The Martial Unity

Chapter 2088 Deceptive Trap

Master Vertol's true offense was not bullrushes or charges.

No.

Those were red herrings.

By constantly charging in over and over, he tricked his opponents into believing that he was a Martial Artist who relied on linear momentum to inflict damage with heavy collisions. His systems of thought relied on constantly conditioning his opponents to be wary of his bullrushes while writing them off as his sole offense.

It was a lie.

He grinned as the two Martial Masters blasted around on the battlefield, grappling with each other.

CLASP!

He pulled Rui into a deeper, deadlier embrace, using all the power he was able to muster in his arms and legs. By further pulling him in, he also subjected Rui to the Yin-Yang Shield, which had now become a full-contact battering ram.

BOOOM!!!

power of Yin-Yang

broken his bones if not for Nemean Blossom, which was at half power, and Flux Earther dispersing the impact. A half-powered Hypertrophic Surge helped him fight back

power of a man who had honed his body for centuries. While enhancing its defense was something that he had focused on the most, his power output was extremely high, far higher than Rui as he had a massive weight advantage in addition

was why Master Vertol had spent more than a century refining his grappling trap. Once he

maximize the probability of successfully grappling with his opponents by scrupulously evaluating their reactions, their attention, and their focus. It also allowed him to find the most optimal timing for springing his grappling trap so that he could

tediously burned into muscle memory and pure reflex to minimize the probability that it would be foreseen before it was too late. The lack of conscious intentionality behind the motions was the reason that the SOUL model's reading of intent was delayed, causing Rui

at its inception, yet he

That wasn't all.

CLASP

exerted himself to the maximum.

of thought

innate physical superiority, the centuries of deep experience in grappling, the systems of thought specialized for grappling, and actual grappling techniques

hand, Rui could predict his moves well ahead of time. He also dispersed much of the man's output over time with his defense. In addition, he continued Breathing Crucifix, stifling the

would have broken some bones under the sheer pressure of the Yin-Yang Shield

those weren't the only cards he had to

BZZZT

yang vibrations of the technique, reducing their power. Master Vertol gritted his teeth as the two of them rolled around heaven and earth, furiously struggling with

but be amazed at how powerful Rui was even when he

so powerful that they didn't require any