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.

of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test his limits with his ability and Martial Art in that

bath, soaking in, relaxing as

through all the information he had on Ian. A breathing technique specialist that generally fought by amplifying his

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

fact that his parameters kept changing, making it incredibly tricky to fight him, far more so than any of the other contestants. One moment

couldn't just create a single adapted fighting style, he needed to

the complete VOID algorithm, 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

too data-intensive in its entirety. That problem had not yet been solved in this life either, he had been able to mitigate

to overcome this barrier, otherwise he wouldn't be able to travel his

his head, putting asides such nebulous thoughts. They

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

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 losing. If he could do it, he would likely to keep the

eventually he met

you best and hope for the

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

opponent. Of course,

the third round was ready

representative Rui Quarrier and his Flowing Void Style representing the

crowd cheered loudly, hyped for

Ian entered the arena simultaneously as they walked up

coldly stated. "I'll show

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

closed his