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,

expected that his pattern recognition system would fail. it was a blow that he had suffered twice in the Martial Contest. Yet it was understandable

That too

hadn't expected to come across something

complete invalidation. What she did was

was extremely important in general,

was greatly compromised. That was why despite predicting the actions, he was unable to counter them well because she

first human to invalidate his predictive model so directly was not light. It was a psychological blow. Project Water was founded on the premise that

His eyes widened.

into her eyes as a chilling

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

was the source of the chaos within her. That was what allowed her to

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

of life could have resulted

He didn't know.

He didn't understand.

didn't

just need to win.' His eyes

power responding to the force

need solutions.' He quickly thought even as he defended

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

His eyes narrowed.

was only one option

that he could implement

His stance shifted.

leg shifted back, bolstering his

His arms drew closer.

need to be a Martial Artist to see

A fortress-style defense.

He had abandoned offense.

A sensible decision.

spectators couldn't

the same as

that Meera was less

that it?"

BOOM!

with such a powerful attack

as he did his best to mitigate the impact as he

asked as she

felt a strange sensation when she

were fixed

never once broke

It was deliberate.

He was...watching.

a profoundly faint sense of peril. It was as