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 his limits with his ability and Martial Art

bath, soaking in, relaxing as the

breathing technique specialist that generally fought by amplifying his parameters by using

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

to fight him, far more so than any of the other contestants. One moment

single adapted fighting style, he needed to create multiple adapted fighting styles. Furthermore, he needed a way to account for the rapid shifts

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

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

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

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

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

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 losing. If he could do it, he would likely to keep the Blink

he met up

do you best and hope for the

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

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

and the third round was

Quarrier and his Flowing Void

hyped for

they walked

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

care to engage in a juvenile

closed his eyes, emptying his