The Martial Unity
chapter-2302

"...and that's why I hoped to get your opinion on the matter. I was hoping you could help me out with a set of techniques that allow for the manipulation of the body or some other manner of changing the physical configuration of one's combat."

Rui stood before a meditating Gatekeeper.

He knew that the man was in the manifold using to his full advantage to get his combat power to speed with his training Martial Mind. His power was truly amazing and awe-inspiring as a Senior, but it was almost laughable for a Master; there was no doubt that, for the moment, he was the weakest Master in existence.

Rui knew that in theory, yet he couldn't help but break into a cold sweat when he sensed the sheer amount of power that was contained in the man's body.

It was beyond anything Rui had ever sensed from any Martial Body.

His Martial Body put even to shame how strong it had been during Operation Clean-Up, having grown multiple times stronger in the span of fourteen months in the manifold.

BADUMP

RUMBLE...

Rui's gaze shifted to the tremoring earth below him with disbelief as he witnessed the man's heartbeat generating seismic radiation with the sheer force it beat. His raw physicality had reached such an immense degree that he felt like he was looking at a Master-level monster in human guise rather than a Martial Artist!

While Martial Artists were qualitatively far superior as combatants to monsters, this was despite having weaker Martial Bodies. In the case of the Gatekeeper, however, Rui was starting to suspect that when he grew stronger than such beasts, it was because of his physicality rather than despite it.

In just one month of real-world time, his Martial Body had grown far stronger than it used to be.

His methods were clearly working extremely well. From what he could tell, it wouldn't be too long before he achieved the power of a Martial Master.

He was undoubtedly the most unique Martial Master in existence.

"Hm, your concerns pose an interesting hurdle." His eyes opened as he thought aloud. "I am familiar with your body alteration techniques, having faced them in our duel. Nary a man can master them as well as you have, for they are your brainchild, and they do not possess the knowledge that is needed to regulate the dangerous external elements that you have integrated into your Body. I know how difficult and dangerous it is to integrate more powerful substances into your body in hopes of empowering your Body. The fact that you have succeeded in doing so without a Martial Mind like mine speaks volumes to your cognitive prowess, but you cannot pass on that feat to others."

Rui's eyes widened as the Gatekeeper revealed a hint behind the secret of his Martial Mind. "You're telling me that your training systems of thought allow you to mitigate the risk and difficulty of integrating powerful substances into your Body?!"

It wasn't impossible to do this without a Martial Mind or anything like that. The issue is that the more foreign substances that one integrated into one's body, the greater the risk of lethal combination, the greater the risk of a case of esoteric poisoning, and there also was the initial difficulty of conditioning one's Body to the integrated substances. The more powerful they were, the exponentially greater the difficulty of integrating them into his Body.

It was one of the reasons that Primordial Seed was an extremely high-hanging fruit; even a microgram of such a powerful exotic substance in his body was probably beyond merely lethal. This was the limit that ultimately forced Rui to stop relying on esoteric substances to pursue greater power in the Senior Realm.

It was also why it wasn't an established way of getting stronger.

However, from what the Gatekeeper had told him, he had managed to overcome this great limit!

Sir Armstrong nodded. "It is one of many reasons that my Martial Body has grown far than it used to be, among many other causes. The secrets of biochemistry combined with my five centuries of experience and mastery of conditioning techniques have allowed me to condition my body to an extremely high degree, allowing me to gain the power of esoteric reality."

Rui stared at him with amazement and admiration.

He was truly worthy of the respect that he received within the Kandrian Empire. Rui looked forward to finding out how strong the man would eventually become after he had accumulated enough physical master over the span of several more years in the manifold. "What do you recommend then?"

He had a point that Rui had been extremely careful and applied his knowledge of human physiology to ensure that he didn't cross a line when it came to integrating esoteric substances into his physiology.

He would need to hold their hands during the training or have them study and understand what they were getting into.

It was more hassle than it was worth for most people.

"I would recommend a less extreme manner of the alteration of physical configuration than what you are utilizing," the Gatekeeper remarked. "You should be familiar with it; after all, I demonstrated in our duel."

Rui's eyes lit up. "You mean your Martial Heart control? That was extremely powerful. There is no way that just anybody can use it."

The Gatekeeper shook his head. "Do not mistake my extreme mastery of the technique for the power of the technique itself. How long do you think I have been training with that technique? Longer than you have been alive. In other words, it is not innately at the level that you have seen me using. After having achieved preliminary mastery of the technique, they will not be able to instantaneously alter the configuration the way I was. But they will be able to do it over some amount of time, allowing them to continuously adaptively evolve as you seek to have them do."

Rui's eyes lit up at Sir Armstrong's words. "That's perfect!"