Fenhgunag landed among a bit of rubble, wondering what else she could do. Everyone was still scattered and still fighting among themselves. Many of them were simply trying to keep themselves alive, while others were actively trying to kill one another. Not only did she consider the latter a waste of everyone's time. But since there wasn't much else she could do about it aside from hoping her student fixed the issue, she placed herself in charge of pushing away the numerous distractions that would gather around him. And the ones slowly approaching surely fit that unfortunate category.
"This is a complete waste of my time..." Fenghuang said dully as she looked at her opposition. It was again, the Five Elements trying to obstruct her progress, which is very annoying for her current mindset. "How about you twerps move aside and I'll be on our way. Refuse to do what I say...and I might have to break you. What'll it be?" She finished right as she dodged Earth's kick merely by ducking under it. She sighed in annoyance. "Whatever."
Earth tried punching him with everything he had. Fenghuang scoffed at the attempt as she raised her wing and caught the fist rather effortlessly, before spinning him around for a moment and kicking him hard in the ribs, sending him flying across the landscape. She then moved swiftly with precise dodging while avoiding many water strikes from Water, before she appeared right behind him and sent him flying with a harsh kick to the back. She then swiftly dodged the other three. Wood tried to stab her with multiple wooden spikes, Metal attempted to impale her with a metal sword, and Fire nearly burned her feathers...though it did succeed in burning her clothes a little bit.
The owl lifted her head as she huffed. "Alright then...my turn."
Any minimal hopes for victory were crushed into nothingness from that uttered line.
Fenghuang moved quickly as she ruthlessly strikes Fire by kicking him in the wing, shattering the bones within into pieces, before kicking him in the head, sending him into unconsciousness, Then she turned and dodged another wooden spike from Wood, them swiftly moving up to him and kicking him across the city just like she did Earth, only he flew even farther since he was much smaller and therefore lighter. And for the last one, she turned slowly and then gathered chi within her wings, before throwing a Thundering Wind Hammer towards Metal. It crashed into his chest, nearly crushing his lungs before he crashed through a nearby fallen wall, making it collapse completely and fall on top of him.
Fenghuang huffed as she folded her arms and looked up towards the sky. "They were under control...but they still weren't any match for me. Not even a little bit." The owl scoffed while she opened her wings and began flapping them again. "Regardless of that, I still have work to do. I have to help out in other places..." She said while flying off into another directions, hoping she would be of competent use somewhere else...
Tigress could inevitably be praised for one thing even more than her strength...her fierce tenacity.
To be fair, so were her dear friends. All of them were standing up to someone far superior to them in skill and combat, and yet they weren't backing down. Respectable. Tai Lung was far too strong for them, but they would NOT stop trying. Any pain he would be putting them through would be infinitely more preferable to all of them than allowing him to get away and attempt to harm anyone else that might not be able to take it. Tai Lung can beat them down as much as he wishes, he wasn't getting past them without possibly killing them.
The likes of Crane and Mantis were not really excited about that possibility. Still, they would not back down. They couldn't.
Tigress grunted as Tai Lung kicked her back, her feet skidding along the ground, before she fell over and held herself up with her paws, breathing heavily. The others forced themselves to stand and charge towards Tai lung to confront him once again. He was somewhat prepared, but their assault grew more ruthless. Crane stopped right beforehim and his wings gave one powerful flap, sending a powerful gale towards Tai Lung that sent him flying across the land. He eventually landed on all fours, skidding across the ground. He wasn't given much time to breathe, as Viper swiftly slithered to him with Mantis riding on her head, before he jumped up and kicked the snow leopard in his head.
They're continuing to work in unison not taking any chances with trying to confront me one on one. Commendable. Tai Lung thought as his was a bit dizzy from Mantis's kick. Viper siwftly wrapped herself around his ankles before he could move anymore, which left him open to a double kick from both Tigress and Monke, knocking him further away from them and sending him flying through more debris.
