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.

Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test his limits with his ability

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

he had on Ian. A breathing technique specialist that generally fought by amplifying his parameters by using

The first was that the degree to which he

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 offensive striker, the next moment

extremely hard in a way. The fact that he was ever-changing meant that Rui couldn't just create a single adapted fighting style, he needed to create

be a problem, but he couldn't. It was too difficult. He

That problem had not yet been solved in this life either, he

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

thoughts. They weren't relevant to

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

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 Blink plus Stinger combo

he met

hope for the best." Squire Dylon told

told him. "In a way, his fighting style is not too dissimilar to

course, he did this in a different way

the day passed and the third

third round, ladies and 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

loudly, hyped for

arena simultaneously as they

coldly stated. "I'll show you

stared at him wordlessly. He didn't care to

he closed his eyes, emptying his