The Martial Unity

Chapter 2004 An Infinite Void

The moment Rui bore witness to the chimera at the start of the battle, countless tactics and strategies emerged within the depths of his tremendous mind.

Yet, the most important among them was centered around chimera's mind.

More importantly, its SOUL.

It was the creature's greatest weakness. The greatest weakness of the entire species. The lag between decision and action in the chimera was twice as large as it normally was.

This was because, unlike normal creatures, action did not immediately follow the decision to act. The brain of the chimera was not directly connected to most of its body. Once it made a decision, it then indirectly manipulated the minds of the angel, phoenix, and dragon to make the decision that it wanted, and only then could it move its body.

That was why the decisioning process of the chimera was twice as long: it involved two brains going through the same process one after another. It resulted in a clunky and unwieldy reaction and decisioning time.

Yet, what was a curse for the chimera was a blessing for Rui.

After all, it meant that the lag between SOUL and action was much larger, giving him twice as much time to prepare for the imminent attack than any creature of its caliber.

He recognized this the moment he beheld the monster.

A single objective formed in his mind: to complete the SOUL model on the chimera's main mind before he died. Never before had he rushed to create a SOUL model with such desperate determination.

It took him everything.

It took him everything to buy enough time.

And on the cusp of defeat, the very brink of death, he suceeded.

"I can see your SOUL."

WHOOSH

Rui narrowly evaded a thunderous charge of horrifying power.

His combat level had decreased significantly since the inception of the battle, especially with the collapse of the Metabody System. Yet the void was filled up by an even stronger force.

A quadruple SOUL model on the dragon, angel, and phoenix as well as the main SOUL of the chimera.

RUMBLE!!!

A might roar shook the devastated world that cradled them as the chimera unleashed a horrifying onslaught devastation. Countless tornados and blows converged onto Rui.

Yet, Rui foresaw each attack almost an eternity before they arrived.

WHOOSH

time, the chimera unleashed devastating power at Rui, and each time, Rui

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

Tornado after tornado.

Blow after blow.

Charge after charge.

Yet—

WHOOSH

It was as though he had transcended the material realm. It was as

Or so he wished.

In reality—

—SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT

across his entire body. While he was able to avoid each individual attack, massive as it

a

…DRIP DRIP DRIP

orifices in his body as his passive healing factor worked over time to clot the wounds and heal them. If not for the super-charged Niflheim reducing the chimera's power by thirty percent,

an array of minute twitches, shifts in breathing, heartbeat,

SOUL model supplied him with the

precisely seventy-eight milliseconds. He swiftly made preparations for precisely timing a Phantom Step feint at exactly the right

WHOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!

at speeds

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

the devastating shockwaves emerged from the missed collision,

CRACK CRACK CRACK!

bones across his entire body

as it unleashed the most powerful onslaught it was able to

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

as

an eternity of preparation, Rui was not able to distance himself from each attack as well as he wished he could. Phantom Step, when used in conjugation with the

condition, it was almost impossible for him to meet the

he paid

paid the

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!