The Martial Unity

POW POW POW

WHOOSH

Kane peppered Rui with many strikes, evading a wild haymaker smoothly. On the outside, it seemed as though Kane was furiously punishing Rui, determined to win.

Yet unbeknownst to anybody, perhaps even Rui himself, Kane was rather melancholic. He truly hoped Rui had a way to defeat him, but it seemed this wasn't the case. It had been quite some time since the match had begun, yet as time passed by, the odds of victory of Rui seemed to grow dimmer and dimmer.

Rui soon abandoned offense and focused purely on defense, being pushed to the edge bit by bit. Although his defense was solid, not being able to engage in any proactive defense because he couldn't see Kane's attacks meant that even Kane's meagre offense was able to push him back and secure more and more space over time.

BAM!

Kane hit Rui with a powerful pushing kick, shoving him to the edge of the ring.

Kane sighed to himself.

It was time.

He rushed towards Rui from an unconventional angle with a charged attack and a heavy attack.

Every detail of this fight would reach the ears of his family, one way or another, they had too much influence.

How could he possibly justify not taking this juicy opportunity?

He couldn't, especially when he exploited such opportunities in all his previous matches, and the fact that it was, frankly, common sense.

He sighed inwardly. It was a shame. But he didn't intend to blame Rui. He had done his best and it was unfair to expect more than that.

Rui. Kane's eyes widened as he saw the briefest

Rui crouched launching an incredibly swift sweeping kick towards

that losing his balance while moving towards at the edge of the ring would instantly mean he would fly out of the ring. Rui's crouching sweeping kick seemed to be aimed at ringing out Kane or at least a simultaneous ring-out with both of them for

did Rui know when and where to

He didn't know.

But it didn't matter.

cleanly. The

what happened next

WHOOSH

The attack disappeared.

It was a feint!

moved much, just enough

flew wide open as his he stared at Rui, who stared right back at him

PEW!

soared, cutting through the air as Rui propelled forward as fast as he

This was his goal!

Kane's position at all times, it wasn't enough. Kane's evasive skill and capability was so high he could easily avoid Rui's attacks even if Rui knew where he vaguely was at. This

what could

was simple, either outmaneuver Kane's evasiveness with

well-timed combination of Blink and Phantom Step, but if he could not see Kane, then Blink was completely

the few solutions he had managed to think about via the

mid-air, then his evasiveness was almost entirely useless. He had feinted a committed sweeping kick, where he threw everything into it, meaning it would be hard to do anything else. This gave Kane the confidence to leap to

This was his blunder.

mid-air. He

threat to Kane. Even Nel had avoided them,