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.

to you was to participate more, but I suppose I ought to scrap that," She said once she reached Rui. "I truly did not expect you to be able to accomplish forcing me to use my Martial Heart. Frankly, the level of

fight, not just

came to spectate on my previous sparring training with other guardians?" She asked with

I be there?" Rui raised an eyebrow as

"…Never mind."

for me?" Rui

had just effectively lost to Rui, so she wasn't even sure whether she had

idea pop into her head. "Your manipulation of sound is rather rigid and unflexible. I'm surprised that a Martial Squire is able to merge sound, that too a Martial Squire that isn't

had also realized that compared to Senior Xanarn's more flexible

wasn't too keen on addressing this issue at the moment. His long-range techniques were good enough for now, they were not at the top

deep your

saying something similar before, where she said that his

"Almost?"

"Almost. You'll see for

considered her words, gauging what

luck," She turned around walking away, before suddenly pausing.

raised

close to breaking through, however, those that come from afar cannot break through just

this. The insights he had into the trigger that broke one through to the Senior Realm were enough to show him that simply training here on the island was not good

that offered a place of tranquil growth and empowerment, but

reach the peak of the Squire Realm and nothing

that either. He only had nine years