The Martial Unity

Rui did his very best to exploit the flaws and shortcomings in the VOID algorithm. Exchange after exchange, he abused them to the best he could. The disadvantage he had accumulated prior was slowly starting to get mitigated.

The biggest problem was that his shadow clone self didn't really seem to be capable of taking damage. Even if Rui pounded it with a barrage of powerful attacks, it would get up, walk it off and continue as if nothing happened. Whereas any damage Rui took didn't magically disappear, he retained all of it. Even if his new tactic allowed him to outplay his opponent, the lack of damage and fatigue on his opponent's part meant that none of it ever stuck.

Rui had to work harder and harder each time he wanted to overwhelm his opponent.

But what did it matter? His opponent simply got back up and continued fighting with the same ferocity as before. Rui's combat kept getting duller and duller.

It only snowballed even further as time passed.

BOOM!!

Rui grimaced as a powerful Flowing Canon flung him away. He crashed into his immediate surroundings, getting up quickly.

An eternity had passed. He felt as though he was going insane with all this endless fighting. He was bleeding profusely and panting heavily in exhaustion. He felt his mental body going limp with fatigue.

Yet, he didn't give up.

He grabbed the incoming attack from his shadow clone, using Flow Flux to throw him off. He launched a Tempestuous Ripple, blasting the shadow clone of his with a wind blast. His shadow clone swiftly recovered launching another attack.

BAM!

Rui grimaced as the attack crashed into his abdomen, unguarded.

PEW!

The Stinger slammed into his clone's head. Yet, Rui wasn't done. He launched a barrage of attacks that bypassed the VOID algorithm via its flaws and shortcomings.

BOOM!

on the shadow clone,

body was in pain, he could

WHOOSH

had arrived, launching

He struggled

with the sheer power it had. Rui could feel the tiniest hint of haste and panic

it didn't have any

attack was just about to crash into

with his head tucked,

...

Nothing happened.

eyebrows knitted in confusion. He

There was nothing.

around in suspicion. ('Where did he

work crumbled as darkness enveloped his

his eyes. An expression of shock molded onto his face as the familiar white ceiling of the operating room entered his field of vision

asked as she flashed his eyes with a flashlight device. "Pupils

back!" He exclaimed with elation and

"The procedure was a success.

exhausted beyond anything he ever

to make su-" She paused

after it had confirmed it was safe. He didn't even experience a single dream as

fresher than he ever had. Not even potions were this invigorating. He got up in his bed

as a nurse popped

how are you feeling?" She

He replied. "How long

incredibly strenuous ten minutes. We've steadily