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

Master Zereena while still holding

loss for words. It was as though Rui's

was left feeling

pride in being a

that Rui had come terrifyingly close to that from the

very well have been a high-grade Martial Master, he was nothing

pridefully. He glared at her. "Who let her in? She's not even a part of

me." She shrugged. "Take out on him when he wakes up. Unless you're afraid

words pricked

very least, unless he had some massive advantage as far as compatibility went,

Council is dissatisfied with this outcome, they

His words were sharp.

Master Zentra narrowed his eyes. "As far as the provisions of the Martial Judiciary Delegation Act go,

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

of Harmony," Master Zentra quietly

The air grew heavy.

talking about forces that not even they were qualified to judge

"Zentra is right."

voice cut through the air, drawing all

even if they did, with the Emperor of Harmony returning, they will not be able to do

the various Martial

aware of the consequences of a civil war

her message

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