The Martial Unity

BADUMP!

Rui's arm flew across the colosseum arena.

The air plummeted.

A vague impending sense of despair and doom radiated across the battle arena.

None of the contestants had failed to notice despite their own losing battles. Many of the contestants had been disqualified, having been saved from absolute death. Those who still held on were severely wounded, even more so than Rui.

Yet, it appeared that Rui followed suit.

The colosseum was silent. Even the noise from the other battles seemed to melt away into the background as an overwhelming sense of defeat seemed to fill up the spectator stands.

That was when it happened.

THUD!

The abyssfeeder that took Rui's arm plummeted to the ground, forming a heavy crater when it landed.

BADUMP!

Everybody watched, shocked.

And confused.

The creature took off Rui's arm in the clash, why had it suddenly collapsed?

No one knew.

It began shifting in its crater, quivering as its body began shifting.

It was healing.

Or it would have, had it been allowed to.

BOOM!

Rui broke the silence as he blasted it with a tier-five Transverse Resonance.

A solemn expression emerged on his face.

He faced the abyssfeeder head-on.

words escaped his

"Mind wins."

through the fog of defeat as he made his declaration to

he called upon every ounce of

His eyes sharpened.

bleeding body mourned as it pulled

Yet it bled.

seem to care. A glint of madness flashed across his eyes as his offense

into a frenzy as he unleashed every ounce of power onto

figure, his movements,

single emotion radiated from

Frustration.

It was incomprehensible.

They didn't understand.

What happened?

could such a clear defeat morph into

more incomprehensible was the frustration that was

kind of Martial Artist grew frustrated after they

understood the

close. Master

cross the precipice to a higher Realm.

The Martial Heart only heeds the call of need, not

stared at him impassively, before closing her

Unlike the spectators, the truth of

taken off, he struck the abyssfeeder with an uppercut. Master Gremingar narrowed his eyes. That single attack did

permeate the impact all the way to the core of the creature. Master Carian mused. Ordinarily, that is

all of the vital tissue of its body

Masters were not the only ones who knew this. Rui was the only

he had capitalized on

more attacks from a distance. He had continued making it harder and harder for the abyssfeeder

more of its vital tissues to the core of the body while the

perfect counter to Rui's

He had known that.

to continue using that adaptation

been waiting for the moment the abyssfeeder would inevitably cross

had been for

his most powerful Flowing Canon throwing as much raw power in a single

the power that

was where that power