The Martial Unity

In a region of the Great Forest of Hypnonarak, silence reigned as two Martial Seniors stared at each other. Their eyes were fixed on their opponents, such that they could not even see anything else.

There was silence, and then there was not.

"HRYAH!" Senior Zenshin burst into motion as his body uncoiled, springing him into a spiral.

Rui's eyes narrowed as he launched off into a sprint, his fist surging forward as he prepared a Flowing Canon. Yet when it was merely a meter away, Zenshin abandoned his technique, redirecting his revolving claws towards Rui.

Unfortunately for him, Rui's predictive model foresaw the attempt.

WHOOSH!

Zenshin's eyes widened with shock as the attack crashed into an empty image.

A feint.

BAM!!

A powerful hook empowered with Outer Convergence and Reverberating Lance crashed into the man's liver, as Rui pushed himself away from Senior Zenshin with the recoil from the attack. "Tsk!" Senior Zenshin tutted, hiding his pain. He was far from ready to give up.

"HYAH!" The man launched himself into a spin almost immediately, hoping to catch Rui off-guard. Yet Rui had foreseen that as well.

BAM!!

Canon crashed into Zenshin's guard as the man did his best to

WHOOSH!

yet again as Rui cleanly evaded him returning to his previous

time discontinuing the technique the moment Rui arrived within the range of his claws,

And yet…

WHOOSH

towards him, cleanly avoiding the attack. Senior Zenshin narrowed his eyes with rage as he refused to give up, repeating the aggressive technique

happen. He would either continue with the execution of his technique, hoping to pull it off in time, or he would discontinue the technique, hoping to catch Rui off-guard with

the Flowing Canon. In the latter, Rui simply

as much time

a gamble Rui. Senior Zneshin merely needed to succeed twice in succession in order to damage him

Rui even a single time. Not even once had Rui made the wrong choice, or even the right choice at the wrong time. Whenever Senior Zenshin chose to genuinely try to execute the Hurricane of One Thousand Claws, Rui unhesitatingly surged forward

Rui somehow always knew

had already flickered out as they went off. These reservoirs of potent power

passed, not once had he managed to touch Rui despite the

executed the breathing techniques and other maneuvers as

And despite that…

WHOOSH!

had long stepped away, cleanly evading

Zenshin's expression crumpled with rage and frustration. 'How is this even possible? He began dodging just the

no lag. It was as though his reaction time was less than zero. It was as though he knew the future itself. Despite that, Zenshin did not give up. "HRYAH!" He began executing the Hurricane of One Thousand Claws once more, going all out with

Rui

BOOM!!