The Martial Unity

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A profoundly deep avalanche of pressure swept over Rui and Kane, yet it didn't stop there. It rushed forward, untethered, bathing every sentient lifeform on the entire island.

THWOOM!

A wave of sound blew Rui and Kane with overpowering force, expelling them helplessly.

BOOM!

Rui crashed into the arena walls, coughing some blood as he quickly used Final Breathing to increase his pain resistance.

Yet he grinned as he beheld her Martial Heart.

"Twice in a week," She murmured. "Sarak and Leonil will never let me hear the end of it."

She sighed as she deactivated her Martial Heart, lessening the stress she exerted on the Martial Squires. "This sparring session has come to an end."

Soon enough, several medics and nurses entered the arena, tending to the wounded guardians.

Soon enough, Senior Xanarn went on a round speaking to all of them one by one. She did not ramble in her feedback and criticisms of all of them, she was concise and to the point, offering several short pointers before moving one.

Although it wasn't personally impressive to him, he respected the fact that she kept track of the various Martial Squires throughout the entire session.

reached Rui. "I truly did not expect you to be able to accomplish forcing me to use my Martial

know was the degree of preparation that went into the fight, not just for analyzing her patterns to build a predictive

me when you came to spectate

else would I be there?" Rui raised an eyebrow as he got up, having

"…Never mind."

for me?" Rui

She had just effectively lost to Rui, so she wasn't even sure whether she had much of a footing

pop into her head. "Your manipulation of sound is rather rigid and unflexible. I'm surprised

He had also realized that compared to Senior Xanarn's more flexible manipulation of sound,

keen on addressing this issue at the moment. His long-range techniques were good enough for

Senior Xanarn sighed. "I did not realize how deep your insight was. I have almost never come across such a degree of understanding of one's Martial

an eyebrow. He recalled her saying something similar before, where she said that

"Almost?"

You'll see for yourself

words, gauging

She turned around walking away, before suddenly pausing.

raised

Floating Sect can bring you infinitely close to breaking through, however, those that come from afar cannot break through just by spending a greater

the Senior Realm

a place of tranquil growth and empowerment, but he already knew that it could not provide the trigger to the Senior

reach the peak of the

that either. He only had nine