The Martial Unity

Rui realized that he didn't know a thing about Ieyasu, about who he was and where he came from.

That was normal, of course. They were merely part of the same impersonal organization. They had been included in the same operation against the Martial Seniors of the Kaddar Region.

But they had never actually even interacted prior to this moment.

('Whatever,') Rui shook his head. ('It doesn't matter for now. I just need to focus on what I'm setting out for.')

Soon enough, he stepped off the island, sky-walking away.

Instantly, the weight on his body plummeted, as the air thinned.

He heaved a sigh of relief as he treaded through the air comfortably.

All this time in the Floating Sect had truly increased his physical prowess, everything felt incomparably lighter than before. The passive training that came with simply living in the Floating Sect was something that could not be dismissed, and he could definitely feel the effects of it on his body.

The constitution of his body was fundamentally stronger. He was probably already very close to achieving the threshold needed to be able to survive the activation of the Martial Heart. This was much quicker than the rest of his peers, and the reason for that was because having turned into a Martial Squire at an extremely young age had meant that his Martial Body was still undergoing growth to reach the prime of its physical life, and had undergone a lot of growth during puberty.

Having obtained it earlier, it underwent growth quicker than those who became Martial Seniors.

The average age for breaking into the Squire Realm was around the age of twenty-five, and Rui had done so at the age of seventeen. Five years of growth in the Squire Realm meant that his body progressed towards meeting the threshold of the Martial Heart earlier than those that became Martial Squires after their bodies had fully matured into adulthood.

becoming a Martial Senior even if his body was close to reaching the necessary

all, many guardians of the Floating Sect had spent many years in the Floating Sect having strengthened their bodies

that was simply because the body was the most basic necessity, yet also the least challenging part of the sheer

of a powerful enough drive, and the lack of circumstances that could serve as the trigger for

what Senior Xanarn had told him about

condition with ease, but could not otherwise improve their ability to break

words rang. The sect, as an environment, was too detached from

he had made the decision to leave. He did not want

there that he could indulge in while he searched for a solution

the plague, sky-walking far above sea level and the clouds, using Mind Mask to minimize his presence to make

mean that the Kaddar Region's hatred for

would do everything in their power to take him down if they

and gotten valuable intelligence on their superweapon, but he had also killed one of

he was well above even

big it was, and even

STEP

land for the first time in

('Time to get