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.

in a trance when he chose to be the

facing the distant, dark

what could be the most

the Master-level core of the Mellow Dugeon many times in the

he not even consider

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

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

avoided the master-level core. Triggering the battle against the Master-level core prematurely and

was merely a week, yet it may as well have been an eternity within the

mind, he painstakingly erased every single superfluous and irrelevant thought as he focused the sum entirety

focus increasingly sharpened, honing

gathered, becoming a force

state of immersion that Kane winced when he arrived at

gently called to Rui.

eyes opened, turning

he wasn't looking at Kane. His eyes were fixed on the

moment, nothing else

else ought to

mattered, he would

he painstakingly entered a temporary state where

STEP

got up, gazing at

his body get a full, natural

go." His voice was

long before they arrived at the Divine Doctor's makeshift abode. The man was clearly prepared,

voice contained a hint of cheeriness.

if he was embarking on a picnic than an operation, the failure of which would lead to

Kane grumbled. "Read

not for brooding anxiety of death,"

Kane scowled at him.