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.

he couldn't help but feel a smirk come on his face at the prospect of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test his limits with his ability

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

Ian. A breathing technique specialist that generally fought by amplifying

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, matching and even surpassing dedicated Martial Artists to those

so than any of the other contestants. One moment he was a speedster, the next moment

just create a single adapted fighting style, he needed to create multiple adapted fighting styles. Furthermore, he

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 in the middle of the

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

he wouldn't be

asides such nebulous thoughts. They

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

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

eventually he met up with

best and hope for the best." Squire Dylon

flexibility." Squire Kyrie had told him. "In

was also able to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he did this in a

the day passed and the

Quarrier and

cheered loudly, hyped for this

as they walked up towards each other, never

coldly stated. "I'll

care

he closed his eyes, emptying