The Martial Unity

While the two Martial Masters were rushed for medical care, the remaining Martial Masters of the Martial Union could not help but look back on the battle between Rui and Master Grais.

"…How?" One Martial Master gritted his teeth. "How can one be that powerful at the age of thirty-five?! It doesn't make sense!"

They fell into thought at his words.

They would all be lying if they said they didn't share at least a bit of his frustration.

The average Martial Master broke through to the Martial Master at roughly the age of one hundred and fifty. The average Martial Master also broke through to grade seven in the Master Realm, which was the very beginning of the low-mid grade.

Some particularly talented, powerful, and experienced Martial Masters started off at much higher grades, like grade thirteen. These were geniuses who were not only talented in mind, body, Path, and Art but had cultivated their Martial Art for centuries before breaking through to the Master Realm.

Yet, none of them could even begin to fathom how Rui had actually broken through to the Master Realm at such a high level of power that he could defeat grade-nineteen Martial Masters without too much strain and even take down grade-twenty-three Martial Masters.

It made them feel like their entire lives had been a waste of time. "I had always known he had immense potential deep within him even when he was but a human." Headmaster Aronian smiled, closing his eyes as he recalled memories of old. "However, not even I could have imagined something like this was possible."

Not everyone took it as well as he did.

"…I was still a Martial Apprentice when I was thirty-five," Master Herel whispered.

He had been convinced that Rui would lose two matches out of three. Possibly all three.

He was a brand-new Martial Master, after all, and had only been a Martial Artist for twenty-one years.

That was nothing in his eyes.

time to amount

defeated Master Zereena while still holding back, he

for words. It was as though Rui's shocking victory and the shocking reality that Rui had presented to all of them had washed away all the

left

in being a grade-twenty-four

Rui had come terrifyingly close to that from the looks of it, all

a man less than one-tenth his age who may very

for being a jerk to my student," Master Reina grinned pridefully. He glared at her. "Who let her in? She's not even a part of

don't take it out on me." She shrugged. "Take out on him when he wakes up. Unless you're afraid

words pricked

he had some massive advantage as far as compatibility went, he did not think he

the Sage Council is dissatisfied with this outcome, they can undo it with their

His words were sharp.

of the Martial Judiciary Delegation Act go, he has been acquitted of fraud and can no longer

with legal bullshit." He waved Master Zentra off. "They are the Sage Council. Should they will that he suffer consequences, then nobody can stop it from

the Emperor of Harmony," Master

The air grew heavy.

about forces that not even they were qualified to judge

"Zentra is right."

voice cut through the air,

Sages will not undo what has happened." Master Sera smiled. "And even if they did, with the Emperor of Harmony returning, they will not be able to do anything without threatening to provoke a

expressions of the various

consequences of a civil war

message was

could very easily trigger the advent of the third East Panamic War," She remarked