The Martial Unity

"Take your stances." The supervisor instructed.

Both Hever and Kane took their regular stances.

"Begin!" The supervisor commenced the fight.

Immediately, Hever leaped, reaching the very corner of the ring.

This was the strategy that Fae had used. It had failed miserably when she tried it, however, Rui suspected Hever was different.

For one, Hever was a counter-offensive specialist, he would be able to handle invisible impacts much better than Fae did since he was quicker with his muscle memory.

Of course, this did not mean he could effectively counter Kane completely, but it was likely better than standing in the middle of the ring.

Still, Rui did not think highly of Hever's chances. His compatibility against Kane was horrible. One of the worst, in fact.

Because his prowess came solely from the Meteor Swing technique, anything that threatened to bypass the technique as a whole threatened him immensely.

Which is exactly what the Void Step technique did. However, Hever likely had some muscle memory countermeasure for strikes after they impact, so he had some minor hope of throwing Kane out the ring as long as he managed to grab onto Kane after he landed the strike. As long as he fought cleverly, which he was capable of, he might be able to pull a draw.

However, that still wasn't the biggest reason Rui didn't think highly of his chances.

Up on the ring, Kane was stationary. For the first time, he hadn't immediately activated the Void Step technique. It was a bit risky, and he did not want to give Hever's muscle memory a chance.

Instead, he put his right foot behind, and put his hands on the ground in front. Taking a stance resembling sprinter's starting position.

Rui smiled, excited. He was going to witness something he rarely did.

The Godspeed technique.

Through a build-up of energy in the muscles, the Godspeed technique allowed Martial Apprentices to obtain speeds on par with Martial Squires.

It was a technique that allowed Kane to ascend to a higher Realm for just a moment.

was that it required a vulnerable starting position, leaving Kane open to attacks that he could do nothing about while in that stance prior to activating the technique. But once that was accounted for, almost no Martial Apprentice could possibly handle that technique. The weakness was the reason the technique was only at grade ten potency, if Kane could reach Martial Squires of speed any time

the shortcoming. The technique was so powerful that even Squire Kyrie had to stop momentarily stop holding

As for Hever...

Rui shook his head.

happened, the outcome

Suddenly, the pressure escalated!

Everybody froze, wide-eyed.

Even Hever was stunned.

and Nel simply

former had seen Kane use the technique. Primordial Instinct was blaring

slowed, even more

He launched himself.

he did, cracked the barrier of

BOOM!

a shockwave

BOOM!

stopped at the

been launched flying, he bounced and skidded over to

fight had ended. It was

frozen

with

"Hey." He said.

idea using Godspeed instead of Void

said. "Your fight

glancing at

had had only two opponents left; Nel and

win these, he would go on to win the preliminary contest and be chosen as representative. Although his track record was

at the very least he was able to make the best preparations

can rest knowing I gave it my very

intention of letting