The Martial Unity

They all got into position, even if Nel urged rush forward and attack.

In the distance, a silhouette could be seen through the dust, walking in their direction.

STEP

STEP

STEP

It took its time.

Nothing out of the ordinary happened.

Yet, their eyes widened.

The air grew taut as an unimaginable amount of pressure crashed onto them. The air froze, and they haplessly followed suit.

Something was wrong.

Very wrong.

They felt primal fear arise from within their depths, crippling their body.

It was as though time itself had slowed down.

STEP

She emerged from the dust.

Completely naked.

Not a single shred of cloth covered her ample breasts or her pelvis. Yet the sight of her generated nothing but unparalleled fear in all of them.

Rui's eyes widened as he recognized the sensation Primordial Instinct was sensing.

This wasn't just fear.

This wasn't just danger.

Nay.

a sensation that only those in a higher

sensation that only those at a far deeper depth of their path could exert onto

Rui

had succeeded. They had managed to discover the secret to the Squire Realm just in

was able to maintain some semblance of composure. He

adopted a bull-rushing stance, aiming at

of

the only one who dove to the side. The other

terror as the woman launched herself at

BOOM!!!

launched herself at a with an astronomic speed that far exceeded even that

tore the very

had launched herself with would absolutely

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until her tremendous momentum had finally been killed, landing a

She... missed?

at her with

them who had been paralyzed turned over in shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet she wasn't pleased, she

then that Rui understood. His mind flashed back to a conversation

once told him long ago when Rui had asked him about the difference between Apprentice and Squire level techniques. "An Apprentice-level Martial Art technique simply

with the power

it sounds." He had directed a pointed look at Rui back then. "The difference between

as tinge of hope entered his eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely likely that she had

any Squire-level techniques! It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana even had any Squire-level techniques in the first

hasn't

Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of

more accurate to think of her as

whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately

they were already

Squire. They

Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It would only

on