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.

that only those in a higher Realm of existence could exert onto

those at a far deeper depth of their

Rui whispered,

to discover the

the only one who was able to maintain some semblance of composure. He adopted a stance

woman adopted a bull-rushing

out of his reverie.

The other four were frozen, not even Nel had been able

he bellowed with terror as the woman launched

BOOM!!!

a with an astronomic speed that far

body tore the

power she had launched herself with would absolutely have killed the

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

flying far over their heads crashing through a part of the wall many meters above the ground,

She... missed?

was so mind-boggled he just stared at her with an

confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet she wasn't

mind flashed back to a conversation he'd had with Squire Dylon

Dylon had 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 cannot utilize our full power because

designed to be compatible with the power of a Martial Squire?"

pointed look at Rui

clear she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely likely that she had only very recently broken through

meant she had not mastered any Squire-level techniques! It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana

Rui realized. ('She hasn't

Squire. She would be crushed by the likes of Squire Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of her unaccustomed

think of her as

leisurely, trying to analyze and rectify her whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush over and resume

mind, they

a Martial Squire.

worked in Rui's favour. If they

all of his mind on them. The sheer pressure he exerted