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 the Kandrian Empire. This symbiote enters the bloodstream and makes its way to the cervical spine 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, it begins the growth of wings outside of flesh. Within the span of two weeks, the pair of wings are fully grown and connected to the spinal

and nutritional burden on the

with it

technique generated by the wings and a breathing technique performed by the user to manipulate the air density of the air around the wings to match that of the solids. The wings then generate a powerful flap that

for the Silverstreak Winged Louse. Increases tensile strength and rigidity of the flesh

Aerial Flickering...]

listed under the Silverstreak Winged

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

used techniques not too dissimilar to the techniques of the Silverstreak

for whether Rui was willing to insert the symbiote into his body, the answer was

of his 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

one as potential candidates for the symbiote he was willing to

limbs, extra appendages, and all sorts of external growths would all ruin his balance

He had more or less expected it, but indeed he would not be choosing

symbiotes and techniques

he opened them, however, he

lit up in

along the lines of what he was looking

[Freshwater Skincreeper Symbiote