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.

feel a smirk come on his face at the prospect of fighting him. Ian

himself a tub bath, soaking in, relaxing as

Ian. A breathing technique specialist that

were generally two traits that made him quite a formidable opponent. The first was that the degree to which he could amplify certain parameters by was

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

adapted

of the complete VOID algorithm, it wouldn't be a problem, but he couldn't. It was too difficult. He would need

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 not good enough

a way to overcome this barrier, otherwise he

head, putting asides such nebulous thoughts. They

back. So far, he had

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 plus Stinger combo hidden until he

met up with his

and hope for the best." Squire Dylon

flexibility." Squire Kyrie had told him. "In a

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

the third round was ready

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

hyped for

Ian entered the arena simultaneously as they walked up towards each other, never breaking

Ian coldly

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

he closed his eyes, emptying his