The Martial Unity

"Tsk, you're not as dumb as you look and sound," Rui offered while he rotated his palms, massaging them. "That hurt."

He had managed to disperse most of the impact with a remarkably well-timed Flux Earther. He had to hand it to the grade-nine technique. It was damn good when he nailed the timing. On the other hand, the timing was everything with this technique, it wouldn't be able to disperse even a grade-one technique, or even an Apprentice-level technique if one mistimed.

If not for the fact that the patterns in his dash were easier to read, he would not have gotten the foreknowledge of how and when he needed to time it.

That was the reason he could walk away largely unharmed from a powerful attack of a high-grade power-oriented Martial Art.

It was a shame but he couldn't possibly replicate this level of defense for every attack he ran into.

Squire Drevolus on the other hand was bewildered. ('He's… a defensive Martial Squire? He has to be! No one can take my Meteor Dash head-on if they're not specialized in defense or power. And he doesn't look like he's specialized in power!')

He felt as though this was an intelligent deduction, it was only a few seconds later when his rationality caught up, and recalled that he had exhibited long-range techniques against Squire Saiwal.

('So he's a defensive Martial Squire with strong long-range techniques?') He frowned. ('But he hasn't used them against me yet.')

There was a reason that Rui had abstained from using Pathfinder, or Transverse Resonance against someone like this. The Pathfinder technique was great because it allowed him to tag his opponent over great distances, preventing them from evading his attacks over long range, allowing him to prevent them from ever getting close to him with well-nailed shots.

It did not do well against opponents who did not care to evade and simply rushed forward to evade. It was why he had used it against Squire Saiwal. She did not have great defense because she relied heavily on the counter-offense that her frictional skin brought her. Meaning she could not just rush through a barrage of attacks. Nor was she fast enough to wind through them.

circumstances where his Pathfinder and long-range

just bullrush past his attacks in an attempt to get to Rui. He could not overpower a power-oriented Martial Artist with his long-range attacks either,

as a way to

took his stance as he exhaled deeply. Squire

two of them locked eyes momentarily, before dashing towards

tumultuous under the sonic booms that they produced as

BOOM!

his surprise, the man withstood the attack with the power of his

Yet, Rui simply grinned.

just getting

way of the pushing contest as he began delivering a barrage of swift blows to the man's bodies. A combination of Wind Breathing, Outer Convergence, and Reverberating Lance, and his conditioning tough body with Adamant Reforging resulted in waves of

swiftly kicked Rui only to widen his

legs too evenly,') Rui mused with narrowed his eyes. ('Every shift in weight you make makes it easy to read

and greater ease. Rui's movements became increasingly more fluid

ceased

was subjected to wave after wave of heavy and incredibly swift blows that seemed to hurt deep in his body far more than the strikes should have for some strange reason.

use was power if it never

moved so sharply that Squire Drevolus could hardly believe it. He wasn't able to put it in words, but it was as

though knows me better than I know myself…') His eyes

screamed in frustation as he launched flurry of kicks. Short and swift combos, as well as powerful attacks that were thrown