The Martial Unity

BAM!

Rui's eyes flew wide open as Ian struck him with a more powerful blow than ever before. Rui skidded away as he gazed at Ian with a surprised expression. Why was he suddenly stronger than before despite the wound?

Ian had a furious expression on his face. "You bastard...!"

He coughed up a little blood.

('He's pushing himself to the absolute limit.') Rui realized. Ian was essentially pushing himself to his peak at the cost of accelerating the deterioration of his condition.

WHOOSH

Ian abused Lightning Breathing even as blood splurted out of his wound, to move faster than he ever had, reaching Rui in an instant.

BOOM!

Rui grimaced as an immensely powerful blow crashed against his guard. His body shook with the impact as he leapt back. Even the combination of his three defensive techniques weren't able to mitigate the impact.

Rui's senses heightened as he realized they had entered the final phase of the battle.

He abandoned all offense and shifted all of his focus on evasion and defense. Whatever happened, he could not afford to make a mistake! A single mistake was all Ian needed to turn the tables around for himself.

WHOOSH

Rui carefully evaded a strike with a feint as he immediately activated his maneuvering techniques to open up distance between them.

However, Ian was relentless.

"RAARGH!" he snarled as he shook the very ground with the sheer force he was accelerating towards with Rui with.

WHOOSH

ducked sharply as he evaded yet another strike

BOOM!

a drop kick that cracked the ground

colosseum was absorbed into the

they were witnessing

yet, the clinch came

WHOOSH

BAM!

crashed into a feint as Rui sneaked past his

pain as he crouched clasping his

BAM!

out a flurry of wild attacks, but his

POW!

pushed his blunt

THUD

to the ground as

Quarrier!"

a moment,

crowd erupted in cheers

there you have it folks! The winner of this fight is representative Rui Quarrier! Against all odds he managed to overcome one of the favourites with a stunning victory! He moves onto the finals of the Martial Contest!" The commentator

threw a deep look at Ian, who was being treated. He did not respect his character, but he respected his power, his perseverance and his determination. He never gave up

the arena immediately

done my boy." Squire Dylon smirked,

have managed to reach the finals, win or lose this is an achievement you have

high chance of losing in the finals. She was just being more

were blunt in such circumstances, Dylon even managed to be funny about it.

Mia Marnt and her

cheers as the

her early twenties while Fiona was fifteen, like himself, furthermore she was short and petite for someone her age. It really