The Martial Unity

The entirety of the colosseum watched in rapt attention as the volatile battle ensued.

They didn't understand.

They were unqualified to.

The battle has begun relatively even.

Then it had shifted in Squire Falken's favor.

And now, it had shifted in Meera's favour.

What had changed?

BAM BAM BAM!

Meera's eyes were fixed on him as she pummeled him with a series of kicks.

Rui's eyes narrowed as he barely managed to deal with them.

Her weight shifted.

He rapidly leapt back, avoiding a predicted swift front kick.

And again.

POW!

He gritted his teeth as he barely blocked the early attack.

BOOM!

She spotted an opportunity as she rushed forward, pressing both her palms into Rui while rushing forward a blinding pace.

WHOOSH!

"And Champion Meera launched Contestant Falken into the distance!" The commentator exclaimed. "Is Contestant Falken simply unable to compete?!"

The crowd's sentiment sunk as they watched Rui increasingly overwhelmed by Champion Meera.

After the previous fight, nobody wanted the champion to win the Martial Contest.

Many people had begun rooting for Rui in earnest.

It had not been pleasant to watch him get overwhelmed.

Rui, on the other hand, wasn't paying attention to the spectators. They may as well have not existed to him.

His eyes were focused on a single person.

had expected her to be quite powerful, but this was

system would fail. it was a blow that he had suffered twice in

too a fellow

hadn't expected to come across

invalidation. What she did was invalidate his

that that was a good thing, timing was extremely important in general, but especially so when it came to adaptive

time his movements just precisely right when countering someone, or their effectiveness was greatly compromised. That was why despite predicting the actions, he was unable to

was founded on the premise that people had core

His eyes widened.

gazed into her eyes as a chilling realization dawned

is incoherent.' His expression turned grave. 'The root of her mind is in a greater state of flux

chaos within her. That was what allowed her to defy his predictive

being exist? It was said that the sum of one's life was what gave rise to

life could have resulted in a monster like

He didn't know.

He didn't understand.

he didn't need

just need to win.' His eyes

power responding to the force of his

thought even as he defended

him a second to

against the abyssfeeder, it was not something that could compensate for the failure of his pattern recognition system. It was too short-lived. It was meant to press an

His eyes narrowed.

only one

wasn't something that

His stance shifted.

leg shifted back, bolstering his

His arms drew closer.

Martial Artist to

A fortress-style defense.

He had abandoned offense.

A sensible decision.

couldn't

the same as admitting

appeared that Meera was

it?"

BOOM!

such a powerful attack that the ground

did his best to mitigate the impact as he was launched

this the best you can do?" She asked as she immediately arrived in

felt a strange sensation

fixed

never once broke eye

It was deliberate.

He was...watching.

peril. It was as though his eyes captured more