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.

that he was on the very cusp of becoming a Martial

the Floating Sect had spent many years in the Floating Sect having strengthened their bodies to meet the

to be genuine a candidate for the Senior Realm. The reason for that was simply because the

the lack of circumstances that could serve as the trigger for the Martial Heart were the biggest

Senior Xanarn had

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

more true her words rang. The sect, as an environment, was too detached from the drives of the Martial Artists who traveled far and wide

one of the reasons that he had made the decision to leave. He did

while he searched for a solution for both Project Metabody and

made sure to avoid the Kaddar Region like the plague, sky-walking far above sea level and the clouds, using Mind

over, it did not mean that the Kaddar Region's hatred for

of Graheria in particular would do everything in their power to take him down if they learned

bases and gotten valuable intelligence

that he was well above

big it was, and even

STEP

land for the

sighed. ('Time to