The Martial Unity

Chapter 1138 Impacts

The plans that the military department came up with a strategy were centered around an endurance-based battle. One of the issues that the Floating Sect was facing was that if the three Martial Seniors of the sect fought the Martial Seniors anywhere except Ajanta Island, then the loss would come very quickly.

The only way that this could possibly be even competitive at all was on Ajanta Island where they could capitalize off of the advantages that they had.

However, fighting on the island could easily mean that the infrastructure was under grave threat due to the battle of the Martial Seniors occurring in super-close proximity. The chambers, among other things, were at risk.

Thankfully, Senior Xanarn reassured him that she was going to be on rigorous defense. Due to the sheer range of her technique, she had the ability to protect the things on the island as well as the island itself for the duration of the fight.

One thing that definitely came in handy this time was the fact that their time limitations also opposed themselves and hurt them more than it hurt the Floating Sect.

It meant that they had a limited amount of time before they could take down the Martial Seniors of the Floating Sect and win the war. This was no doubt an infuriating factor for the Kaddar region.

However, the bad news was the fact that the Kaddar Region was compensating for the lack of time by sending in as many as they could. The greater number almost certainly gave them a realistic chance that they could take them down.

However, the Martial Seniors of the Floating Sect were not just going to defend against the invaders, although they were going to fight conservatively, their goal was to drain the Martial Hearts of their opponents so that they could deploy their peak martial Squires like Ieyasu and Rui.

As for the matchups, the three of them were expected to team up and fight a single Martial Senior if it was necessary.

Of course, Rui did not think that was a good idea. Rui and Kane worked extremely well together but that was because they were quite familiar with each other.

Especially Rui when it came to Kane, he had the most robust and sophisticated understanding of Kaneʼs fighting style among other things. He did not have that understanding when it was Ieyasu for obvious reasons.

Furthermore, Rui needed to have a good understanding of not just his teammate, but also his opponent.

He had studied Senior Xanarn for quite some time before they actually sparred, allowing him to fight against her far better than he would have had he fought against her without any of those preparations.

Without those preparations, he would have been weaker, he may not have been able to defeat her.

Still, he did have time to build predictive models on the Martial Seniors, but not nearly as much as he would have liked, but he was to only intervene after the three Martial Seniors of the Floating Sect were done fighting them with their Martial Hearts. He could use that time to thoroughly analyze them.

Furthermore, he had gotten substantially stronger since his fight with Senior Xanarn given that he effectively had three different kinds of Martial Bodies under Project Metabody. If he ran into a Martial Artist whose Martial Art was best countered by one of those Martial Bodies, then he would do extremely well.

It took him a while to convey all of that nuance to the three Martial Seniors.

”Hmm…” Senior Leonil narrowed his eyes as he considered Ruiʼs words. ”In that case, it is best that we donʼt initiate this plan immediately. We want to introduce you as a variable that can potentially lead to the takedown of one or two Martial Seniors.”

Personally, Rui found the idea of fighting against Martial Seniors to be quite exciting. That was the reason that he was actually quite inclined to partake in this operation. Fighting against Martial Seniors, even if they were exhausted and without the Martial Heart, was more stimulating than fighting any Martial Squire.

(ʼWell, almost any Martial Squire,ʼ) Rui glanced briefly at Ieyasu.

There was no doubt that that man was also more than capable of making an impact on a battle between even Martial Seniors at the latest stages of the battle when one has already exhausted all of their Martial Heart.

Rui was eager not to fall behind. It was a shame that the war limited his ability to develop Project Metabody any further due to the lack of the necessary learning and training resources. However, he still intended to make the very best of what he had. 

Rui had advantages that only he could bring to the table. He intended to employ the VOID algorithm to make as many predictive models on as many relevant people as possible, including both allies and enemies.

In fact, he suspected that he could play a broader role in aiding the Martial Seniors taking down their counterparts across the entire battlefield. Rather than fighting hard against one person, it was possible that Rui was taking a more general form of aid that would allow him to disrupt the battlefield at opportune times, intervening mildly in different fights at different times. 

This was something that he doubted Tokugawa Ieyasu would be able to do nearly as well as him for the most part. 

Regardless of what role Rui played, just the fact that a Martial Squire like himself was able to partake in a battle of a higher Realm was probably unheard of.

After all, the level of power that he could effectively observe when he had preparations and was able to achieve a level of teamwork that produced a result that was far greater than the sum of parts when the parts alone were so incredibly powerful. Tokugawa Ieyasu was also of the same kind, and they were among the few Martial Squires that did not lose their relevance even in higher Realms.