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.

forbidden technique so easily," Rui murmured with a hint of frustration. "What kind of a

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

his 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 to the highest degree. A man who would opt to alter tactics and strategy is a man that would never have singlemindedly dedicated himself to the body at the cost of the Master

the Gatekeeper was not

and discovered many new fields that have

Rui considered that.

you and he are

eyebrows.

he drew dubious and skeptical looks from those around

a single person believed a word

as far as Rui was concerned, but he couldn't be bothered with such a trivial matter at the

take for me to return to my peak?" Rui glanced

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

Rui gritted his teeth. "It will

research of the return of injured combat sports fighters post-recovery, and it was not something

some ways.