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.

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

himself a tub bath, soaking

had on Ian. A breathing technique specialist that

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

changing, making it 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

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 the rapid shifts and

If he was able to use the higher-end pattern recognition systems of the complete VOID algorithm, it wouldn't be a problem, but he couldn't. It

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

to find a way to overcome this barrier, otherwise he wouldn't be able to travel his Martial

asides such nebulous thoughts. They weren't

had the leeway to hold back. So far, he had just barely managed to hold back Phantom Step, Blink and

worst-case scenario was that he would end up using all his

eventually he met up

for the best." Squire Dylon told

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

Ian was also able to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he did this in a different way than Rui did, only time would

day passed and the third round

gentlemen!" The 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 off against representative

hyped for this anticipated

simultaneously as they walked up towards each other, never breaking eye

Ian coldly stated. "I'll show

didn't care to engage

he closed his eyes, emptying