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

immediately, destabilizing balance and leaving him wide open in

BAM!

his head violently, causing enough blunt-force trauma to cause the brain to shut down. Rui didn't

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

it meant extended flexibility, wind attacks,

BOOM!!

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

died on the

to swiftly take down the remaining

after he had defeated all of them. All of the Martial Apprentices were part of the anti-Rui strike forces that

All by himself.

had forged himself a 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 been thrown against him by any of

their shock and anger at his feats, there wasn't much fear in

Apprentices could not singlehandedly affect an entire large-scale war all by himself, no matter how

Or so they thought.

Mask and Shadow Step to avoid gathering the attention of the many Martial

And soon he arrived.

knelt on

the plan that he had proposed to the Kandrian Empire

eyes, while still wary

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

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 everything that