The Martial Unity

Rui had to admit, this was an unfortunate sequence of events for Kane. Not only had his initial ambush failed, but the man also just happened to have a gigantic attack that could fill up the entirety of the colosseum.

Because it covered all available battle areas, Kane could not avoid it with speed. Getting his by such an attack was inevitable. However, Kane had greatly minimized how much damage he took by moving to the very edge to withstand the impact.

However, he had to admit, he was impressed. Although Kane was extremely fragile as a Martial Artist, hurting him by simply attacking everywhere despite the dispersed and diluted impact was quite impressive. Rui suspected that the technique he used was probably grade ten, or grade nine at least. He could not imagine such a technique being mass viable. It was a testament to his power and mastery over the winds to be able to unleash such an attack.

However, at the same time, it was not something that he could keep using continuously for too long. However, the same could be said for Kane.

It was one thing if he was simply using Void Step to disperse attention while traveling, but it was an entirely different thing to use Void Step actively in combat. Combat stress caused all physical and mental actions to be more draining than if they were done individually in a non-combat setting.

Given the stress and strain that Kane was under, he definitely would not b able to maintain Void Step for too very long.

The question was who could last longer at the moment.

If Squire Heviluo could maintain his wide-range omnidirectional attacks longer than Kane could maintain his Void Step, then he would be able to ensure that Kane would never be able to use his Void Step technique to try and sneak past his guard.

However, if he couldn't he would be able to stop Kane from sneaking and start bullying him Void Step the second that he ran out of stamina.

The man stopped moving as he guarded his vitals as best as he could, standing in one place.

('He's waiting for Kane to come in,') Rui narrowed his eyes.

The closer Kane was, the more damage he would unleash with that tornado technique. Kane had been at the very edge of the arena when he had withstood that attack, that was why he had managed to get away with minimal wounds despite his weak constitution.

('However, he's looking to get that next attack off, the second that he feels Kane's attacks, or feels any sense of vague dread,') Rui mused.

This way, the attacks would hit Kane before they had traveled too much distance. The impacts would be far more potent, and would probably crush him.

('However, Kane seems to have realized that going in with just Void Step isn't good enough,') Rui kept track him of trailing around Squire Heviluo from a distance. ('The answer is right before you, Kane.')

Rui did not dare follow Kane with his eyes, but he was focusing on him. Kane's condition for victory was being able to land blows on his vitals. At the moment, the man's guard, as well as the threat of using a long-range and wide-scale attack to hit Kane were the obstacles that were in his way.

What Kane needed to do was find a way to eliminate them from the equation at the moment for just enough time.

There was only one way to do that, from what Rui could see.

Kane smacked his arms together, ready to rub the tattoos on both of them against each other. He rushed forward towards Squire Heviluo, reaching him in an instant.

Yet rather than launching a strike at his body with Void Step active, he instead rubbed his arms against each other in one sweeping motion, triggering the tattoos to generate a tremendous amount of electrical charge that instantly covered his entire body.

Instantly his reflexes and thoughtless motions grew significantly, the Void Step technique broke in that moment as his movements became governed by instinct and reflex, causing him to appear before the man's eyes.

Squire Heviluo was shocked but immediately activated his breathing technique to begin spinning to unleash his attack point-blank.

At this range, the force would be deadly enough to instantly kill Kane!

Yet, it never happened.

BZZZZZT!

Kane mimicked Rui's Thundercoil partially as he shocked the man with a full-contact body charge, causing the man to freeze in place as he vibrated a bit due to the current. He struggled to activate his technique, yet for several precious moments, his muscles did not move.

And that was all that Kane needed.

SPLAT!

"RARGH!" The man roared as he finally activated his technique. A look of vindication appeared on his face as he was about to crush Kane point blank with his most powerful technique!

…

…..

His eyes widened as he realized his technique failed to activate for some reason!

DRIP DRIP DRIP

Blood splurted out of a hole in his Adam's apple.

Kane had poked a hole in his throat, causing him to be quite unable to exhale through his mouth.

Kane had crippled his breathing technique for that statement.

He caught his throat with his hand, trying to seal the whole, yet that removed a guard from his vitals.

Kane didn't even think about it as his Fulminata Godspeed drove him forward to lash out at the man's vitals. The neck, the eyes, the temples, the liver, the scrotum.

He was unable to mimic Rui's striking paralysis technique since Rui specifically aimed for the autonomous nervous technique since the contact of the entire.

Yet he was still able to deliver strikes that hurt Squire Helivuo.

Yet, the man wasn't done. He ignored the strikes that Kane launched as he immediately began spinning tremendously. Kane'e eyes widened as the man willingly abandoned guard of his vitals all to get a single clean hit on Kane.

The whirlwind emerged one more time, this time with Kane right before it!