Composed Parity

The onlooking spectators simply watched the battle with stunned expression as Rui continued pressuring the Sage psychologically earning violent backlashes from him. And yet, not a single time could he get even a single attack on Rui despite pouring all his speed and power into his attacks.

The onlooking Sages understood that this wasn't due to his own shortcomings.

The fact that his swings were able to generate such a cleanly sharp shockwave that didn't simply dissipate was proof that he had achieved truly impressive mastery. Such a feat would have been impossible if the blade was even a nano-degree off angle with the trajectory of the swing.

His swordsmanship was refined.

And yet—

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

Rui weaved through blade swings with a buttery smoothness as he continued pressuring Sage Sekiei and draining his stamina.

Sage Himari and the Terrampager were most moved by this display of composed finesse.