The Martial Unity

This was one Rui's first serious spar after his training session ended. He was quite satisfied with his performance, though he still yearned to be stronger. The most recent techniques he had mastered

The mastery of Inner Divergence had bolstered his defense to the point that Kane couldn't even hurt him unless he went all out with his offense instead of his usual stinging jabs. Outer Convergence had increased his power to the point that fighting Rui head-on was a losing battle, Rui would always hurt and damage Kane faster than Kane could do take down Rui.

Seismic Mapping had gotten rid of his blind spots, he was able to track Kane's movements, maneuvering and position even when Kane escaped his peripheral vision quite accurately.

These three techniques successfully bolstered his foundation making him a solid Martial Apprentice even without the aid of the VOID algorithm.

Still, despite all that Kane was able to keep up with Rui despite all this. His speed, agility and maneuvering were always ridiculously high but after he learnt to maintain his top speed constantly, he had truly become incredibly difficult to deal with.

Furthermore, the tactic he had used to beat Kane this time was not a tactic that could be abused. If they fought a second time, Kane would not fall for the same trick, all he had to do was avoid a belligerent attack when Rui entered a closed defensive stance, and the battle would just end up being a stalemate.

In truth, Rui did possess a way to win even without the tactic he used.

The fourth technique he had learnt; Blink. His trump card.

in the fight where Blink would have allowed Rui to get a hold of Kane, which would probably have ended with Rui

The capability of the technique was at its highest when his opponents weren't aware of it. Using it in the open in the Apprentice sparring facility

much of a difference at all. After all, Blink wasn't overtly flashy. Perhaps not a single one of them

he decided to opt out of using the technique

on primarily the fundamental aspects of combat; Offense, defense, maneuvering stamina, striking, grappling etc. Now that he had truly bolstered all of these areas with twelve Apprentice-level techniques, he could focus on expanding the versatility of his Martial Art beyond these basic

wasn't much more to MMA combat sports beyond striking, grappling, defensive guarding as well as evasive

wasn't the same for Martial Art in the

techniques and esoteric techniques based on principles and mechanisms that would be no more than pure

the foundation of his Martial Art to be rock hard and solid, he could focus on expanding his Martial Art to these more exciting fields. The idea was extremely alluring

VOID algorithm, which was designed for the limited martial arts off Earth and not the near magical Martial Art

which could not be done with intimate understanding of these techniques, and without mastery of

he purchased and mastered Seismic Mapping and Blink; a sensory and stealth technique, he had already taken

continue that trend. Of course, doing this wouldn't be easy. The further away he got from the fundamental fields of combat, the more useless his MMA and combat sports research background was. He might end up taking longer to master these techniques due to this. Furthermore, a lot of these techniques were not cheap, he recalled how expensive many of the techniques in the

was a bit over half a year away, he had already decided to grind like crazy with the missions and undergo one last time before undergoing a final training session just before the Kandrian

got up. "You wanna