The Martial Unity

In the past week, the world may as well have ceased to exist.

For Rui, at least.

He immersed himself in a deep meditation.

He refined his concentration, honing his focus.

The world around him slowly ceased to exist as his mind entered a state of mental singularity, filtering out all information outside of the state of concentration. A state of consciousness is often referred to as the zone or flow state.

It was delicate and fragile.

Fickle in its ability to be achieved.

Rui would often immerse himself in psychological conditioning to allow him to enter such a state.

Yet, he had never entered it in less than a week outside of spontaneous luck.

This time, however, it was as though the sum totality of his being understood the gravity of the situation that he was in.

It understood the consequences of failure.

Thus, it readily complied, allowing Rui to enter a state of mind where he could exert more than a hundred-percent of his regular power.

That, along with all the gains that he had made in the past five years away from Kandria, meant that he was the strongest that he had ever been in his entire life. Fitting, considering he was going to face what was undoubtedly the strongest opponent he had ever faced in his entire life.

A Master-level beast.

It was almost surreal.

What had he been thinking, he often wondered.

he had been in a trance when he

opened facing the distant, dark core of

most glorious accomplishment or the

had considered sneaking a peak into the Master-level core of the

not even consider

data directly on the Master-level beast, it would increase the

considering that it never once left the core. That meant that it would undoubtedly pounce on him as well since he was entering an

that Rui ultimately avoided the master-level core. Triggering the battle against the Master-level core prematurely and that too in the core itself, would have been

week, yet it may as well have been an eternity within the depths of

depths of his mind, he painstakingly erased every single superfluous and irrelevant thought as he focused the sum entirety of his concentration and focus on his breathing and

focus increasingly sharpened,

gathered, becoming a force

deep state of immersion that Kane winced when he arrived at him, almost as if the sharpness of Rui's

He gently called

eyes opened,

looking at Kane. His eyes were

that moment, nothing

ought

anything else mattered, he

painstakingly entered a temporary state where nothing else

STEP

up, gazing at

body was at its absolute peak. In the past week, he abstained from consuming any rejuvenation potions, letting his body get a full, natural night of sleep. He adjusted his diet perfectly, to ensure that he wasn't

His voice

wasn't long before they arrived at the Divine Doctor's makeshift abode. The man was clearly prepared,

hint of cheeriness. "What a lovely day it

if he was embarking on a picnic than an

grumbled. "Read the

of death," the man lightly replied. "I'm

Kane scowled at him.