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

with Phantom Step to draw his strike away while simultaneously using

just barely managed to throw up a guard as Rui pummeled him with short range

Gale leaped back, grimacing.

recuperate and regain his bearings, he rushed in. Gale panicked when he saw Rui dashing in, feeling an immense

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

Rui didn't

CLASP

moving with it to reduce the impact while simultaneously grasping Gale's

The Binding Lash technique.

defeating Gale, dragging outside the realm of

CRACK

Binding Lash technique allowed the user to dislocate and break arms as

of these

VOID algorithm allowed him to consciously and actively analyze, evaluate and make a decision, while the Primordial Instinct technique allowed him to execute the decision

but Rui

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

on Earth, this might have been a career ending injury, but in the world of Gaea, within the Martial Art, this

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,

Gale exhaled deeply, getting up slowly, before throwing a

He meant it.

the entire fight 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.

man." Rui offered a hand to Gale's good hand. "You're

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