"Alright, things aren't going too terribly. We're actually managing to stall him for an extended amount of time. We're not getting crushed as easily..." Crane sighed tiredly. "Suppose the trick is to not give him time to counter. His reaction time is just as ridiculous as his strength and speed."
"Just say it, man. We're basically hoping to get lucky...and that hasn't always been on our side...so this is gonna be great." Mantis sighed while hopping along with the others.
Tai Lung, in the meantime, casually cracked his neck and stood back up on his feet, rolling his arm a bit with a smirk. Tigress was the first to reach him, standing across from him with complete seriousness. "Why so tense, Tigress? Are you worried about your odds?"
"I don't care about the odds. We're going to beat you, sooner or later. You won't leave our sight otherwise." Tigress declared.
"Oh? Dear sister, wouldn't you rather gain the honor of defeating the mighty Tai Lung all by yourself?"
"I'm not an idiot, brother." Tigress narrowed her eyes. "I know I'm not strong enough or skilled enough to trade blows with you by myself. So I'll rely on my comrades to help me fight you. I'm not going to be shamed for relying on my friends."
"Don't be so quick to praise those friends of yours, Tigress. Compared to other long-lasting friendships, yours haven't even been around for a year. You expect me to believe that you have such a powerful bond between you all that surpasses other years-long bonds?"
"We're not interested in impressing everyone, Tai Lung." Tigress stated strongly, before she soon charged forward and continued her attack. Tai Lung grinned as she struck at him with multiple punches towards his head, which was countered multiple times with his paws, before he pushed one of them alone before catching both of her paws, only for her to harshly headbutt him right in his nose, slightly breaking it. She then ducked as Monkey suddenly leaped over her head and kicked Tai Lung in the same struck nose. He roared in a fit of pain, which only increased when Monkey increased his flurry of kicks before finishing with a double-kick and bouncing off Tai Lung's head, which left Tigress to rise again and uppercut her brother in his jaw. A few flips backwards after, he landed on his feet while tenderly rubbing his jaw...almost looking a bit amused.
Well...this seems relatively suckish. He seems more amused than anything else.
Tai Lung grinned as he stood up and stretched his arms before rolling his arms once again as the rest of the Five caught up with Tigress and Monkey and got into fighting position once again, while remaining wary of Tai Lung. Crane in particular seemed a bit anxious from Tai Lung looking like he could still go without looking the least bit tired. Though he surely wasn't going to stop fighting because of it...though he still dearly wished for a break. Mantis and Monkey shared this view, but decided to stay silent, they didn't want Tai Lung to see how frustrated he was making them.
Viper sighed a bit, before shaking her head and glaring at Tai Lung. "Don't get discouraged boys. We're bound to do some serious damage sooner or later. Either way, we can't give in."
"Obviously..." Crane sighed softly while shaking his head and lifting his hat slightly. "Either way, this is painfully problematic..."
Monkey grinned. "Aha. So it's like p-"
"Darn it, I know what you're about to say, and if you finish it, I'll start fighting you."
"Just trying to lighten the mood...seems pretty tense.~"
"Can we not retract our attention from the buff snow leopard trying to kill his horribly?" Viper deadpanned slightly while not taking her eyes off Tai Lung.
"He's not THAT buff...okay he's kind of buff..."
Tai Lung grinned as he began leaning forward, his feet cracking the ground slightly which signified an increased push, and launched himself towards them and throws a strong punch towards Tigress. She immediately threw her arms up to defend against it, though it failed to hold up. The guard failed her and she was knocked over a few feet away. He soon swiftly turned towards the others, with his eyes glowing slightly. None of them liked the look, and for good reason.
"She's relying on the rest of you so highly...again, commendable. But, I'd rather keep this little dispute between family. Sooooo~" Tai Lung lunged forward again.
Viper narrowed her eyes while he did so, which soon turned to wide saucers as she saw his paws begin to glow a ghostly blue. I know that move! It's-!
Pulse
She didn't finish her thought, as she suddenly felt her entire body freezae up, down to her facial features. She fell down on her side, completely paraylzed down to the tail.
