The Martial Unity

Rui needed to create some concrete countermeasures against the Void Step technique, but so far all he had were scraps of ideas.

('The biggest threat of the Void Step technique comes from its ability to bypass defense first, allowing the user to launch lethal attacks, and the second most annoying part about is the fact that it's exceedingly difficult to harm the user because they cannot be perceived.')

Rui needed a solution for both of these problems.

('Thankfully, Kane's offense is mediocre at best.') Rui sighed in relief. Kane spent most of his time on maneuvering techniques centered around evasion, agility and speed. His offense was nowhere near as solid as his evasive maneuvering. He also didn't have any high-grade lethal techniques like the Stinger, nor did he have any high-grade potent offensive techniques like Outer Convergence.

He had a much harder time mastering techniques that were not maneuvering or evasive in nature, since that was where his talent and affinity lied. This was also proven by how long he took to beat Gale, if he had a technique like Stinger, the match would have ended in seconds.

What this actually meant was that even if he could make it much more difficult for Rui to defend, it would still take him some amount of time to beat Rui, especially when Rui's defense was as solid as it was.

"What are you so engrossed about?" Kane asked, noticing Rui had zoned out of their discussion.

"Just thinking about how I'm going to fight you." Rui replied. "You've grown incredibly strong Kane."

"You'll figure it out." Kane shrugged, before smirking. "Probably. Maybe. Well, we'll see."

"You sure have faith in me." Rui grumbled grumpily, earning a mischievious chuckle from Kane.

"Don't worry." Fae interjected. "Even if Rui fails, I'll be sure to pummel you to the ground. You can thank me later."

Rui sighed as the two of them immediately began arguing and trash-talking each other again. Just as he was about to resume his brainstorming session on how to beat Kane, a voice drew his attention.

"Fae Dullahan." A staff member called to her. "You second match has been scheduled."

Fae mused, before nodding. "Catch you

was a real contender and candidate for the representative position, and

opponent..." Rui

senior Martial Apprentice

who was

well in this setting.')

stances." The

her waist and her other palm

brought both palms in front of her at chest-level, with one foot forward and the

noted. "She can't easily launch a single attack worth anything in that stance. That's stance meant to

"Makes sense." Dalen nodded.

to intercept Fae's attacks though?" Kane wondered

them could feel the coiling power in Fae's frame, especially Rui. The sheer amount of potential energy in her

didn't think it was

specialists could be quite tricky, because their battles were inherently

this meant was that they used a combination of their own energy as well as their

The supervisor commenced the

BOOM

Tarah, the force of her leap, sent a mild reverberation across the ring. Just as she reached Tarah, the coiled palm tucked at her waist lashed out like a viper. It was an incredibly powerful blow that even Rui did not

FHWOOP

reaching for Fae's palm. But she did not strike or push against it, nor did she try to block or stop it. Instead, she pulled it in, manipulating the trajectory of her palm while also

WHOOSH

midair, rotating as she summersaulted, landing on the other side of the