The Martial Unity

"As expected," She sighed.

"But I have also sparred and fought many times where such a thing did not happen," Rui offered.

She shook her head. "Your Martial Path is dangerous, Squire Falken. Defeat as many guardians as you like. Defeat them all, if you are able to do so in the first place. But I cannot have you crippling them. There are no healing potions for the psyche."

Rui understood why she had summoned him soon after his match with Seronin. This was not something she could simply let go of as a leader of the Floating Sect. While it was true that what he did, did not break the rules, it was also true that the way this was too disruptive to be ignored.

The system in place of the Floating Sect was designed to have a thousand highly qualified elite Martial Squires to protect the Floating Sect and offer their services in the interest of its survival. Ajanta Island had a limited amount of land that could be divided into a limited number of highly desirable avenues of training. Each Martial Squire was a precious asset, especially the longer they stayed. The longer they stayed, the more they were trustable.

That was why a destructive wild card that ran around crumbling the efforts of the Floating Sect, to whatever degree was not something she could tolerate.

"As for how you can control this…"

"Discipline," Rui sighed. He had already swiftly analyzed the situation now that he had become aware of something that had been hidden in his psychological blindspots. "Given that I haven't broken the Martial Paths of friends, but also my Martial Apprentice students while using my Martial Art against them to varying degrees, I'm guessing my emotion for my opponents plays a huge role."

Although there are plenty of powerful and strong-minded Martial Squires with remarkable fortitude that you probably will not be able to hurt, it is also true that

issuing a strong warning to him took its place. He knew that she hadn't

sure to remember

what to feel. He had certainly been exposed to the consequences of his Martial Path on other people. He hadn't even fully processed all his thoughts, but he already had strong

It was possible for it to change, as he learned, but it would take a truly impactful event on their psyche for it

surely it could… just cease being their Martial Art as well. What if they underwent such a traumatic experience centered around their Martial Path, that something in their head breaks,

traumatically powerful experience, that it completely overwrote everything they ever experienced, effectively breaking their

disturbing to think of. He did not like being a destroyer of Martial Art. He liked Martial Art. Even if he liked the Flowing Void Style the

that Rui wanted to break in such a cruel and inhumane manner. Hell, he would rather kill the

he would rather die a hundred deaths than have his Martial Path broken. Just the very thought

which, while painful, was something that

to consider, considering that his Martial Path was not just destructive, it was also constructive when it

depending on his emotions, he could choose to either