Perhaps Rui had gotten so immersed in the flow that he had actually reacted late when that flow changed abruptly. Perhaps, the change was extraordinarily abrupt that it was just that difficult to handle.

Rui wasn't quite sure.

But there nothing was quite like the eminent threat of death that brought out the very best of one's creative ability.

CRACK!

Rui grimaced as he intercepted the closest root attack with his sword, yet, rather than trying to slice or destroy it. He almost instinctively applied an incomplete version of the Flux Earther.

He intercepted the impact with his sword, his arms limp before progressively stiffening ad pushing back as the Root moved in closer to strike his body.

Just like a spring pushed back harder when compressed.

And just like a spring, it pushed his entire body backward at a remarkably high speed. Rui didn't try and ground the kinetic energy by using the second half of the technique with Reverberating Lance.

CRACK!

The Sword was unable to handle the impact, breaking in half before the impact had been completed.

PEW!

WHOOSH

out of the target zone at an incredibly high velocity, crashing into

BOOM!

as he

didn't have time

WHOOSH

BOOM!!!

them with an

WHOOSH WHOOSH

five attacks. He had broken out of his little reverie as he began fighting more fiercely and seriously. A sharp expression occupied his face as he evaded the various

longer

broken sword meant that he no longer had any way of hurting the Root at the moment with regular attacks. Any hope

narrowed as he perceived a path forward to victory. ('But I need to get close to

as he evaded attacks was harder. The closer he got to the Root, the

was grateful that his injuries from earlier were not too severe, although he definitely endured damage,

would not have happened if not

worked harder than it ever had before as he furiously processed the outputs

However, it was difficult.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

just two steps in that direction

BOOM!

off. He immediately spun through

roots was absurdly harder than simply evading them for more reasons than Rui had initially understood, not only did he enter the striking range of new shorter, and more distant roots the closer he got to the Root, but he also had less time to react to them due to the shorter distance between

him, it wasn't without its benefits. The

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