The Martial Unity

He had slept like a coma patient, sleeping through the night and halfway through the next day.

Kane stared at him with a bewildered expression. "What the hell happened? Did you sleep through?! You?!"

"I don't want to hear it, 'Nake'" Rui sighed as he felt incredibly comfortable and relaxed after a good amount of rest. "Yesterday was crazy."

"Where did you go?" Kane asked. "I tried looking for you to spar with last night but you weren't there."

"Yeah, I was speaking with Senior Xanarn," Rui sighed.

"What did she want?"

"Apparently, my Martial Art is dangerous," Rui said. "And she also told me about the secret of the Senior Realm."

"What?" Kane's eyebrow rose.

Rui proceeded to explain the gist of what she had divulged to him. Although he considered keeping it a secret for his own sake, he ultimately decided against it. The fact that there was no consensus on when disclosure of the secret of the Senior Realm ought to occur meant that there were no truly correct or incorrect choices, otherwise, the world would probably be on one page like they were with the breakthrough to the Squire Realm.

murmured. "Incredible. Did she tell you what all the glowing red lines and streaks we saw on Senior

Rui shook his head

It was too personal, furthermore, he didn't want to reveal it without the consent of Senior Xanarn. After all, she was way too old and mature to appreciate being the center of romantic gossip. It was just good practice to not divulge things that both partners hadn't agreed

been plaguing him prior. He was

as it was for normal humans. It was clear that the Martial Heart was its own beast

Martial Heart was far superior, and even if the conditions for triggering its activation were far greater, he couldn't help but feel that they

Realm was accruing enough individuality, and Rui didn't need Senior Xanarn to explain

the Martial Path,') Rui mused. ('However, unlike the Squire breakthrough process, these

did not cause mutations to the brain to enhance it. Rui knew from his talks with Julian that the brains of Martial Apprentices were indistinguishable from the brains of normal humans physiologically. It was impossible

the cognitive capabilities of the brain better, allowing the Martial Apprentice to

of the Martial Path simply tapped into neurological power that existed in the brain, deepening of the Martial Path deepened the degree to which Martial Squires accessed the untapped capabilities of the brain. This allowed Martial Apprentices to make extremely efficient use of every ounce of energy their bodies produced, converting all of it

into the potential of the brain and, indirectly, the body, after all, the brain was not infinite. Martial Apprentices too would eventually hit a ceiling in regards to how much of the cognitive functions of the conscious mind could be mobilized towards

breakthrough evolved the body in a process that could be survived by the fortitude granted by the Martial Path. It not only evolved the body but also evolved the untapped power that was within the body, the Martial

artificial manmade Realm inadvertently created more potential for the Martial Path to tap into just like it did with the breakthrough to the Apprentice Realm. Except, in this case, it tapped into the enormous well

brain, the Squire Realm required tapping into the potential for evolution of the body, the Senior Realm requires harnessing the potential of the latent well of power that existed within the newly evolved Martial body. The Martial Path… is a journey of uncovering all of the existential potentials within the Human Being through Martial

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