Bab 1060: Break

('All your attacks begin from a tucked position,') Rui mused. ('Furthermore, because you have put a heavier weight on offense, none of your attacks begin within a certain range of me, allowing me to easily eliminate the possibility of an attack when they are within that range.')

Rui had already picked up fourteen such patterns in his movements, both active and passive, and they were already good enough to form the basis of a simple predictive model that was effective enough.

And the difference was evident.

"How is he evading all those strikes so well?"

"Even though he was being pushed back at the start of the fight…"

"Did he hold back?"

Both initiates and guardians alike instantly noticed the difference in the quality of Rui's movements. He timed his evasions just right, he began moving before the man's motions began, but just a beat prior when it was too late to change his movements!