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.

Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would

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

he had on Ian. A breathing technique

opponent. The first was that the degree to which he could amplify certain parameters

his parameters kept 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

a 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

a problem, but he couldn't. It was too difficult. He would need to analyze and memorize immense amounts of data

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

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

nebulous thoughts.

thing he wasn't sure about was whether he had the leeway to hold back. So far, he had just barely managed

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 it, he would likely to keep the Blink

eventually he met

best and hope for

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

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

the day passed 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

loudly, hyped

and Ian entered the arena simultaneously as they walked

Ian coldly stated. "I'll

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

he closed his eyes,