The Martial Unity

With these objectives in mind, he realized that his motivations up until now had changed, and not just a little.

Previously, he was driven solely by the desire to develop his Martial Art, traverse his Martial Path, and fulfill Project Water by creating a viable combat style that could adapt to and counter anything.

He was what was known as a purist, someone who pursued Martial Art for the sake of Martial Art.

Now, however, this wasn't entirely the case. Although he still didn't seem to lose any longing to realize his greatest ambition and dream, he was also motivated by the strength that came with Martial Art.

This wasn't particularly something he was dismayed about, it wasn't as though purist Martial Artists were superior to Martial Artists who pursued Martial Art for reasons other than just for the sake of Martial Art.

No.

That was an elitist take that he didn't believe in.

strength of one's determination to pursue Martial Art, regardless of what the desire that served as the core of that

Art on top of his already strong desire to realize Project Water meant that this desire to develop his Martial Art was stronger at the end of

progress faster than if he had still been pursuing Martial

was

arriving at our destination, the port town of Carmarl," Rui remarked as he saw the harbor in the distance. "Looks like we'll

researched from data that he purchased from Guildmaster Bradt. The man's whole business centered around connecting people and places over large distances. It was the very essence and core of his business model. He was truly the most apt person to purchase such information from. Rui had gone with the intent of

deduced that you possess the ability to memorize data," He had snorted, unimpressed. "Glancing at them will cost you the same

a greater number of places rather than getting more details on a limited number of locations, the price of information rose exponentially the greater the detail, and he had already bled a lot to get Guildmaster Bradt to divert two Martial Seniors away from matters of

Martial Artists to grow

Lower Realms were said to temper their body by wading through the extraordinarily dense mist and bearing

whose pollen acted as an aphrodisiac, drawing out lust and urge from within man, and driving them to uncontrollable rampages where they committed unspeakable acts. Women were said to avoid the forest, while men were strictly forbidden from setting foot anywhere within ten kilometers of the forest. The only exemption was for Martial Artists, who possessed far greater control over their mind and

but Martial Artists and Monsters. Billions of lightning bolts abused and scarred the valley every second, due to the rich presence of an esoteric that attracted lightning in combination with perpetually extremely stormy weather. The deeper one went towards the core of the valley, the likelier one was to get struck by lightning. It was said that Martial Artists used this place

could handle the Thundering Valley.