The Martial Unity

Chapter 2378:  Surprising Attacks

The high-grade Masters instantly understood how Rui had handled the previous battles all by himself. His ability to cope with multiple high-grade opponents was truly impressive. He dodged powerful attacks while blocking swift attacks, choosing the most optimal defensive strategy for each attack that he faced.

That, along with his unnaturally powerful domain and his astronomically powerful hypnosis, he could handle himself no matter what mob he found himself having to deal with. Yet, they were determined not to lose.

The philosophy of this particular battle was identical to their previous approach. Confronting the Void Prince with powerful combatants and a numerical advantage was the best way to deal with this. Last time, the only reason that the Convergence lost was because an unknown Martial Sage had intercepted them out of nowhere.

They were convinced that this modus operandi was the way to defeat the Void Prince and kill him once and for all. BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Rui leaped away lightly as he evaded powerful attacks one after another. The able Martial Artists who were fighting him had already taken different positions and formations across the battlefield in what was clearly a coordinated effort. This development drew Rui's attention more than anything. Unusual as it was for Masters to engage in such a level of coordination, he wasn't able to spend his time studying their formations unhindered.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!!!

He dodged each attack one after another with immaculate timing, ensuring that he only exerted the bare minimum amount of energy to deal with each of them. Yet, while he was able to deal with long-range Martial Artists easily enough, it was the short and mid-range Masters that gave him the most trouble.

RUMBLE!!

Rui's eyes widened as he saw something that he never expected to see.

A tsunami of actual water!

It rumbled as it surged towards the battle field at an extraordinary speed, guided by a Martial Master who stood atop the wave..

A single whisper escaped her. "Aquarequiem.."

BOOOOOOMMM!

The enormous and powerful wall of water crashed into his fiery domain, submerging it and him in what he discovered was genuinely actual water.

WHOOOOOOSH!!!

Instantly, a blast of steam and plasma was spread across the entire battlefield, singing not just Rui but also all Martial Artists who were present within a hundred kilometers of the inception of the battlefield. In turn, the heat of the Muspelheim Domain was dispersed in the consumed enthalpy of vaporization and ionization, completely snuffing his domain at record speed.

"Huff… huff…" Rui panted for air with a stunned expression. To say that he was shocked was an understatement.

One moment, he was fighting with his Muspelheim Domain, employing his opponents' energy to charge the domain to compensate for his weakened physical state. The very next moment, he sees a large flood of water crash into his domain and snuff it out. Where did all that water come from?

Rui was certain that there was not a single large reservoir of water anywhere within a hundred kilometers. So, it begged the question of where all of it originated from. Yet, when he saw the wary expression of the female Martial Master who stared at him like a hawk, who not only did not attack but did not make a single move in the first place, he understood why she was here.

'They're afraid of my Sun," Rui realized. 'They think that if I get pushed too hard, I will unleash the Sun upon them and kill everybody in a suicide attack to take them all down with me.' None of them wanted to die along with Rui.

If possible, they would very much like to live.

That was why there was a sole Martial Master whose Martial Art was dedicated to snuffing out any hint of heat from Rui as soon as possible to ensure that he didn't have the opportunity to take everybody with his forbidden Sun technique.

Rui wasn't sure how to even feel about that. On the one hand, he was flattered that they thought so highly of him as a threat that they needed to go through such measures to take him out without dying. On the other, he was not fond of the fact that they thought they could push him that far in the first place. Also, this solution simply didn't take into account the possibility of him supercharging the Niflheim Domain instead of the Muspelheim Domain, but they didn't need to know that. Unfortunately, before he could even ponder the mechanics of exactly how the woman summoned such as massive amount of water, several figure emerged from steam, surging towards him in hopes of killing him off-guard.

Alas, their hopes were squashed when Rui effortlessly dodged and blocked all their attempts.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

He weaved through their attacks one after another, preparing for the right moment to take them down swiftly.

He didn't have to prepare for too long.

WHOOSH!

Master Lela's eyes widened as Rui disappeared in the face of her attack, yet before she could even move away from the inevitably ensuing attack, she choked where she stood.

"Breathing Crucifix."

Rui surged as a Yin-Yang Spear flew at her throat, looking to kill her where she stood.

He froze before leaping away as fast as he could. Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough. VMMM!!!

SPLAT!

His eyes widened as a powerful beam of light blasted a hole through the side of his shoulder, where his heart had been a moment ago. He had barely managed to evade death.

VMMM!!!

The laser burrowed into the ground in the distance, blasting a hole that stretched deeper than even Rui's vast senses could detect.

His gaze shifted in the direction that the attack had emerged from.

Master Brigsby grumbled at the missed shot, cursing Rui's powerful senses as he disappeared from the spot.

He could not remain in the same spot as before.

After all, his Martial Path was Long-Range Tactical Support.

An extremely rare supplementary Martial Path that allowed him to focus all his power on synergetically aiding other Martial Artists to defeat their enemy. He was usually brought in when they were facing an enemy that was extremely difficult to take down.

The enemy alliance had pulled out all stops in order to kill Rui.

Most other Martial Artist would have been petrified at that knowledge.

not Rui.

It merely brought a smile to his face.

He looked forward to the rest of the fight.

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