The Martial Unity

"Speed Void."

WHOOSH!

The Gatekeeper's narrowed as Rui cleanly evaded the finishing blow, leaping away as heaven and earth itself seemed to shackle the Gatekeeper in place.

That wasn't all.

"Fuuu…"

Rui activated Neo Godspeed at twenty percent while using Final Breathing at eighty percent, surging forward with much greater speed than before!

WHOOSH!

He evaded a powerful blow from the Gatekeeper, launching a powerful kick at the man's jaw. He threw every single technique into the Flowing Canon.

BAM!

It didn't so much as budge the man's head.

WHOOSH!

He somersaulted away, evading the man's extraordinarily swift and powerful blow. Suddenly, the Gatekeeper's body shifted, as his upper body dimmed while his legs brightened.

WHOOSH!

He appeared before Rui in the tiniest fraction of a millisecond, his legs dimmed as his upper body brightened. The most powerful and fastest blow of the battle was thrown at Rui.

WHOOSH!

Rui barely evaded the blow itself, yet the sheer shockwaves that emerged from it struck him point blank.

BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!

"Rgh!" He grimaced

The destructive shockwave that emerged from the attack was so extreme that it battered Rui, engulfing him and everything beyond.

RUMBLE!!!

The very lands beneath them shook under the devastating power of the Gatekeeper!

That day, all of North Kandria experienced a small earthquake.

STEP

grave expression, panting heavily. The Gatekeeper, too, took a moment to catch his breath after exerting himself to

spread across the

each other

eyes. "It has been a

"It has been a long time since I

them couldn't help but share a brief, fleeting

had befallen both of

the battle had come to an

deep confidence in his physicality, had chosen a relatively mindless approach to the

Chase after his opponent.

Hit his opponent.

for all of his life. Nothing short of the power of higher

had trumped

no Martial Path, no technique, no Martial Body, no Martial Heart no strategy or tactic had ever been able to withstand this

time since the birth of the Kandrian Empire, he had found an opponent who

understand

was as though he could see the

card, his absolute mastery over the Martial Heart, he had only been able to gain a brief advantage that

regulating the flow of the Martial Heart and redirecting it to the most relevant muscles at any given point in time,

force his opponent to go all out, unveiling mysterious hypnotic techniques, momentary domains, and his

battle could not considered

away from crushing Rui to a pulp. He had even shattered Rui's bones multiple times, which would have ended the fight then

any normal, sane Martial Senior would now alter their strategy and tactics. There was no point in continuing with a mindless and

their

timing through sabotage. They would have considered soaking damage to get their hands on Rui and grapple

Something.

Anything.

Not the Gatekeeper.

reason that he was still only a

had rejected

Physicality Evolution.

stayed true

of the Martial Master could shake his love and single-minded dedication to physicality, even at the

at the cost

have ever fought," the Gatekeeper declared, cutting

He closed his eyes.

stop

heart at those

crawled up

from the depths of his

"…Hold back?" Rui whispered.