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 struck

draw his strike away while

crashed into Gale, leaving him reeling. He just barely managed to throw up a guard as Rui pummeled him with short range blows boosted with the

Gale leaped back, grimacing.

panicked when he saw Rui

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

didn't

CLASP

the strike hit him, moving with it to reduce the

The Binding Lash technique.

most apt way of defeating Gale, dragging outside the realm of striking which is where his specialty lied. In the domain of grappling,

CRACK

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

these conditions

accuracy 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 to execute the decision with great

but Rui had nailed

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

this been on Earth, this might have been a career ending injury, but in

pain was far too excruciating and even if Gale somehow broke through, he had no chance

his grip with a sigh of relief. He did not enjoy the act of inflicting

Gale exhaled deeply, getting up slowly, before throwing

He meant it.

him mentally 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. But Rui still beat him cleanly,

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

won every other fight, he almost would not be chosen as the