"ViPER!" Crane, Monkey, and Mantis shouted in unison.
"Don't be so stressed now, fellow fellas. You can rest along with her." Tai Lung grinned as he swiftly dealth with the rest of them. Monkey and Mantis were both swift to try and avoid most of his strikes, but it only took one blow each to connect to the former's abdomen and the latter's neck for them to fall to the ground, unmoving. Crane was the remaining one unparalyzed, as he flapped his wings and went airborne while figuring out what happened.
That definitely looks familiar. That must be his Nerve Attack. This is seriously bad...strike once and I'll be completely out of it. Tigress wasn't bluffing, we're totally outmatched... He could see Tai Lung smirking up towards, tauntingly gestuirng for him to come and test his luck. Crane shook his head and steeled his gaze. But even so...I have to try! Have to get creative like Po...I know!
"How long are you going to stand up there, Long-Legs?" Tai Lung smirked while folding his arms. "Come now. You don't want to be known as 'Crane the Coward', would you?~"
"Being pragmatic is NOT the same as being cowardly! I'll show you how!" Crane declared as he flapped his wings. Thinking back to his previous experiences, along with taking inspiration from Thundering Wind Hammer, but keeping it swift, narrow, but nonetheless deadly. He thinks this as his wings began glowing green, and his eyes narrow with intense focus.
Air Thust!
Tai Lung's eyes widened as Crane swiped his wings multiple times, sending a barrage of spinning green blades of wind chi towards Tai Lung. He counted a total of six. He flipped over the first two and barely managed to dodge the third one. However, he was tripped up by the third wind blade slashing at his left knee, causing him to wince; though what prompted a pained roar from him was during that distraction, the last two wind blades sliced at his chest, leaving a two deep gashes that formed an X. While he was reeling from the damage, Crane dived at him talons first, and dug them right into the new scars, which caused an even louder pained roar, before Crane flapped his winds and sent him flying back with a powerful gale.
Tai Lung gritted his fangs as his eyes slitted even further, his growling becoming more savage and his fur further resembling a feral animal than it did before. Crane landed a few yards in front of him, his talons now coated in blood yet his own gaze remaining steeled towards Tai Lung. "I expected Tigress to give me this much damage...not you. It appears that I shouldn't underestimate you anymore...I'll kill you first, after I tear off your legs AND your wings!"
"You don't scare me!" Crane paused. "...Okay, actually, you really scare me. But that's not going to keep me from fighting. I'm a member of the new Generation Furious Five for a reason." Crane declared strongly.
Tai Lung snarled at this, until he looked a bit further behind Crane, only to look with surprise. Tigress had been acting ater being punched back, moving over to her three downed comrades and precisely, swiftly undoing the paralysis done by the Nerve Attack, starting with Viper, continuing with Monkey, and ending with Mantis. All of them gasped as they caught their breath and got back on their feet-sans Viper, for obvious reasons-so they could rejoin the fight.
I see...he was keeping me busy so Tigress could undo their paralysis...didn't think Shifu would teach her how to do that...must not have come up as a problem solver until now...
Tigress was finished, as she moved to the front alongside her friends, narrowing her eyes. "Stupid brother. You say you want to keep this so-called 'dispute' between family. Unbeknownst to you, I'm fighting both alongside them, and against them. With the ones beside me, against you. I'm not letting my family getting torn apart more than it already was. I'm not allowing it, understood?"
"Hnnngh..." Tai Lung narrowed his eyes, but Tigress was not intimidated into backing down, not in the very least. He was correct that this was surely a matter between family, and he was part of an ever-growing one.
She raised her fist and clenched it tightly. Her aura was glowing a faint yet powerful silver. "As such, it's my responsibility as your 'precious little sister' to knock that stupidity out of your skull...with a great dose of tough love."
