The Martial Unity

('Tsk, he has too much power,') Rui tutted.

That statement was true in many ways.

Not only was guardian Tokugawa stronger than he had expected, but he also probably had a lot of power and influence within the Floating Sect.

Being the strongest guardian meant that he did have a lot of influence within the sect, second to only the three Martial Seniors.

Furthermore, the Floating Sect was in a state of absolute war, people like Tokugawa Ieyasu were absolute treasures whose value was second only to, again, the Martial Seniors of the sect.

That was why Rui knew that he could probably get away with killing Kane if he wanted to. The Floating Sect was not going to punish the only individual Martial Squire that was a threat to Martial Seniors without their Martial Heart during the war.

This was the kind of influence he gained from being that strong.

And strong he was, Rui had to admit. The man was able to outpace someone as powerful as Kane in maneuvering while clearly not going all out even when it came to maneuvering. If he was even remotely as powerful when it came to offense and defense as he was with maneuvering, then his true full power was far beyond any Martial Squire that Rui had ever seen. The man's power was era-defining.

Regardless, it wasn't enough to deter Rui. He immediately got to the edge of the arena.

If he saw anything that indicated that the man was going to move in to kill Kane, he absolutely would intervene without any doubt. There was no way that he was going to just stand by and watch his best friend die, regardless of what the rules were.

It appeared that Kane was unwilling to resign since it was clear that guardian Tokugawa Ieyasu was clearly not done with whatever it was that he wanted from Kane. If Kane resigned, it was unlikely that he would give up so easily. He would most likely challenge Kane again, and they would be back to square one.

He nodded in approval when Kane deactivated Fulminata.

He could not use Fulminata and Void Step simultaneously, unfortunately. The reason for that was that the Fulminata technique ran on reflexes while the Void Step technique required conscious thought.

Kane immediately leaped into action, disappearing into thin air.

reaction from all the guardians. Each of them had decently powerful

able to sense Kane, barring two

CLASP!

him to stop maneuvering

POW!

away without inflicting too much

the normal Void Step stance, he paused,

what he was

using the original Godspeed

approved of the choice. The Fulminata technique allowed him to control the speed of Godspeed to a far greater degree than he

had already used it extensively against Tokugawa,

technique was enough to even possibly have a shot against someone of the caliber

these three techniques weren't the only powerful techniques that Kane had. Rui knew that he had one more technique. The technique

had worked hard on, yet one that wasn't used

the most powerful

deeply, going all out as he

profound sense of pressure exuded from him, stirring

whisper escaped his lips

"Voidspeed."

He disappeared.

power of Void Step and Godspeed for just the briefest of moments through trained pre-programmed

senses of everyone around him, while also using Godspeed

Yet…

THWACK!

…It wasn't enough.

meters behind Ieyasu,