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The more Ryu let his body move as it felt and the less he thought, the more wild he seemed to become. But at the same time, his Focus Qi likewise began to slowly recover. Although it was much slower than the pace he would have recovered had he been sleeping, it was still an improvement nonetheless.
The enemies he faced fell in extraordinarily large numbers, again and again. His slaughter was relentless and he forgot about everything instead of killing faster, swinging harder and suffocating the opposition with his momentum.