The Martial Unity

Rui woke up, feeling a touch of peace that he hadn't experienced in what felt like forever.

Yet it wasn't enough.

His eyes hadn't lost their edge.

Senior Xanarn did not fail to notice that.

"Woken up yet?" She asked with a melancholic tone, her head resting on his chest. She had hoped to be able to soothe his mind, yet she had underestimated how deep his dissatisfaction was.

It was not something that could be resolved with the pleasures of the flesh.

"How long was I asleep?" Rui asked.

"About nine hours." She replied softly. "You must not have slept in days."

"A week." Rui heaved a sigh, getting up.

"Are you still not going to tell me what happened?" She asked.

"..." Rui paused for a moment before he shook his head. "It's not something I wish to recount just yet. I came to understand how insignificant I am. That's all that matters at the end of the day."

She pouted unhappily. "What do you intend to do?"

"Gain power." His words were sharp as his eyes narrowed.

An air of peril formed around him.

It was volatile. Yet Senior Xanarn could only watch unhappily as he refreshed himself before leaving.

His fist clenched as the intensity in his eyes only grew.

unleash an intensity of bloodlust unlike anything he had experienced before, but

STEP

Floating Sect. He almost couldn't believe it when he had been informed Xanarn, yet even he couldn't help but smile. Time and time again, Kane

called out to him before

Suddenly, the door opened.

the two clasped hands, exchanging

words were kind, yet his

anymore, and it was hard

known

back, furrowing his eyebrows, as he sized Rui

you sooner." Rui apologized with sincerity. "No matter how tired I was, I should have come to see you.

cut him off with

expression softened as a melancholic smile sprouted on his

issues to possibly put cracks into it. Kane needed only one look in

a year, and I know for a fact that you definitely spent an overwhelming majority of that

Once the two of them gained some privacy, Rui recounted the entire story from the very start, not missing out on

expression grew increasingly more

bitch." He needed to exert visible restraint to control his anger. "I ran for an entire week

expression of shock. He was stunned speechless, his jaw had

blinking for a

story that he had just narrated exceeded every expectation that

bad that Rui hadn't come over to visit him immediately. Especially now that he learned about the tribulations that Rui had overcome just to get back to the Kaddar Region in

It was no wonder.

even know what to say. The magnitude of the story

can be certain that she cannot get you anymore,

searching for the smallest needle in the largest haystack would be a trivial task in comparison, statistically speaking,"

"...Now what?"

I grow stronger." Rui narrowed

everything to Kane, giving Kane a greater context to understand what he meant

sighed. "He only defeats me with greater ease each time we fight, even though I have only grown stronger. Frankly, his Martial Art has helped me grow stronger. It's like I'm looking