The Martial Unity

The moment she stepped away, he too shifted. His legs immediately changed directions, planting themselves into the ground, as he managed to conserve momentum, altering his direction towards her.

Her eyes widened in shock as he once again shot himself against her, this time nearly point blank!

POW!

What followed unfolded so fast, that even Rui had trouble keeping up. He launched himself at her nearly point-blank range.

In an ordinary case, victory was but guaranteed. But not against an opponent that seemed to have eliminated thought!

POW!

He grinned as he felt the impact!

Yet his expression soured when he turned back.

She was conscious. Her arms were intact, yet they were bruised visibly. And she had already rushed back towards him with a powerful charge!

'She mitigated the impact with a well-timed retreat and shift.' Rui mused. 'That would have been impossible without her ability to move without thought. She would have been too slow and he would have broken her arms and mangled her body, to say the very least.'

The battle escalated to a higher echelon of intensity as the Kandrian prince refused to let the battle return to its previous state!

Letting his opponent take all the initiative was something he could not allow. While he was confident in his defenses, he had to admit that he had admitted her ability to hurt him. Letting that continue with as little resistance as before was no longer an acceptable choice.

"RARGH!" He rushed forward with a determined expression.

And yet, much to everyone's surprise, the elder lady, launched herself at him fearlessly.

While many others would have chosen prudent passivity in her place, she rushed forward in the face of an attack that could cripple her without even the slightest hesitation of inhibition.

WHOOSH!

attack missed her face by a

Yet hers didn't.

BAM!

solar plexus. An expression of pain flashed across the Kandrian prince's face as stepped back to charge at her with

eyes widened in shock when she refused to let him open the distance even a

step he took, she took, almost before he himself did. Her movements were not inhibited by thought, and her reactions were always at the peak of her reflexes at

the distance before she kept

a sweeping

And yet...

WHOOSH!

behind him

POW POW POW!

and the coccyx were only

Kandrian prince was unable to even open

refused to

single attack just a moment before it struck her to maximize the amount of striking time she

the only areas where she could hurt him, after all. She overcame all of his paltry attempts

searching for an opportunity to end the battle even harder than

her fight.

fighter who had truly done her absolute best to squeeze the

did not know what the conditions for the higher Realms were, but he had a

unfortunate that she was still stuck at

Rui narrowed his eyes.

her, the greater the suspicions he had on why she hadn't broken through despite being such a fierce warrior whose determination had persevered for

was a pity, but it made sense if his

the Kandrian Prince's flaws were

a powerful body. Yet you suck at

Art with individuality was the same as

of what your Martial Body has to offer. You have only explored its most basic application in regards to your Martial Path.' Rui shook

centered around momentum, that did not mean that that was all his body was capable of. The closer Rui got to the Martial Heart, the more he realized just