The Martial Unity

"You got challenged already?" Kane frowned. "By an initiate?"

"No, actually..." Rui sighed.

He went on to narrate what happened to Kane.

"That's weird," Kane concluded.

"It is," Rui nodded. "But the duel is in three days. It is what it is. They didn't see me fight, so honestly, they probably know very little about me barring what they can learn from second-hand accounts."

"What was the Martial Path of the one that challenged you?" Kane asked. He knew that Rui was freakishly good at estimating the Martial Paths of Martial Artists just by studying their bodies.

After all, the Martial body was designed to be compatible with the Martial Path. Based on that Rui could infer what the Martial Path was to a certain degree of precision.

"The muscles of his legs were disproportionately larger and stronger than those of the rest of the body. I'm guessing power-oriented Martial Artist that uses Martial Art techniques that are centered around drawing power from his legs. Given that the rest of his body was a lot leaner, I'm guessing that he will most certainly be a mobile fighter." Rui guessed.

"Hm, sounds like you'll be fine," Kane noted. "Was he strong?"

"Sure," Rui shrugged.

There wasn't a single Martial Artist in the Floating Sect that was weak, and those three goons were no different. They were strong for having beaten a guardian to get their spot, and strong for having maintained their chambers for however long they did.

Still, Rui had not experienced too much pressure from them. That probably meant that they were not too strong for him to defeat.

"What about the Martial Art of the other two?"

was definitely defensive, an active defense-oriented Martial Artist," Rui remarked. "As for the leader… I couldn't tell aside from the fact that he was an all-rounder. But he

more Rui thought about it, the more strange it was. Even if he dismissed the oddity of them pursuing him even after he showed that he wasn't a target worth bullying, there

surprised either. Which likely meant that this wasn't

done such a thing before. But why would that be the case? Were they really just

think so. The impression that he got from the three of them wasn't that they were driven by a lot of pride and ego and had only challenged back because he

a lot less impulsive

fact that he was the guardian of a higher chamber, which meant that they did have something to

one on one, so their numbers are meaningless, unless…')

not worried about foul play, the Floating Sect was very rigorous in its check-ups, and he did not expect anything short of a bountiful morning. That

and the duel quickly arrived. Rui made no preparations of any kind this time since he obviously did not have any

Falken." The arbiter announced. "This match

back while crouching his other leg, One arm came forward bent, while the other

was a dash

intentions could

making it easier for him to

"Begin!"

BOOM!

with such force, a tremendous

way for the sheer amount of force that the man

Yet,-

WHOOSH!

unable to hit Rui with his bullrush. Rui swiftly moved out of the way with Outer Convergence, Parallel Walk, and

even prepare an attack to hit me with

the man

roared as he launched forward at Rui