The Martial Unity

"But you're a Martial Squire." Rui frowned.

"I held back to match your physical power." He shrugged. "As long as you master it perfectly, the result shouldn't deviate much from this."

Rui was quite excited at the prospect of obtaining that kind of lethality, that he resumed the torture training immediately. This time, he even stopped screaming. Bearing the pain and putting his toe through utter hell with each kick.

A little over an hour passed, and he had just completed a thousand kicks!

He glanced at his toe, after he healed it for the tenth time. It didn't look any different at all. But, that obviously to be expected, if the process would be completed over the span of a million kicks, then there would be no visible progress over merely just a thousand kicks, which was 0.1% of the total progress.

The bone reconstruction process was a well-understood one. Bone had an incredible ability to adapt to mechanical loads or pressure we place upon it. According to Wolff's Law, a bone's internal framework, known as trabeculae is initially weakened when strained and micro-fractured by mechanical stress, thereby triggering a rebuilding process that eventually made the bone denser. The hard outer shell of the bone also became a little thicker with time. This was how bone could become stronger.

It was a long process that required prolonged period of just the right amount of stress and strain to the bones. It was not a process that could be sped up too much, even with healing potions.

Rui sighed, before proceeding to continue. He usually spent many hours on a single technique, and as painful as the Stinger technique was, he did not want to skip out on it.

was admitting defeat! Thus he continued and persevered until several hours later, he finally managed to

excruciating pain. He wasn't sure how the

a halt to it after he hit the satisfying number of three

walked out, his toe was perfectly healed and functional, but it still hurt

He sighed wearily before heading to the maneuvering training facility. The next technique he intended to break the ice with was the Phantom

the Stinger technique. He knew the training regime quite well, and was

he searched for the head

that he'd arrived

proceeded was a relatively smooth training session with no hiccups. Rui donned the body suit that was required for the

dodges, blocks, shuffles and things of that nature. The bodysuit was actually a piece of equipment that could be frozen at a particular spot remotely by a device in possession of the supervising instructor. As Rui shadow-fought, his instructor

the exact position in all of these common motions he made, at which stopping abruptly would produce the most effective feint. By being stopped exactly the right timing and placement, Rui would be able to memorize the exact position and timing for feints in each of these maneuvers with

with your body to the absolute highest degree. It exploited the kinesthetic and