The Martial Unity

Prince Raijun had made some considerable concessions, even at his own expense, that gave Rui a lot of leverage.

Of course, Rui was not fooled that he had suddenly come to have the prince by the balls if he signed this. The power disparity between them was too large. But it was a token of his good faith.

He was afraid that Rui would not give the training his very best if he felt like he was being unfairly disenfranchised in their agreement. Thus, these terms were quite beneficial to Rui.

While other prominent and powerful Martial Artists had personal staff that took care of making sure such contracts were clean of any traps, Rui didn't have such people.

He didn't need them either, having gone through and memorized Kandrian contract law thoroughly after he made the offer to Prince Raijun.

Surprisingly, the contract did not contain any traps that he was able to see despite his very best efforts to find even the dimmest possibilities of any loopholes that could be exploited against the spirit of the agreement.

Normally, both sides try to get away with as much as they can.

Rui didn't think it was because the Martial Prince was a kind-hearted soul who believed in fairness and justice.

'The Martial Union would never allow a member of the Royal Family to bully a the youngest Senior partner of the Martial Union through contract traps. The factions and sects of the martial Union that were backing him probably had entire divisions go through this agreement to make sure there was no way Prince Raijun could scam me,' Rui mused inwardly.

"These terms and conditions are just fine," Rui nodded after going through them for some time. "Let us go ahead with the officiation."

into it before pressing an impression of his thumb at the bottom right of

like that, a historic agreement

grinned. "Let's

Rui heaved a sigh.

refined his predictive model on the prince while using it not to adapt to the

and pacing, balance, maneuvering, and flow

POW POW POW

pummeled the Martial Prince with a barrage of Apprentice-level attacks that were swifter and stronger than his, forcing him

their ribs, causing him to reflexively block, yet the kick's trajectory shifted, flying down to

THWACK

THUD

kick unbalanced him, pushing him

getting up. "It truly is like fighting a

Rui replied calmly. "I'm employing the same amount of force and speed that you are capable of; I'm

Raijun nodded. "I never knew that I sabotaging my power due to sub-optimal balance during the moment of

power. The subconscious mind always strives to achieve balance, thus when your are imbalanced, your subconscious mind focuses on that instead of your attack, it kills your power because balance

wrong, but no one has ever explained it with that much clarity," Prince

Rui shrugged.

was partially due to the fact that he

Rui. "I cannot imagine what kind of experiences you have undergone to attain such a deep understanding of Martial Art. I have only met Martial Masters, and Martial Sages exhibit