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

BAM!

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

multiple Tempestuous Ripples to block and neutralize as many of their attacks as

long-range attacks as they could, whether it meant extended flexibility, wind attacks, launching land, or other sorts of attacks, yet Rui dealt with all of them, much to

BOOM!!

crashed into the necks of one

died on

to swiftly take down the remaining Martial

all of them. All of the Martial Apprentices were part of the anti-Rui strike forces that the various nations had

All by himself.

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 been thrown against

and anger at his feats, there

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

Or so they thought.

center of the chaotic war. He used Mind Mask and Shadow Step to avoid gathering the attention of the many

And soon he arrived.

immediately knelt

time to execute the plan that he had proposed to the Kandrian Empire had

eyes, while still wary

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 be playing a very significant role in the upcoming plan. He knew that there was no way he would be able to execute

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 everything that it meant to be strong. This was the most Mind