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

Step to draw his strike away while simultaneously using Flowing Canon

of Flowing Canon, Outer Convergence, Parallel Walk and Balanced Direction had crashed into Gale, leaving him reeling. He just barely managed to throw up

Gale leaped back, grimacing.

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

didn't dodge or

CLASP

moving with it to reduce the impact

The Binding Lash technique.

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

CRACK

Rui managed to cleanly dislocate his arm. The Binding Lash technique allowed the user to dislocate and break arms as long as the timing was perfect

these

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

virtue of being much older, but Rui had nailed the

up, struggling with everything he had. Despite the advantageous position Rui had, he didn't give up and ruthless

on Earth, this might have been a career ending injury, but in the world of Gaea, within the Martial Art, this wasn't much of a big

arm three times, indicating his resignation. The pain was far too excruciating and even if Gale somehow broke through, he

act of inflicting pain on others. He carefully

Gale exhaled deeply, getting up slowly, before throwing a bitter smile

He meant it.

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

a hand to

fight, he almost would not be chosen as the representative of the Academy.