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.

in a higher Realm of

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

Rui whispered,

research facility had succeeded. They had managed to discover the

was able to maintain some semblance of composure. He adopted a stance in defiance.

woman adopted a bull-rushing

of his reverie. "Shit.

was the only one who dove to the side. The other four were frozen, not even Nel had been able

bellowed with terror as the woman launched herself at the

BOOM!!!

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

tore the

herself with would absolutely have killed the

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

over their heads crashing through a part of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until her

She... missed?

mind-boggled he just stared at

in shocked confusion. The woman got

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

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 techniques that can handle the power of Martial

designed to be compatible with the power of a Martial Squire?" Rui had asked him

pointed look at Rui back

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

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

forget Squire-level techniques!') Rui realized. ('She hasn't even gotten used to her

Dylon. The combination of her

more accurate to think of her as

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

mind, they were already

was a Martial Squire. They were going

in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of

of them, focusing all of his mind on them. The sheer pressure