Chapter 3282: Rate of Progress
Time passed as Rui got the hang of applying nature manipulation in combat. In particular, understanding the timing and placement of nature manipulation in combat was something that he truly had to learn through experience, the hard way.
Another thing that he had to learn the hard way was that applying nature the way he wanted to was very difficult.
He had considered some form of standard application that boosted his processing and also his stamina, but he had underestimated how high the precision and accuracy were to receive a remote energy supply from nature, the way that the Genoran Guardian had received.
He would have to create a whole new technique for that from scratch, something that not even the Forge of Creation would be able to appropriately help him. He also realized that it was likely best not to get too hasty about mastering the Nature Path to whatever extent he intended to.
Nature manipulation was so different from Martial Art was that it wasn’t even funny. Even the closest thing to it that Rui did, domain manipulation, wasn’t even remotely comparable.
It was like having a new muscle in his body with new nerves that were newly connected to his brain.
It was quite different from anything he had ever done in his life before. In particular, drawing power from living entities and using them against an opponent by directly manipulating external elements through communication alone was just very bizarre for him as a Martial Artist.
Nonetheless, he began truly getting the hang of it as he even started learning to apply it in combat alongside his Martial Art, albeit primitively.
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Rui activated Gale Force Breathing as he shuffled through the forest at highly unnatural speeds, coursing through the woods in a blinding blur. The explosions of wood that his contact unleashed were simply too slow for him.