The Martial Unity



He had the briefest of moments to make a decision when he saw that his opponent abandoned defense to try and blast him with his hurricane technique. His reflexes flashed as he immediately began sprinting away from the man at the man desperately.

WHOOOOOSH!

The hurricane expanded fully engulfing Kane before he had the opportunity to reach the edge of the arena.

"Urgh!" He grimaced as slammed into the arena wall.

The damage wasn't little, this time, he hadn't withstood at the edge, he had withstood much prior. He had taken a significant hit.

Yet, Squire Heviluo wasn't doing too well either.

Although he had abandoned guarding his vitals with just a brief moment, Kane had gotten in a multitude of strikes. His speed was so high that he could strike the most vital points multiple times before the man had unleashed his technique.

When the dust settled, he was bleeding out of several wounds. Furthermore, his eyes were completely shut, bleeding profusely.

('He wasn't able to finish the job in time,') Rui tutted, narrowing his eyes.

Unfortunately for Kane, the battle had not entirely gone the way he would have liked to. His initial plan had been to use the Void Step to simply accumulate damage over time while avoiding any attacks that the man would dish out in an attempt to hit him.

However, what neither of them had expected was this remarkably powerful technique that would allow him to launch a long-range wide-scale so large that it encompassed the entire battle arena.

Furthermore, he was able to launch that attack not just once, but multiple times.

('Kane underestimated him,')

It was unfortunate, but it appeared that the Void Step alone wasn't enough to take down elite high-grade Martial Squires, especially when the one using the technique had offense and defense that was as limited as Kane's was.

Kane couldn't even use Void Step for a while, while Fulminata Godspeed was active, he would need to finish the charge that he had in his body before he could use the technique. The man rushed forward towards Kane. Although his vision wasn't functioning, he could sense Kane using his other senses since he wasn't using Void Step.

('He's trying to get as close to Kane as possible when he uses that technique. That's why he's being as swift as he is,')

Kane, on the other hand, simply circled away from him, maintaining their distance. If he tried rushing in to inflict more damage, he would simply be hit by that powerful technique.

It appeared that he was in no rush to continue fighting.

However, Rui was concerned about the fact that Godspeed had time limits, he would be forced to use exclusively Void Step when he was done, and he would also be quite tired and weary when that was done.

WHOOOOOSH!

Squire Heviluo launched another long-range attack, yet this time the attack actually failed to hit Kane hard.

('You've moved away from the center of the arena,') Rui mused. ('Your attacks can no longer effectively occupy the entire arena.')

Kane wisely realized that too as he made sure to never allow the distance between him and his opponent to go below a certain degree. Although he was within the range of the technique, he made sure to keep enough distance to ensure that he could run out of range of the technique.

('The technique is slower the further away it goes. You can only hit Kane with it when you're at the center of the arena and your attack properly covers the entire arena.')

WHOOOOOSH!

WHOOOOOSH!

WHOOOOOSH!

The man continued trying to tag Kane with the one technique of his that could. Rui frowned as he wondered why the man wasn't using ordinary attacks now that Kane was visible.

The only reason he had used this wide-scale hurricane attack was because he didn't know where Kane was. Now that Kane was using Fulminata Godspeed, he couldn't use Void Step for a while.

Rui's eyebrow rose. ('He hasn't realized that Kane is unable to use Void Step with his current speed and movements! He thinks Kane will use it the second he tries attacking normally. He doesn't want that to happen.')

Rui couldn't even blame him for thinking this way, but it was a good opportunity for Kane.

Suddenly, Kane rushed forward towards him, surprising the man, he immediately unleashed a hurricane, successfully hitting him.

WHOOSH!

Kane's image faded the second the winds struck him.

('Phantom Step,') Rui grinned. ('Good application of the technique. I'm glad you realized it could be used this way.')

It showed that Kane had not been completely enamored by Fulminata Godspeed and Void Step. It was true that those three techniques were super powerful, but his Martial Art contained more than just those techniques.

With extremely convincing feints, he was able to force Squire Heviluo to use the hurricane technique, otherwise, he would risk allowing Kane to reach striking distance. He did not want to get incapacitated by the electrical charge in his body leaving himself open for more attacks a second time.

Kane began abusing the technique, forcing the man to either burn his stamina by using the technique every time that Kane appeared to rush in, regardless of whether it was real or a feint. Either that or the man would have to gamble on his senses.

Normally, Rui did not spam the Phantom Step technique himself because the technique was most powerful when your opponent wasn't expecting it. Spamming allowed for one's opponent to get used to it and eventually become immune to it.

('But Kane has hampered his vision, and fried his nerves to a certain extent.')

It meant that he wasn't exactly in the best condition to sense it. Furthermore, with Kane's speed, he had very little time to judge whether it was a feint or not, since Kane could cover a lot of distance in a short amount of time, if it was real, then he would not be able to react in time if he made the wrong choice.