time to breathe.