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 probably test

immediately fixed himself a tub bath, soaking in, relaxing as the

information he had on Ian. A breathing technique specialist that generally fought

to which he could amplify certain parameters by was incredibly high, matching and even surpassing dedicated Martial Artists to

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

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

algorithm, it wouldn't be a problem, but he couldn't. It was too

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

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

shook his head, putting asides such nebulous thoughts. They weren't

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

up using all his trump cards and still end up losing. If he could do it, he would likely to keep the Blink plus Stinger

eventually he met up with

and hope for the

told him. "In a way, his fighting style is not

Of course, he did this in a different way than

passed and the third round was ready to

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 Style representing

loudly, hyped for

the arena simultaneously as they walked

Ian coldly stated. "I'll

care to engage in a juvenile exchange

he closed his eyes,