The Martial Unity

Still, Rui wasn't afraid. He had grown tremendously stronger in the nearly two years he had joined that Academy as well. It was a universal fact that Rui had gained the most amount of power since in the nearly two years since they joined. Not a single student of the Martial Academy could match his growth rate! Especially not Nel, who had taken a whole two years to accomplish what Rui had accomplished in two months.

Did this necessarily mean that Nel was weaker?

No, it did not.

Nel had started out far stronger than anybody else, even if Rui grew stronger much, much faster, he had started out from a much, much weaker place. It would depend on whether or not Rui's astronomical growth was enough to close the astronomical gap.

Rui shook his head.

Speculation didn't matter. Neither did theorizing and conjecture.

Reality would soon demonstrate the truth, and Rui would be able to find out for himself whether he was stronger than Nel, or weaker.

Currently, his three biggest threats were Nel, Kane and Fae. Although there were other strong Martial Artists, like the seniors from the batch before them. Rui had sparred against them, and did not think they were in the top three threats, still he did not dismiss them either.

Soon the matchups were announced. Since there were seventy-nine, one student would be left out every time. But this didn't matter, because every student will have faced every other student by the time the month ended.

Rui skimmed through the matchups, barely able to contain his excitement, looking for his matchup.

He looked.

Looked some more.

And a little more.

he couldn't

don't tell me...') Rui's eyes flew wide open. Could it be that his luck was so horrible, that he

for fuck's sake!" He

would have to contain his energy and

paused. "Maybe that's not such a bad

he was wary of. Giving him a chance to grasp their prowess, and understand how strong they had grown, maybe even gain data for the VOID

but it was better than nothing. The others had already dispersed as their matchups and assigned sparring rings had already been decided. He walked over

He knew a lot about Fae and Kane, he even knew most of their techniques, having spent two years with them. He also knew which technique Kane had mastered in recent times. As

the two it was, it was unlikely to make

had seen Nel fight only once since he joined the Academy. That

fight, keeping a close eye

do more than just subconsciously evaluate danger. Before, strong creatures and Martial Artists left an invisible

him the impression of a savage wild animal. He didn't know how a

of

was the same stance he had taken in his fight against Felix nearly two years ago, how was it possible for

curved to the other side, all

much torque for kicks. She'd placed all her weight on one

immediately concluded she was going to loose. Primordial Instinct combined with a lifetime of experience and research into combat psychology allowed him to evaluate his opponents far more accurately and precisely than anybody else in his generation. Perhaps even

to pose a threat to either Rui

her.') Rui narrowed his eyes as he concentrated on their fight, he

The supervisor commenced the

dashed towards Nel with a fierce expression. He body contorted as she tried her best to

BAM

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