The Martial Unity

"I know we're more or less done in the Thundering Valley, but…" Kane sighed as he looked out the window to the glowing storm of lightning pouring down from the clouds to the land. "I really don't want to leave this place."

Rui didn't respond immediately.

He understood Kane's sentiment very well, of course. Perhaps more than even Kane understood it himself.

Rui tried imagining what he would do if he came across a valley where his Flowing Void Style and the VOID algorithm were both ten times stronger than they normally were.

Of course, such a location could not possibly exist. The VOID algorithm was information in its purest form, there was no way there were esoteric substances that could affect something so abstract.

However, if there was such a location, would he truly have the willpower to separate himself from that location? Forcefully abandon that place and return to his, now, painfully weak ordinary VOID algorithm?

He liked to think he would have such willpower, but in reality, he simply didn't know.

Those were the circumstances that Kane was in at the moment. He didn't want to grandstand about discipline or other virtues to try and dispel such sentiments. Kane was already aware of them, and simply virtue signaling would irritate him.

Instead, he wanted to offer Kane a real solution.

"I think it is possible for you to retain the Fulminata technique even without the Thundering Valley," Rui told him.

as well…" Kane raised an eyebrow. "But how? The technique requires

not want to get into the technical details of explaining the distinctions between electricity and lightning, and how the former was what his technique was actually based on. It required far too much of a scientific explanation involving concepts that

replied. "It's possible. If you're willing to put some faith in me, I

before heaving an exaggerated sigh. "You make a hard case. What do you even

materials that can," Rui informed him, turning towards

I go?" Kan raised an eyebrow in skepticism. "That sound

not asking you to carry it outside your body," Rui calmly replied. "I'm telling you you can carry it

"Huh?"

the Riemannian Echo technique, did I?" Rui remarked, murmuring. "Sensing the curvature of space

you inserted substances in your body that allowed you to use

looked uncertain about the whole idea. "Are you sure

are immune to a certain degree of toxicity that would be instantly lethal to normal human beings. I made sure that

was. It was one of the two elements that were responsible for the titanic success that they had achieved in the Shionel Dungeon and was also the means through which Rui mapped the entirety of the Shionel

a resounding success was disingenuous. Kane even grew hopeful that Rui would be able to follow

though," Rui informed him. "You're going to have to put in the hard