The Martial Unity

1561 Clashes

Suddenly, Kane's world changed. His physical body speed seemed to accelerate to the point where he found it hard for his mind to keep up with his own body, forcing him to go slower.

He glanced at Rui with a shocked realization, yet Rui didn't appear to want to cut him any slack.

BAM!

Rui managed to land a powerful blow on Kane's guard flinging him away, creating an ugly bruise on the man's guard. Yet he wasn't finished.

WHOOSH!

He rushed forward at top speed, looking to get another blow on Kane.

WHOOSH!

CRACKLE!

Rui's eyes widened with shock as Kane disappeared in the face of his attack.

WHOOSH!

Rui leaped away from a twin dagger attack that almost cleaved him in half.

SPLAT

Kane had managed to leave a cut on his abdomen, getting back at Rui for his earlier attack.

'Fulminata Godspeed," Rui realized, smiling inwardly.

Fulminata was a technique that amplified reflexes with lightning. Reflexes were a phenomenon that were not dependent on the mind's perception of time, allowing Kane to resist the effects of Temporal Disharmony with the technique.

On top of that, it allowed him to use Godspeed without restraint.

"Fuuuu…!" Kane exhaled heavily as he activated Godspeed, rushing forward towards Rui with extraordinary speed.

Yet, not even that was enough to reach Rui.

"FUUU!" Rui exhaled forcefully, activating Neo Godspeed, evading Kane's attack.

The two young men blurred into streaks of green and black as they maneuvered around the battlefield exchanging attacks after attacks.

Rui rushed forth aggressively right into Kane's dagger attack.

WHOOSH!

The blade crashed into an empty image.

A feint.

Rui's fist emerged from the other direction and a Flowing Canon with tremendous momentum blasted into Kane.

WHOOSH!

…Yet another feint.

their opponent's style. However, Kane had an edge in that battle, for Phantom Step was a maneuvering technique, a field where he was overwhelmingly

Disharmony was such a deep sabotage that it

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

with afterimages and illusions that

merely seen an army of Ruis and Kanes fighting against each other across

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

now, the two

gritted

that Rui had yet

surprised that Rui hadn't used

stared into Rui's

darkness of an endless

all he could

was all there was to

words escaped

"Don't worry, it's coming."

crawled up his spine

BAM!

powerful kick from Rui flung him away as Rui saw through his

blow even though he was still moving substantially

only one thing that this

as he

had been aimed

WHOOSH!

Both of them missed.

casually evaded his attacks with a single gentle

as though a domain had formed around him. One that would shred anything that

Not Rui, though.

CLASP

arms as his foot

BOOM!

"Rgh!" Kane grimaced.

BAM!

flung him overhead

BOOM!

away,

while using Neo Godspeed was limited, but it was still enough against Kane, who had poor defense and

a bout of blood as he did

had already

POW POW POW!

damage as Rui peppered him with blows. He launched a powerful blow at Kane's head, threatening to

WHOOSH!

Kane evaded the blow.

Yet, he didn't.

arrived at his

BAM!