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.

been quite impressed had he been here to witness it. Landing a single

was far from enough to deal with

WHOOSH!

crashed into an empty image that faded

BAM!

gritted her teeth as a Flowing Canon immediately crashed into her, pummeling her with

towards her, looking to build upon this momentum, yet it appeared that

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

Mask, but perhaps he

when he compared it

me, then don't mind if

forth with her. His predictive model had already made substantial

BAM!

collided straight into her face with unerring accuracy as he

land on her feet, skidding away with a look of surprise on her face. 'I thought I dodged at that, but he instantly altered its trajectory in the direction I was moving in even

Something was off.

threat than

had seen a hint of his capability for extreme speed in the second round yesterday. She knew that his current capabilities were

was not resigned. Against someone like Rui, she had already determined that taking him down quickly in the short term was the most optimal course of

but for some reason, she found it particularly difficult to

eyes narrowed as her fists clenched. 'Getting bogged

in before launching a barrage of strikes and blows. Her balled fists morphed into knuckle punches as she aimed to inflict greater damage with each strike and make it

her shock when he blocked all of them with greater ease than

CRACK!

break

he was far from

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

knew how they were going to unfold. His movements began growing smoother and smoother as he grew