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.

smirk come on his face at the prospect of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test his limits with his ability and Martial Art in

soaking in, relaxing as the

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

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

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

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

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

a way to overcome this barrier, otherwise he wouldn't be able to travel his Martial path

asides such nebulous thoughts. They weren't relevant

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

he 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 up

he met

hope for the best."

need to be wary of his everchanging flexibility." Squire Kyrie had told him. "In

to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he did this in a different way than Rui did, only time

the third

the third round, ladies and gentlemen!" The commentator welcomed. "In the first match of the third round, we have representative Rui Quarrier and

cheered loudly, hyped

Ian entered the arena simultaneously as they walked

time has come." Ian coldly

didn't care to engage in a juvenile

his