During Raze's fight, there was one major component that had kept him going, something he had only recently unlocked but had already begun to rely on heavily. It was the evolution of his Dark Edge sword arts, which now allowed him to absorb energy directly into himself during an attack.
This single change had altered the way Raze fought entirely.
He was thankful for it for several reasons. As time went on, any opponent he faced would inevitably grow weaker the longer the fight dragged on, and something as massive as the giant puppet Harvey controlled would eventually be drained dry. More importantly, it meant Raze was no longer wasting energy. Every strike, every clash, every burst of power was now an exchange that favored him.
The extraction technique and its applications were what had driven Raze to gain massive amounts of power up until now. Fighting stronger and stronger opponents only made it more wasteful not to take what they offered. Power left unused was power lost.
