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.

fighting him. Ian was incredibly

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

on Ian. A breathing technique

the degree to which he could amplify certain parameters by was incredibly high, matching and even surpassing dedicated

making it incredibly tricky to fight him, far more so than any of the other contestants. One moment he was a

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 multiple adapted fighting styles. Furthermore, he needed

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 too difficult. He would need to analyze and memorize immense amounts of data

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

he wouldn't be able to travel his Martial path for

nebulous thoughts. They weren't

he wasn't sure about was whether he had the leeway to hold back. So

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 hidden until he fought

met up with

hope for the best." Squire

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

those words. He agreed. Ian was also able to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he did

day passed and the third round was ready to

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

loudly, hyped for this

they walked up towards each

coldly stated. "I'll

him wordlessly. He didn't care to engage

his eyes, emptying his