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!

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

POW!

swift strike to the jaw triggered blunt force trauma that caused him to

Rui sighed.

BOOM!

a blow with tremendous power at

CRACK

to the Kandrian

Rui asked

at Rui with

turned back towards the direction of the main battle. "Alright, time to get

Regardless of whether they were offensive, defensive,

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

WHOOSH

BAM!

instantly took down an enemy Martial Apprentice

that sight. ('He chained

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 Apprentices were unable to

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

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

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

with their current circumstances than Rui was. Rui was at his best when facing

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

Apprentices heading towards the battlefield from