Chapter 1036 A comeback just like that
'Sheesh, 92%, that's all I could manage-' Max thought as he recovered his HP to 92% before there was no longer an abundant energy source around him to devour from.
The clone had been engaging the perfect warrior for the past 50 seconds until Max recovered enough of his HP and now that he did, Max rejoined the fray alongside the clone to finally turn the battle against the perfect warrior into a two versus one.
In Rudra's plan, this phase of the battle was the most important.
With a two versus one advantage, Max finally had the chance to gain the upper hand in this fight and force the perfect warrior to use his ultimate healing move before Max.
The goal was to outlast the perfect warrior in this phase by exhausting his stamina and moves, while preserving one's own strength.
Amateurs believed that a two versus one battle meant that one side had twice the strength of the other, overwhelmingly shifting the balance of probability, however, real battles did not work like that.
Firstly, the addition of Max to the fray alongside his clone required a high level of coordination amongst the two to effectively leverage their numerical advantage.
Without precise teamwork, their attacks could easily become predictable or interfere with each other, diminishing the potential impact of their two-on-one strategy.
Furthermore, the physical constraints of the battlefield itself played a critical role. There was only so much space around the perfect warrior, limiting how effectively Max and his clone could maneuver and attack simultaneously.
This spatial limitation meant that they couldn't always attack from optimal positions, and at times, they might even risk hindering each other's movements.
Strategically, Max understood that their true advantage lay in their ability to outmaneuver and outlast the perfect warrior.
That by carefully coordinating their attacks and conserving their own energy, they aimed to exhaust the perfect warrior's stamina and deplete his arsenal of moves.
This approach required a delicate balance of aggression and restraint, as they sought to pressure the perfect warrior without overextending themselves.
*BAM*
*BAM*
*CRASH*
-50,000
*BAM*
*BAM*
*SWOOSH*
-150,000
A high speed battle of focus, high speed maneuvers and endurance ensued as between the three, they exchanged thousands of moves every second.
The nature of the battle was such that neither side could take even a microsecond to think or plan their next move as everything happened instinctually.
Max and the clone tried to leverage their superior speed and numbers to open up the perfect warrior's defense and the perfect warrior did his best to defend despite being on the backfoot.
His facial expressions were calm despite being on the backfoot as although he lost close to -200,000 HP points every second, he was still bleeding HP too slowly to be bothered.
The perfect warrior knew that he needed to even the odds as soon as possible and for that to happen, he knew the perfect move to give him the advantage.
[ Future Sight ]
—----- reality break —-----
The perfect warrior used future sight to peer into the future.
*POW*
-12,000,000
Almost instantly he got hit straight in the face by Max's punch as he decided to start the battle by blocking Max's clone by grabbing his fists.
*POW*
-12,000,000
*POW*
-15,000,000
*SPLAT*
-20,000,000 CRITICAL HIT!
In exchange for taking the clone out of the equation, the perfect warrior had to take some stiff shots to his chin and neck, the impact of which made him feel winded and knocked the spittle out of his mouth.
It was a sacrifice that the perfect warrior had to necessarily make because without taking damage against Max, there was no way the perfect warrior could get enough time to prepare a neutralizing move.
[ Mana disintegration ]
The clone who was completely a creation of mana crumpled to ashes in an instant as almost as quickly as it was created it was returned to dust as the perfect warrior pulled off a move that Max could have never expected in his wildest dreams.
"What?" Max asked with shock evident all over his face as this gave the perfect warrior an opening of his own as he absolutely smashed a punch on Max's face.
*POW*
-40,000,000
"If you've forgotten, the perfect cloning is a move that I created myself.
Ofcourse I know how to undo it by jamming its mana circuit.
I've battled my own clone for centuries you see. It's a matter of experience-" The perfect warrior said as he concluded the future sight with satisfaction.
Although Max would never know what happened in this particular iteration, never understanding the reason behind why his clone was reduced to dust, the perfect warrior now had the satisfaction of rubbing one in Max's face.
—------ timeframe resume —-----
*CLAP*
As simulated, the perfect warrior blocked the clone's fists by grabbing them, leaving him exposed to Max's attacks.
*POW*
*POW*
*POW*
Max laid in three hard shots on the perfect warrior, however, Hercules endured them and fought back through the pain.
[ MANA DISINTEGRATION ]
As simulated he reduced the clone to dust, leaving Max absolutely baffled as to what was going on.
"WHAT?"
*POW*
-40,000,000
The perfect warrior punched Max's nose hard while he was shocked, however, this time around he did not reveal how he did it.
Smiling sinisterly instead he just looked straight into Max's eyes as he leveled the playing field once more just like that.
" Whatever you can do, I can do it better" he said as Max wiped the trickle of blood bleeding down his nose.
The real fight started now.
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