"Warships. Subpar." The laminar integument leader continued. "Spacecrafts. Subpar. Spacefighters. Subpar. But. Infantry. Superior. Powerful. Seek. Explanation."
It expressed that even as it unleashed an onslaught of attack of tendril attacks. It leveraged the power of esoteric matter and dark energy to allow those attacks to phase through the very fabric of reality, appearing on his neck with a sharp edge.
And yet, not even that was enough to land so much as a scratch on Rui.
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH
The attacks crashed into after-images, crashing into empty space where Rui had been just a nanosecond prior. Rui, on the other hand, teleported his attacks on his opponent's body, launching a powerful jab to pierce the concentric lamination of the jellyfish-like alien.
It was within its prediction.
A tendril attack phased upon Rui before his jab could reach the jellyfish.
A devastating impact that would have eradicated an entire planet.
