The Martial Unity

The transport route between the Kandrian Empire and the Shionel Confederation was currently heavily disrupted. From the moment Rui fired off his tier-five Transverse Resonance, most people understood the dangers of the situation and immediately accelerated away or turned around, warning others who were traveling in that direction.

This was both concerning and relieving to Rui. Relieving because it meant that there were no innocent people around who would get hurt from his fight with the bodyguards of Chairman Deacon. Concerning because these people were not just running away, they were contacting the relevant authorities.

The East Panamic Transport Organization was simply an organization created by many nations in East Panama to develop and maintain travel infrastructure to facilitate high-speed carriage travel across East Panama. According to the intelligence from the Beggar's Sect, this organization was also responsible for dismantling anything that disrupted travel on the roads.

Even if they included Martial Artists.

Rui didn't know when they would come, but they did linger at the back of his head. Of course, the biggest priority was the reinforcements from Deacon Industries, he needed to ensure that this was over before they got here.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

Rui moved at incredible speeds with rapidity that was hard to fathom. None of the three remaining Martial Seniors understood how he was dodging them so well. He evaded their attacks as if he was out of phase with time, making it seem like he was from the future.

He weaved past a barrage of attacks from the long-range wide-scale attacks, emerging on the other side as he surged towards the three Martial Seniors. In just a moment, he had arrived before one of them.

"Da-!" The Martial Senior covered his head, refusing to give Rui a clear shot at his head.

BAM!!

Rui's fist burrowed its in his solar plexus, causing him to crumple down, yet before he could finish the blow, his comrades had already acted.

BOOM!

Rui was flung away by a wide-scale shockwave that, once again, was more friendly fire than it was an attack on Rui, but it got the job done. After all, the one weakness of the pattern recognition model was that predicting and seeing the future did not always mean that one could stop it.

Rui paused for a brief moment as he studied the circumstances. 'They're just holding on by keeping me away even at the cost of friendly fire. Tsk, in any other circumstance, this would be a retarded strategy but…'

In this case, it was the best decision. Reinforcements were only ten minutes away as far as Rui could figure out. This strategy could allow them to last that long even if their strategy was self-destructive with friendly fire.

However, Rui was far from done.

WHOOSH!

He flashed into a blur, sprinting at blinding speeds as he approached from the side rather than head-on.

"No you do-!" The man's eyes widened with shock. 'Why can't I breathe?' The momentary shock from Breathing Crucifix threw his timing off by a just a moment. Rui raced into action, desperate to exploit that option. Yet before he could even reach his opponent…

BAM!!!

The self-harming attack had already arrived. All four Martial Seniors grimaced as Rui leaped back, gritting his teeth. Neo Godspeed sacrificed durability for speed, making him particularly hurt by such attacks.

The three Seniors gritted their teeth already having leaped back, putting themselves between Chairman Deacon and Rui. "Attack! Don't bother with stamina! Drain your Martial Heart!"

Rui tutted with annoyance as an enormous tsunami of attacks had already flooded his direction, they were too dense for even him to squeeze through with Neo Godspeed. Chairman Deacon had apparently hired a good leader because this man seemed to make the right decision at crucial times.

Rui tutted as he was forced to leap away to evade attacks, looking to find a good route in. 'This isn't good…' Rui narrowed his eyes. 'These bastards are willing to put themselves on death's doors just to stall for ten minutes. I need to go absolutely all out on every front. I need to use everything.'

Everything he had learned as a Martial Artist. He needed to squeeze his Martial Art for resources.

'I'll stress their counteroffensive,' Rui shifted, swerving.

The three Martial Seniors altered their trajectory accordingly, only for them to find his image fade away.

WHOOSH

'It's a feint!' He gritted his teeth blasting away in the other direction, yet Rui had already closed a good chunk of the distance, making some progress.

The three Martial Seniors fired away, doing their best to parry Rui away rather than hurt him. Even as they felt their breathing tighten and shackle, they did not hold back. They emptied and unloaded their Martial Heart as if there was no tomorrow. Furthermore, they purely applied all that power to ensure that Rui could not approach them.

"Tsk!" Rui tutted with annoyance as he flashed around at blinding speeds with Gale Force Breathing, Outer Convergence, and Parallel Walk, looking for the best way to approach them. He constantly threw them off with Phantom Step while using Breathing Crucifix to hamper their breathing, reducing their combined output.

His current approach was not working as well as he'd hoped. Yet he couldn't accept that.

His eyes flashed with bloodlust as he eyed the carriage.

This assassination needed to succeed.

'No matter what!' He gritted his teeth.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

He accelerated even further, reaching extreme speeds that he had never reached before. And despite all his effort...

It still fell short.

BAM BAM BAM!

Rui leaped away from them as they managed to parry his approach with wide attacks that covered huge areas.

"Keep him away…" The leader choked out even as he gasped for air. Rui grew frustrated as he tried weaving past their offense, pushing not just his physical body to the limit but also his pattern recognition system to the limit.

Yet, no matter how much he peered into the future, he was unable to use it to weave his way through their offense.

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

"Rgh!" Rui grimaced as he leaped away, being forced to return to square one. Despite pushing his techniques, body, and pattern recognition system to the limit, he was unable to break through.