The Martial Unity

Earthquakes were seismic radiation generated through the displacement of land. Shifts in tectonic plates relative to each other caused a huge release of energy that spread over great distances, causing quakes to spread across a great area.

However, there was a person who sought to harness this mechanism and use it as the source of their power.

Except in reverse.

Seismic radiation would diverge from the epicenter, which was generally located at the site of displacement. However, some discovered that if the diverging seismic radiation from the epicenter were to instead converge at the same epicenter, a reverse displacement would occur.

They were reversible phenomena.

This gave rise to the niche art of displacing land by generating converging seismic radiation with one's body.

Rui's eyes widened as the land beneath his feet sunk, and the surrounding bedrock rose, threatening to swallow him whole. His Seismic Mapping could sense a tremendous amount of seismic radiation being generated by both her feet.

'I see…' Rui realized as leaped, launching a Mighty Roar Flash Blast technique to blast himself an escape. 'She's using vibrations to generate seismic radiation and uses the principles of constructive resonance to cause radiation to converge and surge at any given point of her choice.'

BOOM!

Rui's eyes widened as several more surges of land struck him laterally, flinging him away. For a moment, he had been too immersed in his opponent's Martial Art.

She refused to give him even a moment of respite.

STEP STEP STEP!

She maneuvered towards him as she engaged in a deliberate form of footwork. Perhaps, others would be unable to understand their significance.

But not Rui.

His eyes narrowed as he leaped into the air.

WHOOSH!

The slightest moment later, a surge of spikes emerged at the spot where he was standing, narrowly missing him.

She inhaled deeply, activating a tremendously powerful breathing technique as her arms swayed in specific matter, causing alterations in the generated wind currents to manipulate as she pleased.

RUMBLE!

The very atmosphere shook as she generated a tremendous amount of power. Rui's eyes widened as he felt an incredible downward force that pushed him closer to the ground.

"Rgh!" His expression grew grave as her overwhelming power pulled him down.

She had generated a powerful downward wind current with the power of her Martial Heart. Although she wasn't as old as Senior Zenshin, her body had much more time to mature than Rui's. She was far above him in terms of raw power.

Rui felt footing him below disappear as she created vacuums that prevented him from trying to resist sky-walking.

As he plummeted, a hill emerged from the flat land, flying straight up at him tremendous velocity. His own descent in combination with the rapid rising of the topographical structure barely gave him any time to generate his own attack, he was hardly able to get out a Mighty Roar Flash Blast before it reached him.

BOOM!!!

The entire forest shook as a titanic explosion ensued, the attack successfully managed to destroy the incoming hill.

Yet she was far from done.

Her eyes intensified as she put more energy into her breathing technique, generating an even stronger force. She seemed to almost dance as she stepped around, engaging in her strange, yet enchanting mysterious footwork.

This time, spikes flew out from all directions. His eyes widened as an enormous number of land spikes converged into his position.

BOOM!!!

Senior Marna narrowed her eyes as several flesh wounds appeared on Rui's body. 'He's tougher than he looks…'

She clapped her hands. 'No matter, I'll just continue bombarding him.'

"Urgh…" Rui grimaced. 'I'd be dead if I didn't have Nemean Blossom.'

However, his problems were not gone. For one, she could still eliminate his ability to sky-walk. Even now, he was plummeting to the air as she generated yet another wave of spikes to strike at him.

BAM BAM BAM!

Rui gritted his teeth as the many waves of spikes bombarded him with attack after attack. He didn't possess any maneuvering techniques that could help him midair by compensating for or undoing the fact that she sealed his sky-walking with a vacuum beneath his feet and a huge amount of pressure in above him pushing him down.

BOOM!!!

SPLAT!

Rui's eyes widened as he coughed blood. A single spike had pierced through even his Nemean Blossom, impaling him.

Senior Carna's eyes intensified. 'Now!'

She crossed her arms as every step she took sent pulses of immensely powerful seismic radiation intermingling with each other.

Intermingling and growing stronger.

They converged into a single spot deep underground.

A single point.

For a brief moment, the titanic power of Senior Marna's Martial Body and Heart were compressed within a single point.

And there was only one direction it could all go.

Up.

BOOOM!!!

Countless spikes erupted from the ground converging on Rui!

He was entangled in a web of spikes even as he extricated himself from the one impaling him, furthermore, he had no leverage to maneuver due to the absence of air beneath his feet to serve as a footing.

Perhaps Kane would have been able to avoid those attacks.

But alas, Rui was not Kane.

SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT!

Countless spears impaled different parts of his body, making him bleed.

"Ack!" Rui spat blood as he grimaced.

She stepped about, dancing in an enchanting manner. The spikes that had tangled Rui about plummeted down, dragging him along as the downward pressure ensured he didn't escape.

Yet it was only after he reached the ground that the true attack had begun.

'Dominion Art: Tectonic Convergence,'

She clapped her hands. Generating tremendous amounts of power with a powerful breathing technique and her shining Martial Heart. All of that power was instantly turned into seismic radiation with her peculiar footwork and vibration.

It caused the land to shift.

WHOOSH!

The land around Rui that had entangled him in impaling spikes instantly shifted, it flew down hundreds of meters in a tunnel.

"This land is a tomb." She whispered to him with seismic radiation.

"Your tomb."

Her hands clapped once more.

The land converged, moving in closer. The tunnel shut down as the walls moved in closer, eventually closing in on Rui, crushing him.

The very world weighed down on his impaled body with the weight of a mountain.