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

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

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

as he leaped away dodging blow after blow after blow,

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

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

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

shook under the Gatekeeper's devastating power. Each attack instantly carved out

would utterly destroy Rui's body,

with frustration as he relentlessly blasted attack after attack against Rui with blinding

single one

within a microsecond of accuracy; anything less than that, and he would mistime the evasion, causing the attack to strike him successfully. The

then the Gatekeeper could reactively change the trajectory of the decided

attack a microsecond too late, then he would have been unable

window to dodge

time it accurately over and

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

the sheer speed of his movements, not even the full might of Rui's pattern

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

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

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

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

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

the destructive shockwaves of the three evaded attacks

BAM!

displace his

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

his teeth as the

A feint.

POW POW POW!

to the back

WHOOSH!

inch of his life, yet Primordial

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

to evade three more ensuing attacks, one after the other, kicking off

BAM!