The Martial Unity

He lashed at Rui, swinging his clawed hand at him wildly.

WHOOSH

BAM!

Rui somersaulted out of the attack, landed a powerful drop kick on the man's head. Vranil grimaced as he swung at Rui once more.

Rui intercepted strike at the middle of his forearm, careful to avoid his hand.

FLIP

Vranil's eyes flew wide open as the world turned upside-down. Rui had cleanly flipped him using Flow Flux. Under ordinary circumstances, Rui would not have been able to but Vranil's state of mind was not conducive to stability.

PEW

Rui's toe flew, whistling as it cut through the air and buried itself in his throat.

"ARGH!" He choked as he landed on his head.

BAM!!

Rui soccer-kicked him to the head, sending his body flying across the forest, breaking past some trees. Even if the man was strong, Rui's raw power was immense.

Having mastered two highly-powerful high-grade techniques; Outer Convergence and Flame Breathing, as well as Adamant Reforging which also significantly increased the impact his fists were able to deliver had reached a whole different level. With four techniques in total amplifying his power, every strike of his was remarkably heavy. As far as he knew, only Fae, Ian and Fiona surpassed him in raw power.

Well, Vranil did as well. But his defense wasn't nearly as good. Even he couldn't shrug off such a powerful impact to the head.

He got up groggily.

BLINK

PEW!

Rui used Blink to pierce him yet again. Vranil stumbled unsteadily as he breathed heavily as he closed the new wound Rui had just inflicted on him.

He tried to gather his bearings, but Rui was just overwhelming. Had he been in peak physical and mental condition, he would have performed much better. But he was psychologically and physically far away from his peak. Rui's schemes and plans had affected him negatively in many ways, physically and psychologically.

Furthermore, he noticed Rui had changed. The pressure he exerted on Vranil had been rising, bit-by-bit. His fighting style slowly and gradually morphed as it flowed, changing forms.

Vranil felt weaker

and sharper. He had begun

Every attack.

Every defense.

Every evasion.

of it crumbled. Rui mercilessly crushed all of

made was made to defeat him. Every step, ever shift, every swing and thrust, even the tiniest of twitches. Each movement

eyes widened as he met the boy's sharp

He felt transparent.

He felt naked.

felt as though Rui saw

through his Martial

through the depths of

Saw through, and denied.

Denied his success.

Denied his accomplishments.

his pride as a

his Martial Art, and even

his eyes, Rui had become the Antithesis;

a new light in Vranil's eyes. It was as

his foe made, Vranil felt like his

as though his very Martial

He felt despair.

his own Martial Art to the

Rui

flaw. Every Imperfection. Every trace

They came to life.

though Rui had given them life. They came to life and began eating away at his Martial Art. They ate away at his Martial Art

him. He hadn't felt this weak since he was a human, before he discovered his

he

It was gone.

that was left

see was the Antithesis that had

their vitality as he

BAM!!

Canon crashed into his gut, sending him flying away at tremendous speeds, breaking past a few trees until one finally stopped

THUD

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