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.

maintained the pacing and patterns of striking that he normally

the defensive Martial Senior grew increasingly comfortable with dealing with Rui's

his biggest

WHOOSH!

he realized he had shifted his guard preemptively in

His prediction was wrong.

SPLAT!

in pain as his eyes

jabbed him in the eyes, making them

BAM!

from the wound had caused his guard to become dismantled, giving Rui

CLASP!

arms coiled around the man's neck and head,

was over rather

thought to capitalize on the shortcomings of the opponent, to stress and strain them to the point of causing the opponent to eventually make a blunder. This is

earliest iterations of the VOID algorithm before he had ventured to create the pattern recognition

the set of voidlet techniques he

thoughtfully," Rui remarked. "That is the value that these techniques

to his explanations

this manner from the very get-go, by the time they reached the Senior Realm, their affinities for the Master Realm

Rui calmly replied after having consumed

to the Martial Senior of

not

was perhaps for the better. He knew Kane's patterns too well; he might subconsciously use the predictive model, which would

lean man, which was to be expected.

a defensive stance, this time with a knowing expression. "Let's

WHOOSH!

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

employed in the previous fight. Yet Rui was not nearly as slow

POW POW POW!

managed to block the barrage of blows cleanly. Yet his opponent was unperturbed, turning to different points of entry

POW POW POW!