The Martial Unity

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!

at a distance, causing him to collapse. He turned around in fear

POW!

blunt force trauma that caused him to collapse

Rui sighed.

BOOM!

a blow with tremendous power at the unconscious Martial Apprentice's

CRACK

back to

alright?" Rui

nodded, looking at

the direction of the main battle. "Alright,

the battlefield. Very few opponents could last long against him. Regardless of whether they were offensive, defensive, or maneuvering-oriented Martial Artists. Rui

the point where he was single-handedly making a visible impact on the battle all by himself. Yet to his

WHOOSH

BAM!

took down an enemy Martial Apprentice

sight. ('He chained

vulnerable to being attacked. However, by completing that preparation while using the Void Step technique, he had reduced

that Kane could now use the Godspeed technique much more freely than he normally would ever be able to

careful, he might even be able to defeat me.') Rui realized. He was quite impressed with

system had gotten updated. It meant that he was very close to the previous grade ten. Rui wouldn't

in general simply because he was far more compatible with their current circumstances than Rui was. Rui was at his best when

them began sweeping through the battlefield, taking one Martial Apprentice down after the other. Soon

influx of Martial Apprentices heading towards the battlefield from the Sekigahara Confederate base