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

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

nutritional burden on

associated with it

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

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

Aerial Flickering...]

variety of techniques were listed

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

techniques not too dissimilar to the techniques

to insert the symbiote into

certainly useful. They ruined the balance 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

had long disqualified symbiotes such as this one as potential candidates for the symbiote he

sorts of external growths

more or less expected it, but indeed he would not be choosing even a

symbiotes and techniques will be better.') Rui

opened them, however, he was

lit up in

were certainly more along the lines of what he

[Freshwater Skincreeper Symbiote