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

with Flow Flux immediately, destabilizing balance and leaving

BAM!

down. Rui didn't bother trying to kill them as the long-range Martial Apprentices immediately unleashed

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

extended flexibility, wind attacks, launching land, or other sorts of attacks, yet Rui dealt with all of

BOOM!!

Flowing Canon crashed into the necks of one of

died on the

to swiftly take down the

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

All by himself.

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

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

an entire large-scale war all by himself, no matter how brilliant

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 many siege

And soon he arrived.

immediately knelt

the plan that he

closed his eyes, while still wary

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

most powerful mind mask he ever had. He pictured himself as invincible, invulnerable, and omnipotent. He pictured himself embodying