The Martial Unity

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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.

an advantage in stamina, it would

to find a win

though that, a

a risk

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but Kane effortlessly

Kane's power. Everywhere else was rock solid compared to Kane's measly offensive potential. Furthermore, if Ne's eyes

it wasn't easy to jab someone's eyes since they could see

maximized speed and precision, he estimated it was worth a

This was Kane's plan.

middle finger, and jabbed them into Nel's

CRUNCH

Nel's head

he felt a sharp piercing pain from his index

had paused for a moment, inadvertently stopping the Void Step

flesh off Kane's finger

forward with a gleeful grin, with Kane's flesh and blood on

FLICK

cheek as he barely

Nel spat out

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

He got quite lucky.

for him, he wasn't able to use bleeding to identify Kane, not a single drop hit the

and eye attack, was not only a complete failure but also caused him harm in turn. He simply gave up

remaining fight was intense as Nel grew energized by the success of his first successful damage inflicted on Kane, however,

Kane in almost complete retreat mode, there was nothing Nel could do. They fought fiercely for hours, neither side

The fought.

And fought.

And fought some more.

Although the Martial Apprentices were interested in the outcome, no one wanted to watch