The Martial Unity

Meera, on the other hand, did not exert any pressure. She truly was a confounding Martial Artist. The pressure that Martial Artists, or any entity for that matter, exerted, simply arrived from the threat of their existence being conveyed once they expressed it by taking a stance and focusing their minds.

Yet, one could not feel any overt threat when one looked at her. One would never have guessed that she was the champion of the Martial Contest at first glance.

Yet despite that, Rui felt vaguely more discomforted at the sight of her than any of the other Martial Squires. Perhaps it was the fact that she could hide her strength so seemingly well that made him feel wary.

"Begin!"

STEP!

Squire Feoul launched herself at Meera with a shoot maneuver, her arms positioned for a takedown even before she reached her.

Yet, Meera did not move.

Squire Feoul's eyes widened when the two of them locked eyes.

Despite being a moment away from being part of a takedown, she was relaxed.

She may very well have been relaxing atop a hill overlooking a valley, taking in the view.

Her body was relaxed.

Her stance was unperturbed.

And yet, at that moment, Squire Feoul felt a boundless chasm of power lurking deep behind Meera's sparkling eyes. She gritted her teeth as she forcefully paused her maneuver, leaping back, putting some distance between them.

"Oh? Squire Feoul has pulled back! Could it be she saw something that we didn't?" The commentator wondered.

"It appears that I underestimated you," Squire Feoul spoke with a grave tone.

"Eh?" Meera tilted her head in confusion. "I didn't even do anything."

"I am not a fool," Squire Feoul coldly retorted, before adopting an even deeper crouch than before, reducing her size even further.

Her expression intensified as the air drew towards her, growing taut.

Literally.

Rui's eyes widened as he felt something strange with Tempestuous Feel.

Something was off.

gravitated towards her... before

Rui's eyes narrowed as

just the air around her, but even the air from the skies above drifting towards her,

is this?' Rui watched with

her body was consuming the very atmosphere

was Seismic

only when he peered into her body with Riemannian Echo,

something he had never seen before. 'Skin breathing. But this is not supposed to be possible in

body continuously grew heavier as she absorbed an immense amount of air within her body. The atmosphere seeped into her at a drastic pace, even the size of her body grew

Rui's eyes narrowed.

doing, it was

as she made preparations, her sharp eyes were fixed on Meera. She refused to lose sight of her even once. Her body began bloating in an unsightly monstrous manner, erasing

a choice

"How disgusting," She murmured.

the air grew tumultuous.

The audience froze.

Something had changed.

was at a loss

remaining contestants narrowed their

It had a darkness to

could miss the bone-chilling malevolence that flavored

long

can have both your heart and your victory stolen." Squire Feoul snarled

She was ready.

that didn't reach her

her shooting maneuver, leaning almost flat

is going to steal your heart, then..." Meera continued like nothing was

of

BOOM!!!

eyes widened in shock as she launched herself at a speed that was second only to Kane's Godspeed

air around her. She

Yet nothing happened.

air from the front before exhaling it backward with

resistance did not exist in her

only did the air not

fraction of a millisecond,