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.

victory." He smiled. "You have earned your

He remarked.

if he didn't feel that way. Aside from the third match, victory was never out of his hands. "Perhaps you did," Master Ceeran admitted. "But I believe that it's justified, especially after you have proven yourself and overcome the trials and tribulations

wordlessly. "I'm just glad

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 the few times that it did, it had been against truly deviant opponents such

a truly exceptional Martial Artist. No, it happened against a powerful

showed that the Master Realm could not be underestimated. If a Martial Master who wasn't even high grade could partially negate the pattern

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

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 as much affinity for the mind

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

terms of both complexity and power, Master Grais' Martial Mind was perhaps a tenth of that of Rui, but it was

Martial Minds," Rui mused to himself. "Greater 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 that

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

who used a whopping two dozen Martial Art techniques at

"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

nodded appreciatively. "That's true. I can mark it as a

techniques that synergized well with his Martial Mind like Flux Earther and Phantom Step was a great way to make progress while accumulating

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

head-on, he