The Martial Unity

"On one hand we have representative Arjun Erigaisi and his Adamant Boulder style representing the Hrava branch! He's touted as the Adamant Boulder in the Martial Community for his impregnable defense! Join me in welcoming him!" The commentator declared.

The crowd burst into cheers and an applause.

Arjun Erigaisi entered the arena, immediately drawing all attention to him. His stature and physique were enormous, he was nearly seven-feet tall. He had the presence of a looming mountain towering over everybody that laid eyes on him!

"On the other hand, we have representative Servil Bisha and her Flickering Core style representing the Gragol branch. Known as the Flickering Ghoul in the Martial Community, none of you will want to miss out on this fight!"

Servil looked like she hadn't slept in a while. She had bags under her eyes. Yet she exuded an aura of peril. Primordial Sense did not even want to touch her.

She was one of the few Martial Artists that none of his friends new much about.

"Take your stances." The referee instructed.

Arjun adopted an incredibly defensive stance, as Rui expected. He divided his legs, stabilizing his balance and planting himself in one place firmly. His arms were in front of him, guarding him. It was a stance that was at the epitome of defense.

Servil instead adopted a rather neutral stance. Yet Primordial Sense still indicated to him that something was wrong. Her stance was quite tame, yet the danger she exuded was most certainly not.

"Begin!" The referee commenced the match.

Servil dashed towards Arjun as he remained stationary. She launched powerful several attacks at him.

POW POW POW

All of them bounced of his guard seemingly harmlessly. He didn't even seem to use any techniques.

"Conditioning?" Rui wondered.

Kyrie said. "He's conditioned the toughness of his body on every level. Skin, flesh, muscles

an eye, he had to admit that it was truly impressive. His defense put even Dalen to shame. At the rate the current battle

trust his instincts. He didn't think Servil

Soon, a changed occurred.

BAM!

he felt an immense amount of pain from

eyes narrowed. "What was

BAM BAM BAM

blows began hurting more! He

Squire Dylon realized. "I see.

is it, instructor Dylon?" Rui asked, raising

interiors. It's novel form of damage infliction that permeates impacts using vibrations. Thus, she's able inflict

eyes widened as he glanced back at her. He used Seismic Mapping

right.') Rui realized. ('Her entire body is

in for penetrative and permeating effects. They were used in drills to for greater penetrative effect, they were even used in medical technology for treatment of kidney stones where vibrations were used to break kidney stones

was using those very principles to inflict far greater damage on Arjun Erigaisi than

BAM BAM BAM

relentless

had underestimated Arjun's

up, going into full defensive and damage mitigation mode. This made

Arjun's body was conditioned so extensively and deeply, that even the permeation of her impacts deeper into his body were not enough to take him down in a short amount of

He felt pain in places deep within his body. His internal organs were sore, and there was a limit to how much he could toughen the vulnerable core of the human body, her powerful Apprentice-level power impacting him inside out was truly testing his defense and endurance

up as a challenge. As a competitive

was special

his Martial Path, diverging it from external influences and traversing deeper down his own