The Martial Unity

The two men immediately stood back to back, taking their stances as their senses detected an ocean of Squire-level rabbits converging towards their position.

"I swear to god, Kane," Rui grumbled. "You're going to be the death of me."

"Hehe," Kane smiled wryly. "Hey, at least I'd be going down with you. I'd argue that cancels out getting you killed."

"Your math is beyond my ability to comprehend."

Their words, light as they were, could not alleviate the tension in the air.

The Squire-level beasts were not inherently the problem. While it was true that there were more than Rui could even begin to count, it was also true that they were Squire-level. Rui could only hope that their Martial Hearts would last the entire battle.

The issue was…

BOOOM!!!!

A blindingly fast projectile crashed into the land before them.

The sheer weight of the collision shook the very lands around them. In just a moment, a crater spanning an entire village emerged.

A perilous Senior-level aura emerged from the newcomer who had emerged before them. The dust cleared, revealing a black rabbit with blood-red eyes. Its pupils fell on the king rabbit corpse that Kane had brought back from his hunt before slowly turning to the blood on Kane's blade.

Its inhuman pupils slowly shifted to Kane's eyes, staring him in the eye.

Kane maintained his composure even before the eerie alien-like creature focused on him. It was especially unnerving, because unlike many of the species that they had run into, this particular creature was undoubtedly intelligent.

Conscious thought flickered behind its eyes as it calmly evaluated the situation before it.

For a moment, nothing happened.

The world grew silent.

Silent as it awaited the rabbit king to make its decision.

"Chirrup."

Rui narrowed his eyes as Fauna Flow allowed him to understand the meaning of what was conveyed.

It had made a judgment.

Human.

"Chirrup." It narrowed its eyes. Rabbit Killer.

"Damn," Rui gritted his teeth.

An unfathomable and inhuman bloodlust erupted from it, crashing into every sentient lifeform in the vicinity.

"Chirrup."

Attack the rabbit killer.

"Watch out!" Rui narrowed his eyes as his Martial Art blazed into life.

RUMBLE!

Heaven and earth shook as countless rabbits leaped in the air, emerging from the woods and converging with them.

Yet, Rui's eyes were focused on the rabbit king.

One moment, it stood where it was.

The very next?

WHOOSH!

It had arrived before he could react.

SPLAT!

"Rgh!" Rui grimaced with pain as the rabbit's razor-sharp teeth tore a chunk of flesh from his abdomen.

Rui leaped away, narrowing his eyes with a severe expression as he activated Weaving Blood, quickly healing his wound on the spot. However, it undoubtedly reduced his stamina.

The rabbit prepared for another attack as Rui activated his Master-level Mind Mask. A powerful Master-level aura flooded the region.

It was to no avail.

The powerful determination of the rabbit king only grew due to this.

STEP

The rabbit king's body pressed into the earth with titanic force. Its body squeezed and coiled up every single muscle, smoothly exerting a tremendous amount of force into the land beneath it.

Its physiology and anatomy had been built for a single purpose.

It was precisely for what it was about to do.

BOOOOOM!!!

The rabbit king pushed down with such an enormous force that a titanic wave of seismic radiation rocked the very lands around them!

RUMBLE!

The rabbit king leaped forward at blindingly high speeds.

But alas, Rui was not a man who made the same mistake twice.

BAM!!!

A titanic shockwave erupted from the collision as he evaded razor-sharp teeth while his elbow crashed into the rabbit king's torso.

The sum of their momentum coalesced in that collision. The rabbit had moved so fast that Rui could hardly see anything beyond a hazy blur. This linear speed had been the rabbit king's greatest strength. No Martial Senior it had run into before had been able to respond in time.

Not even Rui.

He responded ahead of time.

He attacked the future itself.

That was something no amount of speed could ever overcome.

Pure fury erupted in the rabbit king's eyes at the revelation of Rui's ability to combat it.

"You'll die."

Rui's cold voice cut through its aggression as he conveyed his message through non-verbal communication.

The rabbit king's eyes narrowed. "Chirrup."

Humans and their arrogance.

It no longer resorted to an ordinary bullrush, seeing how well Rui had managed to thwart it the second time. Instead, it activated an innate ability of the rabbit king species.

VMMMM!!!

Its powerful legs began vibrating so hard that they appeared to be in two different places simultaneously. These vibrations sent out an enormous amount of seismic radiation, causing land underground to be displaced. Rui's eyes widened as it began doing something similar to earth-bending.

RUMBLE!!

A tremendous amount of land erupted from deep within the earth.

In just a moment, several hills erupted around them, barricading Rui and the rabbit king alone, separated from Kane and the rest of the rabbits. It appeared that the moment the rabbit king focused on Rui, its subordinates left Rui alone with it, focusing on Kane instead.

It was dire, but Kane was well-suited for such a battle, and his Void Step technique was especially useful in such circumstances.

"Chirrup." The rabbit king glared at Rui.

Die, filthy human.

WHOOSH!

Rui's eyes widened as it disappeared before his eyes.

Images of the rabbit king flashed across the entire region barricaded by hills as the rabbit king effortlessly bounced around the battlefield locked by hills at tremendous speeds.

It essentially created an environment that gave it greater maneuverability.

Rui's expression grew grave as he immediately leaped to leave. But alas, the rabbit king had no intention of allowing him to.

BOOM!!!

"Rgh!" Rui partially dispelled the impact of the charge into the environment with Flux Earther. But the rabbit king successfully stopped him before continuing its zig-zagging.

STEP

"Fine," Rui growled. "I'll play your game and win."

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