The Martial Unity

POW POW POW

Rui just barely managed to dispel the impact of three incredibly swift and powerful blows.

RUMBLE

The sheer might of two Martial Squires permeated across the land as a fierce maelstrom of pressure radiated from the two focused Martial Squires.

The two of them locked eyes before lashing out at each other once more.

Two weeks had passed since Rui consumed the Bentein Blood potion. He had received a significant boost to his combat prowess. In order to acquire the degree of control and accuracy over his body and movements that he had prior to the administration of the potion, he had commissioned a grade-five Martial Squire to serve as a combat training partner.

He wanted someone about as strong, or perhaps even stronger than himself to put a lot of pressure on himself to whip him into shape.

What he didn't fully comprehend was how strong a grade-five Martial Squire was.

In hindsight, Rui should have heeded Senior Ceeran's words regarding the size of the Squire Realm and the significant difference between grades of Martial Artists in the Squire Realm.

However, it was difficult to appreciate something one hadn't seen yet.

This was part of the reason he had commissioned a grade-five Martial Squire in the first place; curiosity.

Well, he got what he wanted.

His opponent was Squire Jamil, a man who had been in the Squire realm for nearly a decade, and he was not someone to be trifled with.

WHOOSH

a devastatingly powerful roundhouse kick ducking backward. His eyes widened as the very air ignited

before

arms wound backward flying forward with incredible speed and

BAM BAM BAM!

pushed himself to the absolute limit trying to dispel the man's offensive prowess. If not for Flux Earther, Rui wasn't sure he would have been able to even handle the man's potent

to entirely dispel all of the kinetic energy of Squire Jamal's power. He could

considerably beyond human limits once he entered the Squire Realm. Furthermore, the

Rui, yet it simply landed on

WHOOSH

a well-timed

BAM!!

at the perfect time. He had exploited a little opening in his attack

realized that he hadn't even budged the man's body despite a direct slam

WHOOSH

model based on subtle and tiny tells and movements that

not for these two, Rui didn't think he would have been able to dodge

bleeding nose as he

as his eyebrows knitted, his mind was at peak alertness, and he knew that he would not be able to keep up

more so than Rui. Seeing him launch himself forward as though he was as light as a feather was more than just a peculiar sight, Rui would not have seen such a sight had he been in

Artists were still limited by their mortal coils in the Apprentice Realm, sights such as juggernauts moving around like little birds,

was all but possible,

the man's physical superiority over him was not just due to techniques, but also due to a superior physical body. His power, speed, and durability exceeded that of Rui's considerably despite the fact that Rui just consumed

of that, the man had a wealth of experience in the Squire Realm and had no doubt devised