The Martial Unity

He had chosen that locations because the two of them could go all out and not worry about causing destruction to people and infrastructure. There wasn't any of either within a decently large radius.

"Let's begin then." kyrie adopted a simple balanced stance. "I have a training session to head, soon after this."

Her stance placed an equal weight on power, mobility, and defense. A neutral, all-rounder stance.

Rui simply adopted a similar stance.

The two of them simply maintained a deadlock, staring at each other. The sheer weight of their focus and concentration yielded a pressure that exerted itself on the scant sentient life that was anywhere even remotely close to them in any capacity.

Birds took flight, and pests and other small critters evacuated as they scurried for their lives. Their battlefield grew truly barren of any sentient lifeform.

And then, Rui made the first move. He cautiously stepped forward shifting his weight back and forth, making his movements less apparent through their center of gravity. Kyrie simply waited, unfazed, as Rui approached her step by step.

They were only a few steps away from each other.

And the first move came soon enough.

The atmosphere shook as a sonic boom emerged from Rui's flying hook. He launched a simple attack, testing her.

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evaded the strike, ducking while launching one of her own with the opposite

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and the wrist. This was a common tactic that was used even on Earth to deal with strikes like the hook. Punches dealt damage via the fist, generally, this could be circumvented by intercepting and blocking strikes at parts of their body asides from the fist but was just

flurry of swift jabs at her,

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but she demonstrated remarkable agility

a powerful frontal kick, yet she merely somersaulted

Artists had already launched and dealt with several attacks.

Rui simply observed her Martial Art and combat style as he inputted its properties. He had come to notice details about her Martial Art and

the Apprentice Realm, she hadn't used her true prowess, not even close. However, how she had begun using her Squire-level prowess, it had become quite clear that she was not a perfect

a greater weightage on speed and maneuvering compared to offense and defense.') He

leaned more towards speed than power, and this reflected in her techniques as well. However, it wasn't significant

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surprise. With the Mindmirror Symbiote and Primordial Instinct, bypassing his active defense was extremely difficult. Yet, she managed to do so

began escalating as he did his best to cope. He could sense that she wasn't anywhere near going all out, yet her combat parameters had

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in, launching a blow with tremendous power and speed toward

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kick landed on the back of her head, causing her to stagger forward. She immediately turned back,