The Martial Unity

Senior Faputa gazed over the dead body of Senior Gemu with wide eyes.

"…Not a single scratch, but he's dead."

She could hardly believe it, however, the defensive expert seemed to have been killed very smoothly in a manner that bypassed his defenses and killed him in an instant.

'Poison…?' She narrowed her eyes. 'No…'

There were no signs of poison used on him. Every Martial Artist who delved into the Underworld became more familiar with unorthodox Martial Art, especially fields like poison that were used even outside of Martial Art.

From what she could tell, he hadn't been poisoned.

He had just inexplicably… died.

That alone wasn't the only oddity to be spotted.

'Where is his exterior robe?' She frowned.

It didn't make sense that that alone went missing. Furthermore, she found it quite likely that it alone had been torn off while other articles had been intact.

She had been sent by the Carnil Mafia for two missions, two find and extract a plum ecstasy fruit, and to find Senior Gemu who had been deployed in this particular direction within the forest.

Unfortunately, this was part of the trap that Rui had laid.

BOOM!

"Rgh!" She grimaced as a powerful crashed into her head, almost leaving her dizzy. Yet she swiftly raced away at a blinding speed, quickly recovering the effects of the blow.

She hadn't sensed even the slightest threat when the mysterious force had struck her. It was clearly someone with an incredible amount of stealth.

"Tsk," She gritted her teeth as she brought her hands together, activating a breathing technique before releasing a powerful omnidirectional shockwave to catch the invisible assailant.

POW!

Her eyes narrowed as Rui appeared out of thin air at a distance, blocking the attack. "Now you're dead."

WHOOSH!

Rui's eyes widened as she flashed towards him at a blinding speed and agility, her hands surged forward, reducing to blurs even to Rui's senses.

POW POW POW!

He defended her vitals as she launched a maelstrom of short and swift blows that were nearly impossible to evade at that range. On top of that, simply leaping away and opening the distance wouldn't work when she was faster than him, he would never be able to outpace her.

Fern, hm?" She asked with an icy tone as she plowed him with

POW POW POW!!!

going to die a painful death." She

BAM BAM

of rapid-fire

Mafia

POW POW POW!!

"It does not forget."

BANG BANG BANG!!

until it has consumed those that

as her blows

booms rippled

ignited the atmosphere with the sheer friction she generated as

hands ceased being

flames they generated

origin of her Meteorite Monsoon technique. Swift short blows that exceeded the speed

POW POW

is beyond your capability," She declared. "I will wear you down, bit by bit.

Suddenly, the air changed.

She could feel it.

something in

No…

four

"You talk too much."

shiver crawl

crawled up

needed to die,

as she

WHOOSH!

she could only widen as her attack crashed into an empty image. Before she could even

BOOM!!

impact, flattening a town's worth of area across the

as the impact launched

"Watch out for the

ZZZZT!

eyes widened as countless Senior-level cloud hornets emerged from the clouds, threatening to tear her to shreds. She immediately dove, rushing to the ground in a matter

she was

WHOOSH!

a blow from Rui, with incredible speed and agility. As a speed-oriented Martial Artist, she was confident in her ability

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

He had just managed to get a luck