THUMP!
The sound was like a giant sledgehammer striking a broken drum. A deep, heavy impact that resonated through the stadium.
Under the collective gaze of hundreds, the soccer ball slammed into Iron Bull’s chest. He wrapped his arms around it instinctively.
In the next fraction of a second, Iron Bull’s face turned purple. A mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips into the air. His massive body was lifted off the ground, flying backward as if he had been hit by a truck.
Whoosh.
He crashed into the goal net.
Luckily, the net caught him, absorbing some of the momentum and preventing him from slamming into the metal support poles.
Iron Bull’s body slid down the netting, landing in a heap on the ground. The soccer ball, which he had been clutching to his chest, rolled out of his limp a
