The Martial Unity

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Rui released an onslaught of heavy blows, each bolstered by Vital Pressure and Outer Convergence. Dalen simply guarded against each of them. He was one of the few people in the entire Academy who could straightforwardly withstand Rui's full power.

Although Rui didn't hit as hard as Fae or Nel, there weren't many people who hit harder than him. Outer Convergence was an incredibly difficult and powerful techniques that was just a few grades short of being grade ten, only senior striking specialists could over power in a contest of blows.

POW

Rui's strike found itself wiggling through his guard and striking his throat, earning a grimace for him. Dalen was just too rock solid, it would take him forever, if ever at all, to wear him down with ordinary strikes.

That's why Rui had aimed for vulnerable and vital areas with Vital Pressure, and tried his best to harm them with Outer Convergence.

Throat.

Solar Plexus.

Testicles.

Eyes.

Even the nose, for momentary incapacitation.

Rui didn't even bother trying to strike his honed muscles or his rock-solid bones. Only through these vital areas could Rui possibly hurt him.

POW

Rui down with blows. To his surprise, Rui didn't even bother trying to block his

too meagre to defeat Rui. Rui didn't even bother blocking them, he simply used Inner Divergence, Acute Edge and Elastic Shift to completely negate

forward launching waves of attacks on Dalen, who did his best to withstand all of them while

not be fought only via defense, Dalen was very cognizant of this fact. But his offense bounced off Rui like a

on vital areas

of Outer Convergence nor were there any techniques barring a grade ten technique peak Apprentice-level technique that allowed the

vulnerable areas were targeted, the only

the one fighting him, he would have

he quicker because he was lighter, but his movement speed had increased significantly thanks to Outer Convergence. Furthermore, with

very difficult to cope with for Dalen, especially when Rui had extremely impressive and inhumanly

him with Phantom Step. Dalen simply couldn't cope with numerous techniques, many of which

unstoppably dominant that Dalen simply could do no more than turtle up and simply

FLICK

kick. Rui had become so sharp at predicting Dalen with the VOID algorithm boosted by Primordial Instinct that he was able to intercept things that normally would be impossible to

fell sideways as he had no crutch

BOOM

foot on the ground, Dalen simply couldn't prevent being launched. Since Rui pushed instead of colliding a strike against him, all of his defensive techniques

what Rui had been

THUD

to the ground until he eventually managed

least painful way