The Martial Unity

Under normal circumstances, Rui would most certainly have gone for the stamina victory. Not only did he possess better stamina due to having a more balanced spec configuration as far as his Martial body went, thereby placing a greater weight on stamina, but he also possessed the Final Breathing technique that would allow him to preserve much more energy in the long run.

Furthermore, Rui's Forestep technique, which he was now forced to use at a maximum was less energy-consumptive than Kane's Godspeed technique due to it being imperfect.

That meant that the battle would normally turn in his favor as time passed and Kane tired until he exploited an inevitable opening to end the fight.

It wasn't glamorous, or flashy. But it was a surgically ruthless path to victory.

The issue was that they were no longer fighting under normal circumstances. They were fighting under special circumstances.

('Under these circumstances, his Fulminata technique is essentially endless,') Rui narrowed his eyes.

The source of the Fulminata technique was not his own energy, but energy harnessed from lightning, stimulating all nerves and neurons in his body. There was endless lightning around them, thus Rui suspected that Kane could use Fulminata for as long as he was conscious.

('That's extremely troublesome,') Rui tutted.

Rui could not make use of the VOID algorithm forever. It was an extremely mentally intensive technique of the highest order of difficulty that he had ever seen. Asking him to use it continuously indefinitely was like asking someone to write high-pressure high-difficulty exams indefinitely.

He could not do it.

stressed and strained his brain and nerves too much, causing him to be unable to use the technique for as long as

that was a gamble at best. Rui did not enjoy gambling, he enjoyed certainty. ('For starters, I need to optimize

manner, which meant that there were very few things that Rui had to do to prevent Kane from hurting him in any

he shifted all his weight on his right leg, freeing his

facing away from Kane while he turned his

not something that he could easily overcome. He knew that there were just far too few ways to go about it in a successful manner, worst

defensive stance for the time being. If he could not reach victory by slowly inflicting damage on Kane, then there

WHOOSH

a

THWACK!

guard just a little, deflecting the

POW POW POW!

striking range as he launched a swift flurry of

body and arms just the bare minimum amount of distance needed to

created an opening. Kane launched a blindingly fast attack upwards to Rui's throat once more. This time, Rui's guard was too slow to

POW!

his

to Kane's weak offense and Rui's passive durability,