The Martial Unity

Chapter 2824: Resolution of Control

His Martial Embodiment was unlike anything Rui had ever seen before. His eyes lit up with immense amazement as he beheld a tremendous number of strings converging upon him, delicately controlling every single string in his body.

”You were wrong about one thing,” the monsterʼs tone was ominous. ”My brain isnʼt able to connect with merely my muscles…”

His smile was chilling.

”It can communicate with every single cell in my body independently.”

Ruiʼs eyes widened with shock as the monsterʼs shattered, mangled arm rapidly snapped back into place with a speed of healing that far surpassed even his Weaving Blood. Almost as if each individual cell moved in coordination with every other cell, under the direct command of his opponentʼs mind.

A level of bodily control that was second only to that of Sage Zentra.

Rui had assumed that this method of communication was merely to get rid of cognitive delay and produce a teleportation effect in his movements. The realization that this could be applied in all manner of ways outside of just the speed was chilling.

WHOOSH

He appeared before Rui in the blink of an eye.

His hand surged for Ruiʼs heart.

And yet, it never reached.

For a tsunami of Water emerged from the depths of his very being with a force of mind and information unlike anything that he had ever seen.

That delay was a mistake.

BOOOM!!!

A thundering Yin-Yang Spear crashed into his guard with his delayed reactions, launching him across the entire battlefield with a tremendous speed.

And yet, Rui didnʼt relent.

”Temporal Disharmony. Speed Void.”

The monster froze as his perception of time sped up tremendously while all of heaven and earth shackled his speed, negating the cognitive acceleration that the quantum entanglement provided.

BOOOM BOOOM BOOOM!!!

Impact after impact, Rui pummeled him with a variety of attacks one after another, unleashing upon him an onslaught of attacks that battered his entire body. BOOOM!

A powerful kick to the shin destabilized his balance as he staggered forward into a flying knee kick.

BOOOM!!!

The monsterʼs expression remained composed even as Ruiʼs blows wove through his guard and his arms, pummeling away at his ribs and other vitals, blow after blow.

BOOOM BOOOM BOOOM!!!

With each passing blow, Rui inflicted wounds on his opponent.

Wounds that disappeared as soon as they appeared.

That wasnʼt all.

VMMM!!!

His eyes widened as the vibrations of his Yin-Yang Spear began getting absorbed into his body, and the monsterʼs cells began reverberating at precisely the right frequency to constructively resonate with his attack.

The monsterʼs smile widened.

”I appreciate the help.”

BOOOOOM!!!

A thundering blow with tremendous power blasted into Ruiʼs guard as the monster surged forward with initiative, unleashing an onslaught of blows one after another at Rui with profound power.

Unfortunately for him, absorbing an opponentʼs attack was a game that two could play.

CLASP

He smoothly intercepted a powerful kick with his hand, using Flux Earther to absorb and redirect his energy deep down into the lands of the Gu.

Not to disperse it, no.

But to use it for an attack with the help of the Scriptures of Terra.

RUMBLE!!!

The monsterʼs eyes lit up with surprise as an immense eruption of land threatened to crush him where he stood.

WHOOSH!

With smooth grace, he leaped away from the attacks, summersaulting away as Rui unleashed an avalanche of earth-bending upon him. Despite suffering from Ruiʼs Temporal Disharmony, he was still able to largely evade the wide-scale earth manipulation attacks.

Rui narrowed his eyes as he watched the man evade attack with perfect precision and accuracy.

ʼItʼs his Martial Mind.ʼ

It was quite powerful, which meant that he was most likely a very thoughtful fighter. He most likely had a system of thought that allowed him to perform at a much higher level than when he merely relied on his quantum communication.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!!!

He moved as though he knew what was coming.

He did.

With each passing moment, he grew better and better at evasion as his eyes remained fixed on Rui. He didnʼt so much as glance at the earth-bending.

His sky-blue eyes were fixed on Ruiʼs the entire time.

Ruiʼs eyes widened with realization.

ʼHeʼs inferring my attacks from my cognitive lag.ʼ

A greater cognitive lag would imply a greater cognitive load, which would imply an attack that is more mentally consuming from which he could infer complexity. On top of that, if he engaged in a certain measure of pattern recognition, he would be able to narrow down exactly what a personʼs attacks are based exclusively on the cognitive lag he perceived beforehand.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!!!

He wove through Ruiʼs attacks one after another as his bodyʼs agility and fluidity reached a realm of movement that simply defied inertia. From rest to top speed in a timeframe that not even Rui was able to fathom, turning like inertia of direction didnʼt exist.

It wasnʼt that he was a superb maneuverer.

It was that his brain exercised perfect communication with each cell in his body. If he needed to turn, his brain didnʼt just send a message to his muscles, it allowed him to deploy every inch of tissue in his entire body to contribute to the desired outcome.

One moment, he was evading earth-bending converging in all directions, and the very next?

He was already before Rui.

BOOOM!!!

A tremendous blow far greater than any he had unleashed blasted into Rui with a tremendous momentum.

And yet, it didnʼt move the Dawnbringer.

The monsterʼs eyes lit up.

”Then how about this?”

His body coiled every single cell, and his body seemed to push his winding fist forward with tremendous force, unleashing everything he had upon Rui.

BOOOOOM!!!!!

The blow crashed into Rui, who remained simply blocking the attack with steely eyes.

And yet, the monster was not deterred.

BOOOOOM!!!!!

BOOOOOM!!!!!

BOOOOOM!!!!!

Rui dispersed his attacks smoothly, simply waiting to tire him out.

He knew he couldnʼt dodge his opponent. With his absurd fluidity and agility, he would be able to redirect his attack to tremendous angles to ensure that Rui would not be able to avoid his attacks whatsoever.

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