The Martial Unity

The sheer range and magnitude of the pain-induction ability that the forest had been drowned in was enormous. It was an ability that didn't even seem to belong within the Senior Realm.

'This isn't real!' Rui gritted his teeth as he calmed down. 'I can feel my own body, and there is nothing that could cause this much pain, the damn dragon is casting an illusion of pain by messing with my nervous system!'

It was the dragon's turn to gloat.

And, gloat it did.

"ROOOOOOAAAR!!!" The dragon released an enormous bellow that echoed across the forest. It arrogantly took a moment to pause its hunt as it inspected its work across the entire forest, deeply satisfied by all the creatures that had fallen prey to its ability, before turning to Rui, looking down on him.

It had initially hunted Rui for food, but now it no longer cared about that. Now its main motivation was killing the creature that dared to dishonor its pride.

"ROOOOAAR!" It flapped its mighty wings, rushing down at Rui with its jaws wide open. it would instantly eat him whole in a second, it even planned to undo the illusion so that it could experience Rui's despair and suffering as it chomped down on him.

And yet;

WHOOSH!

Rui sidestepped the charge at the last moment before.

BAM!

as small as Rui. The impact permeated deep, passing through the

The creature grimaced in

Mask, and unleashing his Senior-level aura, instantly catching

Riemannian Echo. While the technique had not been immune to the dragon's sensory blackout, it

the nervous system or the part of the subconscious parts of the brain that process the input from the sensory organs.' Rui concluded. 'The fact that I can feel my own body proves that it isn't absolute. It cannot get entirely

sensory organ. It was based on Rui's ability to internally sense his own body, which had not been suppressed since Rui was able to sense himself even though all his other senses

indirectly sense through the partially functioning Riemannian

merely a technique that emerged from putting the subconscious danger sense of the mind through extreme training, improving its

able to avoid the Illusionary Dragon's charges towards

sheer force and speed

And yet;

WHOOSH

source significantly. And yet, by the time he landed, he felt a deep sense of danger acutely to

WHOOSH!

Yet the creature was not done, not by a long shot. Rage filled its prideful eyes

BOOM!

entire chunk of the forest was instantly leveled. The ground beneath Rui shook and

he felt a spike

THWOOM!

a powerful sound projectile flew into its wide-open jaws, crashing into its throat before it

the long run,' Rui gritted his teeth. 'I can sense danger from the vestiges of environmental information that the suppressed Riemannian Echo supplies me, but I can't sense the layout of my environment. If I leap