Chapter 2568: Embodiment Firewall

Chapter 2568: Embodiment Firewall



Their eyes widened with unadulterated shock as an ocean of water erupted from his very being. It consumed all of heaven and earth in the blink of an eye, eroding away at their very minds with a tsunami of information flux, unlike anything they had ever experienced before.

Chills crawled across their skin as they realized that the Dawnbringer had undergone a truly revolutionary increment in his power at a very fundamental level in his Martial Art. Shivers ran down their back as they realized that he was on an entirely different level than he had ever been before.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The Martial Embodiment was no more than the sensory associations connected to the information influx that came from their Martial Mind.

It was a representation of their entire Martial Art.

And Rui's Martial Art, once a solid and structured system had been broken down at a very fundamental level to no more than a sea of principles, fields, muscle memory, patterns, and actions.

Everchanging.

Like Water.

"I'm impressed." Rui's voice was calm. "You are holding up better than I expected."

He gazed at Master Kokuho with respect.

The man gritted his teeth, quivering with effort as he struggled to withstand the extraordinary Martial Embodiment that weighed down on his mind like a mountain, paralyzing him where he stood.

All his information flux conditioning was rendered useless and sorely lacking before the weight of Rui's Martial Embodiment, even though he hadn't even used Megamind yet.

"I..." Master Kokuho gritted his teeth. "...am still standing.

Rui gazed at him calmly.

"You still have yet to win this battle." His eyes grew fierce with determination. "My defenses are impenetrable-!"

WHOOSH!

In the blink of an eye, he appeared before him.

"Phantom Pain."

He activated his Realms of power and tested them out, but no Embodiment occurred. "Nice. But man, this does drain my stamina a little and is uncomfortable."

He turned to the gathered gallery of Martial Masters with a hint of eagerness. "Alright, who's next?"

"I am!" one Martial Master leaped down from the spectating gallery. "Your arrogance is far too great, Rui Quarrier! I, the mighty Axe Lord, will put you in your place."

Rui bit back the temptation to make fun of that name.

The man was a high-mid-grade Martial Master with a giant axe attached to his back. The blade of the axe was reputedly made from Dark Soulsteel. A Sage-level metallic esoteric ore that was known to be extremely durable. This particular weapon had been forged under the weight of a mountain over the span of five years, slowly shaping the extraordinary metal into the weapon that gleaned against Rui.

"Behold my Skullsplitter axe!" He bellowed.

Admittedly, Rui found the weapon to be quite impressive. If that hit him, he would definitely

die on the spot.

Unfortunately for the axe Master, it never even came close.

Once the battle began, the man leaped at Rui with a powerful swing.

He lost consciousness before the attack even began.

STEP

Rui arrived behind him with a graceful land.

He turned to the rest of the Masters in the spectating stands.

"Next."

With the Angel of Laplace giving him a preliminary predictive model on his opponents, any Martial Artists who weren't adequate would simply be overcome with a single attack beyond

their capacity to defend.

Rui overcame the first two battles with almost no loss in stamina.