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.

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

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

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

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

any of the other contestants. One moment he was a speedster, the next moment he could be an offensive striker, the next

The 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 styles. Furthermore, he needed a way to account for

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 fight and process

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 mind, but that was not good enough by

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

thoughts. They weren't relevant

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

he would need the 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

met up

hope for

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

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

and the

"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

promised time has come." Ian coldly stated. "I'll show you

didn't care to engage in a juvenile exchange of

his