The Martial Unity

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Rui managed to get hold of his opponent from the back. The two were flailing around in the air as Rui desperately tried to get a chokehold on his opponent. His opponent, on the other hand, recognized the gravity of the situation.

His rubbery physique and corresponding defensive techniques were only useful against striking-based attacks and other collisions. They were not useful against strangling-based attacks. Furthermore, at this range, his whip attacks were also not able to serve as a viable defense. He realized that Rui had purposely endured raw damage from his attacks that he normally would have dodged in order to ensure that he would not have to deter from his path.

Yet his panic set in only once Rui successfully maneuvered behind him and managed to latch his arms around his opponent's neck and head. Rui gritted his teeth as he exerted a tremendous amount of force on his opponent with Outer Convergence. His left arm was wrapped around his opponent's neck while his right arm pushed down on his opponent's head. He squeezed as though his life depended on it.

His opponent struggled like a madman. He turned away, facing Rui who was on his back to the ground, and charged straight downwards. The two of them were fighting in what was effectively in the troposphere, several kilometers above the ground. His opponent continuously used Sky Walking to push the both of them increasingly faster straight downwards.

('Shit, this is going to be rough.') Rui gritted his teeth.

Considering the altitude that they were at, the impact, when they hit the ground, would be tremendous!

('Furthermore, I'm going to be the one to take all the damage!')

ground plummeting downwards at top speed from the clouds, he would most likely be fine enough. Especially since Rui would be the one hitting the ground and serving as a cushion for his opponent since he was the one facing the ground with his

faint already!') Rui

easy. The normal human body could maintain consciousness for several seconds to minutes depending on how perfectly executed the chokehold was. This was even longer for a Martial Squire thanks to their evolved constitution. Meaning Rui was going to have

Squires perceived time to be flowing much slower thanks to their superhuman cognition and speed, they were effectively slowing down time from their perspective. One second was a

would have to hold out for a long time from both

teeth as he prepared Inner Divergence for the incoming impact. They were just a few seconds from

BOOM!!!

RUMBLE

from the impact. The sheer energy in the collision was so great that a minor Richter-one

moment he let go, all of his progress would be undone while the damage his opponent exerted would not be going anywhere for a while. Even though Rui had a respectable healing factor, the damage would very likely be just enough to turn

at his skin, and even tried gauging his eyes. Yet Rui mitigated all of his attempts as

most likely forget

Zurtun Rebel Group was as good as dead if that happened, the Martial Squire would return once Rui would inevitably be forced to retreat. He could clearly imagine the onslaught that would occur. The Martial Squire would have zero difficulties whatsoever in annihilating the Zurtun Rebel army. Rui would also face the blemish of having failed his first Squire-level mission,

thoughts faintly passed away, he didn't immediately notice the increasingly weakening resistance from his opponent. His attempts to pull Rui's arm away grew softer, and his attempts to