The Martial Unity

The many spectators watched, shell-shocked, as Rui experienced a mysterious yet enormous surge of combat power. His speed and power were merely a minute fraction of the Gatekeeper's, yet he was somehow able to evade and even attack his opponent.

Yet even as he dazzled everybody with his almost magical ability to evade, he hadn't changed their outlook on the outcome of the battle.

There was one fact of the matter that killed any chance of victory for him in their eyes.

He had yet to so much as even hurt his opponent while the Gatekeeper continued to ravage.

Not for lack of trying.

Regardless, a single truth had become clear to each and every single one of them.

The battle had reached its twilight.

Nothing short of a miracle would be enough for Rui to seize victory under these circumstances.

POW POW POW!

He launched a short, swift barrage of blows on the Gatekeeper's jaw, instantly leaping away swiftly to evade the retaliation.

BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rui grimaced as the destructive shockwave battered him with wounds despite a maximum Nemean Blossom. He immediately leaped back towards the Gatekeeper even as a maximum Weaving Blood healed his wounds, albeit slower than before.

WHOOSH

He spun, evading an astronomical blow from the Gatekeeper, simultaneously landing his own.

BAM!

The Gatekeeper didn't so much as budge. He didn't even bother defending against Rui's pathetic attacks, for his own had already been launched hurtling towards Rui.

WHOOSH!

Rui somersaulted, landing away, only to find that the Gatekeeper had already arrived with his astronomical speed, ready to pummel him with a powerful blow.

All within Rui's prediction.

WHOOSH

BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as the destructive shockwave caught up with him even after he evaded the attack, battering him once more. Weaving Blood immediately kicked into action, yet the Gatekeeper did not give him even

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

after blow after blow, barely avoiding being utterly demolished by the absurd destructive

BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Each attack instantly carved out craters spanning many kilometers in

utterly destroy Rui's body, Nemean Blossom

with frustration as he relentlessly blasted attack after attack against Rui

single one of

and every movement within a microsecond of accuracy; anything less than that, and he would mistime the evasion, causing the attack to strike him successfully. The faster one's cognition was the shorter the timeframe between the inception of the attack and the final decision

the predicted attack a microsecond too early, then the Gatekeeper could reactively change the trajectory of the decided attack

microsecond too late, then he would have been unable to avoid the Gatekeeper's

minute window

needed to time it accurately over and over and

second he made a mistake, he would lose his life in addition to

perception of time and increasing the size of that window, as well as Speed Void reducing the sheer speed of his movements, not even the full might of Rui's pattern recognition model in

Blood constantly protecting him, he would have long succumbed to the destructive shockwaves of

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the destructive shockwaves of the three evaded attacks as his leg surged forward toward

BAM!

didn't so much as displace his head by even

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

Gatekeeper gritted his teeth as the three attacks crashed

A feint.

POW POW POW!

flurry of strikes to the back of the man's

WHOOSH!

inch of his life, yet Primordial Instinct had already

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

more ensuing attacks, one after

BAM!