The Martial Unity

The Roschem Manor welcomed Rui as a guest and he was given his own guest room to stay at. This was a luxury beyond Rui's expectations. Fiona chattered with him a lot as they waited for the commencement of the mission.

He'd learned a lot more about Fiona by that point. She was a grade-ten Martial Apprentice, even after the update of the Martial Artist grade system. Which meant her prowess was the real deal.

"By the way." She said at one point. "Do you want to spar?"

Rui's eyes lit up in interest as he considered her offer.

"Sure." He nodded. He had considered the same thing, but he wasn't sure if it was wise to challenge her in her own home after she had invited him. "I've been wanting a rematch for more than a while."

"Alright." She grinned. "Let's get started then."

She took him to a sparring facility inside the Roschem Residence., making him sigh at how rich and loaded her family was. He had visited the Arrancar Manor before and had seen something similar there as well, but that was more than three years ago. Back then he lacked the contextual understanding as to how ridiculous it was, unlike his current self.

"This is meant to withstand the power of Martial Apprentices." She told him. "We can go all out here without a worry."

"Honestly..." Rui scratched his head. "It's gonna need to do more than just withstand the power of Martial Apprentices for us to truly be unworried."

She smiled at those words. "Don't worry, we'll be fine."

"Alright, if you say so." Rui shrugged.

of the servants served

one of the reasons Rui wanted to face her. She was an all-rounder Martial Apprentice who was capable of

to exercise his

atmosphere grew heavy as the two

"Begin!"

WHOOSH

hesitate to launch a barrage of powerful yet swift attacks. She had a much better understanding of his Martial Art since the last time they fought. She knew that

true strength did not come from overwhelming physical parameters but the freakish way he was able to adapt and evolve to his opponent with accurately timed and placed movements with high precision. Thus, prior to his change

her surprise, overwhelming him was much harder than

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

weaved as he evaded every single one of her attacks. His

functioning faster than what was possible in

of ridiculous reactions after he did his so-called adaptive evolution thingy. But she was pretty

And she was right.

battle cognition upgrade that he had gained from the Mindmirror symbiote brain. His reactions and reflexes had all improved significantly thanks

percent. Despite possessing greater movement speed than Rui, she simply

she was

CLAP!

loud sound that disoriented

she had used. Infrasonic sound waves were sound waves at

high-density infrasonic sound that would disorient the