The Martial Unity

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"On top of that…" Master Zentra continued. "He used a powerful forbidden technique that granted him more than twice as much power as he normally wielded by burning his body in internal metabolic combustion. If not for your Hungry Pain technique, it would not be a technique that could be used without dying."

Rui understood everything that the Master was conveying to him. "…The problems caused by the forbidden technique and the blunt force trauma I inflicted on his brain have been exacerbated by his extremely aged body that responds very poorly to healing potions and any and all treatments?"

"That is a good summary of the issues," Headmaster Aronian nodded regretfully. "You suffered far, far more damage than he did, having brought to the very cusp of death. But because your body is extremely young, energetic, and brimming with youthful vitality, you have been able to recover swiftly under the very best medical care and resources the Martial Union could muster."

Rui nodded.

Despite being thirty-two years old, his body had remained entirely unchanged since the age of twenty-three, when he broke through to the Senior Realm. This was because the discovery of the Martial Heart strengthened the mitochondria of the cells of the body, erasing accumulated oxidative stress and preventing further stress from ensuing.

After all, the mitochondria was the powerhouse of the cell. In some ways, the Martial Heart was, in a sense, contained in the mitochondria of the cells. The mitochondria was most affected by the discovery of the Martial Heart.

In other words, his capacity to heal and recover was orders of magnitude greater than that of the Gatekeeper.

It was no wonder that he woke up earlier despite having suffered far greater damage than his opponent.

used a forbidden technique so easily," Rui murmured with a hint of frustration. "What kind of a Martial Artist does that rather than adjusting their

that Rui didn't feel superior to the Gatekeeper was because the man could have won the battle had he not been so inflexible and rigid in his approach. Had he adapted his strategy to Rui's immense evasion and focused on wide-scale attacks that could not be avoided, he would have been able to inflict even greater damage on Rui, which probably would

head. "The same kind of man that rejects the power of a higher Realm due to the sacrifice of thought at the altar of physicality. It takes a special kind of man to unerringly and unhesitatingly abandon everything to elevate the body

other words, the Gatekeeper was not

gone down his path and discovered many new fields that have gone to become the Martial Paths of many. He would not have provided us with many potent training techniques for the

Rui considered that.

that regard, you and he are quite similar," Master Zentra

his eyebrows. "I'm

and skeptical looks

believed a word

far as Rui was concerned, but he couldn't be bothered

me to return to my peak?" Rui glanced at his arms,

few weeks of training," Master Zentra remarked. "However, there's no need to be in a

Rui gritted his teeth.

injured combat sports fighters post-recovery, and it was not something that was

the human body in some ways. But he also had a lot of experience with the Martial