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

was a sensation that only those at a far deeper depth of their

Rui

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

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

adopted a bull-rushing stance,

of his

The other four were frozen, not even Nel had

terror as the woman launched

BOOM!!!

an astronomic speed

tore the

power she had launched herself with would absolutely have killed the four of them

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

flying far over their heads crashing through a part of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until her tremendous momentum had finally

She... missed?

just stared at her with an expression

of them who had been paralyzed turned over in shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet

then that Rui understood. His mind flashed back to a conversation he'd had with

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 it is not meant to handle our power. Squire-level techniques are simply

they're just designed to be compatible with the power of

sounds." He had directed a pointed

his eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely likely that she had only very recently broken through to

impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana even had any Squire-level techniques in the

hasn't even gotten

Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of her unaccustomed demeanor and her lack of Squire-level techniques meant

accurate to think of her

and rectify her whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush over and resume

her mind, they were

a Martial Squire. They were

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

all of his mind on them. The sheer pressure he exerted drew their attention in an