The Martial Unity

Rui still recalled to this day the sensation of passing away.

Unlike anybody else, he knew what the sensation of death was like having experienced it once himself.

And now, he was being assailed by a sensation that was quite similar to it, for the first time in his entire life.

('Shit,') Rui cursed mentally as he felt the energy of his body dripping as his consciousness began to blur ever so slightly.

His vision began darkening.

His muscles began relaxing.

His thoughts began flailing around as mustering up conscious resistance became even harder.

It felt strangely comfortable, as death had.

But instinctually, he knew that this was not something he ought to be allowing to happen. Thankfully, the muscle memory he had burned into his body in the past many weeks kicked in.

FUUU. FUUU. FUUU.

breathing at an extreme frequency, almost like he was panting. His exhalations were forceful and

entirely due to muscle memory sent

of power spread from the lungs across his entire body. A surge of energy woke Rui up from

intensity that he hadn't achieved yet. His body began to feel more alive as his breathing technique fought back against the influence of his drug, forcing the cells of his body to

pushing himself to levels of intensity that he didn't even know he could achieve, was overwhelming the effects of the drug, causing him

to succeed with overwhelming the

had involved strengthening his lungs considerably. Thus he wasn't surprised that he was able to do well with

mitochondria somehow,') Rui concluded as he became able to resist the drug with increasing ease,

drug," Kane informed him. "You're doing well in resisting the influence of the drug, but you don't have endless stamina. Use

felt as though he was squeezing his blood dry of every ounce of the drug like twisting

Kane nodded as Rui expelled a purple

continuously exhaled the substance as his breathing grew increasingly laborious. He knew that he wasn't supposed to be able to have this much trouble, yet he realized how heavy the drug was in

trying to pump out water with my lungs alone,') Rui gasped for air as he finally pushed out the last bit of Franmalth Venom

he had just

forgot how good you were with breathing techniques. I can't believe you nailed both on the

won't be enough to master the full power of the Godspeed

definitely going to help you get further than I expected you would, but the breathing technique exists for speed and agility, which you do not have enough affinity or talent for. However, I do think you may have the chance to master this technique