.You must not be wayward!

Seui's brows were knitted together, looking a bit distressed.

He understood what Pr. Declan was trying to say. Unlike other ability users, his powers were in the most primary form, especially his pure energy. Because pure energy had lot of explosive power in it, it's consumption rate for basic forms of channeling was higher than the other abilities that could use a secondary medium as a support. So the probability of his energy depletion is higher, which he himself had felt when solving the crystal maze. That's why he had been trying to find short-cuts all along.

In this case, if he was to practice defending then he would've to first practice re-absorption, which is twice as hard as other people. Not to mention that re-absorption is a technique that is hard to grasp for many and generally very few use it.

"So there's no way to do it before the duel?" Seui asked with a glint of hope.