Their pain was cut short as Sol stepped over them, his blade descending in quick, heavy vertical strokes that split their chests open.
"Kill him!!" a Layer 3 captain roared from the center of the block. He managed to force his body to move against the pressure, his veins bulging as he raised a massive stone axe. He couldn't rush forward so he threw the axe with all his might, aiming straight for Sol's head.
Sol didn't even bother to parry. He opened his palm and caught the heavy stone axe mid-air, the raw physical force of his Layer 3 body absorbing the impact without his arm even shaking.
Before the captain could register the sight, Sol hurled the axe back with twice the speed.
SMASH.
The heavy stone weapon hit the captain square in the chest, shattering his ribs and throwing his body backward into a group of Layer 2 fighters, knocking them all into the dirt.
Sol blurred forward, appearing right over the fallen group.
