The Martial Unity

Chapter 2818 Unending

Chapter 2818 Unending

And just like that, they commenced their journey to the very epicenter of the Gu at a steady pace.

That alone was unnerving to do so in a world of darkness.

Heaven and earth were dyed black with darkness. The very air they breathed was opaque, unwilling to let light pass it.

Even with Rui's and Amare's powerful senses, much of the path ahead was drowned in darkness.

That was why they couldn't afford to move at top speed.

If they ran into danger, they wouldn't be able to notice until it was too late, given how much the world around them was drowned in darkness. RUMBLE...

The world shook every now and then. Rui and Amare could feel the tremors emerging from the countless battles that occurred within the Gu. Battles featuring countless Martial Artists and monsters. It sent violent tremors across heaven and earth.

The very atmosphere danced with a perilous excitement amid the eerie darkness of the Gu. With each passing second, their sharp ears picked up on many noises and sounds permeating the Gu.

The blood-curdling sounds of pain and death.

"AAARRGHRARGHRGHRH!!!"

"NO STOP STO-AAARGRARRA!!!"

"HARHAHARGRHGRARARGRHRGHG!!!"

It was a bone-chilling background theme that lent an even deeper macabre edge to the dark atmosphere of the Gu.

The air was pungent and putrid.

Toxic.

How could it not be?

With all the corpses, blood, and gore that rotted away, Rui was astonished that people even managed to survive in such a horrible environment.

Darkness, death, and rot.

These appeared to be the three defining traits of the Gu.

Or at least, so Rui thought.

"There is something in the distance..." Rui squinted as he peered at the silhouette of a structure in the distance, obscured by the darkness of the Gu.

The hemispherical dome-like structure was the first actual infrastructure that they had seen in the Gu.

Around it was a large battlefield.

One drowned in corpses and blood.

They grew more diverse and were divided according to field and principles.

The number of corpses also reduced as they got deeper and deeper.

RUMBLE...

Rui paused as he gestured to Amare to halt as well, immediately activating Greater Phantomind Void for both of them.

"What is it...?" Amare asked as she crouched beside Rui.

Rui gestured to some distance ahead of them. A battlefield with a hundred Martial Squires.

Embroiled in a long, gruesome conflict.

"RARRRGHGHR!!!"

"HYRAGR!"

"DIE!"

They roared as they threw themselves at each other with primal aggression, using all manners of Martial Art against each other. What surprised Rui was how informal their Martial Art seemed to be.

And yet, what surprised him even more was how strong the Martial Artists were, and more importantly, how quickly they progressed.

BOOOM!!!

A thundering explosion erupted from the battlefield as many Martial Squires simultaneously broke through to the Senior Realm. Not a single force intervened as they used their newfound power to utterly mangle their Squire opponents.

From a hundred Squires, more than twenty new Martial Seniors had emerged.

RUMBLE

The air cleared, opening up a path for the surviving newborn Seniors who took a moment of respite.

And just like that, the Gu ritual was complete. There was no celebration.

Nor any cheers.

There wasn't even the slightest hint of relief in the eyes of the survivors.

Their expressions were hardened with grim severity.

This was their life.

It wouldn't end.

Not until they died.

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