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This...this can't be the end...can it...? Shifu thought as he was staring into complete darkness. How long has he been there? Seconds? Minutes? Hours? Days? Further beyond. He truly could not tell just how much time has passed since his heart stopped beating. By many accounts, he could cohnsider himself dead. If he were able to, he would have sighed in disappointment. Was this really how the legend of Master Shifu was going to end? Was he seriously going to die after everything he's been through? After things were finally beginning to turn up for him? Maybe they wouldn'tn get easier, he simply became strong enough to bear them.
After all of that, was this seriously how it ended for him? It couldn't be. He had so much more to do, and there were many things he still didn't get to say. Things he should have said already, but was too hesitant to. He should have acted quickly, been more careful, more precise. But he was never able to do it quite right until recently, and even then it was pretty rough. He was just beginning to reconnect with the people that he should have reunited with in the first place. No amount of honor was worth giving up friends, no matter how dubious they were. He had hoped he'd be able to do more for everyone...
...the more he thought about this, the more he was intending to reject his current fate. He twitched just slightly as he began opening his eyes. He could see a brief light approaching him in the distance. He twitched even more while narrowing his eyes slightly. No...no. This can't be how it ends...there's just no way that my journey just ends here. Not at Pai mei's paws...I simply cannot allow something like that to happen. I mustn't. Oogway wouldn't want things to end for me here. Tigress is also counting on me. I also must be there to guide my son like I should have in the first place. I want to continue being alongside my best friend, Taotie...And Mei Ling...there's no way I can simply leave her again after she just got me back...that would lead to an even graver dishonor.
Shifu slowly opened eyes while fully clenching his fists. There was no way he was simply going to roll over and die here. He can't, he won't.
He refused.
What would happen next, he would later either amount to luck, or fate. But Shifu's inner willpower allowed him to deter death for a few more precious minutes, which was enough for his life to be saved that day by someone he least expected, but would nonetheless be etnerally grateful for.
...Zap...
"Come on...!"
...Zap...!
"Don't do this to us, old man! You gotta get up right now and give us a helping paw!"
ZAP!
Shifu gasped as he took deep, extended breaths after shooting up and grasping his chest. He could feel his heart steadily beginning to beat again. He looked towards the one closest to him, sensing the chi of the one who saved his life.
Bian Zao.
"Finally, you're awake..." Bian Zao sighed as he lowered his hooves while breathing heavily. It was clear how much chi exerted trying to revive the elder Master. "Geez...making me use up a lot of my chi trying to get your heart beating again...I'm really gonna need some tea after this...and a long nap..."
Shifu simply gazed at the warthog in amazement, quickly deducing what just happened. Jin Tian's Tempest is primarily an offensive technique...and yet he was able to channel it into something that requires precision and patience in what is currently stressful enviornment...Bian Zao is much more impressive than he really lets on...
"SHIFU!" Taotie shouted, having been kneeling next to Bian Zao over Shifu, was shocked, yet overjoyed that Shifu actually managed to be saved by his son of all people. He resisted the urge to rub this in Shifu's face, and simply pulled his friend into a relieved hug. "You scared us really badly, Shifu! You can't go terrifying us like that! It's too much! Especially when the likes of me and Mei Ling just got you back!"
"Ugh...my solemn apologies...Taotie...I didn't mean to worry you..."
"Don't worry about it...we have bigger things to attend to." Bian Zao sighed while weakly pointing towards the commotion ahead of them. Shifu turned to the pointed direction, seeing Pai Mei fighting someone else, and it brought great worr to Shifu's face when he realized exactly who it was. Mei Li was furiously attacking Pang Bing with everything she had, which was proving to be quite a chore for the Master. She briefly looked towards Shifu himself, who seemed to acknowledge her right that moment. A flash of immense relief struck within her eyes before she continued her assault, attacking the fugitive with everything she had, much to his grave irritation.
Damn that accursed warthog! He turned a purely offensive attack into a supportive one!
Taotie sighed as he acknowledged that everything was going well for the time being, until he panicked a bit and pushed Shifu out of the way, before jumping to the side. A kick smashed the ground behind them, and the attacker was revealed to be Junjie, who stood back up with his arms behind his back and narrowed anger eyes.
