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, flinging him

collapsed to the ground, exhausted. Every ounce of his mental body was

WHOOSH

arrived, launching a

He struggled to put up a

attack warped the very world around them with the sheer power it had. Rui could feel the tiniest

though it didn't have

about

had gritted his teeth with his head tucked,

...

Nothing happened.

eyebrows knitted in confusion. He raised his

There was nothing.

in suspicion. ('Where did

the illusory work crumbled as darkness enveloped his

face as the familiar white ceiling of the operating room entered his field of vision along

with a flashlight device. "Pupils

exclaimed

said to him. "The procedure was a success. You successfully resisted

felt exhausted beyond anything

to make

spot. His eyelids were too heavy and his mind was too tired to even try staying awake after it had confirmed it was safe. He didn't even experience a single dream as his mind tucked away silently, taking some

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

a different room.') He mused as a nurse

are

He replied. "How long

mind needed an immense amount of rest after the incredibly strenuous ten minutes. We've steadily injected highly nourishing and healing potions into