Interesting
The power was intoxicating. Every enemy he came across didn't have the ability to last even a single exchange against him. [Absolute Domain] used the very stars to map out projections that could allow for a perfect defense. If you were still enough, this perfect defense could easily become a perfect offense. If you were even more skilled, then you would have to sacrifice nothing at all. A perfect offense and defense would seamlessly meld into one another, creating a battle style far beyond anything that Ryu had self-created in the last several months.
Soon, though, this intoxication wavered and Ryu's coldness returned. In fact, it was a coldness that suffused from the depths of his soul and it dashed all the previous happiness he had had.
He had put his everything into these last several months, carefully honing himself and building little changes to his combat strategy that made large differences in his strength.