The Martial Unity

One of the reasons Rui was eager to witness the man's Martial Art was because the Martial Path was a manifestation of the essence of one's being, a path born from the culmination of a person. It inherited their affinities, biases, inclinations, and strengths and weaknesses.

Much about a person could be learned from their Martial Path. His words could be deceitful, but his Martial Art would not. This was especially the case ever since Rui had become a Martial Senior. His senses and instincts had elevated to a much higher level, and his insight into Martial Artists of the Lower Realms grew as a result.

Prince Raijun took a largely neutral stance that didn't place too much emphasis on any one particular domain or field of combat. This suggested a well-balanced Martial Art, which in turn was usually a sign of a well-balanced temperament.

He had long noticed the correlation between temperament and the affinities of Martial Art. It was hard not to. Most offensive Martial Artists he had run into possessed highly active and aggressive temperaments.

Most defensive Martial Artists possessed tempered fortitude.

Most maneuvering-oriented Martial Artists possessed possessed dynamic personalities.

Nothing was absolute, but it meant that the prince most likely had a balanced Martial Art.

Rui walked over to him slowly, gauging his reaction. It wasn't until he reached a meter away from the prince that he finally attacked.

WHOOSH!

Although the attack was quite swift for a Martial Apprentice, to Rui it may as well have been frozen in time.

the way. Yet much to his surprise, the prince's attack had already been corrected and redirected toward Rui without

POW!

into Rui's hand,

had given him a

The prince confidently declared as a flurry of blows erupted, flying at Rui. Rui found that ordinary maneuvers were less effective in evading the prince's attacks one after the other. Every time Rui shifted,

opponent's speed if he truly wanted, but that wasn't the point. He was trying to show-off, he was trying to be a good sparring

POW POW POW!

blocked several strikes from the prince before gently throwing an attack

WHOOSH!

the way at the last moment throwing his fist at Rui Yet when he tried to

eyes widened when he found his balance crumbling as

CLASP

the ground in the blink of an eye. Yet he could only be impressed as the prince held his ground, fighting back against Rui's attempt to wrangle over him and choke him out. Yet Rui could sense his discomfort and

neither particularly good at grappling nor good at avoiding. Anybody more competent than you at it will defeat you most

felt particularly nervous as he felt a directed wave of pressure from the two Martial Masters who looked to be on the

position, it would be trivially easy for Rui to kill the prince, which is why they were on extremely high alert. Yet he delicately restricted his strength as much as possible while still exerting just enough to

TAP TAP

felt two taps on his

ox!" The prince heaved a sigh.