The Martial Unity

"..."

"..."

Rui stared at him.

Nel stared back at him.

"You... what?"

"Broke through without em."

"No, surely..."

"Nope."

Rui tilted his head with incredulous confusion.

Broke through to Martial Apprentice without learning a single technique? What sort of nonsense was that?

Rui wasn't even sure what to say to that.

He wasn't even sure he believed him.

Was he lying to get Rui to lower his guard so he could later unveil them?

Looking at his sincere clueless expression, Rui shook his head, this guy was serious.

But wasn't that even more absurd?

"You... What is your Martial Path?"

"Take your stances." The supervisor had arrived, and quickly told them to be ready.

"Heh." Nel chuckled as he crouched, letting his arms dangle freely.

"My Martial Path is to beat everyone up using my body alone." He declared, his aura growing more feral by the second.

"..."

Rui's eyes flew wide open at those words.

For the very first time, he had run into someone with a Martial Path even more obtuse than his own!

"Take your stance." The supervisor insisted to Rui.

"I see..." Rui ignored him, staring straight at Nel with a boundless fascination and excitement.

He just couldn't wait!

"...My Martial Path is to beat everyone up with my VOID alone."

Rui adopted a neutral all-rounder stance, dividing his weight perfectly, positioning his arms and legs to be equally conducive to offense, defense and maneuvering.

"Fuuu..." He exhaled.

His mind went blank.

There was nothing.

And slowly...

He focused.

mental energy his mind had bloomed

He focused.

of physical energy

in amazement despite the

grew by the second, pouring onto him from a boundless

how strong was

Nel wanted to know.

He grinned as the savage weight of an apex

mental pressure the two boys generated

no one could

a single person could draw their eyes

the supervisor commenced the

RUMBLE

which Nel had launched himself sent tremors

He snarled as he launched

WHOOSH

powerful swing crashed into a feint,

BAM!

threw a powerful kick at his ribs from the side, but Nel simply blocked it,

POW POW POW

jabs. Rui leapt back, having calmly mitigated

strong as Nel was, even he couldn't overcome the combination of two mid-grade defensive techniques as

He grinned.

ordinary

capable of much

WHOOSH

burst forth with shocking explosive speed, launching

BAM

bruised his arm visibly despite

had he confirmed that he could not take too many

launched another

try

WHOOSH

feint. He used Balanced Direction and Parallel Walk, to circle around

BAM BAM BAM

launched a flurry

powered with Outer Convergence

it was

land a clean strike on

"Tsk." Rui retreated.

aren't doing

WHOOSH

with the help of Primordial

Or so everyone thought.

Nel charged at him with a

BOOM!!

clash shook the

the sheer display

the max with Balanced Direction and Parallel Walk,

fist hadn't

five Apprentice-level

The boys furiously fought.

Fists were exchanged.

Kicks were dodged.

Attacks were endured.

And defenses were sieged!

average offense, defense and speed were lower than Nel's. A

things up with

did, and allowed him to land more