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

had feinted with Phantom Step to draw his strike away while simultaneously using Flowing Canon once he reached

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

Gale leaped back, grimacing.

Rui wasn't kind enough 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

another feint. This time he was a bit more prepared, he didn't want to be

didn't dodge

CLASP

reduce the impact while

The Binding Lash technique.

most apt way of defeating Gale, dragging outside the realm of striking which is

CRACK

cleanly dislocate his arm. The Binding Lash technique allowed the user to dislocate

of these conditions

his defense but counter-offense as well, allowing him to increase the accuracy of his timing immensely. The VOID algorithm allowed him to consciously

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

position Rui had, he didn't give up and ruthless pressed and twisted the already dislocated

in the world of Gaea, within the Martial Art,

times, indicating his resignation. The pain was far too excruciating and even if Gale somehow broke through, he had no chance

grip with a sigh of relief. He did not enjoy the act of inflicting pain on others. He carefully let go of Gale's arm, not

getting up slowly, before throwing

He meant it.

just how big the gap between them was. Gale had spent a long time in the Academy, and even with his

a hand to Gale's

Gale said, now that he had lost to Rui this cleanly, even if he won every other fight, he almost would not be chosen as the representative of the Academy. "I haven't given up yet though. On becoming