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.

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

create plasma just by swiping his claws?

if they were progressively sharpening over the span of three hundred years.

more he became wary of

piercing attacks could probably hurt him even if

He could probably split Rui in

only

of Martial Seniors who

small group of

the Squire Realm.' Rui clenched his fist, trying to suppress his excitement. 'I already knew this, but actually seeing the vastness of this Realm leaves

limits in a fight. Not even the mid-grade Martial Seniors who were on the upper end of the mid-grade had been able to push Rui to go all out. Currently,

The Pattern Recognition System.

The Metabody System.

The Hypnomatrix.

one, or at most, two to beat the mid-grade Martial Seniors of the Carnil

to use all

that at the bare minimum, he would

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

ultimately decided to not take out

The reason was simple.

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

limit. It had been more than four years since he fought the Martial Senior of the child trafficking ring in the Saiful Region. That was the last time a Martial Senior had pushed him to his limit when he was able to fight freely and

needed to know

the foundation of

like building a tower. The taller the tower, the stronger the foundations of the tower need to be at each level. Each floor needs to be strong enough to bear the weight of all

was no different from how every development project, no matter if it was physical or

thoroughly at every stage before progressing to