The Martial Unity

The moment the battle shifted to that of one between speeders, rui was on a timer. He needed to get the battle done as quickly as possible because it was not something that he could afford to prolong too much.

Unlike Master Grais, this was not something that could be prolonged too much. He immediately rushed in to blast his opponent and end the battle as soon as possible. WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

Master Grais evaded a flurry of blinding blows, one after the other.

Alas, it was not as easy as he had hoped.

POW

One of Rui’s strikes crashed into his face.

His eyes widened, stunned. In the depths of Rui’s eyes stirred an endless darkness.

A void.

BAM

His expression darkened as he barely managed to block the swift blow that blasted into his face.

It wasn’t that Rui had gotten stronger.

No.

He was reading Master Grais better.

“You may be able to hide your telltale signs, but you cannot hide your active patterns.”

POW POW POW

The master gritted his teeth as he bore Rui’s onslaught.

The only reason that he did not break bones then and there was because rui had lost power to achieve greater speed.

BAM BAM BAM

“Rgh.” Master Grais leaped away from Rui to put some distance between them.

The two of them locked eyes as a mutual understanding flashed between them.

Based on simple deduction, Master Grais understood that there was undoubtedly a time limit to his power.

“I need only last till your power wears out.” The man’s eyes blazed with determination. “Then victory is mine.”

Rui knew that he was right as far as that went.

If he was gaining the upper hand with Neo Godspeed, then he would undoubtedly be losing it to his opponent after it wore off.

He was on a sharp timer.

Master Grais watched him like a hawk.

He was waiting for the critical moment.

Yet all he saw was a smile emerge on Rui’s face. A smile of pure excitement.

Rui never felt more alive than when he was pushed to the very limit of his ability to adaptively evolve. His eyes widened at that thought.

‘Maybe the moments I feel most alive can teach me something about who I am…’

He felt most alive when his adaptive evolution was pushed to his limits. His eyes lit up as he felt profoundly euphoric. He had taken the first of a million steps to an unimaginably distant Realm.

Yet, it was a step in the right direction.

BAM BAM BAM

Master Grais grew grimmer as Rui pummeled him hard on and across his guard.

His perseverance to withstand Rui’s attacks only grew stronger, but unfortunately, he continued to suffer damage from his opponent as time passed.

The combined power of Speed Void, Temporal Disharmony, and Rui’s own Neo Godspeed was so great that his Martial Mind was able to make for the gap between them, never allowing the Martial Master out of the grips of his onslaughts.

BAM BAM BAM

Master Grais put as much distance between himself; alas, Rui wasn’t willing to allow that to happen.

THWOOM THWOOM THWOOM!

Rui fired three Mighty Roar Flash Blasts at the Master, guided by the Void Pathfinder. They couldn’t miss.

BAM BAM BAM!

Master Grais grimaced, yet his eyes never left Rui.

They were waiting.

‘Only a few minutes left.’

He was not wrong in his estimates, able to accurately gauge the time that Rui had left in his state based on the physiological strain that was clearly evident to the power senses of the Martial Master.

Rui’s flared with intensity as he pushed himself to the very limit to inflict as much damage as possible and get as close as possible. He was determined to inflict as much damage on Master Grais as possible if he could not end the battle then and there.

The moment his Metabody System ended and the battle hadn’t, Master Grais would return with a vengeance.

THWOOM THWOOM THWOOM!

Rui continued firing Mighty Roar Flash Blasts one after another as his opponent did his best to ensure that they didn’t meet. Long-range power was usually weaker, which was to his benefit; in addition, he didn’t want to get anywhere near the possibility of a grappling match. He didn’t think he could possibly win that.

THWOOM THWOOM THWOOM THWOOM THWOOM!!!

Master Grais gritted his teeth as Rui managed to nail him with a tier-five Transverse Resonance.

CRACK CRACK CRACK

The powerful attack fractured bones in his body, reducing his combat effectiveness.

Had Rui been fast enough, he would have been able to win the battle then and there.

Unfortunately…

“Huff…huff…” He panted heavily.

Neo Godspeed had run out.

Of the four Metabody Systems, Neo Godspeed was the most taxing because it taxed not just the body but also the brain with the self-hypnosis adjusting perception of time. While Hypertrophic Surge would have lasted a much longer time, this didn’t.

On top of that, he was continuously maintaining a power domain like Speed Void and power hypnosis like Temporal Disharmony.

Without those two, Master Grais would blitz and knock him out before he could even begin to process it.

The speed disparity between them was absurd.

Not only was his Martial Body several times faster than that of Rui, but his techniques increased that gap massively, making the total speed gap great.

Furthermore, Rui didn’t have Nemean Blossom or Neo Godspeed.

Master Grais’s eyes lit up with fire as he rushed towards Rui at top speed, eager to end the battle as soon as possible.

WHOOSH

Two fingers surged towards Rui’s eyes at high speeds.

Yet, they never reached.

CRACK!

His eyes widened with shock as his fingers broke, deforming as they crumpled against Rui’s forehead.

He had crouched a little at the last moment, causing the man’s fingers to slam into hard bone.

A single remark escaped Rui. “Predictable.”

WHOOSH

Master Grais leaped away, dodging a slow attack from Rui as he healed his fingers.

This time, however, Rui didn’t chase him.