The Martial Unity

Rui didn't even bother hiding.

What need was there to?

WHOOSH!

He simply activated his Martial Heart as he rushed forward to the Senior-level figure that he sensed in the distance.

In just a moment, he had already arrived.

Yet it appeared that his opponent had sensed him as well. They took a moment to size each other up when Rui closed on him.

The man was gargantuan, he clearly possessed a body that was certainly attributed to offense or defense, or both.

BOOM!

Rui rushed in with a powerful Flowing Canon that crashed into his powerful guard. Instantly, an immensely powerful wave of destruction arose from their clash, erupting until it engulfed a massive amount of area.

Yet Rui could only widen his eyes when the man guarded the attack solidly. His guard held strong, hardly yielding any ground even under the weight of Rui's strongest close-range attack.

BAM!

Rui barely blocked an immensely swift haymaker swing, flinging him away a good distance.

"Which nation are you from, boy?" He gruffly inquired as he walked towards Rui. "You have the weakest Martial Heart that I have ever seen. Is it defective? Hahaha!"

He mocked Rui as he took his stance, a look of realization emerged on his face. "Ah now that I think about it, you must be the one that took down Albas, eh?"

Rui didn't respond, simply analyzing him to the best of his abilities.

show you...allow me to show you just how much of a gap there can be

enough to trigger a conflagration. Rui's eyes widened as he blurred in his vision, crossing the distance between

BAM!

blazing-hot blow crashed into Rui, scorching

flashed into motion as they hailed down on

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

an incredulous expression, yet the persevering efforts

BAM!

launched him away, burning his flesh. His eyes narrowed as he took a greater measure of the man's capabilities. Despite being larger and heavier than Rui, he was actually much faster as well, it broke known paradigms that Rui had been accustomed

this was because the Martial Body used to be the most important variable when it came to the performance parameters of Martial Squire, in addition to

to the introduction of the Martial Heart, this was no longer strictly true. A stronger Martial Heart could bridge the gap in speed just

of burning blows forward at even

laughed mirthfully, expecting to roast Rui slowly across their

that did

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

evaded his blows, surging through the chinks in the

BOOM!

a Flowing Canon on a vital point caused the man to snarl

FWOOSH!

leaped away at top speed, activating Gale Force Breathing and Outer Convergence as he leaped away

flames were even

meters of the man. A giant fireball conflagration

his skin. He didn't bother too much with the damage as his accelerated healing quickly took care of the burns. His mind was consumed

into before, but the level

that Flux Earther was a technique that could disperse impacts, but could not disperse flames. That meant that the only defense that he had was

'Most optimal choice is to switch to a form

an evasive fighting style was