The Martial Unity

The feeling of the prototypical preliminary application of the Forestep project was quite strange, to say the least.

Rui did not expect it to feel in any particular way, but it was jarring when he did use it. It was as though he was manipulating his own body like it was a puppet.

When he used Godspeed with ordinary combat movements, he couldn't react to his own movements. It was extremely difficult to control his speed and stop his movements in time. He basically needed to plan every movement out ahead of time carefully, and then start and stop it at the right time relying purely on highly prepared reflexes.

"WOAH!"

BANG!

He had crashed into a boulder when he had mastered the forty percent of the Godspeed technique.

"I told you, you can't react to it if you wait for the right moment, it happens too quickly. You don't know what the right moment is, either," Kane had told him months ago when he had tried applying the Godspeed boost to his combat movements.

It wasn't until the present day when Rui challenged him to a spar did he realize how wrong he was.

"Come, I have more tests to run," Rui smiled.

Kane got up with a bewildered expression. "You said… you were using only one technique?"

"That's right," Rui nodded. "Preliminary applications of Project Forestep are highly optimistic. It seems that the substitution of reaction speed with predictions of my Flowing Void Style is feasible, upon initial observations."

Kane's eyes widened at those words. "You're managing timings that you cannot react to by predicting them ahead of time!"

"I wasn't sure if it would

expression. "You can keep up with me, no, overwhelm me, all

extent," Rui took a

stood on

as Rui tuned into a blurry flash even his evolved

WHOOSH

backward evolving sweeping kick

reflexes truly are

Kane had the time to complain that he was struggling, he would have,

Rui began exerting on him didn't push him back,

was empowered with his incomplete Godspeed technique,

and choppy, as though they had been put together by a robot, but they

POW POW POW!

to do prior. A look of joy could

Which, he did.

ticked one of the many boxes that he needed ticking in order for the technique to

raw physical power without any Martial Art techniques was enough to hurt Kane because the nature of the Martial body, which placed the least amount of weight on its constitution,

one of the reasons that Kane was evaluated to be

was simply far too lacking. Even an accidental hit from a competent Martial Squire could leave him battered and bruised, taking too

concerned with his inability to land

all out against Rui. ('Why can't I land a single attack on

Martial body was far faster and more agile than Rui's. Despite the fact that Kane had more speed supplementary and maneuvering techniques,

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