The Martial Unity

Chapter 2048 Impenetrable

"All in favor?" The Harbinger smiled frostily. All hands rose up in the air. Even if they had minor misgivings, there were few better alternative options in their perspective, if at all. "Good." Her calm voice spread. "Then this council unanimously passes the drafted motion. It is decided that Master Rui Quarrier Silas Kandria shall be subject to a gauntlet of battles against three Masters from the three sections of the thirty grades of the Master Realm, such that more losses than victories will result in the Martial Union pursuing Master Herel's proposal, more wins than losses; Master Zentra's proposal, and a complete victory; Master Ceeran's proposal."

Her tone was finality.

The Martial Masters of the council fell into thought. "Now then," Master Sera continued. "We will reconvene after issuing a summon to Master Rui and informing him of the Master Council's decision, should he refu—"

She froze.

She was the first to notice.

Something had changed.

It was abrupt.

The others sensed the change as well, stiffening.

The air stirred.

It boiled.

It boiled tumultuously as a tremendous aura of power crept across the entire council hall.

It pricked at their senses. It tingled at their instincts.

It drew closer and closer.

And closer.

Until it had finally arrived.

CLACK

The massive gates behind the Harbinger opened.

He had arrived.

"Ah…" A single murmur escaped him. "…It's been long."

Their eyes widened as they beheld him standing at the entrance of the council hall.

In an instant, recognition, realization, and disbelief surged through the minds of the various Martial Masters in the council hall.

For a moment, none of them could move, frozen in shock.

fact that he was a Martial Master that shackled them in their own

No.

was his Martial

wondered what

How could they not?

he was the equivalent of the

always knew that his Martial Path embodied one of the core universal principles at

be

always knew it would redefine

what they beheld before exceeded even

It was unfathomable.

Impenetrable.

endless vortex of

A void

from one state

from one person

Like Water.

It subsumed reality.

they bore witness to

and earth warped under the weight of the mind, adaptively evolving the world to be antithetical

of unfathomable

powerful Martial Mind they had ever beheld

room darkened as a single

not sense the depths

in the

was a

meant only one

Martial Mind was astronomically superior to each and every

and sensory techniques, the capacity to sense each other's emotions was an accurate

could sense less of the emotions of a Master with a greater

to bear the humiliation of having their emotions and mental dynamics be transparent to Martial Masters with stronger Martial

was entirely unable to sense the

He was inscrutable

they could see

An empty abyss.

A void.

was humiliating, for all of

that the Martial Mind of Master Rui Quarrier Silas Kandria exceeded

Artist at the age of thirty-five, a boy by their standards, vastly exceeded the crystallization of centuries' worth of effort that these vaunted Martial

was deeply unpleasant, yet