The Martial Unity

"Other Martial Masters take a lot of pride in it. It's a sign of the ascended. The hallmark of the Master Realm...But if you ask me, it ain't that big a deal," Master Zeamer snorted. "It's just a passive hypnotic effect on the minds of lesser beings. It works the same as an illusionary hypnotic technique that I showed you, but passively, and only on Martial Artists of the Lower Realms."

"A passive illusion?" Rui's eyes narrowed as his mind flashed into action processing the new and old information he had. "I see. I understand the truth."

"Sharp as always," Master Zeamer chuckled.

"Illusionary techniques work by misdirecting the consciousness, and then using non-verbal communication to manipulate the subconscious mind which is extremely susceptible to external suggestions," Rui's eyes swum around, immersed in thought. "If Martial Masters are able to generate illusions in the minds of the beholder, then that means that they are going through the same process. A number of inferences can be made."

"You said it was passive and caused by the Martial Mind," Rui mused. "That means that the Martial Mind is impacting the body's non-verbal communication in the same way that image embodiment impacts non-verbal communication in a hypnotic technique. The Martial Mind impacts the subconsciousness in the same image embodiment does. That's why it generated the necessary non-verbal communication to manipulate the senses into seeing an illusion. But in order for that to happen..."

Rui's eyes narrowed.

"Go on," Master Zeamer encouraged with an amused smile.

"For that to happen, it would mean that the Martial Art of Martial Masters is so captivating and eye-drawing that it distracts the conscious mind so much that it leaves the unconscious mind open to manipulation to the non-verbal communication caused by the Martial Mind. But that's just absurd."

"Is it?" Master Zeamer asked. "It's just the natural progression. The Martial Art of the Upper Realms is truly far beyond human limits, both mentally and physically. They are said to have ascended humanity. That is why such a thing is possible."

Rui raised an eyebrow of skepticism. "I see."

correct?" Master Zeamer thoughtfully

"Then..."

Rui for a moment,

just an old man sipping some

moment, his very existence

needed to struggle just to maintain his attention on the hypnotic spiral that had bloomed out of Master Zeamer's figure. So much so that he even activated

understand why Martial Masters avoided going all out against their peers in the public eye. If he was struggling so much to resist its mental effects, then the average person would definitely suffer brain damage

he quickly recorded every single detail of the illusion that he

hypnotic circle, the number of spiraling lines, and even the exact colors of the illusion. He also made sure

too long before

huffed as he sat down. "That was

at his expense. "You sure did well to

to fight seriously in front of people," Rui voiced his thoughts. "In

destructive than the fights between normal humans. Though this isn't universal as some

Rui's eyes widened. "What?!"

Zeamer remarked as he sipped his tea. "The control that the cognition of the Martial Mind grants us is beyond what you can

between Martial Masters escalate to large environmental damage. And I don't think either of them was particularly

his eyes. "Then one of them must have been actively trying to cause

around, immersed in thought. "But which one...

shrugged. "That's for you to figure out. Do you need anything else from