The Martial Unity

"I think... we might not die today." The head researcher shook his head.

Subject SQ007 had been woken up, briefed and dispatched. There was a set of loud terrifying explosions later before silence reigned again.

The surviving researchers were too terrified to leave the confined of their little hideout, but they had begun to suspect that perhaps the job was done.

After all, she was a Martial Squire. There was no way she would lose to Martial Apprentices. The researchers were well aware of her shortcomings and drawbacks. She did not possess a single Squire-level Martial Art technique, only the Apprentice-level techniques that were no longer compatible with her. Furthermore, she had only very recently completed her breakthrough and wasn't too familiar with the power of a Martial Squire.

Still.

She was a Martial Squire.

There was no way she would not win easily.

Right?

"Not unless there's an extraordinary grade-ten Martial Apprentice with an unbelievable Martial Art..." He pondered, before shaking his head.

There was no way that could happen.

Suddenly;

RUMBLE!

"Woah!"

The very facility began shaking as the researchers fell to the ground losing their balance, scrambling fear.

"What is happening?!"

On the other end of the facility, a horrifying conflict had commenced.

BOOM!

WHOOSH

She had crossed the distance between her and Rui in the smallest of instances. Her body twisted as she generated unprecedented power into an attack.

The very air shivered in fear as she launched a devastating attack.

Yet, to her surprise;

WHOOSH

Rui managed to evade her attack.

A combination of prediction based on center of gravity and distance analysis, Primordial Instinct, four maneuvering techniques and one breathing technique just barely allowed him to avoid the attack cleanly.

Yet, she wasn't done.

BAM!

swift speedy kick swung at

BOOM!

barely managing to guard in time. She immediately lashed out

POW!

her

had tried to throw

shifted to Kane despite the Void Step

BAM!

caught up, landing a kick

Fae and Hever immediately arrived, trying

Artists were clear on one thing; Rui

thought so merely because he was clearly the strongest among them. That was true, certainly, yet the Martial Apprentices knew

stronger the longer a fight

had access to, the more accurate and precise the predictive model was. The stronger his adaptive evolution

battle for as long as possible and ensure Rui

an immense amount of faith

WHOOSH

managed to avoid yet another attack, yet he was

Martial Squire lashed out to exploit the opportunity, aiming to kill him with a powerful blow in that

Yet;

POW!

BAM!

had just barely managed to intervene in time, launching powerful and swift blows at

blocked both of them,

alone sent shivers down their

flung them away, yet before she could even

BAM!!!

blow landed

barely managed to bruise

CLASP

muscle memory activated as

BOOM!!

shook as he did his best to swing

"Insignificant."

voice shook him as he felt boundless pressure

She was unharmed.

BAM!!

grimaced, coughing blood, as a swift kick propelled him across the

as she lashed out at her. Yet before her strike could

CLASP

had caught

WOBBLE

stumbled as Rui activated

WHOOSH

missed Fae due

would be because she wasn't accustomed to it. She had not developed the muscle memory of active balance

charged him, looking for a takedown. She would be able