The Martial Unity

Rui had begun making preparations for his next training stage and for the eventual breakthrough to the Squire Realm. Of course, he wasn't even a Squire candidate yet. He had hoped that the next training stage would lead to the maturity of his Martial Art as a whole.

Maturity was partially a nebulous concept, to begin with. Although Rui knew his Martial Art had not yet reached maturity, he had been told that when it did, he would feel instinctive certainty regarding the matter.

So far, he had felt no instinctive certainty of any kind yet.

Regardless, he could ensure that whenever the second condition would be fulfilled and the Squire evolution breakthrough would come around, he would be prepared.

"Alright now..." Rui murmured as he opened a document with the emblem of the Martial Union. "Let's see..."

The list of symbiotic techniques that abided by the conditions Rui had laid out had arrived. Once Rui made his decision regarding this matter one way or another, he would immediately delve into his next training stage.

The first page inside the document was an index page. The techniques were divided into intrinsic and extrinsic techniques as well as by offense, defense, maneuvering, or supplementary. Each section was further divided into sub-categories.

Rui whistled. This made things convenient.

He started skimming through the extrinsic section, pausing every time he came across a cool technique.

The techniques were grouped together under the core symbiote species with which the techniques could be performed.

[Silverstreak Winged Louse

Grade: 8

Difficulty grade: 7

of a vertebrae creature. Once at the cervical spine, the creature burrows itself into the vertebrae of the host. After an initial period of gestation and gathering of the genetic information of the host,

mental and nutritional burden on

associated with it

Whirlwind Sword: A wind projectile technique generated by the wings and a breathing technique performed by the user to manipulate the air density of the air around the

Conditioning: A special kind of training designed for the Silverstreak Winged Louse. Increases

Aerial Flickering...]

listed under the Silverstreak

Fernan's wings and techniques.') Rui noted, recalling the techniques he had seen when

too dissimilar to the techniques

to insert the symbiote into his body, the answer was most certainly

Martial Art. Reducing his close-quarters combat flexibility and nimbleness in exchange for long-range aerial maneuvering. This would reduce his ability to adapt to Martial Artists whose prime weakness was

symbiotes such as this one as potential candidates for

extra appendages, and all sorts of external growths

them. He had more or less expected it, but indeed he

symbiotes and techniques will be better.') Rui

opened them, however, he

lit up in

certainly more along the lines

[Freshwater Skincreeper Symbiote