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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he evaded the attack, battering him once more. Weaving Blood immediately kicked into action, yet the Gatekeeper

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

dodging blow after blow after blow, barely avoiding being utterly

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

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

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

and earth shook under the Gatekeeper's devastating power. Each attack instantly carved out craters spanning many

them would utterly

with frustration as he relentlessly blasted attack after attack against Rui

one of

and he would mistime the evasion, causing the attack to strike him successfully. The faster one's cognition was the

a microsecond too early, then the Gatekeeper could reactively change

he would have been unable to avoid the Gatekeeper's astronomical

had an extremely minute window to dodge the

time it accurately over and

second he made a mistake, he would lose his

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 conjugation with maximum Neo Godspeed would have been enough to avoid

Weaving Blood constantly protecting him, he would have long succumbed to the destructive shockwaves of the Gatekeeper's

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

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

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

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

withstanding the destructive shockwaves of the three evaded attacks as his leg surged forward toward the man's

BAM!

as displace his head by even an

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

teeth as the three attacks

A feint.

POW POW POW!

of strikes to the back

WHOOSH!

life, yet Primordial Instinct had already

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

after the other, kicking off the Gatekeeper's head

BAM!