The Martial Unity

The Suffocator did not appear to be in a hurry.

Rui found this strange.

Instead, he simply noted Rui's enhanced regeneration, as mentioned in the intelligence that they received, born from the Hungry Pain technique.

"Who put you up to this?" Rui growled as he recuperated, grateful to the assassin for giving him a few seconds to catch his breath.

He may have already triumphed over the twins, but they definitely strained and stressed him out.

He even deactivated his Martial Heart. It was an extraordinarily precious resource at the moment.

"I have no idea," The Suffocator replied. "Probably someone extremely powerful. You have powerful enemies, Rui Quarrier."

His strange accent being warped through the mask left his speech to be quite different.

"Have you bated your exhaustion?" The Suffocator asked helpfully.

"…Do you mind if I drink a rejuvenation potion?"

"Even my generosity has limits," The Suffocator scoffed. "Now then. Bare your domain."

Rui raised an eyebrow. "Why would I do tha-"

"If you don't want to die, that is," The Suffocator's voice grew cold as he began bending heaven.

Rui's eyes widened as he got a good look at what he was doing.

He was creating a density of gradient vertically, then filtering out gases of a certain amount of relative density by eliminating gas across between that gradient.

Namely, oxygen.

That left a domain without any oxygen.

Rui held his breath as he leaped away, yet the man leaped along with him while also expanding the domain with him.

"What's the matter?" The Suffocator's voice called out to him. "Cat got your domain? Not confident you'll win?"

He was surprisingly fast, refusing to allow Rui to exit his domain.

by simply exiting them. One of

of the domain followed him, spreading through the air, filtering

whether he ought to

shook his head even as

energy and strained him far too much. He still had many assassins to survive and overcome. He needed to preserve as much

he had kept his Metabody consumption

he

as the man rushed forward towards Rui,

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were

eyes widened with realization. 'He's using a domain

that as well as the

only that, he was

"Passive mastery…" Rui murmured.

"That's right, Rui Quarrier,"

voice

them simultaneously. You are also unable to use them while fighting unarmed," The Suffocator's voice was gleeful. "Well then,

combat as he began heaven-bending. He

WHOOSH!

heaven-bending

The Suffocator commented. "But unlike you, I can

BAM BAM BAM!!!

disperse the impact of the powerful blows

to deal with, but they were particularly difficult to do so while he was

was truly pushed to use the Metabody System this time.

too early to use it, considering how

drained

could not also afford to further

used the stamina-preserving Metabody System with final breathing and Hungry Pain technique, allowing him

left him with the huge problem that he was

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voice was filled with sadistic glee. "Too exhausted from previous assassins? Too concerned for assassins that are surely to come even after? Does it feel suffocating? Does it feel like you're choking? Like the walls are closing in? Like a painful death is the only foreseeable

man's voice became drowned in ecstatic pleasure as he witnessed Rui's

never entered his

his eyes were fixed on

They were waiting.