The Martial Unity

The two dashed towards each other.

('I'm faster.') Rui realized.

Yet despite this, Gale's strike reached first.

WHOOSH

Rui dodged the strike.

Gale continued dishing an onslaught of strikes and Rui avoided all of them cleanly. Ever since he mastered Primordial Instinct, his timing had grown much sharper and more accurate. Its synergy with the VOID algorithm was truly impressive.

Gale didn't stop, his strikes were straight forward and had a huge range. He launched all of them from outside Rui's striking range, so Rui wasn't able to do much.

('He's a long-range striking specialist.') Rui realized. Each strike had a huge reach, and he launched them in a way that deliberately prevented Rui from reaching close enough to launch his own attacks.

Rui keenly observed this before making a decision, he stopped avoiding Gale and instead dashed against him once more.

A flash of surprise morphed into Gale's expression as he quickly launched a straight jab at Rui, growing even more surprised when he saw Rui didn't avoid them, and instead ran into it even faster. Just as the strike was about to hit Rui

WHOOSH

Rui disappeared.

('A feint!') Gale realized.

BAM

meteoric impact struck

his strike away while simultaneously

Outer Convergence, Parallel Walk and Balanced Direction had crashed into Gale, leaving him reeling. He just barely managed to throw up a guard as Rui pummeled him with short range blows boosted with the power of Outer Convergence and Vital

Gale leaped back, grimacing.

to let him recuperate and regain his bearings, he rushed in. Gale panicked when he saw Rui dashing in, feeling an immense amount of mental pressure from

a cautious strike at Rui, expecting another feint. This time he was a bit more prepared, he didn't want to

didn't

CLASP

with it to reduce the impact while simultaneously grasping Gale's arm with all four

The Binding Lash technique.

grapple counter as the most apt way of defeating Gale, dragging outside the realm

CRACK

The Binding Lash technique allowed the user to

of these

improved not just his defense but counter-offense as well, allowing him to increase the accuracy of his timing immensely. The VOID algorithm allowed him to

by virtue of being much older, but Rui had nailed the timing too well,

advantageous position Rui had, he didn't give

and damage to Gale, had this been on Earth, this might have been a career ending injury, but in the world of

pain was far too excruciating and even if Gale somehow broke

of relief. He did not enjoy the act of inflicting pain

before throwing a

He meant it.

them was. Gale had spent a long time in the Academy, and even with his mediocre

offered a hand to Gale's good hand.

won every other fight, he almost would not be chosen as the representative of the Academy. "I haven't given up