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.

had to admit, her evasive maneuvering was splendid. Even Kane would have been quite impressed had he been here to witness it. Landing a single blow on her

it was far from enough to deal with

WHOOSH!

her blow crashed into an empty

BAM!

her teeth as a Flowing Canon immediately crashed into her,

this momentum, yet it appeared that she was too wary of

noted as

behind a Mind Mask, but perhaps he had underestimated the intuition of a Martial Artist who had been training and fighting literally the entirety of

her movements when he compared it to the bold decisions she

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

forth with her. His predictive model

BAM!

face with unerring accuracy as he launched

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

Something was off.

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

hint of his capability for extreme speed in the second round yesterday. She knew that

Against someone like Rui, she had already determined that taking him down quickly in the short term was the most optimal course

some reason, she found it particularly

clenched. 'Getting bogged

balled fists morphed into knuckle punches as she aimed to inflict

her shock when he blocked all of them with greater ease

CRACK!

cleanly break one of

he was far from

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

to unfold. His movements began growing smoother