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

the distant, dark

it lay what could be the most glorious accomplishment

into the Master-level core of

could he not even consider

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

knew that the moment he entered the Master-level core, the creature would detect him. It was undoubtedly tranced as well, considering that it never once

the battle against the Master-level

he spent meditating was merely a week, yet it may

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

increasingly

concentration gathered, becoming a

that Kane winced when he arrived at him, almost as if the sharpness

He gently called to Rui.

eyes opened, turning

looking at Kane. His eyes were fixed on the

that moment, nothing else

else ought to

mattered, he

temporary state where nothing else could

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

His voice was

arrived at the Divine Doctor's makeshift abode. The man was clearly prepared, armed with a variety of tools and test tubes filled with

His voice contained a hint of cheeriness. "What a

was embarking on a picnic than an operation, the failure

Kane grumbled. "Read

not for brooding anxiety of death," the

Kane scowled at him.