The Martial Unity

Senior Leonil sky-walked up behind Senior Sarak who stood in the sky, looking away into the distance.

"How long have they been at it?" Senior Leonil asked, yawning.

"A few hours now," Senior Sarak replied, sighing.

"It's impressive that their Martial Hearts are not giving out." Senior Leonil remarked. "Still, they should be keeping careful."

"They're far too competitive for that," Senior Sarak snorted. "It can't be helped given the rivalry that they have. The pinnacle of talent and potential. The most powerful Martial Paths that I have come across, and the opponent against whom they broke through in a battle that ended up being a draw. Expecting them to regard each other as an ordinary sparring partner is unrealistic."

"Haha, true. More importantly..." Senior Leonil gazed over with interest. "...Who's winning?"

"So far, all their battles have been stalemates." Senior Sarak stated. "They end up in a draw when their Martial Hearts run out and they're in their base forms."

"At this point, they're just fighting each other to win. They probably have long forgotten about any notion of simply acclimatizing themselves to the power of the Senior Realm."

"There's no doubt about that." Senior Sarak chuckled. "Still, I am not averse to them fighting out in the open where the Kaddar Treaty Organization can see."

Senior Leonil narrowed his eyes as he caught the man's drift. "...You're using them as a deterrent."

Senior Sarak nodded. "If Kaddar nations think we have gained two extra Martial Seniors on retainer, then they will never even dare to think about attacking us again."

"Makes sense." Senior Leonil nodded.

Sarak remarked. "If we can

them watched silently as Rui and Ieyasu clashed with each other

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against each other, looking to gain an

WHOOSH!

kick from

model to predict what Martial Art Ieyasu would choose, allowing him to slowly overcome the small advantage that Ieyasu had gained by chaotically shifting the Martial Art that he

POW!

as he managed to land a clean hook

was not sitting still

BOOM!!!

grimaced as he leaped back from a clash. The two of them panted as they took their distance,

you did manage to copy Hypertrophic

to have the exact technique replicated," Ieyasu remarked. "As long as I understand the output of the technique, I can replicate

sighed as a hint of pride appeared on Ieyasu's face. "Guess today is a

it defeats the purpose of the sparring," Ieyasu noted. "We have grown smoother

of growth has been reducing, so we've probably come very close to being acclimatized considering diminishing returns," Rui remarked. "My time on this island is coming to an

from here on out? You've been at the Floating

of your

how are you going navigate

relenting. "...I plan to return to my Master and gain some

Master?" Rui