The Martial Unity

"It is," Rui nodded as he gazed at his palm. "I'm glad it turned out well."

"Wait," Kane brought his hands to the temples, confused. "You created a new technique in the time period between me leaving and you purchasing a training slot?"

"More or less," Rui nodded. "Well, creating a new technique is a tad bit overselling it considering I just put together elements from certain techniques to create a new one. It wasn't that hard, honestly."

Kane just stared at him with a shocked expression. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, but he had seen that strange new palming technique that Rui had used to dispel the water.

Rui had been so successful in dispelling the wave with his little palm technique that he had drawn the attention of many Martial Artists from him. They even started to look at him differently, considering him to be stronger than he was.

Funnily enough, this was something Rui was accustomed to. He had gone through this for quite some time.

Even on his mission to Vilun Island, he had been perceived as a grade-ten Martial Squire the entire time, back then he had merely been posturing with the Mind Mask, of course. In the Shionel Confederation, he hadn't actively tried to convince people that he was a grade-ten Martial Squire, in fact, he was just trying his best in the dungeon, and his preparations had allowed for him to exceed his normal level. The Shionel Confederation had naturally become convinced that he was a grade-ten Martial Squire at a bare minimum, given many of his feats.

treated him to be stronger than he really was, which was quite strange when he looked at

training

say it

quite averse to power-oriented striking techniques, his style generally did not utilize them, and he much preferred more lethal attacks

land or had some other shortcomings that

run. Unlike me, you have the advantage of knowing without

that's much harder for an all-rounder like you," Kane remarked. "Having to juggle and

ways,

At this point, he had mastered so many techniques of different kinds

with another close-range technique. He had been concerned that his long-range offensive power from the techniques that he

going on over longer distances, thus Rui could at least take some comfort in knowing that he probably was not being watched nearly as much as being noticed. He hoped there was an unspoken agreement between the Martial Squires that they wouldn't peek at each other, though he knew that

Artists of different Realms. It appeared that Martial Apprentices got small rooms that only provided them with the bare basics of needs. Martial Squires each received a less bare room that contained additional facilities, while only Martial Seniors and Martial Masters received what could be considered

came this far came for a sightseeing vacation, everyone here was serious about training,

when he finally got a chance to rest for the