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

to

as Rui had though that, a change

to take a risk

WHOOSH

strike, but Kane effortlessly dodged as he focused on

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

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

Kane maximized speed and precision, he estimated it was worth

This was Kane's plan.

forked his index and middle finger, and

CRUNCH

Nel's head jerked

flew wide as he felt a sharp piercing pain from his

moment, inadvertently

the flesh off Kane's finger tips

head returned forward with a gleeful grin, with Kane's flesh and blood on his tongue. He immediately jabbed his palm straight

FLICK

he barely avoided

spat out

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

He got quite lucky.

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

his best shot, and eye attack, was not only a complete failure

as Nel grew energized by the success of his first successful damage inflicted on

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

The fought.

And fought.

And fought some more.

the Martial Apprentices were interested in the outcome, no one wanted to watch Nel kick air for hours. None of them were able to sense Kane like