Everyone was confused.
Why was Rui launching Stingers so unreservedly?
Furthermore, why was he launching them when they all failed to land time and time again?
Nel was incredibly focused on avoiding each of them too.
He stared at Rui's toe every time there was even the slightest hint of the attack. Every ounce of his focus was dedicated to avoiding the Stinger, this was Rui's most lethal attack. As long as this could be avoided, Nel was quite confident he would in the long run.
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH
Nel easily avoided the swift attacks.
POW POW
He even managed to land in some attacks as he dodged them.
Yet Rui didn't cease.
Every single person could sense he was extremely difficult to land the Stinger.
"He sure is betting everything on that technique." Fae mused.
Kane frowned.
He vaguely sensed something was off. Rui should have known that landing a lethal Stinger when Nel was paying full attention to it was impossible.
Nel was much faster and had incredibly sharp reflexes, senses and instincts. Furthermore, the Stinger was not a particular quick attack like speed jabs were.
As an evasive maneuverer, Kane could sense that the odds of the technique successfully landing were low. Even when Rui caught him very off-guard by exposing his Blink technique to him for the first time, he had only managed to get a surface wound, since then the effectivity of Blink had reduced as a trump card once Nel was aware of it.
Kane didn't understand what Rui was trying to do here.
WHOOSH
BAM
Nel avoided the Stinger while landing his own strike, still mindful of Rui's toe.
WHOOSH
POW
….
WHOOSH
POW POW POW
Everyone frowned as Rui ceded more and more space, reeling from Nel's impacts. He was previously using Phantom Step and Blink to avoid attacks, but for some reason he was simply tanking Nel's attacks, getting pushed back a result.
"HAHAHA." Nel guffawed as he eyed Rui's Stinger sharply, avoiding it. "I'MMA SEND YOU FLYING OUT."
BAM!
He managed to send Rui skidding away.
One meter away from the edge of the ring.
A hint of desperation flashed across Rui's face.
But Nel had arrived, Rui charged at him furiously.
The atmosphere contracted.
The sheer pressure from the concentration of the two boys wrung the very air!
This was the climax!
Stinger with Blink and Phantom Step one last
every ounce of
Every muscle.
Every cell.
They roared!
They roared, pushing forward.
Pushing forward towards victory.
And yet.
WHOOSH
…
Nel grinned.
like
his body tilted as he watched the Stinger just
Close.
Close!
Yet, far.
Too far.
It was in vain.
The attack had missed.
focused all his attention
the mighty prowess of the Blink and Phantom
It was over.
leg as Nel charged
was
Despair, was inevitable.
BAM!
!!!
on Nel's jaw from the
He staggered back, shocked!
it come
Everybody was shocked.
the
The answer was simple.
came from Rui. It was a simple Flowing
failed to see
awareness, striking
But why?
fail to perceive such
No one knew.
No one moved.
They simple bore witness.
Nel was durable, but not even he could completely withstand the power of five Apprentice-level techniques crashing into
And yet.
He stood.
His brain shook.
Yet, he stood.
His vision blurred.
And yet. He. Stood.
would not go down so
He would win!
And yet...
he
PEW!
…
DRIP DRIP
"Huh...?" Nel murmured.
sharp pain shot up from his neck
through the air once more, landing
state, the
The Stinger reached Nel.
Rui... reached Nel.
"It's over..." Rui whispered.
BANG
third unguarded strike to the
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