The Martial Unity

Word spread through the Gereign Region.

"The Carnil Mafia and the Vale Syndicate have entered a cold war."

As of yet, hostilities had not been broken out. However, everyone even remotely informed could sense the friction.

Competition over resources, trade routes, and skirmishes. These things all pointed to a broader underlying tension.

Yet none of them knew that the origin of this tension was two red herrings created by a mastermind that had foreseen all of this.

Rui, on the other hand, did not care.

He had planted seeds of conflict because they had been worth the effort. If they panned out into a grand fire, that was great.

If they merely smoldered, that too was fine.

He was much more focused on something else.

The combat data of the three high-grade Martial Seniors in the Gereign base of the Carnil Mafia.

When he revised all the information that the Beggar's Sect had on them…

"They're goddamn monsters," Rui grinned.

Senior Zenshin, the Veritable Tiger.

His Martial Body had been geared towards absolute offense and power.

His claws had been honed and sharpened for three hundred years.

Beggar's Sect, his claws were so sharp, that they would create sparks and crackles of lightning when

swiping his claws? Is he splitting molecules into

were progressively sharpening over the span of three hundred years. There were some things that could only be gained through dedicated

he became wary of the sheer

piercing attacks could probably hurt him even if Senior

could probably split Rui

this, he is still only a grade-thirteen Martial

that there were two grades of Martial Seniors who were above even

a small group of elites who could

Senior Realm is definitely wider than the Squire Realm.' Rui clenched his fist, trying to suppress his excitement. 'I

a fight. Not even the mid-grade Martial Seniors who were on the upper end of the mid-grade

The Pattern Recognition System.

The Metabody System.

The Hypnomatrix.

at most, two to beat the mid-grade

forced to use all three against any Martial

the bare minimum, he would be forced to use

In truth, this isn't even the most optimal way to deal with them," Rui heaved a sigh. 'I could probably manipulate even more forces if I wanted to mount even more political pressure. Then I could just incentivize them to take attack and take over if the vulnerability of the current Gereign Base was

to not take out the

The reason was simple.

them.' A small grin cracked at the edge of his mouth. 'I want to

It had been more than four years since he fought the Martial Senior of the child trafficking

needed to know

Art with some experience. Experience was the foundation of growth. Anybody who didn't temper one's Martial Art

each level. Each floor needs to

no different from how every development project, no matter if it was physical or software, needed to be

to be pressure tested thoroughly at