The Martial Unity

When Rui woke up, he found himself staring at an unfamiliar ceiling.

For a moment, he didn't know what he was doing here.

Then he remembered.

"Ah…" he murmured. "…I won."

A sigh of relief escaped him.

The door to his room opened as two Martial Masters emerged.

"Rui…" Master Ceeran smiled. "How do you feel?"

Rui glanced at his hands, closing his eyes.

"…Quite good."

The wound he suffered hadn't been too bad by Martial Artist standards.

your victory." He smiled.

suppose," He remarked. "I

third match, victory was never out of his hands. "Perhaps you did," Master Ceeran admitted. "But I believe

shrugged wordlessly. "I'm just glad it's

It was truly a grueling battle. There had been very few times that his pattern recognition system had failed during his time as Martial Artist. Of the few times that it did, it had been against truly deviant opponents

truly exceptional Martial Artist.

If a Martial Master who wasn't even high grade

first time seeing other Martial Minds," Rui remarked aloud absentmindedly. "Truly fascinating how other Martial Artists came up with Martial Minds

different from my own, and learning to fight against them was something that required practice. While Martial Seniors did use their developing systems of thought, it was never the center of their battle. Only someone with

three systems of thought. They

Master Grais' Martial Mind was perhaps a tenth of that of Rui, but it was still impressive when considering that he could only make do

average efficiency and far greater decision-making. But the issue is that his Martial Body, Art, and the latter's synergy with his Mind was truly far superior to

barring the five minutes when Rui used Neo Godspeed. "He was right…" Rui murmured. "…I am inexperienced. I didn't even consider the fact that my saturation limit is far higher than

Master Grais, who used a whopping two

all those techniques takes time. Lots of time. Master Grais created those techniques and then refined them with experience

"That's true. I can mark

even more powerful active techniques that synergized well with his Martial Mind like Flux Earther

Mind and Martial Art to greatly increase his strength in the long run. "I especially need to bolster my offense as soon as possible," Rui narrowed his eyes with dissatisfaction. "I would have won my final fight without needing

he didn't know for a