The Martial Unity

The difference was startling.

Squire Frinjschia's eyes narrowed as she felt a profound sense of peril unlike anything she had ever felt.

She always felt the faint pressure of death from particularly powerful Martial Squires. Even if she did not mind dying, her body was still cognizant of the threat of death that particularly lethal Martial Squires and Martial Artists of a higher Realm exerted on her.

Yet, this was different.

She felt a bone-chilling terror from Rui as if death was not the worst he could inflict on her.

Her instincts could sense it clearly.

The perils the depth of his eyes conveyed were beyond her fathoming

Instantly, her wariness spiked as she honed her focus.

He took a neutral stance, just like she did. The two faced each other in close quarters, facing each other eye to eye.

"Begin!"

She did not even hesitate. Instantly, she lashed out at him with her remarkable agility, throwing a number of jabs at his vitals.

POW POW POW! WHOOSH!

Rui dispersed their impacts only to have his own blow dodged with ease.

BAM BAM BAM! WHOOSH!

He narrowly turned, managing to block and disperse the impacts of her strikes with Flux Earther yet again, only to have his own blow dodged.

have been quite impressed had he been here to witness it. Landing a single blow on her was quite

it was far from enough to deal

WHOOSH!

crashed into an empty image that

BAM!

her teeth as a Flowing Canon immediately crashed into her,

raced in towards her, looking to build upon this momentum,

noted as he continued to pursue trying to find openings as the two of

he thought he had hidden his intentions well behind a Mind Mask, but perhaps he had underestimated the intuition of a Martial Artist who had been

and wariness from her movements when he compared it to the bold decisions she took

if you're not going to come to me, then don't mind if I come

going back and forth with her. His predictive model had already made substantial

BAM!

with unerring

of surprise on her face. 'I thought I dodged at that, but he instantly

Something was off.

exerting a greater sense of threat than he did before. It was

had seen a hint of his capability for extreme speed in the second round

taking him down quickly in the short term was the most optimal

required her to be aggressive against him, but for some reason, she found

narrowed as her fists clenched. 'Getting

Her balled fists morphed into knuckle punches as she aimed to inflict greater damage with each strike and make

when he blocked all of them with greater ease than he

CRACK!

Rui managed to cleanly break

was far

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

going to unfold. His movements began growing smoother and smoother as he