The Martial Unity

RUMBLE!

The land shook. It may very well have been the end of the world for the people in that region given its intensity. The dark heavy clouds that formed in the skies above the region were ominous as well. The storm that had risen out of seemingly nowhere was a source of great terror to the mortals that were, unfortunately, enough to be in the region.

Yet none of them compared to the forces at the epicenter of all the maelstrom. A blade made up of wind rested in the skies as if it belonged there. It was an unbelievable sight. If the residents of the region focused hard enough, they could swear that they caught an image of an elderly woman through the illusion, yet it was difficult to say.

It didn't help that their attention was divided between it and the opposing fortress in the sky.

None of them understood what was happening.

No, they could only helplessly pray that the gods ceased their wrath.

Master Uma inhaled deeply as she activated a breathing technique, before timing her exhalation with seemingly strange arm movements. Her arms churned against the wind drifts that her powerful breath created, creating countless sharp blades of wind that coalesced to form what resembled a hurricane in its totality.

One moment, it merely loomed over them. A moment later, it surged towards Master Deivon as though it had come to life.

Yet he was unfazed.

His eyes narrowed as he straightened his stance, shielding himself with arms with balled fists while his legs planted themselves into the sky, unyielding.

BOOM!!!

wind blast that spread as far as the eye could

to the skies high above them, it would wiped out all life within a certain radius. Yet the two Martial Masters abided by the unspoken rule of the higher Realms to not

and the

stance as the Sanchin Kata, a stance in many styles of Karate that focused on stability of defense. Back on Earth, it was a stance that was only suitable under highly specific circumstances and was obsolete in the UFC, but here in Gaia, Master Deivon had made it the foundation of his

a displeased expression. She had not

murmured. "The gap in our status within the Theocracy is greater than the gap

"You're going nowhere. You will remain here, as long as needed to ensure that

at him impassively as she considered her

was unfortunate, however, that she was at a

defeat Master Deivon by the end of their battle. There was no doubt about this, they both knew

was there to collect His Godship and isolate themselves as she maximized his potential and molded his mind to match the Virodhabhasa, even if

of the battle did not matter to either of them. What mattered most

be quite some time before she overcame his defenses and put him down. As

a

long to overcome Master Deivon, then by the time she began chasing after Rui, the possible areas within which he could be at the moment would have far exceeded what she could realistically search and hope to find him

had seen the speed at which he sprinted away. If he could maintain even half that speed for even a portion of an extended fight, then the area within which

with powerful extravagant attacks, but his defenses were solid enough for him to ignore the wounds. She did not want to test his ability to be

chose the more pragmatic approach of simply bypassing

BOOM!!!