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!

him with Tempestuous Ripple at a distance, causing him to collapse.

POW!

to the jaw triggered blunt force trauma that caused

Rui sighed.

BOOM!

power

CRACK

immediately turned back to the Kandrian Martial

alright?" Rui asked

nodded, looking at

of the main battle. "Alright, time to get

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

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

WHOOSH

BAM!

took down an enemy Martial Apprentice

chained the Godspeed technique with

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

that Kane could now use the Godspeed technique much more freely than he normally would

careful, he might even be able to defeat me.') Rui realized.

remained in grade nine even after the Martial Apprentice grading system had gotten updated. It meant that he

because he was far more compatible with their current circumstances than Rui was. Rui was

one Martial Apprentice down after the other. Soon enough, the Sekigahara Confederate couldn't tolerate the losses they were

a new influx of Martial Apprentices heading towards the