The Immortal Man



 is 54th chapter of the Ranma ½ manga and the fourth chapter of the Breaking Point Arc.

Ryoga and Ranma begin their face off, and Ranma is able to land some early power hits that leaves him unimpressed with Ryoga's training. He quickly learns though that his shots seem to have no effect on Ryoga.

Continuing from the Previous Chapter
Akane looks on from the tree, as Ryoga launches the first punch. However, Ranma quickly dodges, which causes Ranma to say that despite being trained by the old ghoul, Ryoga leaves a lot of openings. Ranma then proceeds to attack Ryoga with an upward kick.

Ryoga then declares to Ranma that he'll see to it that his mouth will remain closed forever. He then uses the Bakusai Tenketsu to destroy the ground beneath him and create a large cloud of dust. Inside the dust, Ranma has a flurry of small stones launch towards him, however, Ranma uses the Katchu Tenshin Amaguriken in order to catch every stone before it hits. Suddenly Ryoga launches another Bakusai Tenketsu attack. Ranma, luckily, manages to dodge at the last minute. Despite this, Ryoga continues his attack and destroys the rock behind Ranma instead.

As Akane watches she notes that Ryoga is actually at a disadvantage with this new technique since he's always at the point of the blast (and so is constantly hammered by the shrapnel), while Ranma gets off almost unharmed. This leads Akane to wonder why the old ghoul would teach Ryoga this technique since she wants him to defeat Ranma. Back on the ground, the ghoul snorts and adds says that soon Ranma will learn the terrifying power of the Bakusai Tenketsu.

Back with the fight, Ryoga is again unsuccessfully trying to hit Ranma with the Bakusai Tenketsu. Ranma tells Ryoga that if he takes many more hits he won't make it, but Ryoga just tells Ranma to shut up. This causes Ranma to decide to finish the fight now, so hits Ryoga with a powerful kick. The kick causes Ryoga to be slammed into a mountain side, where he's buried under some boulders which fall from the impact. Ranma looks at the pile of boulder burying Ryoga, and says that the fight was easier than he thought it would be.

Ryoga's Revival
Suddenly a large crack appears in the ground, followed by an explosion of the ground beneath Ranma's feet. In order to avoid this, Ranma quickly jumps up to where Akane is hanging from the tree. Ryoga then emerges from the rubble and tells Ranma he's gotten weak, as that kick just felt like the baby's foot! As Ranma disputes Ryoga's comments, Akane realises that Ryoga's training has made him tougher against impacts.

The old ghoul then appears in the tree above Ranma and Akane, where she asks Ranma if he thinks he can defeat Ryoga now. Ranma replies that of course he can since he's been training as well. Akane, however, quickly puts a damper on Ranma by saying that he probably just practiced dodging. This comment causes Ranma to realises that that's all he did do with his Bee training.

Cast in Order of Appearance

 * Akane Tendo
 * Ryoga Hibiki (human)
 * Ranma Saotome (male)
 * Genma Saotome (panda)
 * Cologne