The Martial Unity

Squire Frinjschia suddenly snapped back to reality when the impact of Rui crashing through the contest barriers shook her, both physically and mentally. Only then had her current reality become cognizant to her.

Yet, she didn't even have time to celebrate or even process her breakthrough to a higher Realm.

"What have I done...?" She murmured with a grave expression as she too hurriedly headed for the crater that had been created in the distance outside of the colosseum.

What she saw shocked her to her very core.

The sight of a silver-haired and silver-eyed man walking out of a crater unharmed shook her to her very core.

For just the briefest of moments, she wondered whether she had actually broken through to the Senior Realm.

She couldn't be blamed for indulging this thought.

That was the sheer magnitude of the feat that the man before her had accomplished. The dust clouds from the crash had yet to fully settle, so ordinary people were unable to make out his appearance, but she could clearly sense every detail on his body.

There were no wounds.

He was unharmed.

He stood there, and an excited grin flashed across his face.

She wanted to immediately head on over, if only to make sure he was okay, and apologize for attacking him as a Martial Senior.

'And also to express gratitude.' Her eyes softened.

She was not foolish.

She may not have been the brightest, but she had spent an entire lifetime fighting. She knew what true malevolence looked like. She had lost count of the number of demons who tried to inflict as much suffering, misery, and despair on her, that she she had overcome.

Rui was not one of them.

with certainty, especially now that she had come to her senses. He

enough to trigger her

didn't inadvertently

It was surgical.

was holding back an overwhelming amount of power within him. A strangely muscled form that supplied raw power that overcame even the mighty abyssfeeder. The

he didn't and had chosen the strangely time-consuming path where he carefully pushed her bit by bit, methodically and systematically forcing her to and past

was certain that he had blessed her with an opportunity to overcome her limits, a priceless boon that she had

could even reach him, his patron exhaled

"Senior Frinjschia."

a profoundly deep pressure pressed down on her. Senior Deril's expression was schooled, yet she could feel

He coldly informed her. "For the unauthorized assault on

into fury. It was

"However, I do not mind giving you an early lesson on the power gap between a veteran and a novice

be lying if she said she wasn't curious about that. Yet she had far too much sense to dare to do something like that. For the first time in a while, she valued her life and well-being. She

bowed her head lightly, deactivating

the right decision," Senior Deril calmed down, yet he refused to deactivate his Martial Heart. "Follow me. Don't try

The three Martial Masters had already disappeared. An evacuation team had already kicked into action, safely

newly enhanced senses quickly scanned the

to spot a single

It was also due to the fact that the colosseum barricade was extremely high and the

had crashed through a

the consequences of her action head-on with earnestness and sincerity, she

going to become of the

such important matters," Senior Deril spoke. "However, I suspect that the Virodha Council will decide to accelerate the restoration of the colosseum with extreme measures. This is one of the rare instances where such measures are justified. The price of doing so will be dozens, if not a hundred times greater than if it

to guess that she was most likely

become

am a priest, I cannot say," He said officially, before his tone lightened. "However, if I had to guess, you will have to serve the Theocracy for a number of

lot more palatable than

to Squire Falken at any

convey your desire to Squire Falken. Ordinarily, a Martial