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

strike away while simultaneously using Flowing Canon once he reached striking

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

Gale leaped back, grimacing.

his bearings, he rushed in. Gale panicked when he saw Rui dashing in, feeling an immense amount of mental pressure

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

Rui didn't

CLASP

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

The Binding Lash technique.

algorithm outputted a grapple counter as the most apt way of defeating Gale, dragging outside the realm of striking which is where his specialty lied. In the domain of grappling, Rui had a clear undeniable

CRACK

technique allowed the user to

these

immensely. The VOID algorithm allowed him to consciously and actively analyze, evaluate and make

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

advantageous position Rui

had no qualms about inflicting pain and damage to Gale, had this been on Earth, this might have been a career ending injury, but in the world of Gaea, within the Martial

pain was far too excruciating and even if Gale somehow broke through,

enjoy the act of inflicting pain on others. He carefully let go of

deeply, getting up slowly, before throwing a bitter smile

He meant it.

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

offered a hand to Gale's good

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