Xiao Ran blinked, feeling somewhat baffled. He had been determined to take down the beast with that single attack, but the result had caught him off guard. Although he had struck the beast by surprise at extreme speed and damaged one of its leg joints—
That attack had merely affected the beast, reducing its mobility—perhaps only a one to begin with—by half, down to 0.5. But for a beast equipped with a λ-DRIVER, even that damaged leg could still support its body, using small movements to coordinate with the other leg for movement and turning.
Merely reducing some of its mobility was worlds away from what Xiao Ran had wanted. For someone who understood λ-DRIVERs so well, it was genuinely disorienting.
However, that confusion lasted only an instant. After raising his eyebrows, Xiao Ran understood why this had happened.
"So that's it. I activated Spirit Burst while in Innovator mode. Although I can't become a Pure Innovator without Solar Furnace radiation, the enhanced perception of Innovator mode has already brought every one of my opponent's movements under my control. It's practically telling me I can crush them whenever I want."
"On top of that, Spirit Burst gave me the Absolute Rationality buff. My emotions have been suppressed to an extremely low level. Subconsciously, I believe I can defeat the opponent at will, so there are no emotional fluctuations at all—let alone any impulse, or the conviction to disregard everything just to accomplish something."
"Put simply, I'm too calm. I don't take my opponent seriously enough? Is it because I'm not a paranoid lunatic... Hmm, because I'm not fired up, I can't use this thing?"
"Or is it bonds? Would I only erupt if Sheryl, Mwu, Luo, Cruze, or the others were truly in danger? Or if I found myself in