The Martial Unity

It wasn't that Rui wasn't aware of this shortcoming, he was shrewd enough to realize that a dynamic defense that relies on palm interception is held back by the fact that he has only two palms. Arms were part of the upper body, which meant intercepting powerful torque-empowered strikes to the body below the waist took a greater amount of time and energy, and had a larger margin for error.

Furthermore, if the one launching the attacks was someone with as much of a relentless dynamic and flexible offense as that of his opponent, there was no doubt going to be several opportunities that his opponent could probably exploit to land strikes against him.

This was one of those instances.

"Heh," A wild grin covered his mouth as he launched himself toward Rui, oozing an aggressive savage aura. The success had given him great confidence that he could eventually completely crack Rui's strangely effective defense. He threw a wild attack at Rui, yet to his surprise

BAM!!

"ARGH!" The man grimaced in pain as Rui's elbow dug deep into his gut. Rui had evaded the attack cleanly before launching a powerful attack deep into his gut as he charged forward. The sheer power of the impact flung him hundreds of meters away!

"Rgh!" The man stopped his momentum midair, furious.

Yet Rui didn't intend to give him any leeway. Yet, this time, he didn't close the distance between them to launch attacks. Instead, he opened his mouth slightly.

THWOOM!

POW!

The man grimaced as an expression of pain and fury enveloped his face. The long-range attack had caught him off-guard, he did not expect that his opponent possessed such a capability given that he fought close range from the very get-go.

What surprised him more was that the ability had struck him right in the face.

Was that a fluke?

He didn't think so, only Martial Artists specialized in long-range combat could achieve such accuracy in the middle of combat.

must have gotten lucky,

that didn't change the fact that he couldn't let his opponent turn this into a long-range battle. After all, he was a close-quarters combatant. He

WHOOSH

pattern as he closed the distance between them, while also trying to throw Rui's aim

BAM!

large Sonic Bullet slammed into

in frustration, as

did this infuriating Martial Artist tag

THWOOM THWOOM THWOOM!

the other. His opponent, being a Martial Squire, had learned to recognize the atmospheric tremors that the launch of the technique created. He dashed

each and every single attack

BAM BAM BAM!

screamed in frustration in his native

after

already launched the

that to happen, Rui would need to have correctly launched the attacks

he wasn't stupid enough to miss

morphed into one of shock and frustration. ('He knows where I'm

man shivered as

of fear clutched at his heart, trying to crush it. He only saw darkness when he gazed into his opponent's eyes, the kind that sucked the very light out

eyes

in

He felt like air.

shadow that merely impeded the soul-piercing stare of his opponent, and paid the

body began perspiring. His instincts only told him