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"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.

couldn't help but feel a smirk come on his face at the prospect of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test his limits with his ability and Martial Art

himself a tub bath, soaking in, relaxing

Ian. A breathing technique specialist that generally fought by amplifying his parameters by using specific breathing

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

changing, making 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

meant that Rui couldn't just create a single adapted fighting style, he needed to create multiple adapted fighting styles. Furthermore,

but he couldn't. It was

the main reason the VOID algorithm was not a viable fighting 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 to mitigate the problem to a certain degree with his powerful mind, but that was

he wouldn't be able to travel his

putting asides such nebulous thoughts.

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

was 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

he met up with his

do you best and hope for the best."

everchanging flexibility." Squire Kyrie had told him. "In a way, his fighting

was also able to change to fight his opponent. Of course,

day passed and the third

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 Style representing the Farund

hyped for

they walked up towards

come." Ian coldly stated. "I'll show you your

him wordlessly. He didn't care to engage in a juvenile exchange of

his eyes,