The Martial Unity

Rui narrowed his eyes as he heard the man respond to his thought while revealing his name.

It was a shocking conclusion.

One no one could have possibly ever realized.

One surely no one would ever come to know. There were many who had tried, yet they had all failed to grasp the true core of his Martial Art.

Ieyasu had intended for it to remain that way.

Yet, seeing Rui easily discover his greatest secret made him feel trivial. The arrogance that had long developed within him, centered around this secret, began unraveling.

He had run into the one Martial Artist who was capable of learning the truth with just the sheer brilliance of his mind.

Rui stared at him impassively.

The ODA System was a technique that was largely mental. It was not something that could be replicated simultaneously with Rui's first use of it in the battle just by copying his mind.

If he simply copied Transverse Resonance, he would not have been able to aim, simultaneously with Rui, at his attack and cancel it out.

That meant that he had to have access to Rui's aim, which existed within his head. He need only reverse the aim since he was on the other end of it. That inevitably meant that he was a Martial Artist who could read minds. That was most likely the source through which he copied people's movements so well.

"Yet just because you know the truth, doesn't mean you can do anything about it." Ieyasu whispered as he rushed forward with greater speed and power than before. "You are not my equal."

The air grew taut with peril as he drew closer.

Rui closed his eyes.

An opponent with a physicality that seemed to grow stronger the more he copied his opponent, which he did through mind reading.

Rui now fully understood why he was so invincible. Trying to defeat him was almost impossible for those within the same Realm as him.

Almost.

Ieyasu rushed forward, launching a powerful Flowing Canon straight at Rui's head.

A knockout blow.

BOOM!!!

Rui grimaced as he barely managed to block it in time. Yet not even the combination of Flux Earther, Inner Divergence, and Adamant Reforging was enough to dispel the impact of Rui's attack.

The attack launched him far away, crashing across the battle arena.

Yet Ieyasu ruthlessly rushed forward, racing to finish Rui off.

BAM BAM BAM!

He pounded Rui with a barrage of powerful blows.

Each attack rattled Rui harder than the previous one.

made was

grew more and more comfortable in the

Becoming Rui.

could stare at him, and yet, one merely saw

A stronger Rui.

A faster Rui.

A superior Rui.

of the battle

watched with grave

They clenched their fists.

a similar manner. He had become an unending source of trauma to most of them. Some had even become crippled as Martial Artists

held

That maybe...

Falken would be able to

was to crush their hopes

outcome seemed to become

The air grew chillier.

Darker.

could feel it

The end was nigh.

to fill

THUD

fell down to one

powerful kick flew towards him, threatening to knock

It was game over.

And yet.

WHOOSH!

person could contain their shock as

Rui had disappeared.

BOOM!!!

flung him away. Every single witness froze in shock as the sight of Rui flinging Ieyasu away shattered every expectation of what

drew all others'. They were gravitic. Not a single

They were silver.

And yet...

They were not.

void emerged from

at Ieyasu, opening his

Three words escaped them.

your equal...?" He started walking forward. 'You... are not capable of reflecting

his eyes at that

He didn't bother retorting.

didn't understand what had

didn't have

Rui had already arrived.

BOOM!

evaded a powerful high kick from Rui as he stared into the man's eyes, peering into his