The Martial Unity

Two months passed.

Rui spent the time mastering Project Keep Up With Kane while he conducted extensive research with the remaining two projects, he had nearly come to an end with the theoretical and research phase and had almost fleshed out the entirety of all of the chinks of the technique blueprints.

Project Keep Up With Kane on the other hand, had already nearly reached flawless proficiency.

Compared to the other two projects, he was able to master this technique at quite the pace since he first began.

WHOOSH

He dashed through the woods at top speed.

"Fwuuuuu…" He inhaled with his mouth at just the right pace while his arm movements were positioned such that the resulting vacuum was formed right before him. His body posture was such that he maximized the volume of the vacuum.

Suddenly, his speed more than doubled as he shot through the woods even faster! The lack of the oppressing drag caused by the atmosphere and the atmospheric pressure pushing him from behind led him to move much faster than he normally was limited to.

"Fuuuuu…" He exhaled as he dispelled the technique allowing drag to slow him down and stop him

STEP

He paused as he looked at his pocket watch before turning back to look at the distance he covered.

"That's fifty in a row without a single collision, I guess that makes this a wrap. I'm glad I was able to overcome the discrepancies between this technique and Wind Breathing," Rui casually remarked.

using Wind Breathing while maneuvering. It was not easy to use two breathing techniques simultaneously due to clashing requirements of timing, frequency, and force among

Breathing, to the point where he ended fusing the two techniques to create

Gale Bolt Breathing.

with Ian Nepomniatchi's Lightning Breathing,') Rui casually pondered

actually merely a downscale of a much more potent version of the technique; Lightning Breathing, a technique that Ian had used in the

the talent needed to master the technique and thus had resolved to master a more

to the Squire Realm, he had upgraded that technique by merging it with another one while

Lightning Breathing in principle, but I don't think it's

not revolutionary, or enough to put him equal with Kane, he would at the very least not hold Kane back much when the two of them were in a situation that require escaping at top speed. It had served its purpose, and he did not want

that

to get back to working on them this moment,

day

of them had since then grown extremely driven to become stronger and had discovered their Martial Paths at the age of fourteen under the guidance of Rui and his

ago, dominating the exam and passing with flying colors as Martial Apprentices attending the exam always did. One month later, today, they would be leaving the Quarrier Orphanage and would move to the Martial Academy and

going to miss them,') He sighed

there was a large congregation of children and adults in the front yard. They had gathered in a circle around Max and Mana, exchanging words and hugs.

be late you

didn't have the heart to refuse Lashara, having

She cupped their faces in her hands before finally

exchanged a final farewell with

ready?" Rui asked