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He had complete faith in Rui winning his fight. After seeing how strong Rui had become, he had almost no doubt that Rui was the strongest Martial Apprentice in the modern era. Furthermore, he knew Rui would not have appreciated his intervention.

"How's the rest of the battle going?" Rui asked as he turned back.

It was impossible to confine a large number of Martial Apprentice battles over a small volume of space. It was too dangerous for each one of them, and a single attack from their blind spot could critically injure or kill them, and none of them were willing to take that risk.

Thus, the battle had spread out over a large area.

"Hard to say when there's so much happening," Kane replied. "Anyways, let's return to the battle immediately."

"Sure thing."

The two immediately dashed back.

Rui immediately saw a Martial Apprentice of the Kandrian Empire getting overwhelmed by an enemy Martial Artist. He quickly dashed over, looking to intervene.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

He threw a flurry of strikes, which his opponent successfully dodged cleanly.

('Evasive maneuverer. But not nearly as good as Kane.') Rui mused.

BAM!

Rui managed to land a strike on him after faking him out with Phantom Step. His opponent grimaced, struggling to endure even a single attack. Defense wasn't his strong suit, clearly.

He tried retreating, being painfully aware that he couldn't defeat Rui. Yet Rui had no intention of letting him go.

BAM!

intercepted him with Tempestuous Ripple at a distance, causing him to collapse. He turned around in fear and Rui

POW!

triggered blunt force trauma that caused him to collapse

Rui sighed.

BOOM!

tremendous power at the unconscious Martial Apprentice's

CRACK

immediately turned back to

alright?" Rui

nodded, looking at Rui with

direction of the main battle. "Alright, time to

few opponents could last long against him. Regardless of whether they

making a visible impact on the battle all by himself. Yet to his surprise, he wasn't the biggest impact

WHOOSH

BAM!

enemy Martial Apprentice with the

('He chained the Godspeed technique with

was the fact that it required preparation in advance which left the user vulnerable to being attacked. However, by completing that preparation while using the Void Step technique, he had reduced the probability that he would be attacked during the preparation significantly. After all, an overwhelming majority of Martial

could now use the Godspeed technique much more freely than he normally would ever be able to use. This made him far more dangerous

I'm not careful, he might even be able to defeat me.')

had gotten updated. It meant that he was very close to

circumstances than Rui was. Rui was at his best when facing off against a single opponent, whereas Kane was best suited in chaotic circumstances with distracted

the battlefield, taking one Martial Apprentice down after the other. Soon

Martial Apprentices heading towards the battlefield from the