The Martial Unity

Had a human been there to witness the battle, they would have seen absolutely nothing. The human eye was incapable of perceiving phenomena that happened in milliseconds. Had a Martial Apprentice witnessed the battle, they would have seen disconnected images flashing all about in an incoherent manner. Still, this was nothing unusual for Martial Apprentices, but they would have very little idea of what was going on.

However, a Martial Squire was different.

Only a Martial Squire would be able to fathom the sheer absurdity of the feat that Rui was accomplishing!

Despite the avalanche of roots. Despite the sheer power and speed of each individual root. Despite the sensory suppression of Shionel Dungeon.

Despite everything that aimed to end his life, he did not fall!

Each root was powerful enough to engage even grade-ten Martial Squires. Fighting even a single one of them was something that required power amassed across one's entire life, it required power close to the limit of what Martial Squires could achieve!

Yet here was a twenty-year-old young man, one who hadn't even spent more than half a decade in the Squire Realm, taking on countless roots simultaneously!

Rui closed his eyes as his mind instinctive honed sharper than it ever had in the entirety of his life!

In the span of a single millisecond, he spun through the air, somersaulting over overhead crashes, sidestepping root jabs, and bouncing off of powerful root swings. The roots moved at speeds that beggared the mind, shredding the atmosphere with each movement. Every motion left behind numerous shockwaves that made even breathing impossible! Every attack ignited the very air!

for the fact that Rui had already conditioned his lungs to be able to withstand

WHOOSH

titanic root aiming to crush his head. He swiftly bounced off the root's momentum with his quasi-Flux Earther technique as he barely evaded a dozen roots, smothering the

between him and the Root by

of roots,

thousand roots attacking him. simultaneously. Surely, any other Martial Squire would have fallen to despair under the nauseating quasi-Senior level. How many Martial Squires would be able to retain their confidence despite having a full understanding of the sheer magnitude of the monstrosity that

other hand was not only not affected, but he had the

his jubilation as he moved in ways that were almost entirely impossible almost any Martial Squire across the

also fighting with his true potential unlocked with

He whispered. ('Thank you for bringing out the VOID from deep within

true power of the Flowing Void Style. Yet it was difficult to realize, difficult to obtain, difficult to manifest. It took more than half a year's preparation. Unfortunately, there were very few circumstances worth obtaining this power. Either his opponents and enemies didn't require this level of preparation, and thus weren't worth it because they were too weak. That, or they did require this level

and worth engaging in extensive preparations, without which he would die instantly, were exceedingly rare. Among Martial Artists, no Martial Squire was that strong, and Martial Seniors, who were even stronger, were not people he would even consider fighting unless in the most dire of

level creature that Rui had resolved to fight as a part of his ambitious objective, was one of the few rare rare circumstances where

devastating attacks of the Root, Rui felt at home. He felt even more at home at this very moment than he did when he was in

at the

the VOID is my true