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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timing. Rui's

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

people who were able to regularly do that 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 with Primordial Instinct, he possessed an incredibly high amount of foresight, and his

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

Rui frowned. "There's something

noticed quite quickly." Squire Kyrie raised an eyebrow. "I was going to tell you after

well as the name of the Martial Art..."

"Quite likely." Kyrie nodded.

was the case, then it

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

attention to his movements, trying to

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

it not fail, the kick

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to the center of gravity evaluation system of the VOID algorithm,

very well could have been a fluke,

Rui narrowed his eyes as an idea formed in his

managed to 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

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landed three speedy close-range finger jabs that had very little power in them. He had

being weak jabs,

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collapsed to one knee all of a sudden, seemingly

BAM!