Chapter 3164: Entropic Adaptation
It was probably best that he hid from her the fact that he had effectively become King of Beasts; there was no telling what she would do if she learned of that. It was possible that her head would explode from how much she revered him.
"You have done well," Rui’s tone was sincere and earnest. "I may have broken you through to the Apprentice Realm, but you have broken through to the subsequent Realms of your merit in a remarkable amount of time. You are worthy of the breakthrough I gave you."
Her eyes began tearing up as she gained precious words of validation and acknowledgment from the one she harbored deep reverence for.
"Now, tell me more about your Martial Path as we go through the sect," Rui remarked. "I intend to go through the collected contributions of Adaptive Evolution soon, but a Martial Master with Adaptive Evolution is more valuable to me."
While the contributions from countless Apprentices, Squires, and Seniors from branches of the Water Sect throughout the entire continent were valuable, it was still at the end of the day contributions of Martial Artists from the Lower Realms. He would at most gain inspiration for more adaptive evolution from them, but he was unlikely to gain anything of direct value.
That same could not be said for an actual Martial Master of Adaptive Evolution; she undoubtedly had more to offer him than any Martial Artist of the Lower Realm.
"My Martial Path is Entropic Adaptation."
Rui’s eyes lit up at those words. "...Entropic Adaptation?"
"Yes, my lord," she spoke with an eager tone. "I seek to harness the entropy in my adaptive evolution, and I use the concept to change more appropriately in combat against my opponent."
Rui gazed at her with a stunned and amazed expression. "You harness the power of entropy to adaptively evolve? How does that even work?"
Ever since his defeat against Ieyasu and most recently his battle with Anthea, Rui had grown more determined to learn more about the concept of chaos and not just learn how to adaptively evolve to it, but also harness this incredible power into his Martial Art.