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.

the prospect of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui

fixed himself a tub bath, soaking

breathing technique specialist that generally fought by

The first was that the degree to which he could amplify certain parameters by was

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 next

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 multiple adapted fighting styles. Furthermore, he

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

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

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

head, putting asides such nebulous thoughts. They

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

scenario was that he would end up using all his trump cards and still end up losing. If he could do it,

he met

and hope for the best."

need to be wary of his everchanging flexibility." Squire Kyrie had told him. "In a way, his fighting style is not

Of course, he did this in a different way than Rui

the day passed and the third round

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

cheered loudly, hyped for this

and Ian entered the arena simultaneously as they walked up towards

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

care

closed his eyes, emptying