"You all should not have gotten involved in this." He stated seriously, barely containing his frustration.
"Your grudge is verginging dangerously on complete foolishness. You're really willing to go through such great, ludicrous lengths just to have revenge? You have much greater uses for your time." Taotie narrowed his eyes while helping Shifu to his feet, already knowing that the others would need his help to further handle this intense threat. "You should just give up while you still can. Don't make this any worse for yourself, and for everyone as a whole."
"I will not be talked down upon by the likes of you!" Junjie shouted as he sprinted towards Taotie with an intent to kill. Though his path was immediately blocked by Shifu swiftly appearing in front of Taotie and attempting to kick him away. It barely missed him, causing him to jump back, skidding across the ground. Shifu stood up and brushed himself off while narrowing his own eyes.
"I could care less about your apparent eternal grudge towards me, but I can't abide you harming innocents in your crusade to sate it. The victims resulting from it will be in more pain than either of us." Shifu declared as he rushed towards Junjie, and they both engaged in a kick parry that picked up much wind around the both of them, and very nearly knocking Taotie off his feet. Bian Zao, however, simply yawned as he sits by, content that he's done his part.
Pai Mei was absolutely livid with this turn of events, while Mei Li was smirking briefly during the battle. They parried a serious of punches before eventually catching each other's fists. "Why did you have to interfere?! He was DEAD! We were actually about to kill him!"
"You want to know how and why he beat you last time, Pai Mei? It's because it really helps to have some grips on your sanity. Since you obviously don't have yours, your sadistic impulses leaves many an opportunity for us." Mei Li declared casually. She then ducked, and Pang Bing immediately found Shifu leaping right over her head and towards him with a high kcik elicting a feral scream from him as he found himself kicked in the eye/ He bounced along the ground before landing on his feet, nursing his eye. Mei Li snickered, tilting her head. "Aw...did that hurt? Well that's a tiny bit too bad, pang Bing. For you see, I've induced quite a bit of dirty tactics. Aiming for the eye~"
"Not exactly an honorable tactic, but none of us really have the time for that, do we? You made sure of that." Shifu declared as he and Mei Li effectively switched places with one another, with the latter seeking to deal with Junjie. A silent nod of agreement between then was shared between them at that moment, and they focused on their switched opponents. "Now Pang Bing, if you're through trying to hurt me through my loved ones, we'll truly settle our differences."
"...Hehe...fine. No matter. I'll still kill you, Shifu. And your precious friends will be next!" Pai Mei madly declared.
"Unlikely to happen." Shifu said confidently. "Though by all means, do try. You'll only be reunited with humiliating defeat..once again at my paws."
Po was pretty used to the concept of magic within the world. There are many pepople capable of wielding mystical arts, and they tend to be incredibly powerful, which is definitely the case here when it came to this Pang Bing person. He was already aware that this fight wouldn't really be in his favor, because it was pretty obvious that she knew what she was doing with said powers, which is even further emphasized about the presence of the eclipse above them, shrouding them in darkness and granting her more power. I included Lu kang being strapped to some strange device, and according to the witch, he was the sacrifice for that incredible boost of power. The same power that floored Shen without any visible effort. Fai Suan was more of an annoyance compred to Pang Bing, but a big enough annoyance to be threatening.
To put things simply, he was having a bad time. And his father Mr. Ping had to watch from a safe distance. He was feeling rather mixed about this, but chose to simply focus on the battle.
"This is getting a bit out of hand...and rather suckish as a whole." Po said as he swiftly dodged another blue bolt from Pang Bing, landing on his feet with some degrees of difficulty. Having one arm was certainly NOT helping his case. If anything, it made things more difficult for him. Though credit can be given to his own tenacity; he certainly wasn't going to let that stop him from fighting. Mr. Ping would rather have Po stop fighting and see to his wounds, but he trusted him. Plus, he knew nothing he could say or do would prevent Po from doing what he needed to. "Hey! How about you be a pal and stop trying to kill us!"
