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.

face at the prospect of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test his limits

a tub bath, soaking in, relaxing as the

technique specialist that generally fought by

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

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 offensive striker, the next moment he could be a

ever-changing meant that Rui couldn't just create a single adapted fighting

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

also 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

barrier, otherwise he wouldn't be able to travel

such nebulous thoughts.

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

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

he met up with his

and hope for the best." Squire

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

to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he did this in a different way

day passed and the third

the third round, we have representative Rui Quarrier and his Flowing Void Style representing the Hajin branch

cheered loudly, hyped

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

Ian coldly stated. "I'll show you your

at him wordlessly. He didn't care to engage

he closed his eyes, emptying