The Martial Unity

"Synergy matters a lot, or so I've been told." Kane shrugged. "Also more individuality is needed apparently, more so than when we were Martial Apprentices. Yay, that's fun. Just what I was hoping when I reached the Squire Realm."

Rui chuckled at the oozing sarcasm from his tone. "Trust me, you want to have both of those. I recently got a successful taste of both, it's actually startling how important both of them are, and how much value they can impart to you."

Kane raised an eyebrow. "You've already developed your techniques from scratch? I guess that shouldn't be surprising considering that you've already done that even before you became a Martial Squire."

"That was a modification." Rui reminded him. Of course, Rui had definitely created techniques from scratch when he created the VOID algorithm, but that took a ridiculous amount of time to fully accomplish.

Besides, he wasn't even sure if the VOID algorithm would count as a Martial Art technique. It felt more accurate to say that it was his Martial Path.

"So?" Kane asked expectantly. "What did you come up with?"

and defensive technique," Rui replied

bet that long-range technique can kill people across the country while

two techniques

sure they were mind-breakingly

wonder only a small proportion of Martial Squires break through to the Senior Realm. If it's this difficult to take a single

dread it. Can't I just enjoy being in the Squire Realm without having to worry about yet another climb from

found it hard to sympathize, on a personal level, with it. This was one avenue where Kane and Rui differed significantly, more than any other area. The long Martial Path that each Martial Artist

Earth, there was a very hard limit to both power and skill that every human had. There was no seemingly endless path that one could walk as far as individual and personal power went. As the biggest fan of

why he was exhilarated and excited when he arrived in this world and discovered that only the sky was the limit for individual power. To Rui, this was something to celebrate and be grateful for. He

and vague. For example, when he was a Martial Apprentice, he found it very difficult to obtain any specific information on Martial Squires. He

now, he hadn't the faintest idea what the actual breakthrough to Senior Realm was. No

more inscrutable. Rui had no doubt that any information on Martial Masters and Martial Sages was highly