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

strike away while simultaneously using Flowing Canon once he

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.

to let him recuperate and regain his bearings, he rushed in. Gale panicked when he saw Rui dashing in, feeling an immense amount of mental pressure from

another feint. This time he was a bit more prepared, he didn't

didn't dodge

CLASP

let the strike hit him, moving with it to reduce the impact while simultaneously grasping Gale's arm

The Binding Lash technique.

the realm of striking which is where his specialty lied. In the domain of

CRACK

technique allowed the user to dislocate and break arms as long as the timing was

of these

VOID algorithm allowed him to consciously and actively analyze, evaluate and make a decision, while

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

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

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

was far too excruciating and even if Gale somehow broke through, he had no chance of winning with a mangled

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

slowly, before throwing a bitter smile at Rui.

He meant it.

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

offered a hand to Gale's good hand.

that he had 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