The Martial Unity

Rui and Ieyasu didn't need any encouragement. The two of them had already had a plan. They lashed out at Master Zeamer with their full power, hoping to be able to pressure him so that he couldn't avoid them nearly as easily.

WHOOSH

Master Zeamer cleanly shifted away from both their attacks. The first attempt failed, yet neither of them was discouraged. They immediately followed suit, refusing to give him even a moment to breathe. Their raw speed actually exceeded his, catching up in just a brief moment.

'Oho...' Master Zeamer watched with interest as their steps synced, their attacks converged on with blazing speed, filling in the gaps of each other's attacks.

WHOOSH!

Master Zeamer avoided a diagonal kick from Ieyasu and a double strike from Rui.

Or so he thought,

FLICK

Rui's knuckle trimmed a bit of his long flowing beard with sheer friction, narrowly missing his head. They failed in actually landing a strike on the Martial Master, yet both of them only grew more driven as they pushed forward with greater vigor.

They watched each other more carefully, Ieyasu kept track of Rui's movement decisions from his mind while Rui predicted every movement that Ieyasu made. With this insight, they began adjusting better and better each time.

With each attack, their transitions and follow-ups grew smoother. The gap between each combo grew shorter and shorter.

Their steps, the moments of the inception of their attacks and maneuvers all grew increasingly aligned as they grew more and more accustomed to working with each other against a common opponent.

'Oho...' Master Zeamer's eyes widened as their timing and placement grew to reach a critical threshold.

BAM BAM!

Master Zeamer blocked their attacks for the first time, unable to casually evade them as he did before.

yet, that did not mean that they were close to

POW POW POW!

his gut, finding him away. The pain hypnotic technique had not been dispelled, thus each technique

Not just the pain, but the sheer speed of the man's attacks as

and myself. His Martial Body is vastly more powerful than ours, but with a Martial Heart, we significantly exceed it.' Rui narrowed his eyes. 'So why the hell couldn't I react to any of his

he was not

BAM BAM

Hypnomaster launched five consecutive blows across Ieyasu's body before the man could defend even a single time.

Why didn't Ieyasu react in

Rui's perspective, those blows were incredibly slow, yet Ieyasu's reactions seemed extremely dull and dragged. Ieyasu's expression grew grave with pain

widened as a realization

perception of time," Ieyasu calmly clarified. "I peeked into your mind when

figured as much.'

Master

I wiped out its memories of

can freeze time with his Martial Heart and Mind, then it stands to reason he can speed up our perception of time, making his

copy his techniques?' Rui glanced at

simply shook

the matter?" Master Zeamer suddenly accelerated before them. "We're just

BAM BAM BAM!

excruciating blows. Each blow was almost invisibly fast while their impacts seemed to strike like meteorites. Rui felt as though his flesh was burning while his muscles tore

activated Weaving Blood

to subconscious recoil due to our mind's

applied pain across the entire body without associating it with a perceived cause, making it easier for Rui to ignore

the pain was lesser, it was harder to

youngest Martial Seniors in

surged forward with a solid blow as Ieyasu launched a maneuver that covered all the holes in his attack in the

THWACK!