The Martial Unity

Rui rode a wave of euphoria as he felt his Martial Art maturing, it was a feeling of unmistakable clarity. He lashed forward as he acted on the predictive models that he had created for each of the over the span of the fight while deriving the best counter to their impending actions with the adaptive evolution model.

WHOOSH

BAM!

He avoided a predicted low kick by leaping forward with a flying knee kick, striking his opponent's diaphragm with a powerful impact. It was especially worse because Reverberating Lance permeated the impact deeper into the body, shocking the diaphragm and impeding his opponent's breathing. The woman collapsed, writhing on the ground.

Six more Martial Apprentices to go.

WHOOSH

POW POW POW!

He evaded a roundhouse kick as he threw a combo of strikes at his opponent, disorienting him with the powerful impacts of his strikes permeating deeper.

The remaining two immediately ganged up on him.

BLINK

PEW!

He managed to land a Stinger on his opponent's neck veiled through a Blink. He immediately grimaced, retreating as he cradled his bleeding neck.

The final remaining close-range Martial Apprentice threw a swing that Rui saw coming from a mile away thanks to the predictive model.

CLASP

the swing with Flow Flux immediately, destabilizing balance and leaving him wide open

BAM!

blunt-force trauma to cause the brain to shut down. Rui didn't bother trying to kill them as the long-range Martial Apprentices immediately unleashed an onslaught, yet

his swift maneuvering. He ran straight toward them as he launched multiple Tempestuous Ripples to block and neutralize as many of their attacks

it meant extended flexibility, wind attacks,

BOOM!!

Flowing Canon crashed into the necks of one

on the

didn't take him long to swiftly

of the anti-Rui strike forces

All by himself.

some point in time, the mask he had put on had broken before he had even noticed. The various

anger at his feats, there wasn't

Martial Apprentices could not singlehandedly affect an entire large-scale war all by

Or so they thought.

Shadow Step to avoid gathering the attention of the many Martial Apprentices and potion users that were wrangling with each other

And soon he arrived.

knelt on the

that he had proposed to

while still

that flashed through his mind as he began gathering his concentration and focus like he had done so many times. Yet this time, they were especially important, they would

technique to construct the most powerful mind mask he ever had. He pictured himself as invincible, invulnerable, and omnipotent. He pictured himself embodying the very concept of