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

Flux immediately, destabilizing balance and leaving him wide

BAM!

enough blunt-force trauma to cause the brain to shut down. Rui didn't bother trying to kill them

launched multiple Tempestuous Ripples to block and

long-range Martial Apprentices furious launched as many long-range attacks as they could, whether it meant extended flexibility, wind attacks, launching land, or other

BOOM!!

Canon crashed into the necks of one of the long-range

on the

take him long to swiftly take down the

were part of the anti-Rui strike forces that the various nations had created. He had defeated a total of nine powerful

All by himself.

new feat. At some point in time, the mask he had put on had broken before he had even noticed. The various nations immediately verified his identity as they learned more about the foe that had foiled every response that had ever

shock and anger at his feats, there

entire large-scale war all by himself, no

Or so they thought.

avoid gathering the attention of the many Martial Apprentices and potion users that were wrangling with each other in his vicinity and the

And soon he arrived.

knelt

the plan that he had proposed to

eyes, while still wary

time, they were especially important,

began using his imagination in the Mind Mask 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 power, and