The Martial Unity

Rui spent a few hours on the first stage of Outer Convergence training. It was more draining than he'd expected. He had to consume two potions before he was good enough to continue training.

Though much to Squire Dylon's surprise, he halted his training and left the facility after biding him farewell.

Rui had purchased four techniques, not one. He wanted to begin training in all of them. Once he got an idea for how difficult or easy the training regimes for each technique was then he could formulate an efficient plan and schedule as for how to go about it.

Dedicating an equal amount of time for techniques that were unequally difficult to master was not an efficient allocation of time.

"Alright..." Rui stretched as he left the striking training facility. "What to do next?"

He shrugged before heading over to the defense training facility. He wanted to begin training Inner Divergence as soon as possible.

"Squire Fare." Rui greeted, bowing to the head instructor of the defense training facility with respect. "I'm here to begin training with the Inner Divergence."

A muscular women built like a tank turned around, glancing at Rui. "Training a third defensive technique? Acute Edge and Elastic Shift are falling short already?" A flash of surprise crept onto her chiseled face. "I would have thought you would go longer without purchasing a defensive technique, with how well you mastered them."

shrugged. "But I decided to take a cautionary measure

most important part of combat, it is literally the only thing that separates you from death. Too many people don't develop their defense enough, and what

wryly as he

choice. It's a technique capable of much, but it has high demands of the user. Fail to fulfill them and the technique will fail you. Are

"But also, this technique has a high synergy with my

"Hmmm... True." she admitted.

Martial Art was not a secret within the Apprentice circles in the Academy. A powerful, yet bizarre all-rounder style, but not really because it would change shape depending on the fight and his opponent. All the Martial

"Inner Divergence is a technique that diverges and dissipates the power of all impacts across the entire body, diluting the effect over a great space thus negating the attack." She reiterated to begin. "The core means by which one does this is by ensuring the attack's trajectory is aligned to the center of mass of the human body. That in combination with

group rigid enough, they would be no different from how the shock absorption

but the reasons humans couldn't master it was because the mental faculties

it was an Apprentice-level

to shift when attacked to ensure all attack trajectories would be aimed at

point of the body, the only point that was close enough to all muscle groups to be supported by them like shock

unaccustomed to the thought process and the mindset needed. He was starting to see

at or close enough to the center of mass, then the technique would simple be ineffective. The user will