The Martial Unity

While Rui was absorbed in his thoughts about the fight, the reactions of the crowd were not nearly as calm and collected.

Everybody was shocked.

Guardian Ieyasu had not challenged anyone ever since he challenged his predecessor, taking his spot as the number one Martial Artist.

He didn't feel the need, there was no one in the Squire Realm above him. He was the target of challenges.

Yet very few people challenged him, he was too powerful, and he showed no mercy. His opponents simply died.

The only one who did challenge him and managed to survive without dying was the second-ranked guardian, formerly the first-ranked.

Yet for some reason, Guardian Ieyasu had gone out of his way to challenge a guardian. Not only that, but the guardian that he did end up challenging was actually a really low-class guardian who was in the tenth class.

Of course, many knew that the truth about guardian Nake wasn't nearly as weak as his rank and class would suggest. It was said that he along with another class-ten guardian had managed to force Senior Xanarn to use a portion of true power as a Martial Senior. Something only guardian Ieyasu had managed to do prior to that.

Many of the lower class Martial Squires did not know that much about the most powerful Martial Squire of the Floating Sect. After all, not all guardians had been there five years ago when he claimed the title and status of the strongest.

Very few actually had a good understanding of what guardian Ieyasu did. Those who had a first-hand account of what he did, had already gained a good understanding of what the motivation behind guardian Ieyasu's actions were.

Nobody dared to blink while Ieyasu and Kane clashed against each other.

They shuffled, dashed, and darted around at incredible speeds!

So much so that many of the low-class Martial Artists were unable to even perceive their movements beyond hazy blurs.

In just the briefest of moments, both Ieyasu executed hundreds and thousands of movements in a matter of seconds. Their speed was so high, that they left after-image clones across the entire battle arena!

Yet the Martial Squires that were able to follow and were qualified to evaluate the battle all quickly came to realize something.

losing,')

was decisively inferior to Squire Ieyasu despite using Fulminata

maneuvering, but step by step, it was

off all the other Martial Art that Rui had seen him use and limited himself to the one field where Kane was incredibly powerful, and he was

arena was silent as everybody who could or couldn't, did their best

WHOOSH!

was sweating profusely, bruised all over his body as he did his best

to hurt

or whether he didn't. It was clear that he was not a threat to guardian

He knew.

man who could accomplish by himself what had taken the full power of both himself and Rui was not someone he could take on

He knew.

Yet, he didn't.

the fact on a logical level, but only

small he was before the

disturbed every time he looked at the man.

had in common. They were probably the only two Martial Squires in the world that

with black hair and eyes

mind as quickly

afford to get

POW POW POW!

as guardian Ieyasu blitzed him, landing three swift

were light, lighter than Kane's

could have easily

him

as he quickly leaped back, expecting Ieyasu to exploit

didn't even

moment before gazing back

at Kane before opening