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

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

Rui whispered,

succeeded. They had managed to discover the secret to the

from her, crashing onto them. Rui was the only one who was able to maintain some semblance of composure.

woman adopted a bull-rushing

snapped out of

dove to the side. The other four were frozen, not even

woman launched herself

BOOM!!!

herself at a with an astronomic speed

the

would absolutely have

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

crashing through a part of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until her tremendous momentum had

She... missed?

mind-boggled he just stared at her with an expression that was saturated

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

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

function mechanically different." Squire 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

they're just designed to be compatible with the power

and it's harder than it sounds." He had directed a pointed look at Rui back

in elation as tinge of hope entered his eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject in this

techniques! It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted

('She hasn't even gotten used to her own

of her unaccustomed demeanor and

accurate to think of

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

mind, they

Martial Squire. They were

had already taken her mindset, but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It would only be if all of them

of them, focusing all of his mind on them.