The Martial Unity

"Let's begin immediately." Rui said with a determined expression.

"That's the spirit." Dylon said, chuckling. "I assume you've gone through the scroll completely, right?"

Rui nodded. "I remember it perfectly."

"Good." He said as he gestured Rui to follow him. "Then you know exactly what's waiting for you in store, correct?"

Rui nodded.

The devised and recommended training regime for Outer Convergence was quite interesting.

The first stage was some elementary form training, that had the user go through a set of motions that involved all muscle groups simultaneously. These were intensive dynamic workouts that focused on priming the user's mind to get used to delicately coordinated muscle group expansion and contraction rhythms.

This was the very first step to eventually paving the way to converging the power generated by all those muscle groups, the end goal. There was a total of thirteen elaborate dynamic exercises in total. Which Rui noted was equal to the number of broad muscle groups in the human body.

had instantly realized this was to ensure that the

training stage was actually wearing a suit that heavily resisted the motion of the body. The suit was carefully configured to ensure that the user's raw strength was not enough. This was done by conducting a series of weight-lifting tests to measure the physical strength of the user, and the suit was configured accordingly.

realized that the purpose of this training stage was meant to force the user to consolidate the gains made from the previous stages and use them not only simultaneously, but as one. Draw immense amount of

be to mastering Outer Convergence. The fact that the user was supposed to be able to move normally despite the suit was an indication that

used to applying it to strikes, which could be

love with the entire training process. It was such a novel means of mastering a powerful

the workouts,

in the specified location. Then he began the strange set of exercising routines, performing what resembled a twisting or a spiralling squat. It may have looked comical from the outside. But Rui's background in training regimes for combat sports

his mind to coordinate five muscle groups simultaneously and cooperatively in order to perform this exercise under the burden of the heavy training weights on his limbs. If the muscle groups did not cooperate and coordinate, then the body

exercise was grueling and painful, it reminded him of when he had

than a thousand other nameless runts, who had managed to pass the Entrance Exam among a

was being personally guided by none other than a

looking

"Your form is crude. Don't hasten the squat up, and don't bounce as you come down. This stage is extremely important. If you don't

felt his muscles burning as