The Martial Unity

Then they had it rough.

"These monsters are not as prey to their own instincts as other monsters," Rui's dark eyes sharpened. "In other words, tricks, and schemes that would work with other dim-witted animals are most likely going to be super ineffective against these creatures."

POW POW POW!

He erased the heads of several more harpies.

"Damn man!" Kane cursed at his words. "We can't just have it easy, huh? Why does this gotta be this hard."

"Relax." Rui's frosty voice possessed a spark of confidence. "This can work in our favor as well. I'll need to gather more data for that, though."

POW POW POW!

The two of them could have just breezed past these incredibly weak creatures, but Rui insisted on taking it slow.

"Given the environmental constraints, the fauna of this place is most likely not too diverse," Rui remarked. "In other words, the species at the outermost and weakest part of the dungeon are probably the same species that are in the core of the dungeon, protecting the source of the manifold. I can infer immense amount of data about the stronger creatures from these weakest members of the same species."

"Makes sense," Kane admitted, effortlessly slicing and dicing them into fine specks of flesh and blood.

SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT!

not even

Kane turned towards Rui, before widening

fleeting smile emerged on Rui's face as a hint of excitement flashed in the depths of his dark eyes. "The best part is that collecting SOUL data on these species is a lot easier. Because these creatures

in their

nodded stoically.

were more the same than different. The same was true for

variance in SOUL models across the entirety of the

of the Tree

to the human species had vastly greater variance than those for any other species in existence. No single environmental configuration could possibly be antithetical to all Martial Artists. In contrast, no species required more than one environmental configuration to be antithetical to each and every single member of

greatly beneficial

models on the stronger creatures by looking at the lower and weaker creatures." Rui realized as his enthusiasm

his frustrations was that he hadn't been able to use his SOUL System against the Master-level creatures that assaulted them shortly before

with the SOUL System than without, after

low chance of actually defeating them, he might have been able to survive far longer than

It needed time.

from the past. Someday, he might have to create another solution to get rid of this shortcoming as well, but in his current circumstances, he could rest pleased knowing that he could gather SOUL data

the environments most antithetical to them. The enlightenment of the Tree

he already had, the Heavenly Convergence technique. This technique

most optimal for killing it on the