"Why would I ever dlisten to that advice?" Pang Bing scoffed as she attempted to blast him again, which he nimbly avoided by rolling to the side and then jumping backwards. The bolt created a crater in the ground to signify it's power. She narrowed her eyes at this. He's much more agile than one would expect...
"Give it up, Panda! You can't win this no matter how hard you try!" Fai Suan declared confidently as he threw multiple balls of purple fire towards Po, which were also swiftly dodged with careful precision, though he took great care to not let a single ember touch his scarf. "Come on! How can someone so fat move so quickly!?"
"Lots of training." Po replied simply, not really minding the insult that much. He then sees another purple fire ball coming. He smirked as he grabbed his hat and channeled a bit of chi into it, before using it to catch the fireball-finding the resulting look on Fai Suan's face priceless-and throw it back at him with twice the force. Too shocked to react, the fireball smacked right into him, knokcing him back and singing his mustache and his face overall. "Ha! Direct hit for me!~"
"Don't sound so proud of yourself." Pang Bing huffed as another bolt struck down on Po from above, which he was barely ablve to avoid with another roll to the side. "You can't count a few streaks of luck as actual victories. That's certainly not how it works."
"You really amount some of the wins I've had to dumb luck? In that case...you're not entirely wrong. Sometimes I'm just lucky, other times I make my own luck. Whichever works best." Po rubbed his neck. "Oh, and of course, a few of my wins were simply because I worked for them."
"Whatever helps your confidence..." Pang Bing rolled her eyes as yet another bolt shot forth, which Po again nimbly avoids. "Though you cannot expect to stop me no matter how hard you try. You're too far beneath me to even make so much as a dent."
"That's a lot of underestimating you're doing towards me. I tend to be full of surprises." Po said with a casual shrug. "But it's alright. I'm used to that kind of thing. It kind of works in my favor, really." He says rather cooly as he throws a Mystic Spiral towards her, which she smirked and dodged by simply levitating to the side. Though she was left blindsided when the projectile returned in a circle and smacked right into her back, causing her to crash into the ground. "Yeah, see? Kind of like that."
"Nnnnggghhh..." Pang Bing clenched her fists while looking up towards Po, her eyes glowing brightly.
"...Huh. You kind of look mad. Are you mad?" Po asked with genuine curiosity.
"HAH!" Pang Bing thrusts both paws outwards, sending him flying with a powerful burst of mystical energy.
"Guessing that's a yesssssssss!?" Po yelled, before crashing in a heap among more debris. He was groaning, seeing Pang Bing levitate above him and flick her wrists; two much larger pieces of debris from the arena crashed down upon him with the gesture, burying him beneath most of it.
"You're such an annoying nuisance. Be wise for once and DON'T get back up." She snarled as she lifted yet another large piece of debris, and slams it down on the other two, which further crashed down upon Po, picking up even more smoke than before. She lowered her paws and shook her head. He was not worth all of that effort. At the very least, he can't do anything more. She mentally declared as she turned and moved back towards the Emperor's Palace, quite prepared to finish her business with Lu Kang. Then, she'd go and kill the rest of his family, further completing her revenge.
Mr. Ping and Shen watched the onslaught from afar, and went into hiding before she found them again. Mr Ping, not one to lose faith, looked back towards the large heap of rubble while keeping Shen close to him. He resisted his parental urge to immediately rush out to where his son was buried, it would only get him and Shen killed when Fai Suan and Pang Bing caught them. They could only delay that outcome at the moment.
Come on, Po...you can still fight...I know you can!
(Po's Mindscape)
...I'm pretty sure I just got buried...that's totally not cool. Po pouted in his mental scape, folding his arms. Then he noticed, that he had his arm within his mindscape. He briefly thought that was neat, even though there wasn't much significance, since he knew it wasn't real. He was taking getting knocked unconscious surprisingly well. Well...this sucks. I can't really be unconscious right now, I have things to do, and fights to finish. But I'm not really gonna wake up on my own, and I'm definitely trying to.
