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.

his face at the prospect of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test

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

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

him quite a formidable opponent. The first was that the degree to which he could amplify certain parameters by was incredibly high, matching and even surpassing dedicated Martial Artists to those

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

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 a way to account for the rapid

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

simply too data-intensive in its entirety. That problem had not yet been solved in

he wouldn't be able to travel his Martial

such nebulous thoughts. They weren't relevant to the issue at

hold back. So

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 up with his

hope for the best." Squire

flexibility." Squire Kyrie had told him. "In a way, his fighting

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

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

hyped

entered the arena simultaneously as they walked

Ian coldly stated. "I'll show you your

wordlessly. He didn't care to engage

he closed his eyes, emptying