The Martial Unity

It was an intriguing idea, one that was definitely worth seriously considering. Poison would allow him to capitalize the most on an open wound, more than almost any other offensive field. He pictured something such as conditioning the part of his body that would be piercing into his target with a powerful toxin. Doing so would allow him to incapacitate, hamper, or even kill his opponent depending on what kind of poison he chose and how potent it was.

('The only problem is the matter of how compatible I am with poison.') Rui sighed.

Poison was a niche field, perhaps not to the same extent as something like heat was, but it certainly was very much divorced from the mainstream fields of techniques that Martial Artists most dabbled in.

Rui recalled a conversation he had with headmaster Aronian regarding the Unorthodox Sect and why they had been dubbed as such. Fields such as poison and heat were not inherent natural applications of the human body. The proportion of Martial Art and Martial Paths centered around these fields was low due to this very reason. The same applied to compatibility, the compatibility of the average martial Artist with these fields was low.

That was Rui was somewhat unsure of whether he was qualified to incorporate any potent poison into his technique.

('But it doesn't necessarily need to be potent.') Rui noted.

As long as the poison accomplished some meaningful difference, it was worth pursuing. Furthermore, unless Rui was, for some reason, especially horribly incompatible with poison, it was unlikely that he would be unable to obtain something of some utility.

decision had I still been in the Apprentice Realm, but it gets more complicated now that I'm in the Squire Realm.') Rui

poison. Martial Apprentices were physically human, unless they had gone out of their way

was something that most Martial Squires would be able

in thought. ('I might need to learn more about the poison-oriented techniques from the Martial Union before

obtain some help from the Martial Union; purely distant aid that

get to that, I have to consider my other options as well.

representatives of the Martial Contest had a Martial Path that was centered around friction. The

if I incorporate friction into the sides of whatever part of my body pierces into my opponent?') Rui wondered with intrigue in his eyes. ('Then, as I penetrate my opponent, I will

tiny spikes on its blade surfaces. If someone was stabbed with a knife, both the actual sharp blade and the tiny spikes on its side would

I combine piercing, friction, and

that had many tiny spikes on its side was also

lethality. Any technique that incorporated meaningful amounts of each of the three fields would be

possible?') Rui began to

more precise, he didn't know if he