The Martial Unity

"Moving onto our next battle! On one hand we have Representative Byron Harth and his Gentle Sting Style representing the Brillix branch. And on the other hand, we have Kaerts Omegde and his Soul Reader Style! Let's welcome them with a round of applause."

The two men entered the arena, earning an eruption of cheers from the audience.

Rui raised an eyebrow at their heavy presence.

They were strong.

"Take your stances." The referee instructed.

Byron Harth extended his left leg forward as he crouched his right leg. His arms positioned themselves in front of him, with all fingers except the index and middle fingers bent.

Rui recalled that Fae and Kane had told him that Byron's Martial Path and Martial Art were centered around nerve targeting.

The nervous system of the human body was responsible for the functioning of the human body in many ways, Rui wasn't even sure what Byron was capable of. He intended to pay close attention to his combat style and make a profile centered around him as well.

As for Kaerts, he wasn't sure what to make of that strange name. Neither of his friends knew much about him either. They only knew that he was the son of a Martial Master.

He simply took a simple neutral stance, making him all the more mysterious in Rui's eyes.

"Begin!" The referee commenced the match.

Byron immediately dashed towards Kaerts, launching several finger poking attacks.

WHOOSH

Kaerts evaded the attack incredibly cleanly, he moved almost the very bare minimum needed to avoid the attack. What struck Rui as interesting was that he didn't strike Rui as an evasive type, yet he possessed high evasive capabilities.

Perhaps this had something to do with his Martial Art.

WHOOSH

WHOOSH

WHOOSH

avoiding each of Byron's finger jabs with unbelievable timing. Rui's eyes knitted with confusion and amazement as a certain

Rui noted. ('His evasive motion begins as or just before Byron

at the Apprentice Realm. Kane was one of them, with his excellent reflexes and agility, he was able to often evade as early as possible. Rui was also one of them, with the VOID algorithm supported

Kaerts was certainly not an evasive-type like Kane was, and

frowned. "There's

quite quickly." Squire Kyrie raised an eyebrow. "I

this early... As well as the name

"Quite likely." Kyrie nodded.

was the case, then it

what is he sensing if that is the case?') Rui wondered. ('And how is he

a lot of attention to his movements, trying to understand what

event occurred. Byron actually skidded just a bit under a particularly slippery part of the arena when setting up a kick, disbalancing him as he launched the kick. Normally, this was a

did it not fail, the kick mysteriously landed straight

POW

that sight in surprise, he would have been able to dodge that thanks to the

well could have been

eyes as an idea formed in his

favour. All he had needed was

POW POW POW

finger jabs that had very little power in them. He had sacrificed weight

jabs, they strangely affected

THUD

knee all of

BAM!