The Martial Unity

They were arrogant words at face value, yet one could tell Rui was not merely grandstanding.

He meant every word.

That was why many could not help but believe him.

Perhaps it really was too late. Perhaps they should have taken him down sooner, and no longer had any chance of doing so.

Almost as if to prove a point, Rui moved, rushing forward toward them.

His eyes were fixed on the Martial Squire closest to him. He lashed forward, launching his most powerful attack!

A powerful Flowing Canon flew in the direction of his closest competitor. Ordinarily, an attack from so far away would be easier to dodge.

Yet Rui knew he wouldn't dodge.

The man he was targeting was a powerful defensive Martial Artist with a body that was slanted toward passive defense.

"Come!" The man firmly planted his feet into the ground, while adopting a defensive stance.

He was confident that at the very least, he would be able to handle Rui's raw power, if nothing else.

It wasn't that his confidence was misplaced. His analysis was actually quite reasonable. When one considered Rui's weight compared to his, as well as the fact that his Martial Body did not seem slanted for offense, and neither did his Martial Art, then the conclusion was quite reasonable.

Yet unfortunately for him, Rui did not fit into standard models of Martial Artists.

was a deviant. And the man would

TAP TAP TAP!

strike that he had braced his abdomen

anymore for a brief moment that he felt a deep

SPLAT!

eyes with his fingers at the very moment that he was unable to move. He had baited the man into adopting a passive defensive stance meant to withstand a powerful blow, and switched up at the last moment, opting to instead for a choice that could not

it was simply a matter of choosing which vital to attack. He went

Artists. Four

with grim expressions when they witnessed how quickly Rui took down their

defensive Martial Artist would be able to hold out for longer. Ideally, if he had been able to stall him by weathering all of his attacks, then this would have

the man would be able to withstand his attacks in base form, aside from perhaps Transverse Resonance tier five. Rather than wasting energy on taking him down the hard way, he simply

probably still relied on some amount of active defense to cover vital spots. Rui simply got

the others couldn't help but be shocked at how quickly

wasn't the first time, and it most certainly wouldn't be the

He rushed forward.

Martial Squires rushed forward,

WHOOSH

One moment he was in front of them,

disappeared. They

That wasn't quite

('Shit! He's behind us!')

around, the last thing they saw was Rui's mouth opening as he

BOOM!!!

was the most apt way to use the attack, to use it to