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.

focus sharpened as his mind unleashed an avalanche of pressure as his demeanor grew

And then it happened.

BANG

as his body weight plummeted even further below how light it normally

of power flushed through

then he

WHOOSH.

atmosphere rocked violently as Kane entered territories of speed

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

a fine powder as the

tiniest of split seconds, stopping ten

THUD

unconscious. A heavy bruise on his lower jaw began

Rui collapsed to one knee as he coughed some blood, much to his shock. "To think Kane

given Kane's constitution, the difference in power between them, and the power of the Outer Convergence technique, he knew for a fact that Kane would instantly die to an attack that

is not perfect even then," Rui murmured with mixed

defend against the attack, which moved even faster than Kane himself did. Yet he had

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

groaned as he woke

Rui asked as he consumed his own

as his eyes gained

how much it hurt, and that was after you massively reduced your mass too, unbelievable. That was

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