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

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unbelievable timing. Rui's eyes knitted with confusion and amazement as a certain realization dawned

man... He's not dodging the jabs as or even after they come.') Rui noted. ('His evasive motion begins as or just before

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

like Kane was, and he absolutely

"There's something strange

an eyebrow. "I was going to tell you after the

as the name of the Martial Art..." Rui's eyes narrowed. "Is

"Quite likely." Kyrie nodded.

was the case, then it could perhaps explain his remarkable

the case?') Rui wondered. ('And

to his movements, trying to understand what

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 blunder and would be exploited

did it not fail, the kick mysteriously landed straight

POW

have been able to dodge that thanks to the center of gravity evaluation system of the VOID algorithm, yet for some reason, it completely bypassed

could have

his eyes as

land in a strike by fluke, but it worked in his favour. All he had needed was one element to give him an opening. The fluke strike had landed

POW POW POW

three speedy close-range finger jabs that had very little power in them. He had sacrificed weight and momentum

despite being weak jabs, they strangely affected Kaerts

THUD

collapsed to one knee all of a sudden, seemingly

BAM!