The Martial Unity

"Do you think that's part of a technique?" Fae had asked with concern when she saw Rui laughing like a mad man.

Kane had gazed at him even as he was being pummeled before replying with a smile. "No, he's just having fun."

Fae was about to reply when suddenly, Rui had caught Surman's Marliak fist cleanly, surprising both of them.

BAM!

He immediately launched a powerful blow, releasing his grip on Surman, sending him flying back.

Not a single person was unsurprised.

How did Rui go from being utterly dominated one second, to suddenly turning the tables around forcefully the very next?

Such things did not happen!

Up in the VIP viewing balcony, the headmaster of the Verlain branch raise an eyebrow, turning to headmaster Aronian.

"I do not understand Aronian." She said. "He clearly is not employing countermeasures against mental techniques, they affect him yet he breaks them too quickly."

"Hohoho..." Headmaster Aronian chuckled at her confusion. "Impressive little pup, isn't he?"

something to do with his mental tolerance of extended usage of mental rejuvenation potions that have been recorded in the database?" She

a bit more solemnly. "Frankly his case isn't entirely clear. However, with all the circumstantial evidence at hand. I have come to the conclusion that he's an unfathomable genius of the mind hitherto unheard of in the history of the Academy. This much is quite clear when you consider the nearly unparalleled IQ scores and from his entrance exam, the fact that he is also the only student in history to pass the final stage of the mental evaluation exam and the numerous other feats such as

his Martial Path has reached

of the headmasters reacted

even

Headmaster Aronian confirmed. "Somehow, he has already long fulfilled the first

Quarrier had truly walked such a great length down his Martial

for as long as he did. Ordinary mental techniques would have just bounced off of Rui. Even the extraordinary Void Step technique was only partially effective against his sensory techniques and his mind. The fact that Surman did as

POW POW POW!

were mental techniques, his defense was not all that impressive. He had had a dominant undefeated win streak in the preliminary contest of the Verlain branch simply by incapacitating his opponents with his mental manipulation techniques

been a very long time since he had been

POW!

to the

THUD

to

to the second round after a last-minute comeback against Surman Marliak! What an unexpected victory as the gambling

The crowd cheered excitedly!

who had just finished consuming a healing potion. "Great fight. You're

you, you're stronger

what Martial Art can do. I will be looking into them when we get back after the Martial Contest." He

up for a spar, if we can meet that is." Surman chuckled. "Good luck with the Martial Contest, I'm rooting for