The Martial Unity

Rui had seldom fought against weapon-oriented Martial Artists in his life. The reason for that was that they were quite rare barring the right circumstances. It took an extreme amount of brainwashing and conditioning for it to become the Martial Path of a Martial Artist.

Not only that but there were logistical constraints to their emergence as well, especially for weapons centered around a blade or sharpness. It took an extremely durable substance to withstand the full power of a Martial Artist through the tiny edge of the blade without breaking, cracking, or being damaged significantly.

The reason that humans could wield swords without such a problem was that the high-carbon steel used for normal swords had a tensile strength that far exceeded what humans were able to break. That was why there was no fear that such a blade would crumble in the middle of combat. Not even the strength of a thousand men could break such a tough alloy.

The same could not be said for Martial Artists.

For an alloy to be as overwhelmingly superior to a Martial Artist, it would have to, at a bare minimum be of a grade that corresponded to the Realm above the Martial Artist, sometimes even two Realms above the Martial Artist!

It was simply impractical, and had it been the norm, would pose serious hindrances to Martial Artists as they grew stronger.

Rui was aware that there were more philosophical reasons why the orthodox Martial Sects and communities around the world rejected weaponry.

That had to do with dependence and reliance on science and technology to provide them with apt weapons. That was something that many Martial Artists eschewed. Science and technology were not in their control as Martial Artists, it was usually in the control of the private sector and the governments to a certain extent.

would be no different from growing dependent on them. Many Martial Squires feared that an overdependence could cause the age of Martial Art to come to an end and return Martial Artists to an era where they were not weak enough to

them that the Squire Realm was impossible without such technology, but Martial Artists had long since secured a stronghold over it to

that involved external elements, like poison-oriented Martial Art, symbiotic Martial Art,

that, the power of weapons

biggest checks on Martial Art were big and powerful weapons that relied on size and powerful esoteric substances that allowed weapons

same. Humans wielding tools were superior to humans without, and that principle did not diminish entirely when it came to Martial Artists wielding tools versus

wielding a blade that resembled a katana. Rui did not need another look at it to know that he could

body as a blade. While those left open wounds and could be very dangerous if they hit a vital, they were not insurmountable when it came to defending against

it came to sword techniques. He did not stand a chance at defending against a blade that was created to cut Martial Artists. If Rui tried to block a full-powered swing with both arms, then his

difference in the quality of the technique. He could almost certainly exert a level of

each other, Rui analyzed him. The first thing he noticed was the man's profusely sharp sense of pressure. Just based on the peril that the man emitted to all those

fight was not

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sucking in