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!

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

POW!

strike to the jaw triggered blunt force trauma

Rui sighed.

BOOM!

blow with tremendous power at

CRACK

turned back to

Rui asked

at Rui with

direction of the main battle. "Alright, time

opponents could last long against him. Regardless of whether they were offensive, defensive, or maneuvering-oriented Martial Artists. Rui simply disemboweled all of

making a visible impact on the battle all by himself. Yet

WHOOSH

BAM!

enemy Martial Apprentice with

that sight. ('He chained the

biggest weaknesses of the Godspeed technique 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

more freely than he normally would ever be able to

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

meant that he was very

the battlefield despite being weaker than Rui in general simply because he was far more compatible with their current circumstances than Rui was. Rui was at his best when facing off against a

began sweeping through the battlefield, taking one Martial Apprentice down after the other. Soon enough, the Sekigahara Confederate couldn't tolerate the

picked up a new influx of Martial Apprentices heading towards the battlefield from