Rui had limited himself to defense to explore the limits of his new technique, while familiarizing himself with how the technique felt in different counters.

STEP

('Flying knee kick; 98.9% probability,') He waited for only the briefest moment before activating Godspeed on a sidestep.

WHOOSH

He had half-dodged the attack before it had begun after it was too late for Kane to change his decision.

This was not the most optimal counter to Kane's maneuver according to the adaptive evolution model. But that was fine. His intention was to grow familiar with using Godspeed to move before his opponents moved after it was too late to change their decision. His normal speed meant that against something of the Root's caliber, even if he did begin moving ahead of time after it was too late to change the attack, he would be too slow to make it in time.

('But with this… I think I can-Hm?') Rui's attention returned back to Kane who was tired of being toyed with, taking a crouching stance.

Instantly, the air grew taut as Kane radiated danger. Yet Rui welcomed what was about to come.

"Oh…?" Rui raised an eyebrow as his smile widened. "Let's see if I can match the real deal."

The original Godspeed that Kane had mastered was a grade-ten technique. When used, it could grant him speed that was theoretically crossing past the threshold of a higher Realm of speed!

Even if barely.

Could Rui's improvisation match the original? Rui was excited to find out. Furthermore, this performance would allow him to gauge how potent the technique was.

of pressure as his demeanor grew more solemn and

And then it happened.

BANG BANG BANG

body weight

power flushed

he was

WHOOSH.

territories of speed that almost no Martial Squire

as a shockwave the size of a small district violently expanded perpendicular to his motion, splitting all the clouds in

land beneath his feat crumbled to a fine powder as the

Rui in the tiniest of split seconds, stopping ten meters

THUD

to the ground, unconscious. A heavy bruise on his

he coughed some blood, much to his shock. "To

power between them,

outcome is not perfect even

against the attack, which moved even faster than Kane himself did. Yet he had been able to knock him

over to Kane, even before he tended to his wounds, feeding him rejuvenation,

He groaned as he woke

alright?" Rui asked as he consumed

eyes gained clarity. "Oh. Right. I

by the Godspeed technique," Rui remarked. "I didn't know how much it hurt, and that was after you massively reduced your mass too, unbelievable. That was on par with a grade-ten Martial

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