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.

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

soaking in, relaxing as the warmth

Ian. A breathing technique specialist that generally fought by amplifying his parameters by

he could amplify certain parameters by was incredibly high, matching and

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

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

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

the main 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 had been able to mitigate the problem to a certain degree with his powerful mind, but that was not

overcome this barrier, otherwise he wouldn't

asides such nebulous thoughts. They

hold back. So far, he had just barely managed to hold back Phantom Step, Blink and

absolutely certain he would need the Phantom Step to fight Ian, bare minimum. The worst-case scenario was that he would end up using all his

met

you best and hope for the best." Squire Dylon

Kyrie had told him. "In

words. He agreed. Ian was also able to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he did this in a different way than Rui

the third

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

loudly, hyped

entered the arena simultaneously as they walked up towards each other,

time has come." Ian coldly stated.

didn't care to engage in a juvenile

closed his eyes, emptying