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?"

the leader… I couldn't tell aside from the fact that he was an all-rounder. But he was definitely the strongest of the three. I

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

surprised either. Which likely meant that

Rui could infer that they had likely done such a thing before. But why would that be the case? Were they really just trying to flex on him to satiate their ego or maintain

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

a lot less impulsive and emotional but

which meant that they

duels are one on one, so their

its check-ups, and he did not expect anything short of a bountiful

and the duel quickly arrived. Rui made no preparations of any kind this time since he

The arbiter announced. "This match is about to be commenced, take your

man stretched one leg back while crouching his other leg, One arm came forward bent, while the other shifted

was a dash

could

his feet, keeping them centered, making

"Begin!"

BOOM!

ground back with such force, a tremendous

for the sheer amount of force that

Yet,-

WHOOSH!

Rui swiftly moved out of the way with Outer Convergence, Parallel Walk, and Gale

hit me with it.') Rui mused. ('His bullrush is

man

he launched forward at Rui with tremendous