Rui indulged himself with family, speaking to many that he had grown up with and many young n and won who had once been among the toddlers he knew when he was just a Squire. And yet, while he didn't dislike speaking with them, the distance between them was too great, leaving conversations to be strained and formal.
The sa could not be said for Mana and Max.
BADUMP BADUMP!
In a distant barren patch of land in the Kandrian Empire, Max and Mana activated their Martial Hearts and Minds with full power.
Rui's eyes lit up as their Martial Embodints consud the entire world.
Max turned into a fiery teorite, threatening to crush everybody under the weight of his fiery montum.
Mana beca the gust of chaotic dancing winds.
Their Martial Embodints were remarkably heavy, indicative of a powerful Martial Mind with dense thought. Sothing that they had undoubtedly gained as a result of his influence on them over the years.
"Impressive." He smiled. "You have worked hard to reach this altar of power. Now then…"
BADUMP!
His Martial Heart erupted with an extraordinary shine, lighting up the entirety of the world around them with bright red light. In the past five years, his Martial Body had grown trendously stronger.
With special boosts such as the Blood of Solaris and the blood evolution treatnt, his Martial Body had risen far, far beyond an overwhelming majority of Martial Bodies in the world. On top of that, the deathly tint that lustered his skin at certain angles gave his Martial Body a very perilous edge to it.
And yet, what shocked them was not his Martial Body.
What shocked them was his Martial Mind.
RUMBLE!!!
The world shook as an endless gush of Water erged from within the depths of his mind, consuming the entire battlefield in a Martial Embodint that was absolutely lethal to anybody not in the Upper Realms. He had thoroughly verified that there was nobody within the area of effect of his Martial Embodint, flaring it without any compunctions.
"Nng…!" Mana winced under the weight of the information flux that threatened to crush her mind.
"Rrghh…!" Max gritted his teeth as his face strained with effort.
The two of them struggled to take their stances, as though their movents were being shackled by a physical force.
"I'm impressed that you can move at all," his tone was earnest. "A large portion of Martial Masters would be completely paralyzed."
WHOOSH
Suddenly, the Water disappeared.
The Martial Embodint disappeared in its entirety.
The two Martial Masters gasped for air as they gazed at Rui with a surprised expression.
"I have disabled my Martial Embodint to make this interesting," his hand gestured at them to co at him. "Let's see just how strong the two of you have beco."
The two of them narrowed their eyes as they leaped at him with an intense ferocity, unleashing a barrage of attacks from him. WHOOSH
Rui calmly evaded an attack from Mana, who launched a flying knee kick at him while Max surged from behind with a charged drive, threatening to crush Rui with his montum.
THUD
Max's eyes widened as the world turned a hundred and eighty degrees, and he ended up face down in the dirt. It was only after Rui effortlessly manipulated his flow of power and flipped him upside down that he noticed Rui having grabbed him. Rui smiled at him. "I fought a Martial Sage with a Martial Path similar to yours. Make sure you don't follow in his path."
WHOOSH
He evaded a clean kick to the head, leaping away as Mana aggressively pursued him with a flurry of blows.
POW POW POW!
"I don't need to waste energy dodging your blows if they're this weak," he remarked. "It takes only a little bit of effort to negate all your power with well-ti guards. I don't even need to use Flux Earther. Not to ntion…"
CRACK!
Mana winced as she felt her knuckle cleanly fracture against his elbow.
"If your body is too weak, your own power can and will be used against you," Rui remarked with an instructive tone.
VMMM…!
Rui glanced in the direction of Max, taking a sprinter's stance as a domain of electromagnetic fields acted on him, accelerating him like a rail-gun projectile.
WHOOSH
He surged towards Rui with a blinding speed and great montum.
And yet—
"You need to have better control over your power."
CLASP
He intercepted Max as he reached him, curling his trajectory with centrifugal force in a smooth maneuver, redirecting him towards Mana.
BOOOM!
He crashed into Mana as the two of them were hurled a great distance away.
And yet, they were only getting started.
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!
Rui sumrsaulted with grace as he smoothly evaded the flurry of attacks converging on him. His gaze shifted as he spotted Mana arriving behind him with a speedy charge, throwing a speed kick at him. Simultaneously, Max pressured him from another direction, forcing him to use greater speed to evade both of them. WHOOSH
And yet, even as he pirouetted away, his eyes widened as the two of them arrived at his position having anticipated his evasion.
They were in perfect harmony, unleashing a barrage of attacks that covered the gaps between each other's attacks, creating an almost singular concussive force of offense against Rui.
BOOOM!
Rui threw together a guard as their attacks launched him away. His smile grew more pleased as he nodded with approval.
"Your coordination has grown. That's good. Use that more often. You have on hope of beating without it."
Of course, they had no hope of beating him even with it, but he didn't feel the need to point that out.
"You haven't seen anything, big brother!"
"We'll show you, big bro!"
Rui smirked. "You know, technically, I'm no longer the big brother anymore. So perhaps you should indeed show , my big sister and big brother."
Max and Mana stiffened.
"Don't call us that!"
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