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.

her to be quite powerful, but

fail. it was a blow that he had suffered twice in the Martial Contest. Yet

a human? That too a fellow Martial

hadn't expected to come across something like

complete invalidation. What she did was

that that was a good thing, timing was extremely important in general,

when countering someone, or their effectiveness was greatly compromised. That was why despite predicting the actions,

predictive model so directly was not light. It was a psychological blow. Project Water was founded on the premise that people had core patterns that could not be changed it was a

His eyes widened.

her eyes as a chilling realization dawned

a being is incoherent.' His expression turned grave. 'The root of her mind is in a

chaos within her. That was

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

could have

He didn't know.

He didn't understand.

didn't

His eyes narrowed

power responding to the force

thought even as he defended

only took him a

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 advantage on top of

His eyes narrowed.

was only one

it wasn't something that he could implement

His stance shifted.

back,

His arms drew closer.

not need to be a Martial Artist to see what he

A fortress-style defense.

He had abandoned offense.

A sensible decision.

spectators couldn't

that the same

that Meera was less than

that it?" Her

BOOM!

him with such a powerful attack that the ground itself

best to mitigate the impact

you can do?" She asked as she immediately arrived in front of

felt a strange sensation when she looked into

were fixed on

once broke

It was deliberate.

He was...watching.

a profoundly faint sense of peril. It was as though his eyes captured more than just her