The Martial Unity

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Nel swerved out of a palm attack, as he launched wild haymaker at Fae. She grimaced, proceeding to launch a flurry of attacks.

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Out of three, only one found its mark.

Although Nel didn't have the effective feints of the Phantom Step technique, he did have his immense speed and agility. He was much faster than Fae without a doubt.

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Suddenly Fae managed to land three hits square.

"She sacrificed power for speed." Rui nodded, having expected this. This was a common tactic she employed against slippery opponents. She'd used it against himself and Kane as well.

Powerful weighted attacks usually needed greater distance to be accelerated over, they were more obvious and were easier to detect and predict, all of these factors made them easier to avoid. Speedy jabs however usually travelled a much shorter distance, they were much harder to detect and predict.

"Why isn't she using that lethal attack she used against you and Hever?" Dalen frowned.

"Probably because she can't really land it." Rui replied. "That attack isn't easy to land and is easy to detect because how much she needs to twist and curl her arm. It also takes longer to land than her other palm attacks. Although she is able to land these speedy jabs, that doesn't mean she can land her Whirlpool palm."

He paused, turning to face the fight, before continuing. "Though if she does land it...."

She would gain a very decisive advantage. The lethality of that attack far surpassed the lethality of Nel's offense. This was the downside of his Martial Path, he couldn't use any techniques that would increase the lethality of his attacks beyond what his body could normally offer.

The question was how was she going to accomplish this?

The situation was quite similar to Rui's fight with Nel. He needed to land the Stinger as well. Eventually, he managed to land it cleanly with a long and elaborate strategy as well as several techniques, the VOID algorithm and most significantly; some psychological tricks.

Fae would likely be unable to replicate Rui's methods.

lacked far too many things. She lacked the techniques he needed for the strategy to succeed; The Phantom Step

cognitive capabilities

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was not something he was accustomed to, in the entire preliminary contest, Fae was

that by spamming the Stinger, which would have been foolish and reckless if not for his

weighted strike at

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surprise, she didn't defend against

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blow landed

ignoring the damage he caused in exchange

good strategy." Rui nodded in approval. "Frankly, she's not getting anywhere even with her speedy jabs. She

really help all that much?" Kane

"Defense takes physical and mental capital. It restricts your movements, consumes your attention and energy. If you forget about it, you've removed yourself of a lot of

downside is that you're

from Nel left a bruise on

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strike, landing haymaker on

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went all-out, dodging attacks had become much

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smacked him twice, chasing

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spun about a palm attack from her,

prepared. Her right arm twisted and curled as she launched a

he was super close to her to launch her Whirlpool attack. It was only at this range could she possibly have had

palm spun as

But.