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 struck

away while simultaneously using Flowing Canon once he reached

into Gale, leaving him reeling. He just barely managed to

Gale leaped back, grimacing.

rushed in. Gale panicked when he saw Rui dashing in, feeling an immense amount of mental pressure from Rui's Martial

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

didn't dodge or

CLASP

reduce the impact while simultaneously grasping Gale's arm with

The Binding Lash technique.

of defeating Gale, dragging outside the realm of striking which

CRACK

technique allowed the user

these conditions

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

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

struggling with everything he had. Despite the advantageous position Rui had, he

had this been on Earth, this might have been a career ending injury, but in the world

and even if Gale somehow

sigh of relief. He did not enjoy the act of inflicting pain on others. He carefully let

exhaled deeply, getting up slowly, before throwing a bitter smile at Rui. "You're truly

He meant it.

along with the perfect fight that he'd displayed from start to finish. Rui had shown him just how big the gap between them was. Gale had spent a long time in the Academy, and even with his mediocre growth, he had come to accumulate more power than most Apprentices in the Academy currently. But Rui

a hand to

would not be chosen as the representative of the Academy. "I haven't given up