The Martial Unity

Rui understood what Headmaster Aronian was trying to say.

Most Martial Artists trained their bodies to their conventional limits, achieving the desired weight and muscle-mass-to-body-mass ratio before focusing on developing active techniques.

Active techniques were techniques that required the mind for cognition, usually to achieve necessary activation, commencement, coordination, timing, accuracy, or precision. Techniques like Outer Convergence, Flux Earther, Fire Breathing, and Reverberating Lance were such techniques.

Passive techniques were those that did not require the mind for anything. These were techniques that would be in effect even if the user was knocked unconscious. Most passive techniques were training techniques, often conditioning techniques that would permanently alter the body.

The greatest disadvantage of such techniques was that they required a long time to materialize the same level of power that active techniques did. Rui had mastered Outer Convergence in half a year originally. However, if he wanted to train his muscles to naturally and innately output the same attacks as they did with Outer Convergence, then he would probably need to train them in extreme training and conditioning techniques for at least a few years.

This disadvantage made many Martial Artists unwilling to pursue them too much. It simply took too long.

However, what if there was a Martial Artist who did pursue them?

What if there was a Martial Artist who pursued them for a long time?

What if there was a Martial Artist who pursued them for more than five hundred years?

"I can't imagine how strong he is."

Rui's words expressed concern.

Yet neither his quivering voice, the smile cracking at the edge of his mouth, nor the twinkle in his eyes could hide his excitement and amazement.

the disadvantages, my child," Master Vericita chided him. "He has fully manifested the advantages to their absolute

Rui narrowed.

were three main advantages

during combat. Because they didn't require cognition mid-combat, they didn't require any attention;

to the number that could be in effect simultaneously. With active techniques, because each one of them required a certain amount of cognition, there was always a limit to the number of active techniques that could be used at any time because there was only so much cognition the mind had to distribute. The same was not true for

meant there were few openings to be exploited. Mistakes weren't as costly as they

with a tone of respect. "He has dedicated himself to the elevation and mastery of his body and, in doing so, has come up with many

to be invited. While no individual contribution the Gatekeeper has made is equal to your revolutionary Hungry Pain technique, the sheer sum of all the contributions he has made may

sigh. "Many of the elder Martial Masters and regard him with deep respect. He was at the forefront of the Kandrian Empire during the Kandrian Empire's days of conquest more than three hundred years ago. They refuse to address him by the honorific of 'Senior,' instead using 'Sir' to convey their respects for a man they deem as an equal despite

a deep breath, considering everything he had

a lot to

someone this distinguished and impressive. He did look forward to fighting the

understand now, Your Highness,"

tone contained a

legal team can find some loophole in the contract to

correctly, inadequate health should technically be

Martial Prince's grasp, my child," Master

to retreat is the marker of a

will not be retreating for

firmly cut

every single one of theirs. "I