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

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

breathing technique specialist that generally

first was that the degree to which he could amplify certain parameters by was incredibly high,

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 create multiple adapted fighting

it wouldn't be a problem, but he couldn't. It was too difficult. He would need to analyze and memorize

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

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

his head, putting asides such nebulous thoughts. They

wasn't sure about was whether he had the leeway to hold back. So far, he had just barely managed to hold back

Ian, bare minimum. The worst-case scenario was that he would end up using all his trump cards and still end up

eventually he met up with his

best and hope for the best." Squire Dylon told

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

to fight his opponent. Of course,

and the 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 off against representative Ian Nepomniachtchi and his Breathing Mountain Style

hyped for this anticipated

they walked up towards each other, never breaking eye

has come." Ian coldly stated.

stared at him wordlessly. He didn't care to engage

his eyes,