Rui had never encountered a battle where nearly the entirety of the VOID algorithm was countered by something so antithetical to it.
The pattern recognition system was countered by a lack of patterns.
The Metabody system was kept at bay for fear of being copied and improved.
The two most powerful elements were simultaneously sealed.
Not even Meera or the abyssfeeder had invalidated the core of his Martial Art so well.
Rui gained a brief respite by increasing the complexity of thought through the Mind Palace, confounding Ieyasu.
And yet...
SPLAT!
A single attack killed his momentum.
The atmosphere plummeted.
The jubilation.
The energy.
The high.
Ieyasu cut through all of it in a single strike.
Rui grimaced as he fell back, feeling a gash on his chest created by the sheer friction of an elbow swipe.
He glanced back at Ieyasu, narrowing his eyes.
