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 felt as though he simply could

was dangerous. Even as he was now, Martial Masters would

now, let u-" Rui froze as an intense wave of peril

the air had

attack as their Martial Hearts burst into action, beating furiously as all

BOOM!!!

an intense impact shook the very lands around them.

stances

Its claws were razor sharp; its very edge was beyond their vision. Equally sharp

sharp black pupils focused on its targets with a glint of

wyvern."

bad?" Kane had become much less fearful as the activation of his Martial Heart had significantly, albeit not entirely, eliminated the fear-inducing

sharp sense of peril approached behind

WHOOOOOOOOSH!!!

swallowed them whole. Rui grimaced as he dispelled the heat away from them with heaven-bending, catching a glimpse

wyvern?!"

he recollected all the data on them from his Mind Palace. He expanded his senses farther and

turned out

surrounded by a pack of

Rui's tone was grim.

WHOOSH!

fireball flew at them like a blazing cannonball, only to be intercepted by

sky as they began circling Rui and Kane at a

us?!" Kane gritted his

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