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

eyes opened facing the distant, dark core of

it lay what could be the most glorious accomplishment or the

peak into the Master-level core of

not

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

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

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

yet it may as well have been an eternity

the depths of his mind, he painstakingly erased every single superfluous and irrelevant thought as he focused the sum

focus increasingly sharpened,

becoming

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

gently called to Rui. "…It's

opened, turning to

eyes were fixed

that moment, nothing else

else ought to

else mattered, he would

entered a temporary state where nothing else

STEP

up, gazing at his own

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 even the slightest bit hampered in the ensuing

go." His

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

His voice contained a hint of cheeriness. "What a lovely day it

on a picnic than an operation, the failure of which would lead

Kane grumbled. "Read the

death,"

Kane scowled at him.