The Martial Unity

"Winner; representative Fiona Roschem!"

"And there you have it folks! Representative Fion Roschem makes it to the third round as well! This brings us to an end to the second round. Be sure to be here at the Martial Colosseum same time tomorrow to catch it in time!"

The crowd cheered loudly in response.

Rui sighed as he left the viewing balcony along with squires Kyrie and Dylon, deep in thought.

The following matches of the third round were;

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Rui Quarrier.

Mia Marnt vs Fiona Roschem.

The winners of those would go onto fight each other in the finals.

"Freshen up a bit." Squire Kyrie told him before parting ways. "We'll meet in an hour."

Rui nodded as he headed his own way.

He had a lot to think about.

His next opponent was Ian Nepomniachtchi. He definitely had a lot to think about.

He had already gathered two round worth of data on Ian. Not idea, but not bad, and definitely better than nothing.

the prospect of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test his limits with his ability and Martial Art in that

fixed himself a tub bath, soaking in, relaxing as the warmth permeated his

the information he had on Ian. A breathing technique specialist that generally fought by amplifying his parameters by using specific

a formidable opponent. The first was that the degree to which he could

so than any of the other contestants. One

way, he countered Rui extremely hard in a way. The fact that he was ever-changing meant that Rui couldn't just create a single adapted fighting style, he needed to create multiple adapted fighting styles. Furthermore, he needed a way to account for the rapid

he couldn't. It was too difficult. He would need to analyze and memorize immense amounts of data in the middle of the fight and process

style in his previous life. It was simply too data-intensive in its entirety. That problem had not yet been solved in this life either, he had been able

needed to find a way to overcome this barrier, otherwise he wouldn't be able to

putting asides such nebulous thoughts. They weren't relevant to the issue

was whether he had the leeway to hold back. So far, he had just barely managed to hold back Phantom Step, Blink and the

bare minimum. The worst-case scenario was that he would end up using all his trump cards and still end up losing. If he could do it, he

passed, eventually he met

and hope for

Squire Kyrie had told him. "In a way, his fighting style is

to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he did this in a different way than Rui did, only time would tell who did

and the third round

first match of the third round, we have representative Rui Quarrier and his Flowing

loudly, hyped for this anticipated

simultaneously as they walked up towards each

Ian coldly stated. "I'll

stared at him wordlessly. He didn't care to engage in

he closed his eyes, emptying