The Martial Unity

Chapter 2008 Observations

One moment, Rui's Martial Embodiment ravaged the minds of all those it beheld witnessed, erasing their consciousness.

The very next, however, it disappeared once Rui dispelled Niflheim, finally putting his Martial Art to rest. Although it had felt like an eternity since the inception of the battle, no more than three minutes had passed since.

Yet, the disappearance of his Martial Embodiment certainly didn't undo the damage it had already inflicted. It had been minutes since his battle with the chimera had begun, yet almost all life in the manifold had perished as a result.

Despite millions and even billions of lifeforms of all sizes across the entirety of the hundred-kilometer-wide manifold, not a single one of them could survive the battle between Rui and the chimera.

Such was the horrifying power of beings at their level.

"Huff…" For the first time in what felt like ages, Rui remembered to breathe. "…Huff."

The battle between him and the chimera had been so intense that even breathing was difficult, especially when the two of them ravaged the very atmosphere that nourished them with tornados, infernos, Muspelheims, and Niflheims.

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He descended before the frozen corpse statue of the chimera, gazing at the horrifying monster with soft eyes. "You were exactly what I needed."

He was grateful.

He was grateful that the Master-level beast of the dungeon core was a creature that was almost impossible to adaptively evolve against with the power of the Senior Realm alone. Its strengths and weaknesses were deeply mismatched. A singular solution could not encompass all of it, for it was three beings integrated into one. Rui had not been able to adaptively evolve to it pound for pound despite all the preparations that he had made for the battle.

triggered his breakthrough. His desire for power was not as strong as his desire to complete Project Water and was, in turn, in service of Project Water. After all, one could not adaptively evolve to

the ambition that carried on from his previous life, and it was precisely what the chimera posed a

surreality swept over him as he gazed at the corpse of the

He had won.

had he emerged victorious, he had also ascended to

to

had reached the Upper

was no longer of the Senior

No.

truly, a Martial

the body, as his demeanor, vibe, and aura reflected the satisfaction he felt. He glanced at the chimera deeply one last time before

sum totality of the microcosm that had imprisoned him

prior to the inception of the final battle across the manifold had all but perished. All

Rui's eyes lit up as

at the core of the dungeon. Instantly, he found himself in a dark, desolate region that consumed light itself. Yet, while living beings of

constrained by lesser means. Countless observations flooded into his powerful mind as he beheld the epicenter of the core of the

Rui was unable to detect any internal bleeding or brain damage with his powerful senses, much to his relief. Even if he were gravely wounded, with the Divine Doctor present, he certainly wouldn't die. He appeared to have either been knocked out by force or had passed out due to pushing himself too hard. This was hardly a problem and didn't even require a healing potion to solve. Rui would rather let him get the rest that he had earned, considering that the Divine Doctor was alive

the Riemannian Echo, allowed him to instantly notice and recognize the spatial anomaly at the

up with faint interest. "Just so," the Divine Doctor's frozen