The Martial Unity

Yet it appeared that he wasn't one to give up so easily, either. He immediately lashed out, rushing in towards the spear wielder. The moment he stepped into range, the spear flashed forward racing to impale him.

Yet Squire Janeau leaped diagonally to the side, avoiding the spear, and closing the distance a bit.

Because spears had lesser flexibility, they could not easily attack targets that weren't directly ahead within their striking range. This was what Squire Janeau hoped to use to close the distance between them.

Yet, it appeared that he was still underestimating the monk.

The moment the latter saw the maneuver, the spear as he rapidly shifted it from hand to hand towards the approaching Squire Janeau.

THWACK!

The powerful weapon slammed hard into Squire Janeau. The man gritted his teeth as he blocked the powerful weapon with both arms, only to be launched backward with the force of the impact.

"I won't let you get your claws on me that easily, beast." The monk declared confidently.

Squire Janeau gritted his teeth. "I'm going to tear you apart!"

Rui watched with vague interest as the two of them continued their fierce competition. Squire Janeau continued applying as many possible solutions to getting past the man's annoying counter-offensive and defense. The monk instead did everything he could to keep Squire Janeau away.

incredibly fast, and even more lethal. The edge of the spear was sharper than Rui could even sense. He doubted that even Nemean Blossom would be able

Janeau, on the other hand, reminded Rui a lot of Nel. The two of them had the same

someone like that. The man's speed was incredibly high, allowing him to dodge the spear routinely. Rui didn't even want to imagine what it felt like to get hit

man seemed like he was, he did display a respectable amount of strategic and tactical intelligence. He didn't just blindly stick to one approach even if it failed. He showed that he was capable of adapting his approach if that

too important as far as he was concerned. He almost certainly would not be fighting either one of them in the final round. They would need to overcome the winner

feeling that that was not

outcome did

SPLAT!

top of Squire Janeau's shoulder... but that wasn't enough to stop him from ripping off a good chunk of the

The monk grimaced as he immediately tried to contain the

the other

flesh that he bit off, fell from

by the spear wound. "...This ain't your

What followed was inevitable.

potential with only one functioning arm. With one arm losing a huge chunk of its forearm, the man

brought

measures to protect your arms?' Rui shook his

came to one's Martial Art, then Rui would most certainly have gone to

that anything short of a full-fledged defensive powerhouse could stop that man's

The monk exclaimed once Squire Janeau's claws were just an inch