Chapter 1542: Talent
Lonos felt a part of him leaving his body... now that Rain could use the time aspect as well as him, extracting his data was something easy to do. Still, it was easy to counter Rain’s current mastery of the time aspect... he just had to keep attacking Rain nonstop in order to force him to use all of his energy all the time.
Lonos suddenly appeared behind Rain and then swung down his arms to smash his head, but Rain blocked the attack... while his posture broke and he almost fell to his knees, he at least managed to avoid the hit. Following that, Lonos began to spin in the air violently, and his body blurred into almost nothing as he kicked Rain nonstop... the power of the attacks made Rain grunt in pain as the countless attacks landed on his arm and broke the bones again and again.
"I also can’t mess up... they aren’t called machine gods for no reason. Their learning speed is impressive as well," Rain thought.
While they could do basically the same things, Lonos still had access to a lot more energy, and he had more experience, too. He lacked creativity and improvisation, but given enough time, he could also develop that... that was why Rain had to be cautious.
"All of a sudden, Rain moved as fast as Lonos and then grabbed his leg and stopped the attack at the cost of his fingers cracking like twigs, but he ignored that and then raised his leg and then hit the chin of the enemy.
In that short window of time, as Lonos’s head was pushed upward, Rain soon spun his body, and after moving it from one side to the other, he smashed it on the ground, but Lonos stopped the fall using his arms to decrease the impact.
In the next moment, Lonos rotated his body and then kicked Rain’s face, forcing him to let go. Lonos got up and then readied himself for Rain’s next attack, but he just stopped moving and glared at him.
Lonos clicked his tongue in irritation, a rare display of frustration betraying his typically composed demeanor. Without the reliable foresight that had long been his most useful asset, his ability to anticipate the actions of his adversaries had decreased to disconcertingly low levels. Each miscalculation and misstep only served to exacerbate his predicament, leaving him vulnerable to his opponents’ unpredictable maneuvers.
With each error, Lonos unwittingly afforded Rain precious moments to exploit, granting the determined warrior an opportunity to seize the initiative and strengthen his pans. It was a frustrating cycle for Lonos, as his own lapses in judgment inadvertently fueled Rain’s ascent, allowing him to tap into newfound wellsprings of power and resilience.
As Lonos grappled with the repercussions of his diminished foresight, he couldn’t shake the gnawing sense of unease that accompanied each strategic misstep...
Lonos weirdly enough, took a deep breaths and then began to concentrate his power... in the next moment, several copies of him appeared around Rain.