The Dragon Emperor roared in pain as he felt a tremendous amount of information flooding his mind spontaneously. Rui's Martial Embodiment, now indistinguishable from the waters of the ocean, converged upon his mind, threatening to overwhelm it with information.
He had never experienced such an attack in his entire life, forcing him to redirect some of his attention and mind away from his destructive onslaught of gamma radiation against Rui.
The reprieve was exactly what Rui needed; he used the opportunity to stabilize his body from the gamma radiation damage that it had taken, trying to restore his health and healing to a level that was manageable, all while keeping up the fractal hydro lens defense that was perhaps the only thing that separated him from death.