Chapter 1504 Opportunity
In a region of the Great Forest of Hypnonarak, silence reigned as two Martial Seniors stared at each other. Their eyes were fixed on their opponents, such that they could not even see anything else. Examine the origin of this data, deeply intertwined with n0v[lbin★
There was silence, and then there was not.
"HRYAH!" Senior Zenshin burst into motion as his body uncoiled, springing him into a spiral.
Rui's eyes narrowed as he launched off into a sprint, his fist surging forward as he prepared a Flowing Canon. Yet when it was merely a meter away, Zenshin abandoned his technique, redirecting his revolving claws towards Rui.
Unfortunately for him, Rui's predictive model foresaw the attempt.
WHOOSH!
Zenshin's eyes widened with shock as the attack crashed into an empty image.
A feint.
BAM!!
A powerful hook empowered with Outer Convergence and Reverberating Lance crashed into the man's liver, as Rui pushed himself away from Senior Zenshin with the recoil from the attack. "Tsk!" Senior Zenshin tutted, hiding his pain. He was far from ready to give up.
"HYAH!" The man launched himself into a spin almost immediately, hoping to catch Rui off-guard. Yet Rui had foreseen that as well.
BAM!!
A powerful Flowing Canon crashed into Zenshin's guard as the man did his best to claw at Rui.
WHOOSH!
He failed yet again as Rui cleanly evaded him returning to his previous stance.
'DAMMIT,' Senion Zenshin's expression crumpled with rage and frustration. 'How is this even possible? He began dodging just the briefest moment before I began attacking him.'
Every time. This had happened every time. It was as though there was no lag. It was as though his reaction time was less than zero. It was as though he knew the future itself. Despite that, Zenshin did not give up. "HRYAH!" He began executing the Hurricane of One Thousand Claws once more, going all out with the speed of the execution.
And yet, Rui had already arrived.
BOOM!!
A powerful Flowing Canon crashed into the man's back, leaving behind an ugly bruise as it threw him off-balance.
BAM BAM BAM!!
Rui blasted him with blow after blow, exploiting the opportunity to pile on immense attacks. The flow of the battle had changed now that Rui had finally managed to turn an opening into a proper opportunity.
"HRYAH!" Senior Zenshin turned out swinging his claws at Rui. Yet this time, Rui had no intention of letting the opportunity go and returning to the existing deadlock.
TAP TAP TAP!
"Hng!" The man froze, choking as he felt jolts of electric current passing through his solar plexus and diaphragm. His eyes widened as he made a shocking discovery.
He couldn't breathe.
At all!
Before, his breathing was greatly labored, significantly hampering his raw power. However, this time, he was unable to breathe whatsoever. The combination of Lightning Tap and Breathing Crucifix had a synergetic collusion. Rui had greatly hampered his breathing mentally through hypnosis, while Lightning Tap had temporarily hampered his breathing physically.
For a few moments, Senior Zenshin suffocated, the shock and the inability to supply needed oxygen to sustain his expensive energy expenditure together completely halted his movements.
This was perhaps Rui's one and only opportunity to end the fight with a decisive victory.
"Rgh!" Rui strained himself to the absolute limit as he unloaded the mother of all beatdowns on the suffocated Zenshin. Eyes, throat, liver, testicles, and even his diaphragm. With Outer Convergence supplying the raw power, Adamant Reforging increasing the quality of the collision, and Reverberating Lance permeating the impact deeper into the vulnerable depths of the vital regions, he managed to inflict immense damage on Senior Zenshin over these areas.