The Martial Unity

He stared at Rui with fearful eyes. Rui calmly returned his stare with an icy one of his own.

"ACK!" He choked as Rui grabbed him by the neck.

"I know it was no more than an assignment for you." Rui strengthened his grip. "I know it wasn't personal for you."

He brought the man's face closer.

"But honestly?" Rui asked. "I don't give a damn."

"...!" The Martial Apprentice's face grew red. He felt as though his head was going to burst. He struggled desperately, trying to pry Rui's hands off his neck while kicking Rui with all the Apprentice-level technique he could.

In vain, of course.

His measly attacks couldn't even budge Rui even when he wasn't using any Squire-level defensive techniques.

The Martial Apprentice's eyelids fluctuated as his vision blurred.

The brain tended to automatically shut down when blood flow to it was shut down for more than seven seconds.

Rui clenched his grip, squeezing down hard.

SNAP

A Martial Apprentice's body was fundamentally human, barring the brain. Rui didn't even need to use Outer Convergence to snap his neck with ease, killing him on the spot.

THUD

He dropped his body to the ground, sighing.

('Not the most rational decision.') He had enough self-awareness to realize that wasn't the best decision he could have made. Maybe the Martial Apprentice had mastered some mental technique that allowed him to fool Rui's Primordial Instinct. Maybe the location that he had given Rui was wrong and fake, and he successfully fooled Rui using that technique.

in case the location was wrong so that

wasn't likely, but Rui was normally quite

however, he

quickly scoured the man's body, finding some cash and a communication device, both of which he took. There was nothing else of

foot up in

THUD!!

created a crater several meters deep, tossing the

hands, dusting them off. "Time

loop as soon as he got access to new intel, a policy that ensured that Martial Artists did

was where the

RUMBLE!

at incredible speeds.

how long it took him to reach the location that the

people within the warehouse, huddled together. It was a cramped location.

was no

odd stares that the people inside gave him. He was clearly not one of them. There appeared to be helpers who aided the needy, they too threw confused looks at him. Rui simply ignored all of them as he headed toward the

are you and where the fuck do you think you're

of armed guards stopped

Faraday Lowminer." Rui simply

looks of shock and anger that emerged on their faces. Their reactions supported the claim that the target of his mission

THWACK

hand across the two guards,

hell broke loose as the commotion attracted the attention of

freeze in fear, studying their reactions. He was

them like they were light curtains. Deeper inside the facility was what appeared to be

BAM!

shocking the many

vehicles that entered and exited the tunnel. There were many men loading and unloading boxes,

other projectile weapons, yet they never had a

disappeared