บท 2247: Broken

Kane knew that he couldn't beat Rui.

Even with the Realm of Thunder domain massively amplifying his reflexes, he knew that he would most likely fall short of actually defeating for the first time in decades.

And he was proven to be right.

He was able to match Rui in the hypnotic combat zone that Rui projected in his mind. However, it required a level of exertion that was fundamentally unsustainable to someone who didn't have high energy reserves and whose energy consumption was supposed to be low as an evasive, maneuvering-oriented Martial Artist.

However, he knew that there were some minor circumstances in which he could pull a victory. One of them was when Rui was off-guard.

He saved his greatest trump card for the very end.

The simultaneous activation of Void Step and Fulminata integrated together by a system of thought that allowed him to fuse the speed and reflexes of the former to amplify the latter.