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.

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

soaking in, relaxing as

technique

him quite a formidable opponent. The first was that the degree to which he could amplify certain parameters by was incredibly high, matching and even surpassing dedicated Martial

so than any of the other contestants. One moment he

fact that he was ever-changing meant that Rui couldn't just create a single adapted fighting style, he needed to create multiple adapted fighting

wouldn't be a problem, but he couldn't. It was too difficult. He would need to

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

he

asides such nebulous thoughts. They

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 the

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

met up

and hope for the best." Squire

told him. "In a way, his

to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he

and the third round

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

hyped

arena simultaneously as they

Ian coldly stated. "I'll show

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

closed his eyes, emptying his