Martial arts, when all was said and done, could handle everyday conflicts among ordinary people. But once the police or military were involved, they were no different from ordinary people.
And now that the legal system was well-established, one careless move could break the law. No matter how well one trained in martial arts, it could not stand up to a few police guns.
That was why they had seemed so fanatical when they saw Lu Sheng crush the armor with his bare hands.
From Lu Sheng's movements, they saw a sliver of hope for the future of martial arts—rather than watching it completely devolve into something merely for show and exercise.
By the time they left the warehouse, the sky had gone completely dark.
Lu Sheng declined his disciples' offer to see him off and walked back to his residence alone.
That slight bit of exercise today had also let him see for the first time the greatest power so-called Exoskeleton Technology could achieve.
"It's only civilian technology. At its peak, that's all it amounts to." Ever since reconnecting the library to the network, he had looked up quite a bit of information on the subject.
"Martial arts here are mainly divided into schools. Demon Diagram Style and Red Armor Style are the mainstream schools. Jujutsu Style is mostly practiced by women, used for self-defense and warding off wolves.
"On the market, most schools also rely on training classes and teaching children to exercise as their source of income. Even the old-style martial arts gyms are gone. Internationally, rank is the main measure of a person's strength."
"Ordinary martial arts practitioners are no different from athletes. Their main income comes from participating in various competitions and private civilian training, but they can only start doing that after winning a