"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.

fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably

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

he had on Ian. A breathing technique specialist

to which he could amplify certain parameters by was incredibly

it incredibly tricky to fight him, far more so than any of the other contestants. One moment he was a speedster, the next moment he could be an

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

but 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 them through the

problem had not yet been solved in this life

a way to overcome this barrier, otherwise he wouldn't be able to travel his Martial path for too

his head, putting asides such nebulous thoughts. They

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

absolutely certain he would need the Phantom Step to fight Ian, 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

passed, eventually he met up

do you best and hope for the best."

be wary of his everchanging flexibility." Squire Kyrie had told him. "In a way, his fighting style is not

Ian was also able to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he did this in a different

and the third round was

third round, ladies and gentlemen!" The commentator welcomed. "In the first match of the third round, we have representative Rui Quarrier and his Flowing Void Style representing the Hajin branch facing off against representative Ian Nepomniachtchi and his Breathing Mountain

hyped for

simultaneously as they walked up towards each other, never

coldly stated. "I'll

didn't care to engage in a

his

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