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.

congratulations on your victory." He smiled. "You

He remarked. "I got

hands. "Perhaps you did," Master Ceeran admitted. "But I believe

"I'm

Grais with satisfaction. 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

however, it didn't happen against a truly exceptional Martial Artist. No, it

not be underestimated. If a Martial Master who wasn't even high grade could partially negate the pattern recognition system, then

"Truly fascinating how other Martial

feeling the same way. They were very 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

Rui stirred at his words. "He had three systems of thought. They weren't particularly complex, but they were decently

of that of Rui, but it was still impressive when considering that he could only

and far greater decision-making. But the issue is that his Martial Body, Art, and the latter's synergy with his

an entire order of magnitude faster than Rui at all times, 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 it was when I was a Martial Senior. I can use many,

than Master Grais, who used a whopping two dozen

fruit, however," Master Ceeran pointed out insightfully. "Creating all those techniques takes time. Lots of time. Master Grais created those techniques and then refined them with experience in real combat over centuries. Of course, you will take less time

can mark it as a long-term

Earther and Phantom Step was

his Martial 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

attack head-on, he didn't know for a