The Martial Unity

A drop of sweat trickled down Julian's face as he watched Rui and Fiona facing off at each other with anxious tensions. All of the children were silent for once, staring at the two representatives facing each other off, not blinking.

Julian had seen wonders in the time that they had spectated the Martial Contest. He had witnessed the Martial Artists accomplish magical things one after the other. It shaken his worldview. Although he had worked with research teams that conducted research on Martial Art, he hadn't quite seen anything remotely comparable to this.

However, what truly caught his attention was seeing a side of his brother that he hadn't seen. Rui was normally very pleasant, but when he stepped on the ring, he had become incredibly intimidating and scary. He was also very strong, having made it to the finals.

Yet even Julian couldn't help but feel quite anxious when he saw that Rui had to face that monster girl who thrashed everyone she fought against.

He hoped Rui would be fine.

He was not the only one who felt that way.

"How do you think it's going to go?" Fae asked in a different section of audience stands.

"He has an uphill battle." Hever said calmly.

Kane didn't reply. He hated to admit it, but Fiona was stronger than he'd imagined. They were of the same age, but he didn't think he could beat her. In fact, the only reason they could even have a competitive match was because Kane had the Void Step technique.

He simply ignored Fae and stared at the duo.

"Take your stances." The referee instructed, down at the arena.

Fiona didn't move. However, Rui did expect this. He raised his heels of the ground, lightly hopping. It was a stance that facilitated agility.

"Begin!"

WHOOSH

an instant, launching a

WHOOSH

flicked onto her face. She hadn't expected Rui

not only evaded her attack but spun as he threw a

BAM!

portion of the impact with Inner Divergence, shocked at her power. Only Fae could surpass her force,

POW POW POW!

a flurry of strikes against him. Rui turtled up as he retreated, trying to mitigate the impacts as much as he could and open up some distance between them. Yet she launched herself at him, throwing a wild haymaker

WHOOSH

thanks to a combination of the VOID algorithm, Primordial Instinct and the Phantom Step. However, the importance of the role his enhanced mind could not be downplayed either. All of these together resulted

his reactions in close quarters like she did nearly

mild frown flashed across her

defenses stronger. Her offense power was overwhelming. Every single one of her strikes was on par with

BAM!

high, surpassing his. He was able to compensate with his special circumstances, but not to the degree where he could evade even half her strikes, let alone all. Only Kane could

POW POW POW!

throwing a barrage of strikes at him. Each strike was extremely painful, bruising him

was not

WHOOSH

BAM!

he charged with every ounce of his power, as he threw the strongest

BAM!

skidded away a bit as

make too big a difference. But it was the first strike he had cleanly landed

out at him, yet

WHOOSH

cleanly evaded her