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

impact

Step to draw his strike away while simultaneously using Flowing Canon once

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

Gale leaped back, grimacing.

panicked

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

didn't

CLASP

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

The Binding Lash technique.

VOID algorithm outputted a grapple counter as the most apt way of defeating Gale, dragging outside the realm of striking

CRACK

his arm. The Binding Lash technique allowed the user to

of these

allowing him to increase the accuracy of his timing immensely. The VOID algorithm allowed him to consciously and actively analyze, evaluate and make a decision, while the Primordial Instinct technique allowed him to

physically stronger by virtue of being much older, but Rui had nailed the timing too well, that shoulder's fate was already

excruciating pain he felt, Gale did give up, struggling with everything he had. Despite the advantageous position Rui had, he didn't give up and ruthless pressed and twisted

ending injury, but in the world of Gaea, within the Martial Art, this wasn't much of a big deal. Healing

excruciating and even if Gale somehow broke through, he had no chance of

not enjoy the act of inflicting pain on others. He carefully let go of Gale's arm, not wanting

getting up slowly, before throwing a bitter

He meant it.

to finish. Rui had shown him just how big the gap between them was. Gale had spent a long time in the Academy,

fight man." Rui offered 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