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.

he couldn't help but feel a smirk come on his face at the prospect of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test his limits with his ability and Martial Art in

soaking in, relaxing as the warmth permeated his

breathing technique specialist

the degree to which he could amplify certain

kept 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

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

to use the higher-end pattern recognition systems of 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

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 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

this barrier, otherwise he

such nebulous thoughts. They

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

was that he would end up using all his

eventually he met up

hope for the best." Squire Dylon told

to be wary of his everchanging flexibility." Squire Kyrie had told him.

Ian was also able to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he did this in a

passed and the third round was

"In the first match of the third round, we have representative Rui Quarrier and his Flowing

loudly, hyped for this anticipated

simultaneously as they walked up towards

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

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

closed his