The two dashed towards each other.
('I'm faster.') Rui realized.
Yet despite this, Gale's strike reached first.
WHOOSH
Rui dodged the strike.
Gale continued dishing an onslaught of strikes and Rui avoided all of them cleanly. Ever since he mastered Primordial Instinct, his timing had grown much sharper and more accurate. Its synergy with the VOID algorithm was truly impressive.
Gale didn't stop, his strikes were straight forward and had a huge range. He launched all of them from outside Rui's striking range, so Rui wasn't able to do much.
('He's a long-range striking specialist.') Rui realized. Each strike had a huge reach, and he launched them in a way that deliberately prevented Rui from reaching close enough to launch his own attacks.
Rui keenly observed this before making a decision, he stopped avoiding Gale and instead dashed against him once more.
