Vol.3 Ch.145: Showdown with Ren 4

Showdown with Ren 4: This is the hundred and forty-fifth chapter of Volume 3 of Tower of God. It follows the fight between Lo Po Bia Ren and Twenty-Fifth Baam to its conclusion.

Synopsis
Lo Po Bia Ren taunts Twenty-Fifth Baam that he should resist, since it will be more painful if he does, which Baam responds by calling Ren's technique Mouth of Despair a dirty trick. Ren retorts with calling Baam an amateur and that such "dirty tricks" is called being a good fighter. Baam deduces that he needs to break the connection to Ling in order for his left arm to return to normal, which Baam intends to do with a Shinsu attack. However, the shinsu is absorbed by Ling who uses Baam's own shinsu to attack him back, but this does not deter Baam who just increases the amount of shinsu in the shinsu flow. This gives Ling a larger amount of Shinsu to attack with, but Ling suddenly attacks Ren due to Baam using his connection to Ling to establish control over her utilizing something similar to Transformation.

Ren tries to reestablish control over Ling by stopping the shinsu flow from Baam, but this only allows Baam more room to attack using shinsu. Ren then tries to attack Baam in close quarter combat using a bowie knife, which Baam responds by activating Red and Blue Thryssa Transformation. Ren tries attacking with Ling again, but Ling is still under Baam's control ending up attacking himself, since Ren has completly lost control over Ling she dissipates and return to Ren's body. This returns Baam's left arm to normal and Ren is unable to activate Mouth of Despair again. Baam taunts Ren causing him to attack using the bowie knife, which Baam blocks, uses Reverse-Flow Control, and nails Ren with a Floral Butterfly Piercing Technique. Baam ends the fight with the line "You really suck, you know that?... at fighting i mean.".