The Martial Unity

1562 Beyond

Rui found himself on the defensive.

Kane had evaded his counter, disappearing at an astonishing speed while also simultaneously almost killing him.

Rui knew that he had swung with the intent to kill. If Rui hadn't leaped away, he would have died.

The realization melted away every ounce of restraint that Rui had. Kane had reached a level of power that was second only to Rui and Ieyasu before they broke through. Since he wasn't using his Martial Senior at the moment, he was effectively a Martial Squire at the moment barring his senses.

He had already told Kane to attack with the intent to kill. Kane could not afford to hold back. Kane had conditioned himself mentally to be prepared just for that. He was not going to hold back at this juncture.

Kane swung his daggers in strange manners as his speed continuously increased reaching levels that Rui didn't think was possible within the Squire Realm.

He grew faster and faster.

His agility had skyrocketed.

The speed gap between them increased continuously, so much so that Rui didn't even feel like he was using Neo Godspeed.

Despite suffering from Temporal Disharmony that hampered his own perception of time, he still relied on the reflexes that he gained from Fulminata to flub up his own techniques. The grade-ten technique was able to edge out the grade-nine hypnotic technique narrowly, allowing Kane to keep up with his own movements.

WHOOSH!

Kane's dagger slashed at Rui in a strange manner almost lopping his head off. The dagger also created a gust of vacuum on one side of Kane, while directing air currents on the other end. The massive pressure differential propelled Kane forward at the astonishing speeds that he was displaying.

Rui's eyes widened as he understood the mechanism of the technique. Kane had developed a technique centered around his daggers, one that allowed him to generate a pressure differential from one side to the other, to thrust to him reach higher speeds than he alone would ever reach.

The most impressive part was that he only needed to attack as he normally did while relying on the movements of the attacking daggers to generate the pressure differential allowing him to maneuver at extremely high speeds.

It was free speed!

It was a powerful technique that integrated the daggers deeper into his Martial Art, truly making it a part of his Dancing Shadow Style. The individuality of the technique had elevated the individuality of his Martial Path past a critical threshold.

Kane launched a flurry of dagger blows at Rui, who promptly evaded them, leaping away.

WHOOSH!

launching an onslaught of blade swings at

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

Kane never let up a single time. His eyes were fixed on

hack away at Rui, generating pressure differentials that

a fleeting shadow of

not even that reached

POW!

grimaced, leaping away as he beheld

The void had arrived.

an upper hand as Rui acclimatized to his new technique. But it wasn't too long before he had adapted even

easy once Rui realized the mechanics

in the causal relationship between Kane's dagger movements and the resulting pressure differentials that propelled him. Once he found the patterns between the cause and effect, he was able

strongest Mind Mask that he could muster without a Martial Heart. A mountain of

control. He forgot that this

didn't allow him to

to push Kane to

life needed to be, and was,

critical phase

WHOOSH!

he rushed forward as his dagger chased after Rui's

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

and every single blow

BAM!

surged forward, moving even

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

cleanly evaded them as his fist flew forward,

WHOOSH!

barely managed to evade the well-timed attack, leaping to the

And despite that-

BAM!

blow had already arrived, slamming into him. Kane grimaced, yet he persevered,

His skin tore.

His muscle burned.

His joints creaked.