The Martial Unity

WHOOSH

POW POW POW

A hint of frustration flashed on Nel's face. He was struggling to tag Kane, and thus far he hadn't laid a single finger on Kane. He had spent quite some time, swinging every time his nerves and senses tingled, but that strategy had failed.

The problem was simply sheer inadequacy.

Nel was slower than Kane.

He was less mobile than Kane.

He was less efficient than Kane in his movements.

Kane was an evasive specialist, and Kane had the Void Step technique on top of that.

Nel just had too many tables stacked against him. If not for his constitution, Kane would have already begun dominating him.

His only possible path to victory was outlasting Kane. However, Rui did not think this was realistic. There were several reasons for this as well.

While using the Void Step technique, Kane didn't need to go as hard on maneuvering. In fact, he didn't even need to use normal maneuvering technique, he could just take a casual stroll, and dodge every time Nel manages to get a strike somewhat close to him thanks to his sharp senses.

This way, he could conserve an immense amount of energy.

On the other hand, Nel fought like a maniac and burnt energy like there was too much. Every single movement was made with maximum effort regardless of whether it was necessary or optimal or not.

Furthermore, Nel hadn't mastered any Apprentice-level techniques yet, he was compensating by consuming far greater power than Apprentices did.

For example, if Nel and Rui launched a strike with equal amounts of power, Nel was able to consume several times more energy than Rui did for the same strike.

All of these variables meant that even if Nel had a greater energy reserve, his energy consumption was similarly greater. The two largely cancelled out each other.

in stamina, it would not be a gigantic

Kane had yet to find

Rui had though that, a

a risk and

WHOOSH

Kane effortlessly dodged

to Kane's power. Everywhere else was rock solid compared to Kane's measly offensive potential. Furthermore, if Ne's eyes were incapacitated, it would be game over. He would be unable to sense Kane even with his

jab someone's eyes since they could see you coming.

properly. As long as Kane maximized speed and precision, he estimated it was worth

This was Kane's plan.

finger, and jabbed

CRUNCH

Nel's

he felt a sharp piercing pain from his

had paused for a moment,

He bit the flesh off

gleeful grin, with Kane's flesh and blood on his tongue. He immediately

FLICK

Kane's cheek as he barely avoided it, going

spat out the

jabbed at Nel's eyes, the latter had felt an incredibly heightened senses of danger, furthermore his sharp vision had picked faint traces of Kane's attack at close range. The eyes were extremely delicate, even for Nel, and he ducked back, while biting where his eyes used

He got quite lucky.

he wasn't able to use bleeding to identify Kane, not a single drop

a complete failure

was intense as Nel grew energized by the success of his first successful damage inflicted on Kane, however, it was not

was nothing Nel could do. They fought fiercely for hours, neither side being able to inflict any further damage on the

The fought.

And fought.

And fought some more.

the fight. Although the Martial Apprentices were interested in the outcome, no one wanted