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.

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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.

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finger jabs with unbelievable timing. Rui's eyes knitted with confusion

the jabs as or even after they come.') Rui noted. ('His evasive motion begins

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 with Primordial Instinct, he possessed an incredibly high amount of

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

Rui frowned. "There's

Kyrie raised an eyebrow. "I was going to tell you

evading this early... As well as the name of the Martial Art..." Rui's eyes narrowed. "Is it a

"Quite likely." Kyrie nodded.

that was the case, then it could

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

his

under a particularly slippery part of the arena when setting up a kick, disbalancing him as he launched the kick. Normally, this was a blunder and would be exploited by an experienced

not only did it not fail, the kick mysteriously landed straight

POW

raised an eyebrow at that sight in surprise, he would have been able to dodge that thanks to the

very well could have been a fluke,

Rui narrowed his eyes as an idea formed in

he had needed was one element to give him an opening. The fluke strike had landed square on Kaerts' nose causing pain and

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in them. He had sacrificed weight and momentum for speed, allowing him

being weak jabs,

THUD

to one knee all of

BAM!