The Martial Unity

Rui should have seen it earlier but his amusement at the purpose of the technique had created a blind spot around it. If he had treated it as a normal technique, he would have seen this application of it instantly, but because he looked down on it subconsciously, he wasn't able to.

The potential of this technique, to him at the very least, was extraordinary. As long as he could master it and perhaps tweak it slightly to suit his needs, it should not yield poor results. This was especially taking into account the fact that this technique had an extremely high affinity with his enhanced cognition.

('Stupid.') He cursed himself. ('It was almost obvious, yet I missed it because I was being cocky.')

Still, he was glad he saw it now in such a timely manner. He picked up the scroll without any hesitation as he added it to his pouch.

Four techniques down, two more to go.

('The next two-to-three techniques need to enhance my versatility and variety.')

The first four techniques strengthened his foundation and aimed to mitigate the VOID algorithm's weakness. Now, he needed to expand his capabilities to give him more options and choices in combat. He had several ideas of what he would have liked.

"I could really use a boost in range." He muttered to himself. If he gained the ability to hurt his opponent from a distance, life would be a hell of a lot easier.

Also, among all the fields his Martial Art didn't possess, a longer range was the most optimal counter for the greatest number of Martial Art and combat styles. Meaning, by giving his Martial Art long-range capability, he would increase the number of Martial Art he could adapt to more than he could if he mastered some other technique or some other field. Long range was vital, and remarkably powerful in many scenarios.

He even knew what technique he would have liked to master.

immediately went to the offensive section and began browsing through the techniques in

His eyes lit up.

[Tempestuous Ripple]

used a combination a breathing technique as well as body movements to create a small localized region of

reached for the scroll,

the technique he wanted to acquire. It was the technique that representative Ana Marianne had showcased in the Martial Contest, he had been quite impressed by her techniques, even if she did lose in the first

for that. Her opponent in the first round was Mia Marnt, who was remarkably powerful and managed to reach the semi-finals of

beaten Mia if she used her techniques more effectively to counter Mia's sound

he sought for. If he mastered this technique, he would gain a huge boost in the number of potential solutions he could

one or two more

what else he ought to get. Perhaps he ought to bolster up his grappling to ensure that he wasn't lagging too

enhancing his grappling so that he would be able to adapt to Martial Art that could be countered by grappling was useful.

around, looking for techniques he could

[Flow Flux]

intercepting and applying targeted force on incoming strikes

active defense. The difference was that Hafbor's technique applied this principle purely defensively, while Flow Flux aimed

in this training stage atleast. Flow Flux was attractive to him because it had the ability to create vulnerabilities, this was a trait that was extremely compatible with the VOID algorithm. It would allow for him to have a higher probability of

long as Rui used to efficiently

picked the scroll out of the slot, before

be enough for this