The Martial Unity

His eyes narrowed as he studied the damage that his attack had inflicted on the Abyssfeeder specimen that he had attacked. It wasn't that he hadn't done any damage at all to its second inspection, he just realized that it was harder to tell because its anatomy was so undefined and hard to gauge.

But it was clear that it was not entirely ineffective. And yet, he was a little wary of the fact that his strongest attack did not even hurt it all that much. One of the biggest points of concern was the fact that it didn't even need that much time to begin adapting to a certain offensive.

('It's adaptation timeframe is absurdly little.') Rui tutted.

When he compared it to his adaptation, at least, the adaptation speed of the Abyssfeeder species was much higher.

Of course, Rui adapted to opponents as a whole, not to a single attack. Their adaptation also worked on fundamentally different principles.

His Flowing Void Style employed the VOID algorithm, which relied largely on data analysis starting from simply physicality and stance analysis to pattern recognition to create predictive models and did the actual adapting through the adaptive evolution model, picking the right counters based on what the predictions were.

It used to be that, but he recently added the Metabody System which allowed him to change his physical parameters to the most optimal to counter his opponent. He essentially altered them to complement his adapted fighting style.

Together, this formed the core of his Flowing Void Style.

('But this creature… It doesn't even seem to have a sophisticated mind,') Rui sharply analyzed based on their movements. ('It's adaptation is purely physiological.')

His attention focused even more as it approached. It had for some reason become an extremely flat sheet of blackness instead of the web that it was before. It began approaching Rui, which is when he sensed something was off.

('Wait a minute…') He frowned. ('I can sense it through Seismic Mapping, but not Tempestuous Feel.')

That meant it sent vibrations through the ground and not through the air.

('Which means… I see, so that's how it handled my attack.') He tutted as he understood what had happened. ('Acousting air absorption. That's how it dealt with my attack.')

It somehow had managed to alter its body in a way that would permeate the impact of the air particles through it in a manner that exploited the fact that gases are not bound together the way solids were. It would also explain why it didn't register on his Tempestuous Feel.

to get a better idea of how this creature

out

appeared that the other Abyssfeeders had also waited

second as they each sought to deal with the

him. He did not want to avoid confrontation because he needed as much data on this creature as he could get. The entire philosophy behind his Martial Art was data-driven adaptation, without data, he couldn't fight at

towards the Abyssfeeder was because this was not just a clash

a clash

complex thought needed to have philosophies. However,

the best way to adapt and evolve to one's opponent in

the avenue where they diverged almost

adapt and evolve, its body was the foundation of

adapt to his opponent, the fact of the matter was that the degree to which he altered his body paled in comparison to his opponent. While he used autophagy, the hyper-enhanced flow of nutrition

creature did not even

to make exactly the combat and hand-to-hand decisions

his eyes as

felt his heart

The loss threatened the dominance of the philosophy that

Be water.

consisting of two

wasn't

had changed both his lives. He had interpreted those words as referring to the

Yet, this wasn't Earth.

of Gaia, those words could mean

started out as a shapeless mass of webs, and now it was rushing towards him in the shape of a mat,

Which water was superior?