"Your performance is rather lackluster right now."
Po blinked at the deep, unfamiliar voice in his head. Actually, it did sound familiar to him, now that he thought more about it. He turned around and noticed the great being that's glowing golden and bringing a brilliant light throughout the space. He looked up at the grand being before him...
A golden dragon. A golden dragon with the same jade eyes as he does.
"...How long have you been here?" Po asked while innocently scratching his head. "I mean, I know that I don't do a lot of thinking, but I'd like to believe that I'd remember someone like you being in here."
"Well, to put things in basic terms...I'm you. Another part of you." The dragon responded quite easily, not surprised by Po's lack of surprise. Fitting, that they're kind of the same person. "Or, to put things a bit more specifically, I'm your chi. A different kind of chi than what you usually use. A chosen few have to kinds of chi, and I represent your second chi, the chi of the Dragon Warrior."
"...Eh?"
"...Eh?"
"What do you mean, Dragon Warrior? I heard quite a few of my friends and others I've met talk about that title so many times...am I the Dragon Warrior?" The golden dragon nodded, which caused Po to groaned. "Agh, dammit. That's gonna make things awkward for me and Tigress. It'll probably be worse with Tai Lung..."
"You believe me that easily?"
"Well, you're another part of my true self, aren't you? Why would I lie to myself about something like this?" The other being conceded to the fair point, as Po scratched his neck. "So...what's the deal about that?"
"The universe has waited long enough for the Dragon Warrior to appear. So without you knowing it, the righteous soul within you responded to the universe's wishes, and your Dragon Warrior chi-represented as a dragon, which is me-to call be awakened in a time of dire need."
Po tilted his head."Righteous...? I wouldn't really see myself as that, probably. I can be pretty selfish."
"That's fine. No one can be COMPLETELY selfless. If some does live like that, then they cease to live for themselves, and have no personal reasons to live."
"Hey, Fenghuang taught me that one!"
"Exactly. Now, there's much for you to do Po. Now that you've understand the basics of the destiny placed on you, it's time for you to get back into the fight."
Po nodded while he tilted his head with a raised eyebrow. "...Still a bit weird that the universe is so intent on the Dragon Warrior revealing himself that it would have my chi talk to me."
"The universe works in mysterious ways. Some more than others."
"I can see that." Po nodded softly as he turned around and lightly slapped his cheeks. "Alright, I'm waking up! I've got a fight to finish as soon as I can!"
"Right. Now that you've awakened another part of your soul, I'll return to your subconscious as your new set of chi. Trust me when I say that I'm not that needed. I'm kind of you after all. Ya got this."
"Yeah I do!~"
(Real World)
Pang Bing stopped while making her way back, and turned around towards where she buried Po. She sensed a great increase of chi all of a sudden from the debris, and her eyes widened. "What...what is this?! That can't possibly be the panda, can it...?"
"There's no way. You outright buried him in many layers of debris." Fai Suan waved off the idea, disbelieving of such a thing. "There's no way he cou-"
CRASH!
Both of them paused as they saw a golden flash of light emit from multiple holes of the debris, until a much larger one was punched through, making an exit for the one they attempted to entomb within. Both of them were surprised to see the panda fly out of said hole, and land right in front of them with a mighty stomp, before standing back up and brushing himself off.
"Hey there. Still alive!~"
"How? HOW?"
"Those are both very good and amazing questions. Though I kind of feel like I have a bigger priority to follow. Which is defeating you and putting an end to this chaos." Po said with a tip of his hat. He then held out his stump of an arm, and they watched in disbelief as golden chi formed on said stump, which eventually took form and turned into a chi prosthetic, in the form of a dragon's claw.
Pang Bing looked flabbergasted, eyes flashing. "What...what is that...?"
"Oh, this? This is my inner power." Po said with a wide grin while getting into a fighting stance, his chi arm pulsing with golden light. "And with it, I'm gonna turn the tides."