The Martial Unity

Chapter 2017 Ownership Dispute

"I approve of that plan," the Divine Doctor remarked with a frozen smile. "The alien specimen cannot be allowed to be anywhere near the heat of battle. I'll have to transfer it to my most secure labs to study its alien nature and space-time manipulation abilities."

Rui's eyes sharpened. "I'm afraid you'll be doing no such thing."Contents belong to NovelDrama.Org

The air tingled.

It grew more tense.

The Divine Doctor's eyes slowly turned towards Rui as the man stared at Rui.

"What made you think I'd just let you walk out of here with ownership over a priceless asset with a Transcendent resource?" Rui coldly inquired with a calm voice. "That alien specimen is mine. It belongs to Kandria."

He had not forgotten that the only reason that this little escapade to the Beast Domain had been possible was that Sage Sayfeel made use of the Topaz of Time to slow down his father's dying condition.

All because Rui refused to ascend the throne.

He planned to make up for that by offering what should have been an even more priceless asset. This asset could radically alter the growth rate of Martial Artists in the Kandrian Empire, even if it wasn't of too much use to Rui himself.

"Rule of the strong, is it?" the Divine Doctor remarked with a hint of dissatisfaction.

meaningful way. I had previously assumed you would, but things have unfolded such that your expertise

have no claim over that alien flora lifeform. The only people who have claim over it are myself, who drew away and slayed the chimera for it to be possible to study it, and, to a lesser extent, Kane, who performed

not willing to back down so easily. "I saved your life in return and upgraded

your life with Operation Prisonbreak, and now again when we undo the manifold. It is an equal trade. If you

Doctor instantly understood what

between the Divine Doctor

had a few agreements in

in return for a defined amount of access to his grandmother's prophecy or live, sustained Elder Tree communication. If he wanted both, he would need to offer his extraordinary medical

he would need to remain in Kandria indefinitely in order to get access

if he wanted regular access to the alien lifeform that Rui

meant that Kandria would be his new home for a long

Doctor. In the time that I

eyes. "What do you

we cannot transfer Martial Minds. The soul transference process functions by transferring memories of experiences and thoughts. The inheritor vessel is unable to sustain it because it lacks the evolved neurological potential

"That makes sense. Why not use Martial Bodies,

"For many reasons, but the largest is that the Martial Path prevents the destruction of the pre-existing mind and memories that are needed to turn it into an

lit up with interest

evolution breakthrough process with their mind intact," he commented lightly as he meticulously put all his tools back in place across the flaps in his robes. "The Martial Path is able to protect the mind and memories in a seemingly acausal and immaterial manner that we don't quite understand yet. That is why we are unable to erase the entirety of the mind of Martial