The Martial Unity

('Well, what else is my Martial Art lacking at the moment, as far as fundamentals go?') Rui wondered.

Well, that was an easy question to answer. This wasn't quite like the later days of his Apprentice times when he had so many Martial Art techniques that it was exceedingly difficult to find a technique that wasn't redundant.

Now he had returned back to stage one, in a way, where he once more needed to fill the gaps in his Martial Art like he already had once upon a time.

('The only difference is the difficulty of this task is exponentially more difficult than it was before.') Rui sighed, yet he couldn't suppress the mild grin on his face no matter how hard he tried.

His attention returned back to the matter at hand as he pondered through what his Martial Art needed and could use.

('Lack of range is definitely one thing to consider.') Rui nodded.

When he was a Martial Apprentice, he had mastered the Tempestual Ripple technique, which allowed him to launch attacks a good distance away by manipulating the air into a dense ball which he then launched with a strike.

('How on Earth am I going to create a long-range technique from scratch?') Rui sighed.

difficulty of the task made it amply clear why the population of Martial Artists decreased

would do it.')

technique he ended up

fell into that category. He didn't need to feel too self-conscious about borrowing from existing foundations as long as whatever he ended up creating satisfied the conditions he had already created for himself; synergetic, original, and unique, all

for a long-range attack to be synergetic with me and my Martial Art?') Rui asked himself. If he wanted to make one that was synergetic with his Martial Art, he needed to understand what that statement or idea actually meant in a practical

one that is most effective when paired with my

statement, he needed

powerful and high-grade') Rui noted. ('That means a technique with a great amount of

could take his time deriving more specific conditions until

would have an extremely high requirement for accuracy and precision?')

answer struck him the very instant

('The super-dee-duper long-range type.')

in reality, there was truth to be found in his words. He thought back to every action movie that featured snipers back on Earth. Sniping from a large distance

was aware that action movies were nothing short of fiction. However, whatever he knew about marksmanship and sniping, it was at least close to the truth.

the launch and propulsion systems were so incredibly much that they surpassed human cognition. Not