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.

you...allow me to show you just how much of a gap there can be between Martial Seniors!" He charged forward with an incredible

them burst into an inferno as the sheer friction this man generated with his charge was enough to trigger a conflagration. Rui's eyes widened as he blurred in his vision,

BAM!

blazing-hot blow crashed into Rui, scorching

the man wasn't done, his arms flashed into motion as they hailed down on Rui, barely missing

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

attacks with an incredulous expression, yet the persevering efforts of the

BAM!

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

the most important variable when it came to the performance parameters of Martial Squire, in addition to their

true. A stronger Martial Heart could bridge the gap in

burning blows forward at even greater speeds. "Eat

expecting to roast

yet, that

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

his blows, surging through the chinks in the man's armor

BOOM!

a vital point caused the man to snarl in pain,

FWOOSH!

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

the flames were even

just him, but everything within a hundred meters of the man. A giant fireball conflagration erupted as it engulfed a chunk of the abandoned town they

his skin. He didn't bother too much with the damage as his accelerated healing quickly took care

generated heat through friction. This was not something he hadn't run into before, but the level

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 of combat that

too wide-range, an evasive