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.

said that before as well…" Kane raised an eyebrow. "But how? The

and lightning, and how the former was what his technique was actually based on. It required

some faith in me,

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

turning towards the Thundering Valley. "Why do you think the Thundering Valleys thunders so much? It isn't

go?" Kan raised an

it outside your body," Rui calmly replied. "I'm telling you you can carry it inside

"Huh?"

how I created the Riemannian Echo technique, did I?" Rui remarked, murmuring. "Sensing the curvature of space isn't something my body

in your body that allowed you to use Riemannian Echo?" Kane's eyes widened.

about the whole idea. "Are

to a certain degree of toxicity that would be instantly lethal to normal human beings. I made sure that the toxicity of the substances I inserted into my body is too little

technique was. It was one of the two elements that were responsible for the titanic success

success was disingenuous. Kane even grew hopeful that Rui would be

"You're going to have to put in the