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

tub bath, soaking in, relaxing as

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

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

that his parameters 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 offensive striker, the

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 the rapid

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 was

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 find a way to overcome this barrier, otherwise he

putting asides such nebulous thoughts. They weren't relevant to the

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

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

eventually he met

hope for

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

his opponent. Of course, he did this in a

the day passed and the

have representative Rui Quarrier and his Flowing Void Style representing the Hajin branch facing off against representative Ian Nepomniachtchi and

hyped for

arena simultaneously as they walked up

Ian coldly stated. "I'll

didn't care to engage in a juvenile exchange of

he closed his