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.

She lacked the techniques he needed for the strategy to succeed; The Phantom Step

false modesty, Rui knew she lacked his cognitive

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cleanly avoided a palm thrust, smoothly throwing three jabs at her. He had begun to get the hang of using his evasiveness against her. This was not

spamming the Stinger, which would have been foolish and reckless if not

weighted strike at

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surprise, she didn't defend

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landed on him, pushing him

caused in exchange

a good strategy." Rui nodded in approval. "Frankly, she's not getting anywhere even with her speedy jabs. She decided to gamble and go all-in. She tossed

really help all that much?" Kane

capital. It restricts your movements, consumes your attention and energy. If you forget about it, you've removed yourself

"The downside is that you're going

a bruise on her fair skin, inflicting pain and

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strike, landing haymaker on

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dodging attacks had become much harder. He was only

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Fae smacked him

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spun about a palm attack

and curled

to her to launch her Whirlpool attack. It was only at this range could she

spun as it shot

But.