The Martial Unity

Chapter 1921 Ambush

Rui's decision was not impulsive but actually quite well-thought-out, as always. If the fauna of the Forest of Fear had evolved such that they had no sense of fear innate to them and would go extinct in self-destructive acts without fear induced in them by the Forest of Fear, then it made sense that only the strongest creatures of the region would be able to survive the period when it lost its fear-inducing substances.

In a Squire-level region, those strongest creatures were Senior-level creatures. It meant that Rui would need to apply his trance hypnosis to these creatures and then subject them to his Plurichroma domain to create SOUL models for their memories.

The issue was that being Senior-level creatures, bullying them was not nearly as straightforward as it had been for the catoblepas or the blackhinds. Senior-level creatures were fully capable of resisting Martial Seniors, even if the latter was much stronger than the former on an individual basis.

"We're going to have to be very careful," Rui replied. "However, as long as we keep track of them, it should be all good. I'll create predictive and SOUL models for them, and, with that, any chance of defeat on our end should be gone."

Perhaps Rui was excessively confident. However, he did think that his reasoning had a strong basis. With the power of predictive models and SOUL models, he was undoubtedly an absolutely unstoppable force to be reckoned with within the Senior Realm.

"Are you sure?" Kane stared at him with anxious concern.

"Yes, I told you, you're being afflicted with fear."

"Well, I can't help it. Are you absolutely sure that your plan is safe? Because it doesn't sound safe to me."

Rui heaved a sigh. "Well, one risk is that the beasts are harder to quantify. Beasts' power levels do not adhere to human paradigms of the Realms of Martial Art. There are plenty of beasts whose power levels fall in between Realms. It's possible that some creatures of the Forest of Fear have crossed the limits of the Senior Realm and become quasi-Master-level."

"Wait, really?" Kane grew more fearful.

"Yes."

"Aren't we screwed if that's the case?"

"...Not necessarily," Rui replied, glancing at his hands.

He clenched his fist, feeling an enormous surge of power coming from deep within. It came from within his mind, not just his body. It gave him a massive amount of confidence in his ability.

but he felt invincible. He

was now,

as an intense

the air

Martial Hearts burst into action, beating furiously as all metabolic processes

BOOM!!!

around them. An

took their stances as they beheld their ambusher

razor sharp; its very edge was beyond their vision. Equally sharp sets

pupils focused on its targets with

obsidian wyvern." Rui grew

Martial Heart had significantly, albeit not entirely, eliminated the fear-inducing substance's impact

sharp sense of peril approached

WHOOOOOOOOSH!!!

dispelled the heat away from them with heaven-bending, catching

wyvern?!" Kane

the data on them from his Mind Palace. He expanded his senses farther and wider while

feared turned out to

surrounded by a pack

Rui's tone was grim.

WHOOSH!

like a blazing cannonball, only to be intercepted

in the sky as they began circling Rui and

did they find us?!"

"They use fear to detect prey that is non-native