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

Parallel Walk and Balanced Direction had crashed into Gale, leaving him reeling. He just barely managed

Gale leaped back, grimacing.

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

feint. This time he was a

didn't dodge

CLASP

moving with it to reduce the impact

The Binding Lash technique.

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

in pain as Rui managed to cleanly dislocate his arm. The Binding Lash technique allowed the user to dislocate and break arms as

of these conditions

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

by virtue of being much older, but Rui had nailed the timing too well, that shoulder's fate was

the excruciating pain he 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 the already dislocated joint, causing unimaginable agony

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 Art, this wasn't much of a big deal. Healing potions ensured that Gale would make a fully

three times, indicating his 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, not wanting

slowly, before throwing a bitter smile

He meant it.

start to finish. Rui had shown him just how big the gap between them was. Gale had spent a long

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

if he won every other fight, he almost would not be chosen as the representative of the Academy. "I