"Don't you want to know what happened, big brother?" Mana raised an eyebrow.

"The details don't matter as much, but yes." Rui nodded. "Whenever you want to."

Mana paused for a moment, before sighing. "We ran into a Martial Apprentice. He broke my jaw and Max's ribs."

That was about as strong as any justification for a loss one could have. Of course, that didn't make things better, a loss was still a loss.

"By the time we could even gather ourselves, it was already over." Max gritted his teeth. "That girl, Crea Jenken? She broke through to the Apprentice Realm and wiped the floor with that other Martial Apprentice. Damn, I wish I was li-"

"Wait." Rui paused abruptly, trying to conceal his shock with a mind mask. "You're telling me a girl broke through?"

"Yeah." Max nodded.

"Her name was Crea Jenken? You're sure?" He asked in an unassuming tone.

"Pretty sure that's what they called her when they passed her." Max scratched his head.

The two would have noticed something odd in his demeanor had they been in a normal state of mind, but they were too consumed by themselves to do so.

"Mmm..." Rui nonchalantly nodded.

Inside, though...

truly shocked. ('No, what

He was sure that she

how?? Nothing has changed since three

eyes widened

that could potentially be

noted as he came to a realization. ('In the past three months, I have been systematically

the self-exploration process needed to gain the degree

I discovered a way to increase the rate at which people break

crept down his

ok, big brother?" Mana

a

"But you're sweating."

"It's humid, after all."

the Martial

suspicions. He would be the golden goose that could accelerate the journey to breaking through to

struggle between the Martial Union and the

the situation was infinitely more complex and nuanced than that. However, there were many more considerations that flew into his head that were perhaps more relevant to

force him to spit out the method to increase the rate of breakthroughs of Martial Artists and get him to pass it on. Naturally, this would be difficult because not

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