The Martial Unity

"Don't worry." Rui grinned. "I intend to tackle them and more."

"Uh huh," Kane stared at him skeptically.

Rui sat down and began fleshing out the concepts of his new idea for a technique.

The objective of the new technique was dual. He needed it to be able to help him read the memories of the catoblepas and give him more intelligence on the Divine Doctor so he could find the madman and get him to heal his father.

This was more immediate and urgent.

Secondarily, he hoped the technique would allow him to read the inception of intent that occurred within the subconscious mind.

He would rather not compromise on either objective. Thus, he needed a technique that perfectly catered to both of them.

Memory and intent were not neurologically comparable phenomena. The former could be characterized as neuron pathways formed by neuron plasticity. The latter was the set of electrical impulses that were to be sent from the brain to the rest of the body through the central nervous system.

This made the development of the technique to read both of them trickier than if he focused only on one. However, it was not unsurmountable.

"The subconscious mind is the avenue of the inception of intent, and while memories do not originate in the subconscious mind exclusively, they can be read through the subconscious mind in a trance state as long as the person believes that they are actually experiencing those memories in real life."

It was the same principle as the Phantomind Void.

reading both triggered memories of the Divine Doctor. As long as I can accomplish

the subconscious mind by putting the person in a trance. In this state, the subconscious would take more primacy in the body,

in a

learned the principle of trances from Master Zeamer. Trances were states of semi-consciousness that could be triggered through hypnosis, which, in turn, was simply impacting the subconscious mind by diverting the conscious mind away from it

a guard to the former, requiring it to be misdirected momentarily to leave the subconscious

was only one

the middle of combat," Rui heaved

semi-conscious state such that the subconscious mind took some primacy. Because of the

tried to trigger normal trances mid-combat, even with his

and heightening my mind, but…" Rui scratched his fuzzy chin. "I don't have time

bypass the

consuming solution.

like it was

could trigger hypnosis against the will of the target, while humans could only do so with the active cooperation of the target and in environments

stimuli because the greater the sensory stimuli, the more active and awake the conscious mind was. It was also why the targets were instructed to close their eyes. It was almost

trance mid-combat was implausible. Martial Artists could not ask their opponents to

I use domains to dim sensory stimuli to massively

eyes wandered around, deeply engrossed

users were able to manipulate heaven and earth and the

all light to the target's eyes, then it was no different

all sound and scent and prevent all touch, further