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

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

into Gale, leaving him reeling. He just barely managed to throw up a guard as Rui pummeled him

Gale leaped back, grimacing.

Gale panicked when he saw Rui dashing

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

Rui didn't

CLASP

to reduce

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,

CRACK

the user to dislocate and break arms as long as

of these conditions were

his timing immensely. The VOID algorithm allowed him to consciously and actively analyze,

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

Despite the advantageous position Rui had, he didn't give up and ruthless

injury, but in the world

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

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

exhaled deeply, getting up slowly, before throwing

He meant it.

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

Rui 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 up yet though.