The Martial Unity

Rui continued increasing the intensity of his long-range attacks from a distance, spamming barrages of sonic bullets, trying to slowly gather damage while keeping it away from him at a distance, while also sky-walking at top speed.

Ordinarily, this would be difficult for any grade-ten Martial Squire to overcome. Rui's long-range offense was quite respectable even without Hypertrophic Surge, furthermore, with Gale Force Breathing, and Outer Convergence he could shift around the air quite swiftly. Catching up to him was a remarkably heavy task.

Yet, the Abyssfeeder simply shifted its form. From a concave hemisphere, its shape shifted to that of a disk.

('Coefficient of drag reduced by ninety-six-point-eight percent.') Rui's expression grew more severe. ('It's adapting to aerial maneuvering by becoming more aerodynamic because I took the battle to the air.')

Now, the earlier equation no longer held true. The Abyssfeeder zipped through the air at a much greater speed than Rui could. The human body was not aerodynamic, and there was a limit to what Martial Art techniques could do in that regard.

Nothing beat literally changing the shape of one's body to cut through the air effortlessly, even particularly useful techniques like Gale Force Breathing were not enough. The Abysfeeder shot through the air towards Rui faster than any of the contestants could hope to outrun or tag with attacks, that was why most of them quickly returned to the ground.

But not Rui.

BOOM!

Many widened their eyes.

Rui sharply tagged the flashing disk with a tier three Transverse Resonance out of seemingly nowhere, displaying remarkably high accuracy that far exceeded the conventional limits of the Squire Realm!

on the Abyssfeeder midair, every single attack that Rui launched struck

the creature mindlessly became increasingly efficient and energy-consumptive in its trajectories, Rui could easily predict which direction it was going to

enter close range to him. Furthermore, due to the fact that the sound bullet could not be easily perceived once it was launched, it simply was not equipped to dodge him. It could try and gauge his aim from physical cues, but that required not only being sentient and intelligent

this creature the more he fought it. He became more and more certain that it embodied the concept of the

more like individual cells undergo random rapid genetic changes or mutations in the face of an environmental problem or hurdle. Cells with successful changes most likely

Rui had gained

narrowed his eyes, staring at its fluctuating

the body through complicated biochemical processes. It was through RNA editing that octopuses

the presence of primordial seed in the creature's body. Together, he understood why it came to be known as the bane of Martial

BOOM!!!

five Transverse Resonance, knocking it off

and spectators looked impressed at Rui's absurd aim allowing him to constantly knock away the aerodynamic disk from entering close range from him, Rui knew better than to be satisfied with the course of

BAM BAM BAM!

sonic bullets struck the disk this time, and

faster!') Rui narrowed his eyes as his expression grew more severe. ('It's adapting

had not changed, yet

of its mass to the core of its disk body, its external structure had become porous and hollow… a sponge to suck air better than it ever did before.') Rui clenched his fist. ('A disk form for aerodynamic maneuvering, a porous and hollow exterior to facilitate greater absorption of air not just to

modest and grounded as he was, prided himself in to be crushed

Yet…