The Martial Unity

"Let's begin," Rui narrowed his eyes as he raced in, preparing a powerful attack.

BOOM!!

A powerful Flowing Canon crashed into the man's guard, rocking it where he stood.

Yet it held firm.

Rui raised an eyebrow as the man held on strong, impressed by his resilience.

Yet he was far from done.

WHOOSH

He smoothly swirled to the side, launching a swift upper kick to the man's head.

BAM!

The man barely managed to shift in time, blocking the powerful blow with a guard. Yet the impact imbalanced him slightly. Reverberating Lance permeated the impact through his guard, hurting him despite it.

BAM BAM BAM!!!

Rui blasted the man with an onslaught of blows and attacks. Each of them rattled his guard, but more than anything, he was constantly forced to shift his guard, for Rui never once attacked in the same place.

His guard was as hard as esoteric rock; the power of his Martial Body was higher than that of Rui's, so he would never be able to break past his guard with straightforward clashes.

That was why he focused his stance just enough on maneuvering such that he could constantly shift around and target his weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

As tough as his guard was, it was also heavy. It wasn't easy for him to shift it around constantly.

BAM BAM BAM!

The man gritted his teeth as he constantly stepped around, trying to adjust to Rui's maneuvers.

Yet Rui had no intention of slowing down.

just maintained the pacing and patterns of striking

the defensive Martial Senior grew increasingly comfortable

was his

WHOOSH!

realized he had shifted his guard preemptively in anticipation

His prediction was wrong.

SPLAT!

The man screamed in

cleanly jabbed him in the eyes, making

BAM!

abrupt pain from the wound had caused his guard to

CLASP!

coiled around the man's

was over

"This battle highlighted the ability of the system of thought to capitalize on the shortcomings of the opponent, to stress and strain them to the point of causing the opponent

strategy that Rui had codified into the earliest iterations of the VOID algorithm before he had ventured to

the set of

every Martial Apprentice was able to fight so strategically. So thoughtfully," Rui remarked. "That is the value that these techniques are able to

to

that if every Martial Apprentice fought in this manner from the very get-go, by the time they reached the Senior Realm, their affinities for the Master Realm would already be much

Rui calmly replied after

Martial Senior of the Lightning

not

the better. He knew Kane's patterns too well; he might subconsciously use the

Sect was a lean man, which was to be expected. He silently took a light-stepped loose stance that allowed for

defensive stance, this time

WHOOSH!

approached Rui, he swiftly swirled around for his back, aiming for his

to the one Rui had just employed in the previous fight.

POW POW POW!

barrage of blows cleanly. Yet his opponent was unperturbed,

POW POW POW!